Robert Johns

Professor Robert Johns is a political scientist at the University of Southampton with 20 years of experience in elections, public opinion, and political psychology. Specializing in British and Scottish politics, he focuses on measuring political beliefs, attitudes, and values through survey methodology and experiments.

• Member of Centre for Democratic Futures
• Co-founder of Scottish Election Study
• Expert in tax morale and political legitimacy

His research spans three main areas: Scottish politics (including SNP support and independence), British public opinion (ideology, issue salience), and foreign policy attitudes. His recent articles examine referendum dynamics, party membership surges, and mental health impacts on political behavior.

Johns collaborates extensively with scholars like Ailsa Henderson and James Mitchell. He has taught modules on partisan politics, public opinion, and quantitative methods, and currently supervises PhD student Sienna Mai Everett.