Sarah Harrison is an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Government at LSE and Deputy Director of the Electoral Psychology Observatory. She is a leading scholar in the fields of political psychology, extreme right politics, and youth political behaviour.

Harrison's recent publications include Youth Participation in Democratic Life (2016, with Cammaerts, Bruter, Banaji, and Anstead) and articles in Comparative Political Studies, American Behavioural Scientist and Parliamentary Affairs. She is editor of a forthcoming special issue of Societies on “Electoral Psychology” and of a forthcoming book entitled ‘Inside the Mind of a Voter’ (Princeton University Press with Michael Bruter).

Her research has been recognised by prestigious awards and honourable mentions from the Economic and Social Research Council, the Michael Young Award, and the political psychology section of the American Political Science Association. She has also advised multiple Electoral Commissions worldwide and worked as an expert or authored reports for multiple prestigious international organisations including the European Commission, Council of Europe, the Committee of the Regions, the European Youth Forum, and All Parties Parliamentary Group on the Vote at 16 in the British Parliament.

Expertise: electoral psychology, elections, electoral behaviour, electoral ergonomics, political participation, youth, democratic frustration, quantitative & qualitative methodologies

LSE Consulting projects:

• Study on E-Voting Practices in the EU
  December 2023

  Client: European Commission - DG for Justice and Consumers 
  Authors: Sarah Harrison, Elisabet Vives, Giulia Gentile and Michael Bruter

• The Conference on the Future of Europe: Putting Local and Regional Authorities at the Heart of European Democratic Renewal
  October 2021
  
  Client: European Committee of the Regions
  Authors: Michael Bruter, Sarah Harrison, Miriam Sorace and Elisabet Vives
• The Big Conversation - Climate Change
  May 2021
  
  Client: British Council
  Authors: Michael Bruter, Sarah Harrison, Sandra Obradović and Elisabet Vives
  
• The Big Conversation Research Pilot
  April 2021
  
  Client: British Council
  Authors: Michael Bruter, Sarah Harrison, Sandra Obradović and Elisabet Vives
  

• Reflecting on the future of the European Union: The view from local and regional authorities
  January 2018
  
  Client: European Committee of the Regions
  Authors:Michael Bruter, Sarah Harrison & Federica Bicchi

• Youth Participation in Democratic Life
  February 2013
  
  Client: Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency
  LSE Project coordinator: Bart Cammaerts
  LSE Researchers: Nick Anstead, Shaku Banaji, Michael Bruter & Sarah Harrison