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Louis Bromfield is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Swansea University's Department of Politics, Philosophy and International Relations and a core member of the WISERD Politics and Governance Research Network. His interdisciplinary work bridges political science and computational methods to innovate political engagement through gamification and forecasting systems.
His academic credentials from Swansea University include:
- BA in Politics
- MSc in Computer Science
- PhD (currently under examination), funded by the Swansea University Research Excellence Scholarship
Bromfield's research centers on political psychology with four interconnected pillars: (1) expanding gamified political forecasting to diverse elections beyond the 2023 UK Local Elections; (2) developing conceptual frameworks for political engagement; (3) investigating Brexit-related trust and legitimacy divides; and (4) analyzing computational aspects of gamification in political participation. His approach integrates motivation theory with empirical election analysis.
Key active projects include:
- Innovating Collaborative Governance: Developing creative participatory methods (collage-making, photography) to enhance policy dialogue
- Horserace Politics (HRP): Leading a gamified forecasting platform with Focus Games Ltd to transform political prediction into competitive engagement
- Religiosity-Participation Nexus: Quantifying relationships between religious identity and political involvement
- Post-Brexit Legitimacy: Mapping trust dynamics across Brexit-divided communities
Funding for his doctoral work came through the Swansea University Research Excellence Scholarship, while his current projects leverage WISERD infrastructure. He actively contributes to methodological training through initiatives like the Quantitative Methods Bootcamp.
Bromfield operates within Swansea University's research ecosystem through collaborations with Anwen Elias (Aberystwyth University), Bettina Petersohn, Dion Curry, and Matthew Wall, focusing on advancing citizen engagement methodologies and computational political science applications across Wales and internationally.
