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Dr Jac Larner
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Jac Larner
Lecturer in Politics
Overview
I am a Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University where I teach Political Behaviour and Research Methods.
My research interests focus on elections, political psychology, voting behaviour, national identity, and survey methodology. I am a Co-Investigator on the Welsh Election Study and a Research Fellow at the University of Eidnburgh where I work on the Scottish Election Study (both funded by the Economic and Social Research Council).
Outside of these two studies, my research focus is on the politics of dervingness (who gets what?) and political candidate traits.
Prior to joining Cardiff in my current role, I was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, a leading centre for survey research. During my PhD, I worked as a Research Assistant on the British, Scottish, and Welsh Election Studies, as well as the Future of England Surveys.
Publication
2025
- Breitenstein, S. et al., 2025. The authentic a**hole: Candidate consistency, causality, and the vote. Polity: The Journal of the Northeastern Political Science Association 57 (2)(10.1086/734478)
- Griffiths, J. D. et al., 2025. A false start: Votes-at-16 in Wales in the 2021 Welsh Parliament | Senedd Cymru election. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. Available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/2894096/Votes-at-16-A-False-Start-PDF-Feb-2025.pdf.
- Larner, J. et al. 2025. Political scandals and vertical contagion in multilevel systems. British Journal of Political Science 55 e154. (10.1017/S0007123425000043)
- Larner, J. and Wyn Jones, R. 2025. Wales. In: Convery, A. ed. UK Politics. London: Sage. , pp.253-270.
- Larner, J. M. and Wyn Jones, R. 2025. The 2024 UK General Election in Wales. Parliamentary Affairs 78 (Supple), pp.148-161. (10.1093/pa/gsaf030)
- Prosser, T. , Larner, J. and Fernandez-Roldan, A. 2025. Self-interest, sociotropy and social policy. [Online].SSRN: SSRN. (10.2139/ssrn.5184051)Available at: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5184051.
- Thorp, J. and Larner, J. 2025. Responsibility for impairment shapes the perceived deservingness of welfare claimants with disabilities. Political Psychology 46 (1), pp.105-128. (10.1111/pops.12978)
2024
- Griffiths, J. D. et al. 2024. Making the case for more politicians: a survey experiment to investigate public attitudes to an expanded welsh parliament. Parliamentary Affairs 77 (2), pp.285-304. (10.1093/pa/gsad004)
- Larner, J. and Thorp, J. R. 2024. Vulnerability appeals in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from a national survey experiment. Journal of Experimental Political Science (10.1017/XPS.2024.14)
2023
- Griffiths, J. et al. 2023. Diverging electoral fortunes in Scotland and Wales: National identities, national interests, and voting behaviour. Regional & Federal Studies 33 (4), pp.487-510. (10.1080/13597566.2023.2227952)
- Larner, J. et al. 2023. Incumbency and identity: the 2021 Senedd election. Parliamentary Affairs 76 (4), pp.857-878. gsac012. (10.1093/pa/gsac012)
2022
- Henderson, A. et al., 2022. The referendum that changed a nation: Scottish voting behaviour 2014–2019. Palgrave Macmillan. (10.1007/978-3-031-16095-0)
2021
- Henderson, A. et al., 2021. Analysing vote choice in a multi-national state: national identity and territorial differentiation in the 2016 Brexit vote. Regional Studies 55 (9), pp.1502-1516. (10.1080/00343404.2020.1813883)
- Kenny, J. , Larner, J. and Lewis-Beck, M. 2021. Candidate authenticity and the Iowa Caucus. Electoral Studies (10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102390)
- Stiers, D. et al., 2021. Candidate authenticity: 'to thine own self be true'. Political Behavior 43 , pp.1181-1204. (10.1007/s11109-019-09589-y)
- Wyn Jones, R. and Larner, J. 2021. Progressive home rule?. IPPR Progressive Review 27 (3), pp.235-245. (10.1111/newe.12221)
- Wyn Jones, R. W. and Larner, J. 2021. What about Wales? Brexit and the future of the UK. Discover Society 1 (2) 4. (10.51428/dsoc.2021.02.0004)
2020
- Johns, R. et al., 2020. Brexit or independence? Scotland's general election. Political Insight 11 (1), pp.28-31. (10.1177/2041905820911745)
2019
- Larner, J. M. 2019. The multilevel voter: Identity, territory and electoral behaviour. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
2018
- Awan-Scully, R. et al. 2018. Unpacking diversity: Barriers and incentives to standing for election to the National Assembly for Wales.
- Stirbu, D. , Larner, J. and McAllister, L. 2018. Gender representation in Wales: new approaches to candidate selection in UK's devolved legislatures and beyond. In: Cordero, G. and Coller, X. eds. Democratizing Candidate Selection: New Methods, Old Receipts?. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. , pp.201-230. (10.1007/978-3-319-76550-1_9)
2017
- Scully, R. and Larner, J. 2017. A successful defence: the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election. Parliamentary Affairs 70 (3), pp.507-529. (10.1093/pa/gsw033)
Articles
- Breitenstein, S. et al., 2025. The authentic a**hole: Candidate consistency, causality, and the vote. Polity: The Journal of the Northeastern Political Science Association 57 (2)(10.1086/734478)
- Griffiths, J. et al. 2023. Diverging electoral fortunes in Scotland and Wales: National identities, national interests, and voting behaviour. Regional & Federal Studies 33 (4), pp.487-510. (10.1080/13597566.2023.2227952)
- Griffiths, J. D. et al. 2024. Making the case for more politicians: a survey experiment to investigate public attitudes to an expanded welsh parliament. Parliamentary Affairs 77 (2), pp.285-304. (10.1093/pa/gsad004)
- Henderson, A. et al., 2021. Analysing vote choice in a multi-national state: national identity and territorial differentiation in the 2016 Brexit vote. Regional Studies 55 (9), pp.1502-1516. (10.1080/00343404.2020.1813883)
- Johns, R. et al., 2020. Brexit or independence? Scotland's general election. Political Insight 11 (1), pp.28-31. (10.1177/2041905820911745)
- Kenny, J. , Larner, J. and Lewis-Beck, M. 2021. Candidate authenticity and the Iowa Caucus. Electoral Studies (10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102390)
- Larner, J. et al. 2025. Political scandals and vertical contagion in multilevel systems. British Journal of Political Science 55 e154. (10.1017/S0007123425000043)
- Larner, J. and Thorp, J. R. 2024. Vulnerability appeals in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from a national survey experiment. Journal of Experimental Political Science (10.1017/XPS.2024.14)
- Larner, J. et al. 2023. Incumbency and identity: the 2021 Senedd election. Parliamentary Affairs 76 (4), pp.857-878. gsac012. (10.1093/pa/gsac012)
- Larner, J. M. and Wyn Jones, R. 2025. The 2024 UK General Election in Wales. Parliamentary Affairs 78 (Supple), pp.148-161. (10.1093/pa/gsaf030)
- Scully, R. and Larner, J. 2017. A successful defence: the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election. Parliamentary Affairs 70 (3), pp.507-529. (10.1093/pa/gsw033)
- Stiers, D. et al., 2021. Candidate authenticity: 'to thine own self be true'. Political Behavior 43 , pp.1181-1204. (10.1007/s11109-019-09589-y)
- Thorp, J. and Larner, J. 2025. Responsibility for impairment shapes the perceived deservingness of welfare claimants with disabilities. Political Psychology 46 (1), pp.105-128. (10.1111/pops.12978)
- Wyn Jones, R. and Larner, J. 2021. Progressive home rule?. IPPR Progressive Review 27 (3), pp.235-245. (10.1111/newe.12221)
- Wyn Jones, R. W. and Larner, J. 2021. What about Wales? Brexit and the future of the UK. Discover Society 1 (2) 4. (10.51428/dsoc.2021.02.0004)
Book sections
- Larner, J. and Wyn Jones, R. 2025. Wales. In: Convery, A. ed. UK Politics. London: Sage. , pp.253-270.
- Stirbu, D. , Larner, J. and McAllister, L. 2018. Gender representation in Wales: new approaches to candidate selection in UK's devolved legislatures and beyond. In: Cordero, G. and Coller, X. eds. Democratizing Candidate Selection: New Methods, Old Receipts?. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. , pp.201-230. (10.1007/978-3-319-76550-1_9)
Books
- Henderson, A. et al., 2022. The referendum that changed a nation: Scottish voting behaviour 2014–2019. Palgrave Macmillan. (10.1007/978-3-031-16095-0)
Monographs
- Awan-Scully, R. et al. 2018. Unpacking diversity: Barriers and incentives to standing for election to the National Assembly for Wales.
- Griffiths, J. D. et al., 2025. A false start: Votes-at-16 in Wales in the 2021 Welsh Parliament | Senedd Cymru election. Project Report.[Online].Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. Available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/2894096/Votes-at-16-A-False-Start-PDF-Feb-2025.pdf.
Thesis
- Larner, J. M. 2019. The multilevel voter: Identity, territory and electoral behaviour. PhD Thesis , Cardiff University.
Websites
- Prosser, T. , Larner, J. and Fernandez-Roldan, A. 2025. Self-interest, sociotropy and social policy. [Online].SSRN: SSRN. (10.2139/ssrn.5184051)Available at: https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5184051.
Teaching
Below are a list of course I am currently teaching on. For previous teaching please see CV.
- Elections in the UK (3rd Year)
- Political Psychology (2nd Year)
- Doing Political Research (2nd Year)
- Introduction to Political Science (1st Year)
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Political science
- Political Psychology
- Public Attitudes
- Survey Experiments
- National Identity
