Jason Roy, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

election campaign polls poll effects context complexity vote decision process political sophistication cross-national comparison political institutions experimentation

Latest funding

Consortium on Electoral Democracy/Consortium de la démocratie électorale
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$1,543,190
Consortium on Electoral Democracy/Consortium de la démocratie électorale
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$723,330
The power of polls - a cross-national experimental analysis of the effects of campaign polls
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$181,806

All 5 grants and awards

Consortium on Electoral Democracy/Consortium de la démocratie électorale

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: electoral democracy; citizens; surveys; elections; voting; political participation; political knowledge; campaigns; Canadian election study; civic engagement

$1,543,190

Consortium on Electoral Democracy/Consortium de la démocratie électorale

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: electoral democracy; citizens; surveys; elections; voting; political participation; political knowledge; campaigns; Canadian election study; civic engagement

$723,330

The power of polls - a cross-national experimental analysis of the effects of campaign polls

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Roy, Jason

Keywords: election campaign polls; poll effects; context complexity; vote decision process; political sophistication; cross-national comparison; political institutions; experimentation

$181,806

Who's Ahead, Who's Behind: Election Decision-Making with (and without) Polls

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Roy, Jason J.

$63,786

Comparative provincial election project

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Wesley, Jared J.H.

Keywords: provincial politics; democracy; elections; party politics; public opinion; elite opinion; media; political culture; political marketing

$69,975

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: election campaign polls Dear Professor Roy, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on election campaign polls connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]