tom-ogrady

Dr Tom O'Grady, Deputy Director

Lecturer in Quantitative Political Science
t.o'grady@ucl.ac.uk

Tom is a political scientist who uses quantitative methods to understand the opinions, behaviour and ideologies of citizens and politicians. His research has focused in particular on using 'big data', including computational text analysis and large-scale aggregation of public opinion surveys across time and space. He also has research and teaching expertise in the use of experimental and quasi-experimental methods in the social sciences. At the moment, his research focuses on how British voters and politicians have changed the way that they speak and think about the benefits system and its users.