Dr Ana Ines Langer
- Senior Lecturer (Politics)
telephone: 01413303055
email: Ana.Langer@glasgow.ac.uk
Research interests
Office Hours: Mondays 13.00-15.00
Biography
Ana joined the Politics in September 2006 from the London School of Economics (LSE), where she completed her doctoral studies in political communication. Ana's research focuses on the relationship between media and politics, and on how this affects the conduct and nature of the democratic process. Most of her research focuses on the UK but she has also done comparative work, including about Argentina, Germany and China. She has published about these topics in, among others, West European Politics, Parliamentary Affairs, Policy Studies, European Journal of Communication and International Journal Press/Politics. Her book, The Personalisation of Politics in the UK. Mediated Leadership from Attlee to Cameron (Manchester University Press), is the first in-depth historical study of the phenomenon in the UK. Ana has also recently completed a study of campaigning and the use of social media in the Scottish referendum (with colleagues at Policy Scotland) which combines large data sets from social media with interviews with the key campaigners.
Her most recent work continues to explore the phenomenon of the personalisation of politics, now from a comparative perspective and using automated content analysis in large samples of text. She is also developing a mixed methods approach to the study of the role of the media in the policy making process.
Research Interests
- The role of the media in the democratic process
- Media and policy making
- Personalisation of politics
- Political campaigns
- Party’s and government’s communications (especially in the UK and Latin America)
Grants
Grants
- Media Reporting of China’s Health Reforms, 2005-09’ (with Jane Duckett)
Adam Smith Research Foundation Seedcorn Fund - £1600
2009- 2010 - Political Studies Association (PSA) Overseas Conference Grant
Supervision
PhD Supervision
- The role of the media in the democratic process
- Media and policy making
- Personalisation of politics
- Political campaigns
- Party’s and government’s communications (especially in the UK and Latin America)
Teaching
Undergraduate Teaching
- Politics 1A
- Politics, Communication and Democracy
Postgraduate Teaching
- Media and Democracy
Additional information
Other Roles
- Honours Coordinator Politics (joint - curriculum)
- MSc/MRes Politcal Communication Convener
- Convener Comprative Politics Research Cluster
- College and School Undergraduate Teaching & Learning Committee member
- College and School Undergraduate Teaching & Learning Appeals Committee member
R1215 Level 12, Politics, Adam Smith Building, Glasgow G12 8RT