Professor Jonathan Tonge BA MA PhD
Professor of Politics Politics
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- Work email J.Tonge@liverpool.ac.uk
Research
Research Overview
Research interests:
Northern Ireland, Peace Processes, Devolution, Political Parties and Elections in the UK and Ireland
Northern Ireland
Politics of Northern Ireland, parties and elections
I am very happy to supervise PhDs on Northern Ireland.
Devolution in the UK
Politics, parties and elections in Scotland, Wales and England
The Voting Age debate in the UK
I am currently running a Leverhulme Trust project (2018-20) examining the debates over lowering the voting age in the UK and am happy to offer supervision on this topic
Research Grants
Beyond Unionism and Nationalism: A Membership Study of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
BRITISH ACADEMY (UK)
April 2021 - August 2022
Beyond Unionism and Nationalism in Northern Ireland: Electors, Voters and Party Members
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2021 - October 2023
An evaluation of historical and contemporary debates on lowering the voting age
LEVERHULME TRUST (UK)
May 2018 - July 2020
The Northern Ireland 2017 General Election Survey
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
June 2017 - September 2018
A Membership Survey of the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland
LEVERHULME TRUST (UK)
July 2012 - July 2014
American Political Science Association 104th annual meeting 2009
BRITISH ACADEMY (UK)
September 2009
The 2010 Northern Ireland General Election Survey.
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
March 2010 - November 2010
Abandoning historical conflict? Former paramilitaries in Northern Ireland.
LEVERHULME TRUST (UK)
January 2006 - December 2007
The Social and Political Bases of the Orange Order in Northern Ireland.
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2006 - October 2007
A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment of the Membership, Stategies and Tactics of Dissident Irish Republican Organisations
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2013 - December 2014
Research Collaborations
Dr Peter Shirlow
External: Queens University Belfast
Leverhulme Trust Project: Abandoning the Past? Paramilitary Prisoners in N Ireland. 78k
Professor James McAuley
External: The University of Huddersfield
Leverhulme Trust funded project (£78,745) Abandoning historical conflict? Former Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland
Professor James McAuley
External: The University of Huddersfield
Economic and Social Research Council funded project (£53,000) on a membership study of the Orange Order in Northern Ireland. Duration 2006-8