Politics, International Relations & Philosophy

Elisabeth Carter received her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of Manchester. She gained a BA in European Studies and Modern Languages (French and German) and an MA in European Politics and Policy before going on to complete a PhD that examined the electoral fortunes of right-wing extremist parties across Western Europe. She came to Keele in 2003 as a researcher within the Keele European Parties Research Unit (KEPRU) and became a lecturer in Politics in 2005.

She has been involved in a number of cross-national research groups and has worked on several international collaborative projects including an ESRC-funded project (based at Keele) on the Europeanization of national political parties and, more recently, on the EU Profiler, a voting advice application for the European Parliament elections of 2009. She is also co-convenor of the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy.

• Comparative European Politics
• Political Parties and Party Systems
• Elections, Electoral Institutions and Electoral Behaviour
• Right-Wing Extremism

Prospective students interested in pursuing doctoral research in these areas are welcome to get in touch.

Elisabeth Carter is a member of the Keele European Parties Research Unit (KEPRU) and a member of the Keele Research Institute for Law, Politics and Justice.

• Comparing Politics Today (Level 1)
• Comparative Political Analysis (Level 2)
• The Extreme Right in Western Europe (Level 3)
• Researching and Dissertation-Writing in Politics and International Relations (Level 3)
• Comparative European Politics (MA/MRes)
• Research Design and Process (MRes)