Voter preferences and the changing dimensions and dynamics of economic wellbeing in the 21st Century.

新形式的数据正开始给我们研究社会科学的方式带来革命性变化。所谓“大数据”是指由政府部门、企业和其他组织产生的数据，这些组织为研究人员提供资源(例如行政、商业和社交媒体数据)。将这些类型的数据用于政治学研究还处于初级阶段，但潜在的用途--尤其是在政治行为研究中--有很多。在这个拟议的案例中，我们将使用来自YouGov的“数据立方体”的数据，其中包含大量关于YouGov小组成员的信息，以调查经济投票的新维度。

New forms of data are beginning to revolutionise how we do social science. So called 'Big Data' are data that are generated by government departments, businesses and other organisations which provide a resource to researchers (e.g. administrative, commercial and social media data). The use of these types of data for research in political science is in its infancy yet the potential uses - particularly in studies of political behaviour - are many. In this proposed CASE studentship we will use data from YouGov's 'Data Cube', which contains large quantities of information about YouGov panel members to investigate new dimensions of economic voting.