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Employment (3)

The Open University: Milton Keynes, GB

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Open University: Milton Keynes, GB

2021-05-01 to present | Professor of Politics & International Studies (Politics & International Studies)
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Simon Usherwood

University of Surrey: Guildford, Surrey, GB

2003-09 to 2021-04-30 | Professor, Politics (Politics)
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Education and qualifications (4)

University of Surrey: Guildford, Surrey, GB

2007-05 | PG Certificate in Academic Practice
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Simon Usherwood

London School of Economics and Political Science: London, London, GB

1999-09 to 2003-03 | PhD European Politics (European Institute)
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Simon Usherwood

College of Europe: Bruges, BE

1996-09 to 1997-07 | Diplôme d’Etudes Politiques et Administratives Européennes Approfondies
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Simon Usherwood

University College London: London, London, GB

1992-09 to 1996-07 | BA Hons Modern European Studies (German)
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Funding (3)

Making sense of Brexit

2017-12-01 to 2019-06-29 | Grant
Economic and Social Research Council (n/a, GB)
URL: https://grants.uberresearch.com/501100000269/234816A2-A19A-42A9-95A9-1B7AE238756B/Making-sense-of-Brexit
GRANT_NUMBER: grant.ES/R007381/1
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Negotiating Brexit: national governments, EU institutions and the UK

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Mapping the EU referendum debate

2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | Grant
Economic and Social Research Council (Swindon, GB)
URL: https://grants.uberresearch.com/501100000269/DA6C68AD-DDEC-4978-AC86-4256B8AA32BE/Mapping-the-EU-referendum-debate
GRANT_NUMBER: ES/N015479/1
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Works (40)

Artificial Intelligence Challenges and Opportunities

Journal of Political Science Education
2025-04-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/15512169.2025.2481586
Contributors: Alasdair Blair; Charity Butcher; Tavishi Bhasin; Elizabeth Gordon; Maia Carter Hallward; Alison Rios Millett McCartney; Simon Usherwood
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Teaching Political Science in Times of Conflict: Introducing the Symposium

Journal of Political Science Education
2024 | Journal article | Author
SOURCE-WORK-ID:

99107

URI: https://oro.open.ac.uk/99107/
Contributors: Blair, Alasdair; Butcher, Charity; Bhasin, Tavishi; Gordon, Elizabeth Ellen; Hallward, Maia Carter; Simon Usherwood; McCartney, Alison Rios Millett
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The Open University (ORO - Open Research Online)

Why do civil society organizations working on international protection tend to have positive dispositions towards refugees? A macro-level opportunity structure model

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies
2024 | Journal article | Author
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100441

URI: https://oro.open.ac.uk/100441/
Contributors: Simon Usherwood; Alia Middleton; Carmen Caruso
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The Open University (ORO - Open Research Online)

Looking Back and Looking Forward: Reflections on 20 Years of the Journal of Political Science Education

Journal of Political Science Education
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/15512169.2024.2401388
Contributors: Charity Butcher; Alasdair Blair; Tavishi Bhasin; Elizabeth Gordon; Maia Carter Hallward; Alison Rios Millett McCartney; Simon Usherwood
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Looking Back and Looking Forward: Reflections on 20 Years of the Journal of Political Science Education

Journal of Political Science Education
2024-09-18 | Journal article | Author
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100169

URI: https://oro.open.ac.uk/100169/
Contributors: Butcher, Charity; Blair, Alasdair; Bhasin, Tavishi; Gordon, Elizabeth; Hallward, Maia Carter; McCartney, Alison Rios Millett; Simon Usherwood
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The Open University (ORO - Open Research Online)

Teaching Political Science in Times of Conflict: Introducing the Symposium

Journal of Political Science Education
2024-07-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/15512169.2024.2380656
Contributors: Alasdair Blair; Charity Butcher; Tavishi Bhasin; Elizabeth Ellen Gordon; Maia Carter Hallward; Simon Usherwood; Alison Rios Millett McCartney
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The EU after Brexit: EU-UK Relations and the latent crisis of withdrawal

2023 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.1515/9783110790337-010
SOURCE-WORK-ID: 87856
Contributors: Roos, Mechthild; Schade, Daniel; Simon Usherwood
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The Legitimacy Challenge: Euroscepticism as an embedded element of the EU

2023 | Book chapter | Author
SOURCE-WORK-ID: 87374
Contributors: Rhinard, Mark; Nugent, Neill; Paterson, William E.; Simon Usherwood
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Book Review: Brexit Britain: The consequences of the vote to leave the European Union

Party Politics
2023-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/13540688231203612
Contributors: Simon Usherwood
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[Book Review] <i>Review of Brexit Britain: The consequences of the vote to leave the European Union</i>

Party Politics
2023-09-15 | Journal article | Author
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92887

URI: https://oro.open.ac.uk/92887/
Contributors: Simon Usherwood
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Managing Design Uncertainty: Building an Asynchronous Online Simulation

2023-01-23 | Preprint
DOI: 10.33774/apsa-2023-vfgc0
Contributors: Simon Usherwood
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[Book review] ‘Riding the populist wave: Europe’s mainstream Right in crisis’ edited by T. Bale & C. Rovira Kaltwasser, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Journal of Contemporary European Studies
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14782804.2021.1991143
SOURCE-WORK-ID: 79950
Contributors: Usherwood, Simon
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Review of All the world’s a stage: the theater of political simulations

Journal of Political Science Education
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/15512169.2021.1920421
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2-s2.0-85122540403

Part of ISSN: 15512177 15512169
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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The nested games of the UK’s EU referendum: ruptures, reconfigurations and lessons for Europe

Journal of Contemporary European Studies
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14782804.2021.1937585
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2-s2.0-85107686665

Part of ISSN: 14782790 14782804
Contributors: Alexandre-Collier, A.; Schnapper, P.; Usherwood, S.
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‘Our European Friends and Partners’? Negotiating the Trade and Cooperation Agreement

Journal of Common Market Studies
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jcms.13238
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2-s2.0-85111945431

Part of ISSN: 14685965 00219886
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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Beyond descriptions and good practices: empirical effects on students’ learning outcomes of active learning environments in political science curricula

European Political Science
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1057/s41304-020-00259-w
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2-s2.0-85085577353

Part of ISSN: 16820983 16804333
Contributors: Duchatelet, D.; Bursens, P.; Usherwood, S.; Oberle, M.
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Simon Usherwood via Scopus - Elsevier

Shooting the fox? UKIP’s populism in the post-Brexit era

West European Politics
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2019.1596692
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2-s2.0-85065067123

Part of ISSN: 17439655 01402382
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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Simon Usherwood via Scopus - Elsevier

Book Review: Geoffrey Evans and Anand Menon, Brexit and British Politics

Political Studies Review
2019-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1478929918809342
Contributors: Simon Usherwood
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Assessment Strategies in Simulation Games

Professional and Practice-based Learning
2018 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-74147-5_9
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2-s2.0-85062450582

Part of ISSN: 22105557 22105549
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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Simon Usherwood via Scopus - Elsevier

The Third Era of British Euroscepticism: Brexit as a Paradigm Shift

Political Quarterly
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1467-923X.12598
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2-s2.0-85055347850

Part of ISSN: 1467923X 00323179
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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Simon Usherwood via Scopus - Elsevier

Conclusion: Euroscepticism and European (dis)integration in the age of Brexit

The Routledge Handbook of Euroscepticism
2017 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.4324/9781315464015
EID:

2-s2.0-85040575833
Contributors: Usherwood, S.; Leruth, B.; Startin, N.
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Simon Usherwood via Scopus - Elsevier

Defining Euroscepticism: From a broad concept to a field of study

The Routledge Handbook of Euroscepticism
2017 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.4324/9781315464015
EID:

2-s2.0-85040581929
Contributors: Leruth, B.; Startin, N.; Usherwood, S.
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Simon Usherwood via Scopus - Elsevier

Mapping the development of a new MA programme in higher education: comparing privately held perceptions of a public endeavour

Journal of Further and Higher Education
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2015.1070398
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2-s2.0-84945206445

Part of ISSN: 14699486 0309877X
Contributors: Kinchin, I.; Hosein, A.; Medland, E.; Lygo-Baker, S.; Warburton, S.; Gash, D.; Rees, R.; Loughlin, C.; Woods, R.; Price, S. et al.
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Sticks and stones: Comparing Twitter campaigning strategies in the European Union referendum

British Journal of Politics and International Relations
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1369148117700659
EID:

2-s2.0-85018969786

Part of ISSN: 1467856X 13691481
Contributors: Usherwood, S.; Wright, K.A.M.
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The Routledge handbook of Euroscepticism

The Routledge Handbook of Euroscepticism
2017 | Book
DOI: 10.4324/9781315464015
EID:

2-s2.0-85040637238
Contributors: Leruth, B.; Startin, N.; Usherwood, S.
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Simon Usherwood via Scopus - Elsevier

Modelling transnational and pan-European Euroscepticism

Euroscepticism as a Transnational and Pan-European Phenomenon: The Emergence of a New Sphere of Opposition
2016 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.4324/9781315688893
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2-s2.0-85027257614
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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The UK independence party: The dimensions of mainstreaming

Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties in Western Europe: Into the Mainstream?
2016 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.4324/9781315687988-21
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2-s2.0-85042037791
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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Britain and Europe: A model of permanent crisis?

The European Union in Crisis: Explorations in Representation and Democratic Legitimacy
2015 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-08774-0_1
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2-s2.0-84944575324
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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Building resources for simulations: Challenges and opportunities

European Political Science
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1057/eps.2015.19
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2-s2.0-84939486103

Part of ISSN: 16820983 16804333
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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War, peace and everything in between: Simulations in international relations

Handbook on Teaching and Learning in Political Science and International Relations
2015 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.4337/9781782548485.00037
EID:

2-s2.0-84958720463
Contributors: Asal, V.; Raymond, C.; Usherwood, S.
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Constructing effective simulations of the european union for teaching: Realising the potential

European Political Science
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1057/eps.2013.29
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2-s2.0-84894554658

Part of ISSN: 16804333 16820983
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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Assessment in Simulations

Journal of Political Science Education
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/15512169.2013.770984
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2-s2.0-84876326940

Part of ISSN: 15512169 15512177
Contributors: Raymond, C.; Usherwood, S.
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Euroscepticism as a Persistent Phenomenon

Journal of Common Market Studies
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2012.02297.x
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2-s2.0-84870928158

Part of ISSN: 00219886 14685965
Contributors: Usherwood, S.; Startin, N.
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The shifting focus of opposition to the european union

Journal of Contemporary European Research
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84883251744

Part of ISSN: 1815347X
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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The media profile of anti-EU groups in the UK

Perspectives on European Politics and Economics
2011 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-84892034165
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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Enhancing student immersion in negotiation-based learning environments

International Journal of Learning
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.18848/1447-9494/CGP/v16i07/46444
EID:

2-s2.0-77950236971

Part of ISSN: 14479540 14479494
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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Grounding simulations in reality: A case study from an undergraduate politics degree

On the Horizon
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1108/10748120910998353
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2-s2.0-70449396881

Part of ISSN: 10748121
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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The dilemmas of a single-issue party – the UK independence party

Representation
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00344890802237023
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2-s2.0-73649129834

Part of ISSN: 17494001 00344893
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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Proximate factors in the mobilization of anti-eu groups in france and the UK: The European Union as first-order politics

Journal of European Integration
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/07036330601144177
EID:

2-s2.0-85044810388

Part of ISSN: 14772280 07036337
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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Opposition to the European union in the UK: The dilemma of public opinion and party management

Government and Opposition
2002 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1477-7053.00095
EID:

2-s2.0-0035995614

Part of ISSN: 0017257X
Contributors: Usherwood, S.
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