Field experiments allow researchers on political behaviour to test causal relationships between mobilisation and a range of outcomes, in particular voter turnout. These studies have rapidly increased in number since 2000, many assessing the impact of nonpartisan Get Out the Vote (GOTV)...

Do opportunities in Parliament to improve and demonstrate effectiveness as lawmakers help politicians take up new posts in their parties and in government? We examine this question by leveraging a natural experiment in the United Kingdom where randomly selected twenty MPs are given an...

Public authorities are increasingly using information and communication technology (ICT) to engage citizens. In this experimental study we analyse the effect of participation in an online asynchronous discussion forum on the direction and magnitude of policy preferences relating to youth...

A bibliographical essay about the history of field experiments in political science, reviewing the origins of the method, detailing important examples of experiments and outlining their current fields of application. The piece concludes with a reflection on the special characteristics of...

Loss aversion is one of the foundational phenomena in behavioural economics and behavioural science. It is also one of the most widely replicated in basic science studies, and one which has found a regular use in behavioural public administration. It is therefore a natural choice for...