Prof Maria Sobolewska
Professor of Political Science

Biography
Maria Sobolewska is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester and works on the political integration and representation of ethnic minorities in Britain and in a comparative perspective, public perceptions of ethnicity, immigrants and integration.
Maria is the 2021 Winner of the Political Science Association Joni Lovenduski Prize for outstanding professional achievement by a mid-career scholar.
Her past projects include the Ethnic Minority British Election Survey in 2010; the PATHWAYS project: a seven country study of the descriptive and substantive representation of immigrant-origin minorities www.pathways.eu; and the Representative Audit of Britain candidate survey http://parliamentarycandidates.org/project/representative-audit-of-britain/; ESRC UK in a Changing Europe Project The "Brexit referendum" and identity politics in Britain http://ukandeu.ac.uk/brexitresearch/the-brexit-referendum-and-identity-politics-in-britain/; and ESRC Centre of Dynamics of Ethnicity www.ethnicity.ac.uk.
You can follow her on Twitter @ProfSobolewska.
Maria is available to consult the media and policy makers in areas of identity and ethnic politics in Britain.
Further information
Rebecca Mckee- CoDE student
Anouk Kootstra- WESTUS student
Eleanor Hill- ESRC student
Patrick English- PATHWAYS student
Anthony Chambers- PATHWAYS student
Andrew Barclay- SOSS student
Anna Sanders- ESCR student
I welcome applications from students working in the area of ethnic minorities, Muslims minorities, public opinion and electoral behaviour. Please send me your research proposal, cv and a sample of writing with your enquiry.
Areas of expertise
- JA Political science (General) - Elections, Public Opinion, Immigration, Representation, race and ethnicity
Keywords
- race and ethnicty, elections, public opinion
Related information
Publications
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Activities
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Prizes
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Prize: Election to learned society