Robert Andersen
Professor Andersen is Professor of Business, Economics and Public Policy at the Ivey Business School, Western University. He is also cross-appointed in the Departments of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, Political Science and Sociology. Previous appointments include Distinguished Professor of Social Science, University of Toronto; Senator William McMaster Chair in Political Sociology, McMaster University; and Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer, University of Oxford.
He previously taught regularly at the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods at the University of Michigan and the Oxford Spring School in Quantitative Methods. Professor Robert Andersen’s main research interests are in political economy, social stratification and social statistics. Most of his recent research explores the relationship between economic conditions—both at the individual and contextual levels—and attitudes and behaviours considered important for the health of democracy, including tolerance, social trust, support for democracy, attitudes towards redistribution, and civic participation.
His published research includes Presenting Statistical Results Effectively (with Dave Armstrong, Sage, 2022), Modern Methods for Robust Regression (Sage, 2008), and more than 65 academic research articles. He has been principal investigator or co-investigator for research grants totally more than $2,500,000. He has also consulted for the European Union, the United Nations and the Canadian Government.
