Françoise Boucek

Dr. Françoise Boucek is a Visiting Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London's School of Politics and International Relations, affiliated with the Centre for European Research. She taught European and comparative politics at Queen Mary from 2003 to 2018 and has held positions at LSE, University of Witten Herdecke, and London Metropolitan University. She holds a PhD (2002) and MSc (1991) from the London School of Economics and a BA from the University of Toronto (1988).

Her research focuses on comparative and European politics, specializing in political parties, factionalism, party dominance, electoral systems, and intra-party dynamics. She examines coalition governments, legislative bargaining, and democratic stability in both mature and emerging democracies.

Boucek's publications analyze factionalism in dominant parties, electoral reforms, and European political transformations. Her work frequently compares cases across Britain, Canada, Italy, Japan, and France, employing rational choice institutionalism and focus group methodologies.

Awards and Honors:

• LSE William Robson Memorial Prize (2002)

She actively contributes to public discourse through media appearances (BBC, Sky News, Al-Jazeera) and academic blogs. Boucek co-directed ECPR workshops, chaired panels for PSA and MPSA conferences, and co-edited the volume Dominant Political Parties and Democracy.