Dr Matt Qvortrup MA, DPhil (Oxon)
Senior Lecturer of Comparative Politics, Centre for International Security and Resilience (CISR)
Location: Shrivenham campus
E: m.qvortrup@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)7984421832
Department of Management and Security
Current activities
Dr Qvortrup is doing research on constitutional and institutional development in newly democratized societies. His current research focus is legal and political issues pertaining to referendums and constitutional law in Britain and abroad. He has recently finished research on a comparative historical study of nationalism and referendums.
Dr Qvortrup is also research co-ordinator for CISR, where he mentors junior researchers and runs research seminars.
Clients
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2009)
The United Nations in Sudan (2009)
DEFRA (2006)
The US State Department (2005)
The UK Electoral Commission (2004)
Background
Dr Qvortrup studied politics and history at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. He was awarded his doctorate Constitutional Implications of the Use of the Referendum (A study of Constitutional law) from Oxford in 1999.
Dr Qvortrup has previously taught at, The London School of Economics (2001-2004), the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen (2004-2008) and UCL (2008-2010). In 2005 he was a visiting professor at the University of Sydney.
Selected publications
Books:
Qvortrup, M. (2012 forthcoming) From Bullets to Ballots: Referendums on Ethno-national IssuesUniversity of Pennsylvania Press.
Qvortrup, M (2012 Forthcoming) Direct Democracy: Can Referendums and Citizens’ Initiatives Strengthen Representative Government? , Manchester, Manchester University Press
Qvortrup, M. (2007) The Politics of Participation. From Athens to eDemocracy, Manchester, Manchester University Press.
Qvortrup, M.(2005, 1sted 2002) A Comparative Study of Referendums. Government by the People, Manchester, Manchester University Press/University of British Columbia Press.
Qvortrup, M. (2003) The Political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The Impossibility of Reason, Manchester University Press.
Chapters in Books:
Qvortrup, M. (2010) United Kingdom: Extreme Dominance by the Executive, in Bjørn Erik Rasch and George Tsebelis (Editors). The Role of Government in Legislative Agenda-Setting, London, Routledge, pp.69-85.
Qvortrup, M. (2011) The Sociology of Elections In George Ritzer (editor). Blackwell Encyclopédia of Sociology. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford and New York, pp.65-67.
Qvortrup, M.(2005) Participation in British Politics in Richard Heffernan and Graham Thompson (Editors) Power and Politics in theUK, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 77-103.
Qvortrup, M. (2001) Regulation of Direct Democracy Outside the USA: Impressions, Tendencies and Patterns from Overseas, in M. Dane Waters (Editor), The Battle over Citizen Lawmaking, Durham, Carolina Academic Press, pp.239-250.
Qvortrup, M.(2001) ‘The Courts vs. The People’, in M. Dane Waters (Editor), The Battle over Citizen Lawmaking, Durham, Carolina Academic Press, , pp.197-210.
Qvortrup, M.(2010) Edmund Burke in Lars Bo Kaspersen and Jørn Loftager (Editors) Classic and Modern Political Theory¸Copenhagen , Hans Reizels, pp.346-360.
Qvortrup, M. (2010) Hayek and Popper in Lars Bo Kaspersen and Jørn Loftager (Editors) Classic and Modern Political Theory¸Copenhagen , Hans Reizels, pp.822-837.
Qvortrup, M. (2006) Super Majority Requirements, in Dana Ariel-Horowitz (Editor) Issues in Israeli Politics,, Israel Democracy Institute, Tel Aviv, (In Hebrew), 2006,pp.81-92.
Qvortrup, M. (2002) “Rousseau,Constitutionalism and the Deepening of Direct Democratic Participation" (Original title: ) Rousseau, Konstitutionalismus und die Vertiefung der direkt demokratischen Partizipation, in John D. Patillo-Hess and Mario R. Smole (Editors). Parliamentary Democracy and Its Enemies(Orginal title: Die parlamentarische Demokratie und ihre Feinde), Vienna, Löcker Verlag, pp.87-93.
Chapters in Preparation:
Qvortrup, M (2012, Forthcoming) ‘Kompetenz-Kompetenz: The Supremacy of EU Law and The British Courts’, in M. Qvortrup (Editor) The British Constitution: Continuity or Change?, Oxford, Hart
Qvortrup, M (2012 forthcoming) Introduction: Referendums and Ethnic Politics, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Vol.16.No.1)
Qvortrup, M (2012 forthcoming) Le référendum britannique sur le système de vote alternatif : une approche comparative, Jus Politicum, No.6, 2011
Qvortrup, M (2012, Forthcoming) Terrorism and Political Science, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Published On-Line 2011.
Qvortrup, M (2012 Forthcoming) ‘Introduction: Referendums, Democracy and Nationalism, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Vol.16.No.1
Qvortrup, M (2012 Forthcoming) ‘The History of Ethno-National Referendums’, , Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Vol.16.No.1
Academic Articles:
Qvortrup, M (2011) ‘Introduction: The Political and behavioural impact of political institutions’ in Political Science in European Political Science, (Special Issue edited by Matt Qvortrup), Vol. 10, No. 4. Published On-line August 2011
Qvortrup, M and Taagapera, R (2011) ‘Who Gets What, When How – and through which electoral system: The effect of electoral systems on policy and political behaviour’ in European Political Science, (Special Issue edited by Matt Qvortrup), Vol. 10, No. 4. Published On-line August 2011
Qvortrup, M (2011) ‘The Parliamentary Election in Trinidad and Tobago’, in Electoral Studies, Published On-line December 2011
Qvortrup, M (2011) ‘Total Recall: A Comparative Appraisal’, in Representation, Volume 47, Issue 1, June, pp.169-78.
Qvortrup, M. (2009) Rebels without a Course? The Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, The Political Quarterly, Vol.80, No.1, pp. 97-108.
Qvortrup, M. (2008) Tintin in Australia, in The Political Quarterly, Vol. 79, No. 2. (June 2008), 69-79.
Qvortrup, M. (2008) Citizen Initiated Referendums (CIR) in New Zealand: A Comparative Appraisal, in Representation, Volume 44, Issue 1, April, pp.69-78.
Qvortrup, M. (2007) Thoughts on Schumpeter and Political Entrepreneurship in International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol.8, No.4, November 2007, pp. 304-309.
Qvortrup, M. (2007) The Federal Election in Australia of November in Electoral Studies, Vol.27, No.4, pp. 555-559.
Qvortrup, M. (2006) Three Referendums on the European Constitution, in The Political Quarterly, Vol. 77, No.1, pp. 89-98.
Qvortrup, M.(2005) Fair Voting? The Regulation of Referendums in Cyprus in Comparative Perspective, Cyprus Review, Volume 17, No. 2, pp.1-15.
Qvortrup, M (2005) Obesity and Globalisation, in Obesity in PracticeVol. 1, Issue 2, pp.50-59.
Qvortrup, M. (2005) First Past the Post Man, The Political QuarterlyVol. 76,. No. 3, pp. 414-419.
Qvortrup, M. (2004), In Search of Lost Time. On History and Government”, in European Journal of Political Research, No.1, pp.127-142.
Qvortrup, M. (2002) The Emperor’s New Clothes, West European Politics, Vol.25, No.2, pp.231-237.
Qvortrup, M. (2001) Functionalism in Practice, in Regional and Federal Studies An International Journal, Vol.11, No.1, pp. 27-39.
Qvortrup, M. and Taffe, D. (2002) Murthy’s Law Revisited: The Irish Rejection of the Nice Treaty 2001, Representation, Vol.39, No.1, pp. 57-64.
Qvortrup, M. (2001) The Danish Euro-referendum in Comparative Perspective", in Representation, Vol.38, No.1, pp. 77-87.
Qvortrup, M. (2001) How to Lose a Referendum", in The Political Quarterly, Vol.72, No.2, pp.90-100.
Qvortrup, M. (2000) Checks and Balances in a Unicameral Parliament, in The Journal of Legislative Studies, Vol.6, No.3, pp. 15-29.
Qvortrup, M. (2000) Are Referendums Controlled and Pro-Hegemonic?, in Political Studies. Vol. 48, No.4, pp.821-826.
Qvortrup, M. (2000) Plutocracy Revisited. An Essay on Campaign Finance, in Politika. The Israeli Journal of Political Science and International Relations. Vol.15, No.2, (In Hebrew), 91-104.
Qvortrup, M. (1999) A.V. Dicey: The Referendum as the People’s Veto, in History of Political Thought, Vol.20, No.3, pp. 531-546.
Qvortrup, M. (1998) Voter-Knowledge and Participation: A Comparative Study of Referendums in Denmark and Switzerland’, in Representation. Journal of Representative Democracy, Vol. 35, No.4, pp.255-265.
Qvortrup, M. (1997) Uruguay’s Constitutional Referendum, in Electoral Studies, Vol.16, No.4, pp. 549-555.
