Biography

Expertise 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:

Journal Articles

• 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.
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• Baker, T., 2021. Is there hope for the West Country? Political sentiment amongst rural voters. Renewal: Journal of Social Democracy, 29 (3), 73-83.
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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.
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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.
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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

• 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

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