Dr Lynn Bennie

Dr Lynn Bennie
Dr Lynn Bennie
Dr Lynn Bennie

BA, PhD

Reader

Accepting PhDs

About
Email Address
l.bennie@abdn.ac.uk
School/Department
School of Social Science

Biography

Lynn Bennie joined the University as Lecturer in Politics in 1996 and is now a Reader in Politics. She was previously a Politics Lecturer at what was then the University of Paisley. She has a BA and PhD in Politics from the University of Strathclyde.

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Research

Research Overview

My research interests focus on the following themes: political participation; party membership and electoral behaviour; democracy and political representation; party adaptation and change; multi-level politics; and social movements, protest and green politics.

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Politics and International Relations.


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Politics and International Relations

Supervising
Accepting PhDs

Research Specialisms

  • Politics

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Current Research

ESRC-funded research 'Recruited by Referendum' focused on party membership amongst pro-independence parties following the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, its relationship with movement politics and the impact of membership surges on party organisations.  Co-investigators were Professor James Mitchell (Edinburgh) and Dr Rob Johns (Essex). A book 'Surges in Party Membership: The SNP and Scottish Greens After the Scottish Referendum' is published by Routledge (2024). Research with my Aberdeen colleague Malcolm Harvey has focused on the role and experiences of elected politicians at the local level.  'Defenders of Local Democracy' is supported by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 

Past Research

I have published books and articles on: party membership; green politics; elections, parties and campaigns; political participation; party manifestos; and democratic representation.

Funding and Grants

Recruited by Referendum: Party Membership Energised, funded by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), March 2016-May 2017.  Other ESRC grants on party membership.  Defenders of Local Democracy (2023-2024), funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

I am part of a team of course coordinators of our first year course PI1018 Introduction to Politics and International Relations: Democracy and Governance.  I contribute to PI2009, Ideas and Ideologies in Politics and International Relations and to the inter-disciplinary Sixth Century course SX1011 Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunity.  I am convenor of the honours course PI3562 Political Parties in Britain.  

I supervise undergraduate dissertations on elections, political participation, political parties, green politics, movement politics and campaign activism.

My PhD students have examined political parties, support for constitutional change and topics relating to sustainability and green politics.

Publications

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  • The Scottish Greens in a Changing Political Climate

    Bennie, L.
    Environment Scotland: Prospects for Sustainability. McDowell, E., McCormick, J. (eds.). Ashgate, pp. 65-79
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
  • Brent Spar, Atlantic Oil and Greenpeace

    Bennie, L.
    Parliamentary Affairs, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 397-410
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Greenpeace and the Oil Companies: Beyond Brent Spar

    Bennie, L.
    Protest Politics: Cause Groups and Campaigns. Jordan, G., Ridley, F. F. (eds.). Oxford University Press, pp. 89-102
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
  • How Scotland Votes: Scottish Parties and Elections

    Bennie, L., Brand, J., Mitchell, J.
    Manchester University Press. 272 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Political Aspects of Decommissioning’

    Jordan, G., Bennie, L.
    Decommissioning Offshore Structures. Gorman, D. G., Neilson, J. (eds.). Springer, 22 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
  • Up and Down with the Greens: Ecology and Party Politics in Britain, 1989-1992

    Rüdig, W., Franklin, M. N., Bennie, L. G.
    Electoral Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 1-20
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Les Groupes D’Intérêt Publics

    Jordan, G., Maloney, W., Bennie, L.
    Pouvoirs, vol. 79, pp. 69-85
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Party Members

    Bennie, L., Curtice, J., Rüdig, W.
    Liberal Democrats. Maciver, D. N. (ed.). Harvester Wheatsheaf
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
  • Green Dimensions: The Ideology of the British Greens’

    Bennie, L., Franklin, M. N., Rüdig, W.
    Green Politics Three. Edinburgh University Press
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
  • Thatcherism and the Scottish question

    Mitchell, J., Bennie, L.
    British Elections and Parties Yearbook, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 90-104
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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