In this episode, I’m talking to Professor David Farrell. David is a Professor of Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University College Dublin and specialises in the study of parties, elections, electoral systems and members of parliament.

In today’s episode, I’m talking with Professor Arend Lijphart, a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California about his work identifying two main categories of democracies which relate in part to their electoral systems.

In this episode I’m speaking with Professor John Gastil, a Professor in the Communication Arts and Sciences and Political Science at the Pennsylvania State University who studies political deliberation and group decision making across a range of contexts.

In this episode, I’m talking with Dr Alan Renwick, Deputy Director of the Constitution Unit at UCL in London. Alan’s expertise lies mainly in the areas of electoral systems, referendums, and other modes of engaging the public in decision-making processes, such as citizens’ assemblies.

In this episode, I am speaking with Professor Pippa Norris about her work on electoral integrity. During the episode we also talk about how different electoral systems impact on the representation of minorities and women.

n this episode, I’m talking with Dr Camille Bedock about her book Reforming Democracy: Institutional engineering in Western Europe, 1990 – 2010 and also about her more recent research with Sophie Panel on citizen conceptions of democracy

In this episode, I’m talking with Antony Green about the Australian electoral system and Vote Compass, a tool which allows voters to explore how their views align with the major parties.