Alison Park
Research Director
National Centre for Social Research
I head the team at the National Centre which is responsible for the British Social Attitudes survey (which began in 1983) and the associated Scottish Social Attitudes survey (which began in 1999). Current work based on these surveys includes an examination of attitudes in Scotland towards a range of ‘moral’ issues (including abortion, sexuality, drugs and racism), and work on attitudes towards the family and marriage in Britain. Past work includes a wide range of projects focusing on social and political attitudes and electoral behaviour. In addition to my work at the National Centre, I have contributed towards BBC Television’s Election Night programmes since 1998.
Research interests
- Social, economic and political attitudes
- Electoral behaviour
- Scotland
- Social research methods
- Young people
- Comparative social research
Selected
Publications
Barlow, A., Duncan, S., James, G. and Park, A. (2001) ‘Just a piece of paper? Marriage and cohabitation’ in Park, A. et al [Eds.] British Social Attitudes, the 18th BSA Report: Public policy, Social ties. London: Sage.
Paterson, L., Brown, A., Curtice, J., Hinds, K., McCrone, D., Park, A., Sproston, K. and Surridge, P. (2001), New Scotland: New Politics?, Edinburgh: EUP.
Park, A. (2000), ‘The generation game’, in Jowell, R., Curtice, J., Park, A., Thomson, K., Jarvis, L., Bromley, C. and Stratford, N. (eds.), British Social Attitudes: the 17th Report, London: Sage.
Park, A. (1999) ‘Young people and political apathy’, in Jowell, R., Curtice, J., Park, A., Thomson, K., and Jarvis, L. (eds.), British Social Attitudes: the 16th Report, Ashgate: Aldershot.
Curtice, J. and Park, A. (1999), ‘Region: new labour, new geography’, in Evans, G. and Norris, P. (eds.), Critical Elections, London: Sage.
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Telephone: +44 20 7549 9573
Email: a.park@natcen.ac.uk
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