The Politics of Trust
Start time: 15:30 / End time: 17:00 / Date: 21 Oct 2021 Open to: Students in host dept/school/institute/centre / Staff in host dept/school/institute/centre / Any UOL students / Any UOL staff / Any potential postgraduate students / General Public Type: Seminar Cost: Free ONLINE Title: The Politics of Trust Abstract: Is there a crisis in political trust? How does trust work when citizens and government face a crisis on the scale of COVID-19? Is the real trust crisis that citizens struggle to decide who is trustworthy? In this presentation Will Jennings presents findings from the ESRC-funded 'TrustGov' project, drawing on evidence from cross-national surveys conducted in 25 countries and 60 focus groups conducted in 8 countries (covering a range of global regions and regime types). He considers the evidence for whether trust is in decline, how trust was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and how it influenced the effectiveness of government responses, and how citizens go about their reasoning processes in making trust judgements. Bio: Will Jennings is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Southampton and Principal Investigator of the ESRC-funded 'TrustGov' project exploring trust and trustworthiness of national and global governance. He is also Elections Analyst for Sky News. His research explores questions relating to public policy and political behaviour, specifically in relation to public opinion, political trust, elections, political geography, agenda-setting, and public administration. He is coauthor of Policy Agendas in British Politics (Palgrave, 2013), The Politics of Competence (Cambridge University Press, 2017), The Good Politician (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and The British General Election of 2019 (Palgrave, 2021). Please register for this event via Eventbrite - Zoom link will be circulated prior to the event. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/government-parties-and-elections-research-cluster-will-jenning-tickets-177063330187 Click on "Create a calendar file" and your browser will download a .ics file for this event. Microsoft Outlook: Download the file, double-click it to open it in Outlook, then click on "Save & Close" to save it to your calendar. If that doesn't work go into Outlook, click on the File tab, then on Open & Export, then Open Calendar. Select your .ics file then click on "Save & Close". Google Calendar: download the file, then go into your calendar. On the left where it says "Other calendars" click on the arrow icon and then click on Import calendar. Click on Browse and select the .ics file, then click on Import. Apple Calendar: The file may open automatically with an option to save it to your calendar. If not, download the file, then you can either drag it to Calendar or import the file by going to File >Import > Import and choosing the .ics file.About the event
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