Undergraduate Empirical Research Project

GV314: Empirical Research in Government is a final year undergraduate course in the Government Department at LSE.

Each year Edward Page conducts a separate research project with a group of up to 15 of the GV314 students.

The results of the research are usually submitted for publication in an academic journal. The publications appear under the name 'The LSE GV314 Group' with all participants listed as equal co-authors.

Project themes

• 2023/24  - Lawyers on the Quality of Legislation (in progress) (Participant Information Sheet)
• 2021/22 — Tenant and Resident Associations in England (Published in Town and Country Planning)
• 2019/20 — Brexit and Whitehall policy making (published in Interest Groups and Advocacy)
• 2018/19 – Select Committee Evidence-Givers (published in the Journal of Legislative Studies)
• 2017/18 – International Student Study Choices (unpublished)
• 2015/16 – Farmers' views on the future of farming (unpublished)
• 2014/15 – Scientific Advisory Committees (published in Public Policy and Administration)
• 2012/13 – Academics in the Broadcast Media (published in British Politics and Political Insight)
• 2011/12 – Government-commissioned policy evaluation research (published in Public Administration 2013)
• 2010/11 – The role of special advisers in British government (published in Parliamentary Affairs)
• 2009/10 – The role of interest groups in government consultations (published in the British Journal of Politics and International Relations)

Impact

Browse the 'LSE GV314 Group' Google Scholar Citations.

Read a 2014 evaluation of GV314 based on a survey of its alumni. This is also available to download from LSE Research Online.

In December 2012 GV314 was awarded the Political Studies Association's Innovation in Teaching Politics Award.