Kenneth Benoit is currently Professor of Quantitative Social Research Methods, and Head of the Methodology Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has previously held positions in the Department of Political Science at Trinity College Dublin and Central European University (Budapest).
He received his Ph.D. (1998) from Harvard University, Department of Government.
Substantive research interests include comparative party competition, the European Parliament, electoral systems, and transitions to democracy. Much of his recent work involves estimating the electoral effects of campaign spending. He is also a leading specialist on Hungarian elections and the Hungarian electoral system. His methodological interests include statistical methodologies for the social sciences, especially those relating to measurement and quantitative text analysis. Recent data large-scale measurement projects in which he has been involved include estimating policy positions of political parties through expert surveys, manifesto coding, and text analysis.
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Professor Benoit also works occasionally as a consultant for political parties, governmental organizations, and media for all business related to elections, especially computer modeling and forecasting of election outcomes.
Contact details:
Methodology Institute, LSE
Columbia House 8th floor
London WC2A 2AE
UK
Tel. +44 20 7955 6812
Fax +353 1 677 0546