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Dr. S.D. (Steven) Pickering

Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen
Programmagroep: Transnational Configurations, Conflict and Governance
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  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
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  • Postbus 15578
    1001 NB Amsterdam
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  • Profile

    Described by The Times as a "political scientist with too much time on his hands", I'm based in the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam. I have held previous positions at Kobe University, Japan, the Department of Government at the University of Essex, and the University of Lancaster.

    I'm Primary Investigator on the UKRI (ESRC) / JSPS-funded TrustTracker project: our latest cutting-edge research can be found at TrustTracker.org. 

    Research expertise

    • Trust
    • Conflict
    • Disease
    • Public opinion
    • Health
    • Surveys
    • Vaccination
    • Geospatial methods
    • UK-Japan relations
    • Food and politics
    • Fish and chips and Brexit
    • Cars and health/disease
    • Health care and trust
    • Police and trust
    • COVID and trust
  • Research

    Research methods

    • Geospatial methods
    • Quantitative methods
    • Data scraping
    • Data wrangling

    Current research projects

    • Trust in the UK and Japan: major project running multiple waves of surveys to understand why people trust (or do not trust) political institutions

    Research grants

    • 2022 – 2025: UKRI (ESRC)/ JSPS UK-Japan research grant (£419,000 + 30,000,000 JPY): Measuring trust and its variance during the COVID-19 pandemic using serial surveys and quantitative text analysis (PIs: Steve Pickering and Yosuke Sunahara, Kobe University)
    • 2016: Brief Award: £11,000
    • 2013: Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation: 310,000 JPY
    • 2013: Japanese Association of Electoral Studies: 200,000 yen (PI: Kyohei Yamada; CIs:
    • Steve Pickering, Kyohei Yamada)
    • Awards: 
    • 2021: UBS Student-led award
    • 2019: Brunel University London Award for Excellence
    • 2010: Politics and International Relations Teaching Award, Lancaster University
    • 2009: Cedric Smith Prize for Peace or Conflict Research, Conflict Research Society

    Current cooperation

    Currently involved in a major collaboration with Prof Atsushi Tago (Waseda University), Prof Yosuke Sunahara (Kobe University), Prof Han Dorussen (University of Essex), Prof Thomas Scotto (University of Glasgow), Prof Jason Reifler (University of Exeter) and Prof Dorothy Yen (Brunel University London). Also involved in collaborations with Prof Ismene Gizelis (University of Essex) and Prof Seiki Tanaka (Groningen University)

  • Teaching

    I am deeply involved in the hugely exciting BSc Computational Social Science. This new programme takes all of the good things about the social sciences, adds in programming and data skills, mixes in projects with external partners, and creates something completely different to any other degree. Fundamentally, this programme is fun, useful and will help our students to get cutting edge careers.

  • Publicaties

    2024

    • Dorussen, H., Hansen, M. E., Pickering, S. D., Reifler, J., Scotto, T., Sunahara, Y., & Yen, D. (2024). The influence of waiting times and sociopolitical variables on public trust in healthcare: A cross-sectional study of the NHS in England. Public Health in Practice, 7, Article 100484. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100484
      • Related datasets
        • Pickering, S. (2023). Replication Data for: The Influence of Waiting Times and Sociopolitical Variables on Public Trust in Healthcare: A Cross-Sectional Study of the NHS in England. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AQYYNK
    • Hansen, M. E., & Pickering, S. D. (2024). From Plaster Casts to Picket Lines: Public Support for Industrial Action in the National Health Service in England. Nursing Inquiry, Article e12637. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12637
    • Hansen, M. E., & Pickering, S. D. (in press). The role of religion and COVID 19 vaccine uptake in England. Vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.04.006
      • Related datasets
        • Pickering, S. (2024). Replication Data for: The role of religion and COVID-19 vaccine uptake in England. Universiteit van Amsterdam.
    • Pickering, S. D., Dorussen, H., Hansen, M. E., Reifler, J., Scotto, T., Sunahara, Y., & Yen, D. (2024). London, you have a problem with women: Trust towards the police in England. Policing & Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2024.2334009

    2021

    2020

    • Pickering, S. D., Tanaka, S., & Yamada, K. (2020). The impact of municipal mergers on local public spending: Evidence from remote-sensing data. Journal of East Asian Studies, 20(2), 243-266. https://doi.org/10.1017/jea.2020.1

    2019

    • Fisher, J., Hansen, M., Pickering, S. D., & Sarmiento-Mirwaldt, K. (2019). A note from the new editorial team. Political Studies Review, 98.

    2017

    2016

    • Pickering, S. D. (2016). Understanding geography and war: Misperceptions, foundations, and prospects. Springer.
    • Pickering, S. D. (2016). Conclusion. In Understanding Geography and War: Misperceptions, Foundations and Prospects Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52217-7_7
    • Pickering, S. D. (2016). Critical Approaches. In Understanding Geography and War: Misperceptions, Foundations and Prospects Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52217-7_2
    • Pickering, S. D. (2016). Critical Quantitative Geo-Spatial Methods and War. In Understanding Geography and War: Misperceptions, Foundations and Prospects Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52217-7_6
    • Pickering, S. D. (2016). Feminist Approaches to Geopolitics: Beyond the Geopolitics of Gender. In Understanding Geography and War: Misperceptions, Foundations and Prospects Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52217-7_3
    • Pickering, S. D. (2016). History. In Understanding Geography and War: Misperceptions, Foundations and Prospects Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52217-7_1
    • Pickering, S. D. (2016). Introducing SpatialGridBuilder: A new system for creating geo-coded datasets. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 423-447. https://doi.org/10.1177/0738894215581320
    • Pickering, S. D. (2016). Popular Geopolitics. In Understanding Geography and War: Misperceptions, Foundations and Prospects Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52217-7_4
    • Pickering, S. D. (2016). Religious Geopolitics and the Geopolitics of Religion. In Understanding Geography and War: Misperceptions, Foundations and Prospects Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52217-7_5

    2015

    • Pickering, S. (2015). Geography and war: Avoiding the curse of high geopolitics. In War: An Introduction to Theories and Research on Collective Violence: Second Edition (pp. 257-277). Nova Science Publishers, Inc..
    • Pickering, S. D. (2015). The geography of war: Avoiding the curse of high geo-politics. In T. G. Jakobsen (Ed.), War: An introduction to theories and research on collective violence

    2014

    • Gleditsch, K. S., & Pickering, S. (2014). Wars are becoming less frequent: A response to Harrison and Wolf. Economic History Review, 67(1), 214-230. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0289.12002
    • Pickering, S. (2014). Divide and Conquer: The Impact of “Political” Maps on International Relations. Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 20(3), 461-478. https://doi.org/10.1515/peps-2014-0012

    2013

    • Pickering, S. (2013). Borderlines: Maps and the spread of the Westphalian state from Europe to Asia part one - The European context. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives, 40(4W3), 111-116. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-4-W3-111-2013

    2012

    • Pickering, S. D. (2012). Proximity, maps and conflict: New measures, new maps and new findings. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 29(4), 425-443. https://doi.org/10.1177/0738894212449092
    • Pickering, S. D. (2012). The terrain of war: How using the word 'mountain' biases conflict research. In M. Chatterji (Ed.), Cooperation for a peaceful and sustainable world (Vol. 1). Emerald.

    2011

    • Geyer, R., & Pickering, S. D. (2011). Applying the tools of complexity to the international realm: From fitness landscapes to complexity cascades. Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2011.558053
    • Pickering, S. (2011). Determinism in the mountains: The ongoing belief in the bellicosity of 'mountain people'. The Economics of Peace and Security Jounal, 6(2), 21-25. https://doi.org/10.15355/epsj.6.2.21

    2023

    • Pickering, S. D. (2023). Book Note: Gerring, John; Brendan Apfeld, Tore Wig & Andreas Forø Tollefsen (2022) The Deep Roots of Modern Democracy: Geography and the Diffusion of Political Institutions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 510 pp. Journal of Peace Research. https://www.prio.org/journals/jpr/booknotes/355

    2022

    Prijs / subsidie

    • Pickering, S. (2022). Japan: Measuring trust and its variance during the COVID-19 pandemic using serial surveys and quantitative text analysis.
    • Pickering, S. (2022). United Kingdom: Measuring trust and its variance during the COVID-19 pandemic using serial surveys and quantitative text analysis.
    • Pickering, S. (2021). UBS Student-led award. https://youtu.be/yEYsvX3MtOE?si=TEyEWf2FUZ0vWjch
    • Pickering, S. (2019). Brunel University London Award for Excellence.
    • Pickering, S. (2016). BRIEF Award.
    • Pickering, S. (2013). Japanese Association of Electoral Studies.
    • Pickering, S. (2013). Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation.
    • Pickering, S. (2010). Teaching Award.
    • Pickering, S. (2009). Cedric Smith Award for Peace or Conflict Research.

    Mediaoptreden

    Tijdschriftredactie

    • Pickering, S. (editor), Fisher, J. (editor), Hansen, M. (editor) & Sarmiento-Mirwaldt, K. (editor) (2019-2024). Political Studies Review (Journal).

    Andere

    2024

    • Pickering, S. (23-1-2024). Replication Data for: From Plaster Casts to Picket Lines: Public Support for Industrial Action in the NHS. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SZJSOF
    • Pickering, S. (2024). Replication Data for: The role of religion and COVID-19 vaccine uptake in England. Universiteit van Amsterdam.

    2023

    • Pickering, S. (28-9-2023). Replication Data for: London, you have a problem with women: Trust towards the police in England. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2XLCM0
    • Pickering, S. (2023). Replication Data for: The Influence of Waiting Times and Sociopolitical Variables on Public Trust in Healthcare: A Cross-Sectional Study of the NHS in England. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AQYYNK

    2022

    2021

    2017

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