Skip to main content
Alan Wager

Dr Alan Wager

Research Associate

Contact details

Biography

Dr Alan Wager is a Research Associate at the UK in a Changing Europe initiative at King's College London. Previously, Alan was By-Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge and a researcher at the London School of Economics and the University of Manchester. His PhD thesis - concerning inter-party and operation in British politics - was completed at Queen Mary, University of London, where he taught undergraduate modules on British politics.

Research Interests

  • British party politics
  • Brexit; politics and public opinion
  • Comparative party politics

Publications

Wager, A., Keith, D., Sanderson-Nash, E. (2019) ‘Political Alliances Depend on Mutual Trust: the deviant case of the SDP-Liberal merger’ BJPIR 

Wager, A. Diamond, P. Richards, D. (2018) ‘Whatever Happened to the ‘New Politics’? The British Political Tradition, the Westminster Parliament and the Contingency of Brexit’ BJPIR 

Wager, A (2017) ‘Friends with Benefits: a temporal analysis of electoral pact negotiations in the British context’ British Politics 12:1 pp. 115-133

Wager, A. (2017) ‘Wager, A & Bale, T. (2017) ‘Liberal Democrats’ In: Liberal Parties in Europe Van Haute, E. (ed.) Abingdon: Routledge 

Bale, T & Diamond, P & Wager, A (2015) ‘Introduction’ In: British Conservative Leaders London: Biteback 

Bale, T & Wager, A (2015) ‘United Kingdom Independence Party: Insurgency or Splinter?’ In: Rechtspopulismus und Rechtsextremismus in Europa, Baden-Baden: Auflage

Teaching

Britain and European Integration

Expertise and Public Engagement

Alan appears regularly on and in international media to analyse Brexit and British politics: including Sky News, BBC News, Al Jazeera, RTE, The Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, The Telegraph and the New Statesman.

News

SSPP celebrates impactful research across the faculty

The Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy recently held its first Impact Awards to recognise and celebrate activity that has had a positive impact on...

SSPP impact awards 2022 winners

Spotlight

Enhancing political decision-making and public debate on leaving the EU

Looking at the impact of UK in a Changing Europe, five years on from the UK's Brexit referendum

Guardian Live - Brexit

News

SSPP celebrates impactful research across the faculty

The Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy recently held its first Impact Awards to recognise and celebrate activity that has had a positive impact on...

SSPP impact awards 2022 winners

Spotlight

Enhancing political decision-making and public debate on leaving the EU

Looking at the impact of UK in a Changing Europe, five years on from the UK's Brexit referendum

Guardian Live - Brexit