Revise and resubmit, Political Studies, 2026
Co-authored study on how intergroup humour shapes partisan affective polarisation.
Recommended citation: Co-authored. "Polarising punchlines: The influence of intergroup humour on partisan affective polarisation." Revise and resubmit, Political Studies.
PhD thesis, University of Warwick, 2026
PhD thesis, University of Warwick. Two empirical projects on the British Election Study Internet Panel: online information consumption and affective polarisation, and neighbourhood segregation and immigration attitudes.
Recommended citation: Hofer, O. C. (2026). Exposure structures and intergroup attitudes in the UK: Linking media infrastructure and residential environments to affective polarisation and immigration attitudes. PhD thesis, University of Warwick. https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/202258/
Working paper (sole-authored) — target submission summer 2026, 2026
How online information consumption relates to political affective polarisation, using BES panel data and an instrumental-variables design.
Recommended citation: Hofer, C. "Downloading polarisation: Online information consumption and political affective polarisation in the UK." Working paper.
Working paper (sole-authored) — target submission summer 2026, 2026
How neighbourhood ethnic segregation relates to immigration attitudes, using fine-grained spatial measures and BES panel data.
Recommended citation: Hofer, C. "Good neighbours? Neighbourhood segregation and attitudes toward immigration in the UK." Working paper.
Working paper (lead author) — ESRC humour project, 2025
Lead-authored survey-experimental study on humorous climate communication.
Recommended citation: Hofer, C. (lead author). "Breaking the ice: The impact of humorous communication on climate change attitudes and political participation." Working paper.
Working paper (co-author) — ESRC humour project, 2025
Co-authored survey-experimental study on humour and intergenerational hostility.
Recommended citation: Co-authored. "OK Boomer: The influence of humour on intergenerational hostility and polarisation." Working paper.
Working paper (lead author), 2025
Lead-authored study using high-frequency transport data to estimate the impact of terrorism on London commuting.
Recommended citation: Hofer, C. (lead author). "Ecological and economic cost of terror: The impact of terrorist attacks on London commuting patterns." Working paper.
UK Data Service ReShare [Data Collection], 2026
Survey-experiment dataset on humorous climate communication.
Recommended citation: Hofer, C., Serra, L., Sleiman, Y., Grasso, M., & Pattie, C. (2026). Breaking the Ice: The Impact of Humour on Climate Change Attitudes and Political Participation, 2024. [Data Collection]. UK Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858416 https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858416
UK Data Service ReShare [Data Collection], 2026
Survey-experiment dataset on humour and intergenerational hostility.
Recommended citation: Serra, L., Sleiman, Y., Hofer, C., Grasso, M., & Pattie, C. (2026). "Ok Boomer": The Influence of Humour on Intergenerational Hostility and Polarisation, 2024. [Data Collection]. UK Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858406 https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858406
UK Data Service ReShare [Data Collection], 2026
Survey-experiment dataset on intergroup humour and partisan affective polarisation.
Recommended citation: Sleiman, Y., Grasso, M., Pattie, C., Serra, L., & Hofer, C. (2026). Polarising Punchlines: The Influence of Inter-group Humour on Partisan Affective Polarisation, 2024. [Data Collection]. UK Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858409 https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858409
UK Data Service ReShare [Data Collection], 2026
Survey dataset from the ESRC political humour project.
Recommended citation: Grasso, M., Hofer, C., Pattie, C., Serra, L., & Sleiman, Y. (2026). Political Humour, Political Attitudes and Political Behaviour, 2024. [Data Collection]. UK Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858418 https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-858418
DEMETRA (Horizon Europe), Policy Brief No. 1, 2026
Six priority actions for embedding deliberative participatory processes in European food and sustainability policy.
Recommended citation: Hofer, C. (2026). Citizens as Partners in Food System Transformation: Scaling Deliberative Democracy for Sustainable Food Systems. DEMETRA Policy Brief No. 1. Horizon Europe DEMETRA project (Grant Agreement No. 101132286). https://www.qmul.ac.uk/demetra/media/demetra/outputs/DEMETRA-Policy-brief-No1.pdf
DEMETRA (Horizon Europe), Policy Brief No. 2, 2026
Five priority actions for turning temporary urban food initiatives into durable governance, based on 120 policymaker interviews across seven European cities.
Recommended citation: Hofer, C. (2026). Beyond Pilots: Building Durable Governance Frameworks for Urban Food Systems. DEMETRA Policy Brief No. 2. Horizon Europe DEMETRA project (Grant Agreement No. 101132286). https://www.qmul.ac.uk/demetra/media/demetra/outputs/DEMETRA-Policy-brief-No2.pdf