Dr Tabitha Baker
- 01202 965013
- talicebaker at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
- http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2131-8953
- Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Law
- Weymouth House W420, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
Biography
Dr. Tabitha Baker is a Senior Lecturer in Politics in the department of Humanities and Law, Faculty of Media and Communication. She gained her PhD in 2022 with her thesis entitled 'The Psychosocial Relationship between National Identity and Political Sentiment in England: 2016-2020' which explored the changing dynamics of national identity and political attitudes amongst rural citizens in the context of social, political, and economic change such as devolution in the United Kingdom, decolonisation, increasing globalisation, post-2008 austerity, Brexit, and the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Tabitha’s teaching spans across the BA Politics and MA Political Psychology programmes, teaching in areas of the Psychology of Politics, International Relations, and the History of Contemporary Britain. She currently holds a role as Programme Leader for the Foundation Certificate in Media and Communication.
Following on from her doctoral research, Tabitha’s research interests are multi-disciplinary and involve further exploring themes surrounding national, regional, and local identities, civic engagement, marginalisation and democratic empowerment, focussing on the South West region and Dorset area... She is currently working on a project exploring local democracy in BCP council, and working towards publishing articles using research from qualitative interviews on developing a psychological approach to understanding contemporary responses to colonial statues in Britain, and the contested nature of English Identity in contemporary Britain.
She welcomes cross-disciplinary collaboration and engagement with external local and third sector communities. She can be contacted at talicebaker@bournemouth.ac.uk.
moreExpertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:
Peace, justice and strong institutions
"Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels"
Journal Articles
- Baker, T.A., 2024. ‘We all just want a flag to get behind’: the politics of English national identity. National Identities, 26 (2), 123-139.
- Baker, T.A., 2022. The EU's Impact on Identity Formation in East-Central Europe Between 2004 and 2013. Perceptions of the Nation and Europe in Political Parties of the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia. EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES, 74 (5), 877-879.
- Baker, T., 2021. Is there hope for the West Country? Political sentiment amongst rural voters. Renewal: Journal of Social Democracy, 29 (3), 73-83.
Chapters
- Baker, T. and Lilleker, D., 2022. “Not One Rule for Everyone”: The Impact of Elite Rule-Breaking on Public Trust in the UK. In: Maarek, P., ed. Manufacturing Government Communication on Covid-19 A Comparative Perspective. Springer.
Internet Publications
- Baker, T., 2024. Politics ‘beneath the surface’. The Psychologist. Available from: https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/politics-beneath-surface.
Theses
- Baker, T., 2022. The psychosocial relationship between national identity and political sentiment in England: 2016-2020. PhD Thesis. Bournemouth University, Faculty of Media and Communication.
PhD Students
- Callum Blades. The Psychodynamics of Conspiracy Culture and Contemporary Politics
- MacDonald Ebinepre Kwabena Amaran. A socio-legal comparative study of safeguarding for Children on Tik Tok in the United Kingdom and Nigeria
Profile of Teaching PG
- Issues and Debates in Political Psychology
- Dissertation supervision
Profile of Teaching UG
- Political Psychology
- International relations, state power and public diplomacy
- Understanding Contemporary Britain
- Dissertation supervision
Invited Lectures
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12 Dec 2022 more
'A countryside for all?' - Centre for English Identity - University of Southampton organised by Professor John Denham -
The Political Psychology of Defence Mechanisms, Edinburgh, Scotland, 13 Oct 2022 more
‘The Political Positions Between Us: Can Psychology Depolarise the Public?’ Royal Society of Edinburgh
Grants
- Local Democracy in a Time of Crisis (British Academy, 01 Nov 2023). Completed
- Two Tone Towns: A Social History of Ska in Dorset (ESRC Festival of Social Science, 01 Oct 2023). Completed
External Responsibilities
- Political Studies Association - Political Psychology Specialist Group, Committee member (2021-), https://www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/political-psychology
- Political Studies Association - Political Psychology Specialist Group, Convenor (2020-), https://www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/political-psychology
Honours
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE, 2021)
Social Media Links
- Twitter, @DrTABaker
External Media and Press
- Why do English people love oppression?, Dazed, 20 Sep 2022. https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/56983/1/nation-of-bootlickers-why-do-the-english-love-oppression-queen-royal-family
- Boris Johnson resignation analysis, BBC Solent Dorset, 08 Jul 2022. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0ccwx3d
- By-election analysis, BBC Radio Solent, 24 Jun 2022. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0c97csj
- Tiverton and Honiton byelection: rural voters are itching for a chance to cast a protest vote, The Conversation, 20 Jun 2022. https://theconversation.com/tiverton-and-honiton-byelection-rural-voters-are-itching-for-a-chance-to-cast-a-protest-vote-185236?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton
- What to expect from post-pandemic voting behaviour, The Conversation, 28 Jul 2021. https://theconversation.com/what-to-expect-from-post-pandemic-voting-behaviour-162293
- The othering of migrants has negative consequences for society at large, LSE Blog, 19 Aug 2020. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2020/08/19/the-othering-of-migrants-has-negative-consequences-for-society-at-large/
- The affective nature of Brexit’s geographical polarisation, NEXTEUK - Queen Mary University London, 10 Jun 2020. https://www.qmul.ac.uk/nexteuk/publications/blog/items/the-affective-nature-of-brexits-geographical-polarisation-.html