
Professor Rosie Campbell
Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership
Research interests
- Politics
Biography
Professor Rosie Campbell is professor of politics and director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London. She held positions at Birkbeck and UCL before joining King’s in 2018.
She has recently written on barriers to participation in politics, gendered patterns of voting behaviour and what voters want from their elected representatives. Her publications cover the subjects of voting behaviour, public opinion, the politics of diversity and political recruitment. She was the principle investigator of the ESRC funded Representative Audit of Britain, which surveyed all candidates standing in the 2015, 2017 and 2019 British General Elections. She is one of two principle investigators of the ERC (UKRI) Synergy Project QUALREP, with Professor Sarah Childs University of Edinburgh, which attempts to measure the quality of women’s political representation in five European countries.
She has co-authored reports for the Fawcett Society, The Expert Panel on Electoral Reform for the Welsh Assembly, the EHRC, BBC Radio Four’s Woman’s Hour, The Electoral Commission, The Fabian Women’s Network and The Hansard Society.
Rosie has presented eight episodes of Radio Four’s Analysis most recently on ‘Does it matter who our MPs are?’
PhD Supervision
Rosie is interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of public opinion, political behaviour, political representation and gender and politics.
Research

Quantitative Political Economy Research Group
The Quantitative Political Economy research group gathers economists and political scientists that are committed to bridging the two disciplines. The common ground is the study politics and policies with advanced quantitative methods and formal modeling.
Status not setNews
£5 million grant awarded to study women's political representation
The research will explore marginalised women's experiences of politics

Building Gender-inclusive workplaces: introducing our new executive programme
This new course will equip you with the tools to improve gender inclusion in your organisation

International Women's Day 2022: #BreakTheBias
International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and also marks a call to action for accelerating...

Events

Dads making a difference: involved fatherhood and gender equality
Dads making a difference: involved fatherhood and gender equality
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Women and leadership: Professor Rosie Campbell in conversation with Dr Madeleine Wyatt
Join us for this interactive virtual discussion
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Advancing Gender Equality in Work and Business: SDG 5
Please join us for this SDG 5 (Advancing Gender Equality in Work and Business Workshop at King's Business School.
Please note: this event has passed.

Building gender-inclusive workplaces: Q&A session with course directors
Join Professor Rosie Campbell and Dr Madeleine Wyatt as they answer your questions about our new programme
Please note: this event has passed.

Book Launch: 'Gender and Finance: Addressing Inequality in the Financial Services Industry'
Dr Ylva Baeckstrom Book Launch: 'Gender and Finance: Addressing Inequality in the Financial Services Industry'
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King's Experts Series: Women in Engineering
Join us for the latest event in our King's Expert Series.
Please note: this event has passed.

How to push for progress on the UK’s gender pay gap
Has tackling the gender pay gap taken a back seat in the UK?
Please note: this event has passed.

Will there be gender equality in a decade?
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
Please note: this event has passed.

How to ensure a feminist recovery from Covid
What we need is a feminist approach to recovery. But what would that look like?
Please note: this event has passed.

Connections: 'The US Election – What Just Happened? And What Happens Next?' with John Rentoul
John Rentoul will present 'The US Election – What Just Happened? And What Happens Next?' on 30 November.
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
A nation stood still: How King's shared expertise following the death of The Queen
As news broke on 8 September 2022 of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, academics from King's offered their expertise to the media on what this...

Research

Quantitative Political Economy Research Group
The Quantitative Political Economy research group gathers economists and political scientists that are committed to bridging the two disciplines. The common ground is the study politics and policies with advanced quantitative methods and formal modeling.
Status not setNews
£5 million grant awarded to study women's political representation
The research will explore marginalised women's experiences of politics

Building Gender-inclusive workplaces: introducing our new executive programme
This new course will equip you with the tools to improve gender inclusion in your organisation

International Women's Day 2022: #BreakTheBias
International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women and also marks a call to action for accelerating...

Events

Dads making a difference: involved fatherhood and gender equality
Dads making a difference: involved fatherhood and gender equality
Please note: this event has passed.

Women and leadership: Professor Rosie Campbell in conversation with Dr Madeleine Wyatt
Join us for this interactive virtual discussion
Please note: this event has passed.

Advancing Gender Equality in Work and Business: SDG 5
Please join us for this SDG 5 (Advancing Gender Equality in Work and Business Workshop at King's Business School.
Please note: this event has passed.

Building gender-inclusive workplaces: Q&A session with course directors
Join Professor Rosie Campbell and Dr Madeleine Wyatt as they answer your questions about our new programme
Please note: this event has passed.

Book Launch: 'Gender and Finance: Addressing Inequality in the Financial Services Industry'
Dr Ylva Baeckstrom Book Launch: 'Gender and Finance: Addressing Inequality in the Financial Services Industry'
Please note: this event has passed.

King's Experts Series: Women in Engineering
Join us for the latest event in our King's Expert Series.
Please note: this event has passed.

How to push for progress on the UK’s gender pay gap
Has tackling the gender pay gap taken a back seat in the UK?
Please note: this event has passed.

Will there be gender equality in a decade?
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
Please note: this event has passed.

How to ensure a feminist recovery from Covid
What we need is a feminist approach to recovery. But what would that look like?
Please note: this event has passed.

Connections: 'The US Election – What Just Happened? And What Happens Next?' with John Rentoul
John Rentoul will present 'The US Election – What Just Happened? And What Happens Next?' on 30 November.
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
A nation stood still: How King's shared expertise following the death of The Queen
As news broke on 8 September 2022 of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, academics from King's offered their expertise to the media on what this...
