Curriculum Vitae
Joseph Noonan
PhD Candidate · Department of Political Science, Stockholm University
Universitetsvägen 10 F, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Education
2023 – PRESENT
Doctoral Studies in Political Science Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden
- Supervisors: Sirus Dehdari and Jan Teorell.
2020 – 2022
Master of Science in Political Science Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden
- Thesis: “Where Did Their Tweets Go?”: A Quantitative Analysis of Parliamentarians’ “Missing Tweets” in Western Europe.
2010 – 2014
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, USA
Visiting Positions
MAR – JUN 2026
Visiting Scholar European University Institute Florence, Italy
- Under the supervision of Professor Elias Dinas.
Research and Publications
Accepted
- Noonan, Joseph. The Impact of U.S. Tariffs on European Public Opinion: Evidence From a Natural Experiment. Registered Report, accepted, Journal of Experimental Political Science. [Stage 1 Registered Report] [preprint] [replication]
In Review
- Turnbull-Dugarte, Stuart J., Michal Grahn, Joseph Noonan & Rebecka Knudsen. Reactions to US Liberal Backsliding. [preprint]
In Prep
- Noonan, Joseph. Who Stigmatizes the Radical Right?
- Noonan, Joseph. Disenfranchisement, Fraud, Social Norms and Secret Ballots in the Post-Reconstruction South.
- Noonan, Joseph. Bystanders and Political Conformity: Evidence From Britain.
- Noonan, Joseph. Does Democracy Foster Liberal and Egalitarian Values?
Datasets
- Noonan, Joseph and Jan Teorell. 2023. Historical Conflict Dataset (HCD), version 1.0. H-DATA.
- Teorell, Jan, Johan Hellström, Joseph Noonan and Lotta Wiechel. 2024. Historical Cabinets (H-CAB) Dataset, version 2.0. H-DATA.
- Teorell, Jan, Carl Dahlström, Mikael Holmgren and Joseph Noonan. A Complete Dataset of Roll-Call Votes in the Swedish Parliament, 1925–1993. H-DATA.
Book Reviews
- Noonan, Joseph. 2024. Review of Vicente Valentim, The Normalization of the Radical Right: A Norms Theory of Political Supply and Demand. Party Politics. doi: 10.1177/13540688241300491.
Policy Briefs
- Noonan, Joseph. 2019. Press Freedom and the Global State of Democracy Indices. International IDEA. doi: 10.31752/idea.2019.15.
- Noonan, Joseph. 2019. Political Gender Equality and the Global State of Democracy Indices. International IDEA. doi: 10.31752/idea.2019.8.
- Noonan, Joseph and Martin Brusis. 2018. Corruption and The Global State of Democracy Indices. International IDEA. doi: 10.31752/idea.2018.76.
- Noonan, Joseph. 2018. Inclusion and the Global State of Democracy Indices. International IDEA. doi: 10.31752/idea.2018.75.
Awards, Fellowships & Grants
2026
Conference Travel Grant, APSA Annual Meeting 2026 Stiftelsen Siamon 20,000 SEK
2026
Study Abroad Grant Swedish Network for European Studies in Political Science (SNES) 16,955 SEK
2025
Best Paper Presented by an Early Career Scholar, Annual Meeting 2024 Swedish Political Science Association (SWEPSA) 10,000 SEK
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Travel Scholarship for Young Researchers Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien 12,900 SEK
Presentations
Conferences
- American Political Science Association: 2026.
- European Political Science Society: 2026.
- European Political Science Association: 2025.
- Swedish Political Science Association: 2024, 2025, 2026.
Workshops & Seminars
- Workshop Information from Abroad: How Citizens and Elites Respond to Foreign Information and Events, Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Denmark. 2026.
- Workshop Social Norms in the Political Domain, Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos (CSIC), Madrid, Spain. 2026.
- Comparative Politics Seminar Series, Stockholm University, Sweden. 2025.
- Political Sociology and Economy Seminar Series, Uppsala University, Sweden. 2025.
Service
Peer Review
Additional Coursework
JUN 2025
Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse / Toulouse School of Economics Toulouse, France
Teaching Experience
2024 – PRESENT
Comparative Politics in English Seminar Leader Stockholm University
2025 – PRESENT
Quantitative Methods in English Seminar Leader Stockholm University
2025 – PRESENT
Independent Research Project Bachelor Thesis Supervision Stockholm University
Professional Experience
2023
Associate Researcher University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden
- Worked on the project “A Complete Dataset of Roll-Call Votes in the Swedish Parliament, 1925–1993” (Feb – Aug 2023).
- Built pipelines turning 40,000 scanned PDF pages into a dataset of over 3 million cases, using Tesseract OCR and automated transformation into tabular formats.
- Oversaw manual corrections and developed workflows for quality control and data cleaning.
2022 – 2023
Research Assistant Stockholm University Stockholm, Sweden
- Worked in the H-DATA module of the Demscore project, gathering historical country-level data from 1920 back as far as the French Revolution (1789).
- Responsible for data management, recruiting external country experts, coding historical datasets, and coordinating website development.
2016 – 2025
Various Roles International IDEA Stockholm, Sweden
- Consultant (Aug 2019 – 2025): Data management and visualization for the Global State of Democracy (GSoD) Indices. Led workshops and tutorials on R and the GSoD Indices. Data analysis and management for multi-country surveys.
- Associate Programme Officer (Jan 2018 – Jul 2019): Planned and coordinated GSoD publications. Data analysis, visualization and management in R. Authored reports on corruption, the participation of marginalized groups, and women’s political representation.
- Research Assistant (Sep 2016 – Dec 2017): Prepared datasets, ran statistical analyses, and drafted data-driven reports on democracy indices.
2014 – 2016
Strategic Data Analyst EMC Research Oakland, USA
- Analyzed public opinion surveys using SPSS and R.
- Created reports and presentations for clients.
- Supported qualitative research by preparing moderator guides and taking notes during focus groups.