Articles by William Allen

June 12, 2024

Visual international comparisons matter for how citizens view their own governments

William Allen

During the first wave of Covid-19, the UK government showed a chart plotting the country's mortalities against other high-income countries. They kept on showing it, until it revealed the UK to be the worst in Europe, at which point the slide disappeared. William Allen and Kristoffer Ahlstrom-Vij argue that visual comparisons are an important lever through which politicians and media can change public perceptions

William Allen

British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford (affiliated with Nuffield College)

William's research examines how and why people engage with information on economic and political issues, particularly migration and through media, as well as what this means for broader politics and policymaking.

This work has appeared in journals including Comparative Political Studies, International Studies Quarterly, and World Development.

William is Deputy Editor of the journal Migration Studies.

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