Professor Toby James
@TobySJames
@tobysjames.bsky.social 🔸 Prof of Politics & Policy @Politics_UEA🔸Democracy, elections, policy🔸Co-Director @ElectIntegrity🔸Eds @PolicyStudiesTF🔸(he/him)
📢What is the relationship between democracy, public administration and democratic backsliding? In this new article, I argue that the answer depends on the concept of democracy that is used.... 📖Read free: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… 🌎Special issue page: tobysjames.com/democratic-bac…
Automatic voter registration is coming to the UK... gov.uk/government/pub… Here's why this is great news for democracy... jrrt.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
An “increasingly automated voter registration system” is coming, @AngelaRayner announces theguardian.com/politics/2025/… We've published five reports over ten years on why this is such an important reform Read the last one here: Millions missing, no more?
More from our forthcoming volume on Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration.... tobysjames.com/democratic-bac…
📢 🆕 We are pleased to announce that our latest paper is now available in @PolicyStudiesTF. I am grateful for the collaboration with two amazing colleagues, friends, and co-authors @Daira_Arana and @SergioPO85. Check it out here 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
🌍 Upcoming Round Table! "Model Commitments for Advancing Genuine and Credible Elections" 📅 Thu, July 10 — 11:00 AM EDT / 15:00 UTC 🔗 Register to attend: electoralintegrityproject.com/ieip2025 #iEIP2025 #Elections #Democracy
📢Introducing the World of Electoral Integrity 📈We have a new data visual tool on our website so that you can see election quality around the world, at a glance. Thanks to the @uniofeastanglia for funding - and Ian Batista for creating the app! electoralintegrityproject.com/the-world-of-e…
Join us live, now! electoralintegrityproject.com/ieip2025
Join us, live now! electoralintegrityproject.com/ieip2025
🌍 Upcoming Round Table! "Expecting Turbulence: the 2024 US Election" 📅 Wed, July 9 — 11:00 AM EDT / 15:00 UTC 📌 Domestic observation, litigation & communication in #US2024 elections 🔗 Register to attend: electoralintegrityproject.com/ieip2025 #iEIP2025 #Elections
🚨 “Low turnout and an unfair voting system: UK elections ranked in the bottom half of countries in Europe” @ElectIntegrity report recommends action, including: 🗳️ Reforming the voting system 🙋 Automatic voter registration 📰 Combatting disinformation theconversation.com/low-turnout-an…
The annual iEIP kicks off today... Join us, free and online! electoralintegrityproject.com/ieip2025
One year after the UK General Election #GE2024, action is needed to strengthen UK elections theconversation.com/low-turnout-an…
The 2025 Global Electoral Integrity Report is out! Read and find out more: electoralintegrityproject.com/eip-blog/2025/… Join our conference, which is free and online next week: electoralintegrityproject.com/ieip2025
The 2025 Global Electoral Integrity Report is now out! This year we focus in on those countries which saw rises and declines in electoral integrity. Read here: static1.squarespace.com/static/58533f3… Join the discussions at our free, online conference next week: electoralintegrityproject.com/ieip2025