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Dr Ed Poole
Reader in Politics
- Welsh speaking
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
About me:
I'm a Reader in Politics 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, including working for the state of Pennsylvania as a special advisor to two budget secretaries in the cabinet of Governor Edward G. Rendell.
Publication
2025
- Griffiths, J. D., Larner, J., Wyn Jones, R. and Poole, E. 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
2024
- Griffiths, J. D., Wyn Jones, R., Poole, E. G. and Larner, J. M. 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)
2023
- Peixoto Vale Gomes, L. and Poole, E. G. 2023. The impact of immigration in Wales and the Immigration Health Surcharge. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Fiscal Analysis, Cardiff Univrsity. Available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/2782946/20231120-IHS-Surcharge.pdf
- Peixoto Vale Gomes, L. and Poole, E. G. 2023. Labour market update for Wales. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Fiscal Analysis, Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/2779882/20230920_Labour-Market_27oct.pdf?utm_source=miragenews&utm_medium=miragenews&utm_campaign=news
- Larner, J., Wyn Jones, R., Poole, E., Surridge, P. and Wincott, D. 2023. Incumbency and identity: the 2021 Senedd election. Parliamentary Affairs 76(4), pp. 857-878., article number: gsac012. (10.1093/pa/gsac012)
- Griffiths, J., Wyn Jones, R. W., Poole, E. G., Larner, J. M., Henderson, A. and McMillan, F. 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)
2022
- Ifan, G., Sion, C., Peixoto Vale Gomes, L. and Poole, E. 2022. Welsh Budget Outlook 2022. Technical Report.
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: Schoukens, P. and Vonk, G. eds. 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
Adrannau llyfrau
- Ifan, G. and Poole, E. G. 2019. Devolution and decentralisation in social security: the situation in the United Kingdom. In: Schoukens, P. and Vonk, G. eds. Devolution and Decentralisation in Social Security: A European Comparative Perspective. NILG - Governance & Recht The Hague: Eleven International Publishing, pp. 245-268.
Erthyglau
- Griffiths, J. D., Wyn Jones, R., Poole, E. G. and Larner, J. M. 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., Wyn Jones, R., Poole, E., Surridge, P. and Wincott, D. 2023. Incumbency and identity: the 2021 Senedd election. Parliamentary Affairs 76(4), pp. 857-878., article number: gsac012. (10.1093/pa/gsac012)
- Griffiths, J., Wyn Jones, R. W., Poole, E. G., Larner, J. M., Henderson, A. and McMillan, F. 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)
- 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)
Monograffau
- Griffiths, J. D., Larner, J., Wyn Jones, R. and Poole, E. 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
- Peixoto Vale Gomes, L. and Poole, E. G. 2023. The impact of immigration in Wales and the Immigration Health Surcharge. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Fiscal Analysis, Cardiff Univrsity. Available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/2782946/20231120-IHS-Surcharge.pdf
- Peixoto Vale Gomes, L. and Poole, E. G. 2023. Labour market update for Wales. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Fiscal Analysis, Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/2779882/20230920_Labour-Market_27oct.pdf?utm_source=miragenews&utm_medium=miragenews&utm_campaign=news
- 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
Teaching
Teaching 2024-25
Modern Welsh Politics - 2nd year students
Political Economy - 3rd year students
Contemporary Welsh Politics: Political Behaviour and Current Issues - Masters' 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)
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.
