Sara Hobolt

{{Short description|Danish political scientist (born 1977)}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix =  | name = Sara Hobolt | honorific_suffix = | image = Sara Hobolt (cropped).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Hobolt in 2012 | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1977}}  | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | citizenship =  | other_names = | occupation = | period = | known_for = | title = | boards =  | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards =  | website = | education = | alma_mater = St John's College, Cambridge | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences =  | era = | discipline = Political science | sub_discipline = {{hlist|European politics|electoral behaviour}} | workplaces = London School of Economics and Political Science | doctoral_students =  | notable_students = | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced =  | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }} '''Sara Binzer Hobolt''', FBA (born 1977) is a Danish political scientist, who specialises in European politics and electoral behaviour. She holds the Sutherland Chair in European Institutions at the London School of Economics and Political Science.<ref name="bio EI">{{cite web|title=Professor Sara B Hobolt|url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/staff/academicStaff/Hobolt/Home.aspx|website=European Institute|publisher=The London School of Economics and Political Science|accessdate=6 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="FBA">{{cite web|title=Professor Sara Hobolt|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/user/3199|website=British Academy|accessdate=6 August 2017}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Hobolt was born in 1977.<ref name="Nils" /> She graduated with a first class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in economics, politics and public policy in 2001.<ref name="WW 22">{{cite web |title=Hobolt, Prof. Sara Binzer, (born 28 Dec. 1977), Sutherland Professor of European Institutions, London School of Economics and Political Science, since 2012 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U289671 |website=Who's Who 2022 |access-date=19 November 2022 |language=en |date=1 December 2021}}</ref> She undertook postgraduate studies in political science at the University of Cambridge, graduating with a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) degree in 2002 and completing her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 2005.<ref name="Nils" /><ref name="WW 22" /> Her doctoral thesis was titled "Europe in question: the role of political information in referendums on European integration".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sara Binzer|first1=Hobolt|title=Europe in question: the role of political information in referendums on European integration|url=http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.613655|website=E-Thesis Online Service|publisher=The British Library Board|accessdate=6 August 2017|date=2006}}</ref> While at Cambridge, she was a member of St John's College.<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Ulinka Rublack announced as Fellow of the British Academy|url=http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/professor-ulinka-rublack-announced-fellow-british-academy|website=St John's College|publisher=University of Cambridge|accessdate=6 August 2017|date=24 July 2017}}</ref>

==Academic career== Hobolt began her academic career at the University of Oxford. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford from 2005 to 2006, and a fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford from 2006 to 2011. She was additionally a lecturer in comparative European politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations between 2006 and 2011.<ref name="WW 22" /> In 2009, she became an associated member of Nuffield College, Oxford, and an honorary professor in political science at the University of Southern Denmark.<ref name="WW 22" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Dr Sara Hobolt appointed Honorary Professor |url=https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-sara-hobolt-appointed-honorary-professor |website=Department of Politics and International Relations |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=19 November 2022 |language=en |date=2 February 2009}}</ref> Since 2012, she has held the Sutherland Chair in European Institutions at the London School of Economics.<ref name="WW 22" /><ref name="bio DoG">{{cite web |title=Professor Sara B Hobolt (FBA) |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/government/people/academic-staff/sara-hobolt |website=Department of Government |publisher=London School of Economics and Political Science |access-date=19 November 2022}}</ref>

==Honours== In July 2017, Hobolt was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elections to the British Academy celebrate the diversity of UK research|url=http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/elections-british-academy-celebrate-diversity-uk-research|website=British Academy|accessdate=6 August 2017|date=21 July 2017}}</ref>

In 2011, Hobolt was awarded the EUSA "Award for Best Book Published in 2009 or 2010" for her book ''Europe in Question: Referendums on European Integration''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr Sara Hobolt awarded EUSA prize|url=https://www.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-sara-hobolt-awarded-eusa-prize.html|website=Department of Politics and International Relations|publisher=University of Oxford|accessdate=6 August 2017}}</ref> In 2012, she was awarded the Nils Klim Prize;<ref name="Nils">{{cite web|title=Sara Hobolt|url=http://www.holbergprisen.no/en/sarah-hobolt.html|website=Holberg Prize|publisher=University of Bergen|accessdate=6 August 2017|archive-date=7 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807022927/http://www.holbergprisen.no/en/sarah-hobolt.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> this prize is awarded "to Nordic scholars under the age of 35, for outstanding contributions within the arts and humanities, social sciences, law or theology".<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Nils Klim Prize|url=http://www.holbergprisen.no/en/nils-klim-prize.html|website=Holberg Prize|publisher=University of Bergen|accessdate=6 August 2017|archive-date=22 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722194437/http://www.holbergprisen.no/en/nils-klim-prize.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Selected works==

* {{cite book |author=Sara B. Hobolt |title=Europe in Question: Referendums on European Integration |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XW0NAQAAMAAJ |year=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-954994-8}} * {{cite book |author1=Sara B. Hobolt |author2=James Tilley |title=Blaming Europe?: Responsibility Without Accountability in the European Union |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l9TQAgAAQBAJ |date=2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-966568-6}} * {{cite book |editor1=Olaf Cramme |editor2=Sara B. Hobolt |title=Democratic Politics in a European Union Under Stress |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qeUwBQAAQBAJ |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-872448-3}} * {{cite book |last1=de Vries |first1=Catherine E. |last2=Hobolt |first2=Sara |author1-link=Catherine E. de Vries |title=Political Entrepreneurs: The Rise of Challenger Parties in Europe |date=2020 |publisher=Princeton University Press |location=Princeton and Oxford |isbn=978-0691194752}}

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