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Dr Ed Poole
Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations
- PooleEG@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 75574
- 8-10 North Road, Room 10.2.01, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3DY
- Welsh speaking
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
About Me:
I'm a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University where I teach Political Economy and Territorial Politics. My research interests lie in the politics of the historic nations and nationalities of Europe, fiscal decentralisation, and government responsiveness in multilevel political systems. I completed my PhD in Political Science at the London School of Economics.
I obtained a Masters in Public Administration at the University of Pennsylvania and subsequently worked in a number of positions in budget and finance in the United States. As a budget consultant at Public Financial Management, the United States’ largest government financial advisory firm, I worked with US state and local governments on initiatives to enhance revenues and contain government expenditures. I also worked in the administration of Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell as special adviser to two cabinet secretaries for the Budget.
Publication
2023
- Griffiths, J. D., Wyn Jones, R., Poole, E. G. and Larner, J. M. 2023. Making the case for more politicians: a survey experiment to investigate public attitudes to an expanded welsh parliament. Parliamentary Affairs (10.1093/pa/gsad004)
2022
- Ifan, G., Sion, C., Peixoto Vale Gomes, L. and Poole, E. 2022. Welsh Budget Outlook 2022. Technical Report.
- Larner, J., Wyn Jones, R., Poole, E., Surridge, P. and Wincott, D. 2022. Incumbency and identity: the 2021 Senedd election. Parliamentary Affairs, article number: gsac012. (10.1093/pa/gsac012)
2021
- Henderson, A., Poole, E. G., Wyn Jones, R., Wincott, D., Larner, J. and Jeffery, C. 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)
2020
- Ifan, G., Sion, C. and Poole, E. G. 2020. Wales' fiscal future: A path to sustainability?. Technical Report.
2019
- Ifan, G. and Poole, E. G. 2019. Devolution and decentralisation in social security: the situation in the United Kingdom. In: Devolution and Decentralisation in Social Security: A European Comparative Perspective. NILG - Governance & Recht The Hague: Eleven International Publishing, pp. 245-268.
- Poole, E. G. 2019. An electoral calculus? Dual incentives and committee assignment in the UK's mixed-member legislatures. Regional and Federal Studies 29(4), pp. 507-529. (10.1080/13597566.2018.1540980)
- Ifan, G., Sion, C. and Poole, E. G. 2019. Government Expenditure and Revenue Wales 2019. Technical Report.
- Poole, E. G. and Ifan, G. 2019. Internal coordination of social security in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Social Security 21(2), pp. 153-162. (10.1177/1388262719844984)
- Poole, E. G. 2019. How institutional culture trumps tier effects: evidence from government responsiveness to FOI requests. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 29(2), pp. 210-226. (10.1093/jopart/muy039)
2016
- Poole, E. G., Ifan, G. and Jones, R. W. 2016. Government expenditure and revenue Wales 2016. Technical Report.
- Ifan, G., Poole, E. G. and Wyn Jones, R. 2016. Wales and the EU Referendum: Estimating Wales' net contribution to the European Union. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/files/2016/05/Estimating-Wales%E2%80%99-Net-Contribution-to-the-European-Union.pdf
Articles
- Griffiths, J. D., Wyn Jones, R., Poole, E. G. and Larner, J. M. 2023. Making the case for more politicians: a survey experiment to investigate public attitudes to an expanded welsh parliament. Parliamentary Affairs (10.1093/pa/gsad004)
- Larner, J., Wyn Jones, R., Poole, E., Surridge, P. and Wincott, D. 2022. Incumbency and identity: the 2021 Senedd election. Parliamentary Affairs, article number: gsac012. (10.1093/pa/gsac012)
- Henderson, A., Poole, E. G., Wyn Jones, R., Wincott, D., Larner, J. and Jeffery, C. 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)
- Poole, E. G. 2019. An electoral calculus? Dual incentives and committee assignment in the UK's mixed-member legislatures. Regional and Federal Studies 29(4), pp. 507-529. (10.1080/13597566.2018.1540980)
- Poole, E. G. and Ifan, G. 2019. Internal coordination of social security in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Social Security 21(2), pp. 153-162. (10.1177/1388262719844984)
- Poole, E. G. 2019. How institutional culture trumps tier effects: evidence from government responsiveness to FOI requests. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 29(2), pp. 210-226. (10.1093/jopart/muy039)
Book sections
- Ifan, G. and Poole, E. G. 2019. Devolution and decentralisation in social security: the situation in the United Kingdom. In: Devolution and Decentralisation in Social Security: A European Comparative Perspective. NILG - Governance & Recht The Hague: Eleven International Publishing, pp. 245-268.
Monographs
- Ifan, G., Sion, C., Peixoto Vale Gomes, L. and Poole, E. 2022. Welsh Budget Outlook 2022. Technical Report.
- Ifan, G., Sion, C. and Poole, E. G. 2020. Wales' fiscal future: A path to sustainability?. Technical Report.
- Ifan, G., Sion, C. and Poole, E. G. 2019. Government Expenditure and Revenue Wales 2019. Technical Report.
- Poole, E. G., Ifan, G. and Jones, R. W. 2016. Government expenditure and revenue Wales 2016. Technical Report.
- Ifan, G., Poole, E. G. and Wyn Jones, R. 2016. Wales and the EU Referendum: Estimating Wales' net contribution to the European Union. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/files/2016/05/Estimating-Wales%E2%80%99-Net-Contribution-to-the-European-Union.pdf
Research
Publications:
Henderson, A., Poole, E.G., Wyn Jones, R., Wincott, D., Larner, J. & Jeffery, C. (2020) Analysing vote-choice in a multinational state: National identity and territorial differentiation in the 2016 Brexit vote, Regional Studies https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2020.1813883
Poole, E.G. and Ifan, G. (2019). Internal coordination of social security in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Social Security. Vol 21, Issue 2, p. 153-162 https://doi.org/10.1177/1388262719844984
Poole, E.G. (2019). How institutional culture trumps tier effects: evidence from government responsiveness to FOI requests. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Vol 29, Issue 2. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muy039
Ifan, G. and Poole, E.G. (2019). Devolution and decentralisation in social security: the situation in the United Kingdom, in Schoukens, P. & Vonk, G. (eds) (2019) Devolution and Decentralisation in Social Security: A European Comparative Perspective. The Hague: Eleven International Publishing
Poole, E.G. (2018). An electoral calculus? Dual incentives and committee assignment in the UK’s mixed-member legislatures. Regional and Federal Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2018.1540980
Poole, E.G. (2017) Wales and Brexit, in Hassan, G & Gunson, R (eds) (2017) Scotland, the UK and Brexit: A Guide to the Future. IPPR Scotland, Luath Press.
Poole, E.G., Ifan, G. & Phillips, D. (2017). Fair Funding for Taxing Times? Assessing the Fiscal Framework Agreement [Technical Report]. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/files/2016/11/Fair-Funding-for-Taxing-Times-Assessing-the-Fiscal-Framework-Agreement.pdf
Poole, E.G., Ifan, G. & Phillips, D. (2016). Barnett Squeezed? Options for a Funding Floor after Tax Devolution. [Technical Report]. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/files/2016/12/161209-WGC-IFS-2nd-Report-Barnett-Squeezed.pdf
Poole, E.G., Ifan, G. & Phillips, D. (2016). For Wales Don’t (Always) See Scotland: Adjusting the Welsh Block Grant after Tax Devolution. [Technical Report]. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre and the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/files/2016/10/WGC-IFS-Report-Oct-2016.pdf
Ifan, G. & Poole, E.G. (2016). Devolving Stamp Duty and Landfill Tax to Wales. [Technical Report]. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/files/2013/10/Devolving-Stamp-Duty-and-Landfill-Tax-to-Wales.pdf
Ifan, G. & Poole, E.G. (2016). Estimating Wales’ Net Contribution to the European Union. [Technical Report]. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/files/2016/05/Estimating-Wales%E2%80%99-Net-Contribution-to-the-European-Union.pdf
Poole, E.G, Ifan, G. and Wyn Jones, R. (2016). Government Expenditure and Revenue Wales 2016. [Technical Report]. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/files/2016/04/Government-Expenditure-and-Revenue-Wales-2016.pdf
Teaching
Teaching 2020-21:
Introduction to Political Science - 1st year students
Modern Welsh Politics (Module Convenor) - 2nd year students
Political Economy (Module Convenor) - 3rd year students
Biography
Education and Qualifications
2017: PhD in Political Science, London School of Economics. Thesis Title: "Essays on the Political Economy of Decentralization"
2016: PgCUTL: Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning (Fellow of the Higher Education Academy), Cardiff University
2013: Welsh: Passed WJEC Examination for Ysgrifennu Graenus (Writing at Proficiency level). Part of Tystysgrif mewn Hyfedredd Iaith: Defnyddio’r Gymraeg ("Certificate in Language Proficiency: Using Welsh"). University of South Wales
2013: PGCertHE: Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (Associate Level), London School of Economics
2011: MRes in Political Science (Quantitative Stream), London School of Economics
2004: MGA (Master of Government Administration), University of Pennsylvania, Fels Institute of Government
1999: BSc in Government, London School of Economics, First Class Honours
Career Overview
2014-present: Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff School of Law and Politics
2012-13: Graduate Teaching Assistant, London School of Economics
2006-10: Special Adviser to the Secretary of the Budget, Governor’s Budget Office, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
2004-06: Budget Consultant, Public Financial Management, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Honours and awards
‘Welsh Education Champion’, Cardiff University's Enriching Student Life Awards (2016)
Professional memberships
Member of the European Political Science Association
Academic positions
2012-2013: Graduate Teaching Assistant, London School of Economics
Committees and reviewing
Journal reviewer: Regional and Federal Studies, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Public Administration.
