Professor Christopher Claassen

  • Professor of Political Behaviour (Political & International Studies)

telephone: 0141 330 3313
email: Christopher.Claassen@glasgow.ac.uk

Room 1305, Adam Smith Building

Import to contacts

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001

Biography

Personal website: chrisclaassen.com

Research interests

  • Political behaviour, political psychology and public opinion
  • Quantitative methods, especially latent variable, panel and hierarchical models
  • Political culture, democratic support and political tolerance
  • Intergroup prejudice, conflict and violence

Research groups

Publications

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Jump to: 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2011 | 2010 | 2005
Number of items: 25.

2025

Claassen, C. et al. (2025) Measuring rural and urban consciousness in Europe. Electoral Studies, 95, 102912. (doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102912)

McKay, Lawrence, Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001, Bankov, Petar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0609-4947 and Carman, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3114-0666 (2025) Countryside champions or urban allies? What rural and urban citizens want from elected representatives. Electoral Studies, 95, 102937. (doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102937)

2024

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001, Carman, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3114-0666 and Bankov, Petar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0609-4947 (2024) Is there a rural-urban political divide in Britain? Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, (doi: 10.1080/17457289.2024.2393587) (Early Online Publication)

Claassen, C. et al. (2024) Conceptualizing and measuring support for democracy: a new approach. Comparative Political Studies, (doi: 10.1177/00104140241259458) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and Magalhães, Pedro C. (2023) Public support for democracy in the United States has declined generationally. Public Opinion Quarterly, 87(3), pp. 719-732. (doi: 10.1093/poq/nfad039) (PMID:38024645) (PMCID:PMC10662659)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2023) Immigration and public support for political systems in Europe. Perspectives on Politics, (doi: 10.1017/S1537592722004194) (Early Online Publication)

2022

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and McLaren, Lauren (2022) Does immigration produce a public backlash or public acceptance? Time-series, cross-sectional evidence from 30 European democracies. British Journal of Political Science, 52(3), pp. 1013-1031. (doi: 10.1017/S0007123421000260)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and Magalhães, Pedro C. (2022) Effective government and evaluations of democracy. Comparative Political Studies, 55(5), pp. 869-894. (doi: 10.1177/00104140211036042)

2021

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and McLaren, Lauren (2021) Do threats galvanize authoritarians or mobilize non-authoritarians? Experimental tests from 19 European societies. Political Psychology, 42(4), pp. 677-694. (doi: 10.1111/pops.12720)

2020

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and Traunmüller, Richard (2020) Improving and validating survey estimates of religious demography using Bayesian multilevel models and poststratification. Sociological Methods and Research, 49(3), pp. 603-636. (doi: 10.1177/0049124118769086)

Gibson, James, Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and Barceló, Joan (2020) Deplorables: emotions, political sophistication, and political intolerance. American Politics Research, 48(2), pp. 252-262. (doi: 10.1177/1532673X18820864)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2020) In the mood for democracy? Democratic support as thermostatic opinion. American Political Science Review, 114(1), pp. 36-53. (doi: 10.1017/S0003055419000558)

Gibson, James L., Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and Barceló, Joan (2020) Putting groups back into the study of political tolerance. In: Borgida, Eugene, Federico, Christopher and Miller, Joanne (eds.) At the Forefront of Political Psychology: Essays in Honor of John L. Sullivan. Routledge. ISBN 9780367368111

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2020) Does public support help democracy survive? American Journal of Political Science, 64(1), pp. 118-134. (doi: 10.1111/ajps.12452)

2019

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and Gibson, James L. (2019) Does intolerance dampen dissent? Macro-tolerance and protest in American metropolitan areas. Political Behavior, 41(1), pp. 165-185. (doi: 10.1007/s11109-018-9444-x)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2019) Estimating smooth country-year panels of public opinion. Political Analysis, 27(1), pp. 1-20. (doi: 10.1017/pan.2018.32)

2017

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2017) Explaining South African Xenophobia. Working Paper. Afrobarometer.

2016

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2016) Group entitlement, anger and participation in intergroup violence. British Journal of Political Science, 46(1), pp. 127-148. (doi: 10.1017/S000712341400012X)

2015

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2015) Measuring university quality. Scientometrics, 104(3), pp. 793-807. (doi: 10.1007/s11192-015-1584-8)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001, Tucker, Patrick and Smith, Steven S. (2015) Ideological labels in America. Political Behavior, 37(2), pp. 253-278. (doi: 10.1007/s11109-014-9272-6)

2014

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2014) Who participates in communal violence? Survey evidence from South Africa. Research and Politics, 2014, pp. 1-8. (doi: 10.1177/2053168014534649)

2011

Schofield, Norman, Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001, Ozdemir, Ugur and Zakharov, Alexei (2011) Estimating the effects of activists in two-party and multi-party systems: comparing the United States and Israel. Social Choice and Welfare, 36(3-4), pp. 483-518. (doi: 10.1007/s00355-010-0507-0)

Schofield, Norman, Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001, Gallego, Maria and Ozdemir, Ugur (2011) Empirical and formal models of the United States presidential elections in 2000 and 2004. In: Schofield, Norman and Caballero, Gonzalo (eds.) The Political Economy of Institutions, Democracy and Voting. Springer: New York, pp. 217-258. ISBN 9783642195198

2010

Gibson, James L. and Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2010) Racial reconciliation in South Africa: interracial contact and changes over time. Journal of Social Issues, 66(2), pp. 255-272. (doi: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2010.01644.x)

2005

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and Mattes, Robert (2005) Public Opinion Matters: Testing A Supply and Demand Model of Popular Regime Preferences and Democratic Change. Working Paper. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town.

This list was generated on Sat Jul 5 14:33:35 2025 BST.
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Number of items: 25.

Articles

Claassen, C. et al. (2025) Measuring rural and urban consciousness in Europe. Electoral Studies, 95, 102912. (doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102912)

McKay, Lawrence, Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001, Bankov, Petar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0609-4947 and Carman, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3114-0666 (2025) Countryside champions or urban allies? What rural and urban citizens want from elected representatives. Electoral Studies, 95, 102937. (doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102937)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001, Carman, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3114-0666 and Bankov, Petar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0609-4947 (2024) Is there a rural-urban political divide in Britain? Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, (doi: 10.1080/17457289.2024.2393587) (Early Online Publication)

Claassen, C. et al. (2024) Conceptualizing and measuring support for democracy: a new approach. Comparative Political Studies, (doi: 10.1177/00104140241259458) (Early Online Publication)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and Magalhães, Pedro C. (2023) Public support for democracy in the United States has declined generationally. Public Opinion Quarterly, 87(3), pp. 719-732. (doi: 10.1093/poq/nfad039) (PMID:38024645) (PMCID:PMC10662659)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2023) Immigration and public support for political systems in Europe. Perspectives on Politics, (doi: 10.1017/S1537592722004194) (Early Online Publication)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and McLaren, Lauren (2022) Does immigration produce a public backlash or public acceptance? Time-series, cross-sectional evidence from 30 European democracies. British Journal of Political Science, 52(3), pp. 1013-1031. (doi: 10.1017/S0007123421000260)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and Magalhães, Pedro C. (2022) Effective government and evaluations of democracy. Comparative Political Studies, 55(5), pp. 869-894. (doi: 10.1177/00104140211036042)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and McLaren, Lauren (2021) Do threats galvanize authoritarians or mobilize non-authoritarians? Experimental tests from 19 European societies. Political Psychology, 42(4), pp. 677-694. (doi: 10.1111/pops.12720)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and Traunmüller, Richard (2020) Improving and validating survey estimates of religious demography using Bayesian multilevel models and poststratification. Sociological Methods and Research, 49(3), pp. 603-636. (doi: 10.1177/0049124118769086)

Gibson, James, Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and Barceló, Joan (2020) Deplorables: emotions, political sophistication, and political intolerance. American Politics Research, 48(2), pp. 252-262. (doi: 10.1177/1532673X18820864)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2020) In the mood for democracy? Democratic support as thermostatic opinion. American Political Science Review, 114(1), pp. 36-53. (doi: 10.1017/S0003055419000558)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2020) Does public support help democracy survive? American Journal of Political Science, 64(1), pp. 118-134. (doi: 10.1111/ajps.12452)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and Gibson, James L. (2019) Does intolerance dampen dissent? Macro-tolerance and protest in American metropolitan areas. Political Behavior, 41(1), pp. 165-185. (doi: 10.1007/s11109-018-9444-x)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2019) Estimating smooth country-year panels of public opinion. Political Analysis, 27(1), pp. 1-20. (doi: 10.1017/pan.2018.32)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2016) Group entitlement, anger and participation in intergroup violence. British Journal of Political Science, 46(1), pp. 127-148. (doi: 10.1017/S000712341400012X)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2015) Measuring university quality. Scientometrics, 104(3), pp. 793-807. (doi: 10.1007/s11192-015-1584-8)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001, Tucker, Patrick and Smith, Steven S. (2015) Ideological labels in America. Political Behavior, 37(2), pp. 253-278. (doi: 10.1007/s11109-014-9272-6)

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2014) Who participates in communal violence? Survey evidence from South Africa. Research and Politics, 2014, pp. 1-8. (doi: 10.1177/2053168014534649)

Schofield, Norman, Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001, Ozdemir, Ugur and Zakharov, Alexei (2011) Estimating the effects of activists in two-party and multi-party systems: comparing the United States and Israel. Social Choice and Welfare, 36(3-4), pp. 483-518. (doi: 10.1007/s00355-010-0507-0)

Gibson, James L. and Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2010) Racial reconciliation in South Africa: interracial contact and changes over time. Journal of Social Issues, 66(2), pp. 255-272. (doi: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2010.01644.x)

Book Sections

Gibson, James L., Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and Barceló, Joan (2020) Putting groups back into the study of political tolerance. In: Borgida, Eugene, Federico, Christopher and Miller, Joanne (eds.) At the Forefront of Political Psychology: Essays in Honor of John L. Sullivan. Routledge. ISBN 9780367368111

Schofield, Norman, Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001, Gallego, Maria and Ozdemir, Ugur (2011) Empirical and formal models of the United States presidential elections in 2000 and 2004. In: Schofield, Norman and Caballero, Gonzalo (eds.) The Political Economy of Institutions, Democracy and Voting. Springer: New York, pp. 217-258. ISBN 9783642195198

Research Reports or Papers

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 (2017) Explaining South African Xenophobia. Working Paper. Afrobarometer.

Claassen, Christopher ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5149-0001 and Mattes, Robert (2005) Public Opinion Matters: Testing A Supply and Demand Model of Popular Regime Preferences and Democratic Change. Working Paper. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town.

This list was generated on Sat Jul 5 14:33:35 2025 BST.

Grants

  • 2021-23. Principal investigator (UK team), "The rural-urban divide in Europe". New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Cooperation in Europe (NORFACE) - €271,609 (total project value: €1.41 million)
  • 2018-19. Principal investigator, "Does democracy require a supportive political culture?". Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland - £7,513
  • 2018-20. Co-investigator, "Do immigrant numbers inflame anti-immigrant opinion? A time-series cross-sectional analysis of European immigrant numbers and opinions, 1995-2017". British Academy / Leverhulme Trust - £9,761
  • 2017-18. Principal investigator, "Estimating democratic political culture in 100+ countries over 20+ years". Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland - £4,393

Supervision

I am interested in supervising potential PhD students focusing on one or more of the following areas:

  • Quantitative methods, especially involving the use of survey methods and data
  • Intergroup / inter-ethnic prejudice, conflict and violence
  • Political participation, especially protest and riot participation
  • Political culture, democratic support and political tolerance
  • South African politics

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