Professor Tom Scotto
Head Of Department
Government and Public Policy
Personal statement
Thomas J. Scotto is Professor in the School of Government and Public Policy, and he teaches courses on the topics of American Politics, Public Opinion and Quantitative Methods. Prior to arriving at 海角论坛 in 2016, he served as a Professor of Government and Associate Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Essex, where he also taught courses in the Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis. Dr. Scotto is a recipient of funding from the British Academy and the ESRC which allows him to conduct national and cross-national surveys of citizen public opinion on matters of foreign policy. This funding yielded recent publications in outlets such as International Studies Quarterly, Political Behavior, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, International Relations of the Asia Pacific, and Canadian Foreign Policy. Professor Scotto consults with a number of Westminster units on the topic of British public attitudes towards foreign policy. These include The Prime Minister鈥檚 Office, the Home Office, the Ministry of Defence, and the Department for International Development. He is regularly quoted by or appears on media outlets such as the BBC, LBC Radio, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Independent, the Huffington Post and the Financial Times.
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 2024
Publications
- Pickering Steven David, Hansen Martin Ejnar, Dorussen Han, Reifler Jason, , Sunahara Yosuke, Yen Dorothy, Iezadi Shabnam
- PLoS ONE Vol 21 (2026)
- Di Leo Riccardo, Epifanio Mariaelisa, , Troeger Vera E
- Community, Work & Family, pp. 1-23 (2026)
- Kawakami Riku, , Dorussen Han, Pickering Steve, Reifler Jason, Sunahara Yosuke, Tago Atsushi, Yen Dorothy
- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Vol 52, pp. 65-84 (2026)
- Pickering Steven David, Hansen Martin Ejnar, Dorussen Han, Reifler Jason, , Sunahara Yosuke, Yen Dorothy
- Public Understanding of Science Vol 35, pp. 352-366 (2025)
- Di Leo Riccardo, Epifanio Mariaelisa, , Troeger Vera E
- Social Policy and Administration Vol 59, pp. 454-469 (2025)
- Yen Dorothy Ai-wan, Dorussen Han, Pickering Steve, Hansen Martin, , Reifler Jason
- British Journal of Healthcare Management Vol 31, pp. 1-12 (2025)
Professional Activities
- Visiting researcher
- 12/11/2026
- Visiting researcher
- 11/11/2026
- Organiser
- 4/3/2026
- Speaker
- 27/2/2020
- Participant
- 24/1/2019
Projects
- Scotto, Thomas (Principal Investigator) Mattes, Robert (Co-investigator) Greenwood-Hau, Joe (Co-investigator)
- This PhD project investigates a critical, yet often overlooked, assumption underpinning survey research: that respondents are uniformly attentive, engaged, and willing to provide meaningful responses. Across the world, surveys inform public policy, democratic debate, academic research, and organisational decision making. However, variation in respondent effort 鈥� including inattentiveness or differential engagement across social groups 鈥� can introduce bias and affect the validity of inferences about public attitudes and behaviour. This studentship will develop advanced quantitative methods to model and account for respondent effort, improve measurement quality, and assess how engagement varies across international and youth-focused survey contexts. Drawing on surveys from diverse settings, the research will enhance understanding of inclusion and representativeness in survey data, with implications for analysing inequality and informing better survey design and interpretation. The project is based in the Department of Government and Public Policy at the University of 海角论坛, aligned with the ESRC Advanced Quantitative Methods steer and supervised by Professors Thomas Scotto, Robert Mattes, and Dr Joe Greenwood-Hau.
- 01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2030
- Scotto, Thomas (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Scotto, Thomas (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2019
Contact
Professor
Tom
Scotto
Head Of Department
Government and Public Policy
Email: tom.scotto@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4004