Carla Xena

Carla Xena is a Researcher at the University of Essex, affiliated with the Department of Government and the Understanding Society project. She collaborates with the European Social Survey Sampling and Weighting Expert Panel and joined the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) in 2019 after postdoctoral work at the University of Oxford (Merton College).

• Education: PhD in Political Science (University of Essex, 2015), MSc in Political Behavior (Essex), MA in Political and Social Sciences (Pompeu Fabra University).

Her research focuses on Survey Methodology, including nonresponse bias, statistical weighting, and cross-cultural survey design. She has contributed to technical reports for the European Social Survey and peer-reviewed studies on political efficacy and labor market outcomes.

Recent publications highlight trends in address-based survey nonresponse, innovations in statistical weighting, and efforts to standardize political efficacy measures across regions. Her work spans collaborations with institutions like the Economic and Social Research Council and the Swiss Network for International Studies.