DAMIEN BOL
Sciences Po Paris
CEVIPOF
I'm a Professor at CEVIPOF, Sciences Po Paris. Before that, I was a tenured Professor in the Department of Political Economy at King's College London.
My work sits at the intersection of comparative politics and political behavior. I study how individuals experience and evaluate democracy, including its institutions and core values. Methodologically, I specialize in surveys and experiments often conducted in Belgium, Canada, France, and the UK, which are my main countries of expertise. I'm also interested in methodological innovation, including how new tools such as AI can enhance, or maybe complicate, political science research. My papers appear in Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Public Economics, European Journal of Political Research, and Public Opinion Quarterly (among others).
Outside of research, I enjoy helping build academic communities. I was the Director of the Quantitative Political Economy Group at King's College London, which gathered around 50 faculty members and many PhD students. I currently direct the French Electoral Studies Network (REEF, Réseau d’Études Électorales en France), bringing together about 200 researchers from dozens of universities to coordinate data collection across institutions and disciplines for the upcoming French electoral cycle.
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
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Research & Politics 12(2): 1–9 (with Pierre-Henri Bono).
(2025) Le vote stratégique dans une France multipolarisée : le cas des élections législatives de 2024.
Revue Française de Science Politique 75(2): 97-118 (with Jean-François Daoust).
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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(2023) Public Support for Citizens' Assemblies Selected through Sortition: Evidence from 15 Countries.
European Journal of Political Research 62(3): 873–902 (with Jean-Benoit Pilet, Davide Vittori, and Emilien Paulis).
(2021) Estimating Humanity’s Attitudes About Democracy and Political Leaders: Patterns and Trends.
Public Opinion Quarterly 85(4): 957–986 (with Christopher J. Anderson and Aurelia Ananda).
(2021) The Effect of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Political Support: Some Good News for Democracy?
European Journal of Political Research 60(2): 497–505 (with Marco Giani, André Blais, and Peter J. Loewen).