William is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at LUISS University Rome. He holds a master’s degree in Political Science from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. He is specifically interested in understanding how the emotional response of voters to political issues affects their voting decision. The provisional thesis title is “Emotions and elections: the effects of anger and anxiety on voter behaviour”.

E-mail: watkinson@luiss.it

CV:

Institution of Engineering and Technology, Policy Officer (2022-23)
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Masters in Political Science (2021-22)
Society of Chemical Industry, Intern / Researcher (2019-21)
Imperial College London, Bachelors / Masters in Materials Engineering (2015-19)

Research interests: 

Voter behaviour, political psychology, political emotions, issue voting, issue ownership, quantitative methods