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University of Manchester

Rob Ford

Research fellow

Fax: 0161 275 4722
Email: rob.ford@man.ac.uk

Room G18
CCSR
School of Social Sciences
Humanities Bridgeford Street
University of Manchester
MANCHESTER
M13 9PL

I joined CCSR in August 2007 as a postdoctoral research fellow having completed a DPhil in Sociology at Nuffield College, Oxford University. I have previously worked as a Stipendiary Lecturer in Politics at Christ Church, Oxford and taught for St Hughs College and Oriel College. Prior to beginning graduate studies I worked as a researcher in the Department of Sociology, Oxford. I have been employed by the BBC as a consultant psephologist on the 2005 General Election, the 2006 local elections and the 2007 Scotland, Wales and Local elections.

Research Interests

I have various research interests within the broad umbrellas of racial attitudes and inter-group relations, public opinion research and methodology and partisan and electoral politics. My doctoral research focused on evolving British attitudes towards immigrants and ethnic minorities, and their political effects past and present. A major strand of my postdoctoral research will be a comparative analysis examining the trends, causes and political consequences of racial intolerance in a wide range of European countries.

Projects

  • British attitudes towards immigrant ethnic minorities 1964-2005: Reactions to diversity and their political effects - Doctoral project
  • Trends, causes and consequences of intolerance towards immigrant minorities in Europe: A comparative analysis

I am also involved in a collaborative project with Scott Blinder (Oxford) and Elisabeth Ivarsflaten (Bergen) investigating how the interaction between racial prejudices and anti-racist norms influences the politics of immigration and the anti-immigrant far-right in Europe.

A second collaborative project, with Nic Cheeseman (Oxford) focuses on harnessing newly available comparative survey data to examine the role of ethnicity in structuring politics in emerging African democracies

Presentations
  • Ford, R (2008) "Coming to terms with diversity: British attitudes to ethnic minorities and immigrants", presented at the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester, February 2008 and at the Department of Sociology, University of Kent, March 2008. Slides
  • Cheeseman, N and Ford, R (2007) "Is African politics a ?racial census?? Using new survey data to measure the ethnic political cleavage in new African democracies", /presented at the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester, November 2007/ (Slides).
  • Cheeseman, N and Ford, R (2007) "Surveying public opinion in new African democracies: The Afrobarometer", presented at the Economic and Social Data Service, University of Manchester, November 2007/ (Slides).
    • Work Under Review

    Ford, R (2008) 'Not all immigrants are equal (yet): discrimination and generational change in British attitudes to immigrants from seven different regions'.

    Cheeseman, N and Ford, R (2008) 'Ethnicity and Party Support in Africa: The Limits of Census Politics'

    Ivarsflaten, E; Blinder, S and Ford, R (2008) 'The anti-racism norm in Western European immigration politics: Why we need to consider it and how to measure it'.

    Publications

    Ford, R (2008 (under review)) Not all immigrants are equal (yet): discrimination and generational change in British attitudes to immigrants from seven different regions? CCSR Working Papers.
    Cheeseman, N, Ford, R (2008) Ethnicity and Party Support in Africa: The Limits of Census Politics Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.
    Cheeseman, N, Ford, R (2008) Ethnicity and Party Support in Africa: The Limits of Census Politics? Annual meeting of the PSA Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties.
    Ford, R (2008) Coming to terms with diversity: British attitudes to ethnic minorities and immigrants CCSR Seminar Presentation.
    Ford, R (2008) Is racial prejudice declining in Britain? British Journal of Sociology 59. 609-636
    Ford, R (2008) Not all immigrants are equal: evidence of an ethnic hierarchy in British immigration preferences Manchester Harvard Summer School on Immigration.
    Ford, R (2008) Force for integration or source of hostility? British nationalism and attitudes to immigrant and Muslim minorities Political Studies Association Annual Conference.
    Ford, R (2008) Nationalism and attitudes to ethnic minorities in Britain Political Studies Association Conference.
    Ivarsflaten, R, Blinder, S, Ford, R (2008) The anti-racism norm in Western European immigration politics: Why we need to consider it and how to measure it? .
    Ivarsflaten, R, Blinder, S, Ford, R (2008) The anti-racism norm in Western European immigration politics: Why we need to consider it and how to measure it. Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.
    Cheeseman, N, Ford, R, Centre for the Study of African Economies (2008) Ethnicity as a Political Cleavage in Africa .
    Cheeseman, N, Ford, R, Nuffield College (2008) Social Structure and Political Choice in Africa .
    Ford, R, Department of Sociology (2008) Coming to terms with diversity: British attitudes to ethnic minorities and immigrants .
    Ford, R, Department of Politics (2008) Coming to terms with diversity: British attitudes to ethnic minorities and immigrants .
    Ford, R, IPEG (2008) Support for extremism in Britain: survey evidence . November 2008
    Goodwin, M, Ford, R, John, P (2008) Understanding the resurgence in British far right support CCSR.
    Goodwin, M, Ford, R, John, P, De Montford University (2008) Understanding the resurgence in British far right support .
    Goodwin, M, Ford, R, John, P, DCERN (2008) Understanding the resurgence in British far right support .
    Cheeseman, N, Ford, R (2007) Ethnicity as a Political Cleavage Afrobarometer Conference.
    Cheeseman, N, Ford, R (2007) Is African politics a racial census? Using new survey data to measure the ethnic political cleavage in new African democracies CCSR Seminar Presentation.
    Cheeseman, N, Ford, R (2007) Surveying public opinion in new African democracies: The Afrobarometer .
    Cheeseman, N, Ford, R.W. (2007) Ethnicity as a political cleavage? Afrobarometer Working Papers.
    Ford, R (2006) Prejudice and white majority welfare attitudes in the UK Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 16. 141-56
    Ford, R (2006) Trends in white attitudes towards social contact with ethnic minorities in Britain 1983-96: Period, cohort and individual effects 2006 Aage Sorenson Memorial Conference.
    Ford, R (2006) Immigration at the 2005 British General Election 2006 Political Studies Association conference.
    Ford, R (2006) Trends in white attitudes towards social contact with ethnic minorities in Britain 1983-96 Period, cohort and individual effects 2006 American Sociological Association conference.
    Ford, R (2006) After Powell: Immigration, Race and Politics in Britain in the 1970s 2006 PSA Elections, Public Opinion and Parties group conference.
    Ford, R (2006) Why does nationalism differ across nations? An empirical investigation of the factors that cause different forms of nationalism to emerge in different contexts International Sociological Association conference.
    Tilley, J, Heath, A., Ford, R (2006) Why does nationalism differ across nations? An empirical investigation of the factors that cause different forms of nationalism to emerge in different contexts International Sociological Association conference.
    McCrudden, C, Ford, R, Heath, A., Osborne, G, Shuttleworth, I (2004) The Impact of Affirmative Action Agreements , , Blackstaff Press.
    McCrudden,C, Ford, R, Heath, A. (2004) Legal Regulation of Affirmative Action in Northern Ireland: An Empirical Assessment Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 24. 363-415

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