Daniel Devine

Daniel Devine serves as a Career Development Fellow in Comparative Politics at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford, following prior research work on the TrustGov project at the University of Southampton where he completed his PhD in 2020.

His academic credentials include a BA in Politics from the University of Essex and a PhD in Politics from the University of Southampton.

Devine's research centers on the dynamics of public opinion, with concentrated analysis of political trust, policy preferences, and voting behavior. He investigates how international integration processes—including globalization and European integration—shape democratic attitudes, while currently examining how trust/distrust mechanisms influence policy choices and political candidate selection. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with practical policy applications through collaborations with governmental and non-governmental entities.

His publication record demonstrates consistent focus on media-public opinion interplay, economic evaluation during political crises, and identity-party relationships across UK and European contexts. These works collectively advance comparative understanding of trust mechanisms in democratic systems through empirical analysis of electoral behavior and institutional perceptions.

Devine actively engages with policy institutions including the Institute for Government, Open Society European Policy Institute, and Welsh Assembly (where he consults on local electoral system design). Though supervisees are noted in his teaching capacity for courses like Political Sociology and Introduction to the Practice of Politics, specific student names remain unlisted in available materials.