Professor of European Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Lincoln College, associated member of Nuffield College and an affiliated Professor of Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. I have a strong commitment to unraveling some of the most important societal and political problems facing Europe today, such as the electoral ramifications of the current Euro crisis, the rise of Euroscepticism, or the success of extremist parties. To this purpose, I coordinate large-scale projects collecting data on parties and public opinion towards Europe (Chapel Hill Expert Survey - CHES or European Election Survey 2014), facilitate interactions between academics and practitioners, and train young scholars in the area of European politics. For my academic and social engagement, I was selected as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in March 2013.

My research and teaching interests lie in the fields of political behavior, public opinion, EU politics and European integration and quantitative methods in political science. For a curriculum vitae see my CV Page. Currently, I work on projects exploring new avenues in the study of electoral behavior and party strategy. In addition, I am conducting several research projects funded by British Academy and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research focusing on the conditions under which voters reward or punish incumbents for past performance such as austerity (with a special focus on informational asymmetries) as well as popular support for and ambivalence towards the deepening of European integration. For more information about my research, please feel free to contact me at catherine.devries[at]politics.ox.ac.uk, or check out my Research Page.

Next to research and teaching, I really like photography. For a selection of recent pictures, see my flickr page.