Research
Research interests
Fay's research interests cover comparative public policy and comparative party politics, with a particular emphasis on the environment and climate change.
Her ESRC-funded Ph.D. thesis focused on the party politics of climate change and sought to explain variation in party agreement on climate change, i.e why there cross-party consensus in some cases whilst there is party polarisation in others. In responding to this question, Fay took a mixed methods approach, combining large and medium-N statistical analyses with a qualitative comparison of Australian and Norwegian parties.
Fay's PhD was awarded in 2017.
Qualifications
Oct. 2013- Dec. 2016: ESRC-funded PhD, Department of Politics, University of York. Passed with no corrections. Examined by Professor Elizabeth Bomberg (Edinburgh) and Dr Ignacio Jurado (York).
Oct. 2015 - Dec. 2015: Visiting student (as part of the ESRC's Overseas Institutional Visit scheme) to the Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis at the University of Canberra, with the support of Prof. John Dryzek.
2011-2012 MPhil 1st class, Environmental Policy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
2011 BA (Hons) 1st class, Philosophy and Politics, School of PEP, University of York
Publications and conferences
Farstad, F. (2017) ‘What explains variation in parties’ climate change salience?’ Party Politics, available online
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Farstad, F. (2014) ‘The Norwegian Greens: coming in from the cold?’ Environmental Politics, 23 (6): 1096- 1100
‘What facilitates and hinders bipartisan support for climate change policy? Evidence from Australia and Norway’ Paper presented at the 2016 European Consortium for Political Science (ECPR) General Conference, Charles University, Prague, September 2016.
‘What explains variation in party salience on climate change?’ Paper presented at the 2016 Political Studies Association (PSA) Annual International Conference, Brighton, March 2016 (Winner: Environment Specialist Group Prize for the ‘Best Ph.D. Paper’)
‘From Consensus to Polarisation: What explains variation in political party agreement on climate change?’
Paper presented at the 2016 Political Studies Association (PSA) Annual International Conference, Brighton, March 2016
"Democracy in the Anthropocene: bringing parties and polarisation into the picture" Presented at the 2015 Earth Systems Governance Conference, Canberra, Australia
“Party Polarisation on Climate Change: A Fuzzy Set Analysis” Presented at:
Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance Seminar, Institute of Governance and Policy Analysis (IGPA), University of Canberra, November 10, 2015
Institute for the Study of Social Change Seminar Series, University of Tasmania, October 27, 2015
A joint Melbourne School of Government and School of Social and Political Sciences seminar, University of Melbourne, October 21, 2015
“Party Polarisation on Climate Change: A Fuzzy Set Analysis” Presented at the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)'s Summer School on Political Parties, Leuphana University of Lüneburg September 16, 2015
“Explaining variation in party salience on climate change in developed countries - A comparative approach” Paper presented at the ESRC-funded 'Climate Policy and Political Parties Workshop', University of Keele UK, June 19, 2015.
“Managing technology in risky waters: The Norwegian ‘Lofoten Debate’” Paper presented at the British International Studies Association (BISA)'s 40th Anniversary Conference for the Panel 'The Place of Technology in Environmental Politics', London, June 18, 2015.
“Explaining variation in party salience on climate change in developed countries - A comparative approach” Paper presented at the ESRC-funded 'Climate Policy and Political Parties Workshop', University of Keele UK, June 19, 2015
“What explains variation in party salience on the environment? A quantitative approach using Comparative Manifesto Project data” Paper presented at the Comparative Manifesto Project User Conference, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, June 5, 2015
“What explains variation in party salience on the environment? A quantitative approach using comparative manifesto project-data” Paper presented at the 2015 Political Studies Association (PSA) Annual International Conference, Sheffield, March 31, 2015
