About

Will Daniel is Associate Professor in Comparative Politics in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham (UK). He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and teaches modules in comparative politics and research methods. He also serves as the School's Director of Admissions and External Relations and Co-Director for the REPRESENT Research Centre for the Study of Parties and Democracy. Prior to the University of Nottingham, Will was Assistant Professor of Political Science at Francis Marion University in South Carolina (USA). He obtained his PhD from the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh in 2013, where he was also affiliated with the University's European Union Center of Excellence and held visiting doctoral studentships at Sciences Po - Paris, Université Libre de Bruxelles, and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Will holds an MA in Political Science and Graduate Certificates in European Union Studies and Western European Studies from the University of Pittsburgh, a BA in French and Political Science from Wake Forest University, and has studied at The German School at Middlebury College. Will is interested in how personal backgrounds and institutional contexts shape political careers, particularly in legislative and party politics. He has written broadly on careers in Europe and is especially interested in questions of gender and sexuality in political representation. He is an expert in European Union politics, with an emphasis on the European Parliament, and particular country expertise in French politics. He also has subject expertise and interests in political uses of social media and digital campaigns. Will's research has appeared in The Journal of Politics, Research & Politics, Party Politics, JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Politics & Gender, European Union Politics, Journal of European Integration, The Journal of European Public Policy, and The Journal of Legislative Studies. His monograph, Career Behaviour and the European Parliament: All Roads Lead through Brussels?, was published by Oxford University Press in 2015.

Research Interests

Europe (Central and Eastern), Comparative Politics, Elections, Elites, European Politics, European Union, Gender, Institutions, Integration, Parliaments, Political Parties, Candidate, Social Media, Mixed Methods, Empirical, European Parliament, LGBTQI, Member States

Current/Upcoming Events

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• European Union
• Parliaments
• Political Parties
• Gender and Politics