School of Social and Political Sciences

Dr Thomas Lundberg

Thomas Carl Lunberg
  • Lecturer (Politics)
  • Adviser of Studies (Social Sciences College Academic and Student Administration)

telephone: 01413305144
email: Thomas.Lundberg@glasgow.ac.uk


Office Hours: Monday 2pm-3pm & Friday 1pm-2pm

Biography

Tom received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame (USA) in January 2003. He was a lecturer in Politics at Keele University, Staffordshire, England for over four years, and has been in Politics at the University of Glasgow since July 2007. He has taught classes in British and Scottish politics, comparative politics, and the European Union. His research interests are in British, Scottish, European, and comparative politics; constitutional and electoral system design; devolution and federalism in comparative perspective; political parties and party systems; and the relationship between citizens and their representatives. With its experimentation in several of these areas, Scotland fascinates him, differentiating itself from the ‘Westminster model’ significantly. His recent research monograph, Proportional Representation and the Constituency Role in Britain (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), compares the relatively new British experience with proportional representation to the experiences of Germany and New Zealand.

Research Interests

  • British and Scottish politics
  • Electoral systems and political institutions
  • Constitutional change
  • Political parties
  • Federalism and devolution
  • Representative democracy
  • Comparative politics (especially European)
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Number of items: 10.

2010

Carter, E., Loomes, G., and Lundberg, T. (2010) United Kingdom. In: Gagatek, W. (ed.) The 2009 Elections to the European Parliament: Country Reports. European University Institute, Florence, pp. 177-182. ISBN 9789290840510

2009

Lundberg, T.C. (2009) Post-communism and the abandonment of mixed-member electoral systems. Representation, 45 (1). pp. 15-27. ISSN 0034-4893 (doi:10.1080/00344890802709831)

Abedi, A., and Lundberg, T.C. (2009) Doomed to failure? UKIP and the organisational challenges facing right-wing populist anti-political establishment parties. Parliamentary Affairs, 62 (1). pp. 72-87. ISSN 0031-2290 (doi:10.1093/pa/gsn036)

2008

Lundberg, T.C. (2008) An opposing view of Scotland's ballot paper problem: Arbuthnott and the government had the right idea. Political Quarterly, 79 (4). pp. 569-577. ISSN 0032-3179 (doi:10.1111/j.1467-923X.2008.00957.x)

Lundberg, Thomas (2008) A Decade of Electoral Reform in the UK. Politics Review, 18 (1). pp. 27-29. ISSN 0959-8480

2007

Lundberg, Thomas (2007) Proportional Representation and the Constituency Role in Britain. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke. ISBN 9780230006522

Lundberg, T.C. (2007) Electoral system reviews in New Zealand, Britain and Canada: a critical comparison. Government and Opposition, 42 (4). pp. 471-490. ISSN 0017-257X (doi:10.1111/j.1477-7053.2007.00232.x)

2006

Lundberg, T (2006) Competition between Members of the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly: Problem or Virtue? Political Quarterly, 77 (1). pp. 107-116. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-923X.2006.00736.x)

Lundberg, T (2006) Second-Class Representatives? Mixed-Member Proportional Representation in Britain. Parliamentary Affairs, 59 (1). pp. 60-77. (doi:10.1093/pa/gsj006)

2002

Lundberg, T (2002) Putting a human face on proportional representation: Early experiences in Scotland and Wales. Representation, 38 (4). pp. 271-283. (doi:10.1080/00344890208523191)

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Grants

  • Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, 'New Zealand, New Politics, and Mixed-Member Proportional Representation: Lessons for Scotland?', £1710, awarded June 2009. Project Code: 52183/1
  • (with Paul Graham), Adam Smith Research Foundation, University of Glasgow, 'Political Participation and Health Outcomes', £1000, awarded January 2012. Project Code: 44564

PhD Supervision

  • Political parties, institutions and change
  • British, Scottish and comparative politics

Undergraduate Teaching

  • Politics 1A (Britain in Comparative Perspective)
  • Scottish Government
  • Political Parties and Institutions
  • Contemporary Political Issues in Scotland

Other Roles

  • Level 1A Co-ordinator
  • Adviser of Studies