Professor Justin Fisher
Director of Policy Unit / Professor of Political Science
Gaskell 061
- Email: justin.fisher@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266309
Summary
After nearly three years working in market research, I took my first degree and then moved on to a PhD, which was funded by the ESRC. After nine years as a lecturer at London Guildhall University, I moved to Brunel in 2000, where I was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2003 and then to Professor of Political Science in 2006. After serving as Head of Politics & History (2004-2007), I was appointed Director of the Magna Carta Institute in 2009 and combined that role with being Deputy Head of School of Social Sciences (Research). I was Head of the School of Social Sciences between 2012 and 2014, Head of the Department of Politics, History & the Brunel Law School between 2014 and 2017, and Head of the Department of Social and Political Sciences between 2017 and 2020. I was appointed as Director of the University's Policy Unit - Brunel Public Policy - in September 2020.
Qualifications:
- PhD Government (Brunel)
- BA (Hons) Politics & Government (City of London Polytechnic)
Responsibility
Director of Brunel Public Policy
Director of the Magna Carta Institute
Newest selected publications
Fisher, J. (2025) 'PARTY FINANCE: LABOUR EXPLOITS ITS ADVANTAGE'. Parliamentary Affairs: devoted to all aspects of parliamentary democracy. ISSN: 0031-2290
Fisher, J., Fieldhouse, E. and Cutts, D. (2024) 'Innocent Bystanders or the Forgotten Actors? The Role of Parties and Candidates in Building Electoral Campaign Momentum'. Political Studies, 0 (online early). pp. 1 - 22. ISSN: 0032-3217
Savani, M., Fisher, J. and Spyridonis, F. (2024) 'What do voters want from an online voting experience? Results from user testing of a prototype i-voting app'. Place of publication: Brunel Figshare. Available at: https://doi.org/10.17633/rd.brunel.25299106.v1.
Fisher, J., Fieldhouse, E. and Cutts, D. (2023) 'Delayed shock? How Brexit conditioned campaign effects in British general elections'. Party Politics: international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, 0 (ahead-of-print). pp. 1 - 16. ISSN: 1354-0688
Fisher, J. (2023) 'The regulation of political finance. Choppier waters ahead?'. Place of publication: Institute for Government. Available at: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/regulation-political-finance.