Robert Ford (academic)

Robert Ford is a British academic and a professor of political science at the University of Manchester. His interests include diversity, immigration, and politics and right-wing political parties.

Biography
Ford is a professor of political science at the University of Manchester. He frequently writes for The Guardian.

He wrote Revolt on the Right (2014) alongside Matthew Goodwin which focuses on the rise the right-wing party UK Independence Party (UKIP) following their success on the 2014 European Parliament election. The book examines the party's history and who typically votes for UKIP.

He later edited Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box: 50 things you need to know about British Elections (2015) with Philip Cowley. This was followed with More Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box: Another 50 Things You Need To Know About Elections (2016) edited by Ford and Cowley.

Ford authored Brexitland: Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics (2020) alongside Maria Sobolewska which examines British identity, diversity, and immigration following Brexit. He authored The British General Election of 2019 with Tim Bale, Will Jennings, and Paula Surridge about the 2019 UK general election.

In January 2023, Ford was appointed as a senior research fellow UK in a Changing Europe, a think tank which examines the ever-changing relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, following Brexit.