Jonathan Bright

Dr. Jonathan Bright is a Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford. He specializes in political communication, digital government, and computational social science. His work focuses on leveraging internet-generated data to study political behavior, electoral systems, and policy outcomes. He has held adjunct roles (e.g., European Union Politics at James Madison University) and received grants from bodies like Google and the Department for Work and Pensions.

Education:

• PhD in Political Science, European University Institute (2012)
• MSc International Politics, SOAS, University of London (2007)
• BSc Computer Science, University of Bristol (2003)

Research Interests: His interdisciplinary research spans big data analytics, social media impact, and policy informatics. Notable areas include predicting election outcomes via social data, transnational voting systems, and MOOCs' real-world learning communities.

Grants & Projects:

• Principal investigator on projects like 'Urban Data 2 Decide' and 'VOXPOL'
• Recipient of grants including the Salvador de Madariaga Grant (2010) and LiSS Conference Grant (2010)

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the OII's multidisciplinary teams and EU-funded initiatives like EUDO and VOXPOL.