Research
Current Projects
“Casualties Without Concessions? Panel Evidence on Ukrainian Public Opinion and the Limits of War Fatigue” with Aaron Erlich (under review at the Journal of Peace Research).
“Exploring the Changing Social Diversity in Small and Mid-sized Canadian Cities, 2001-2021” with Zhixi Zhuang, Feng Hou, and Mariam El Toukhy (under review at Canadian Geographies).
“Civic Engagement in Rebuilding Ukraine: Observational and Experimental Evidence” with Aaron Erlich & Dietlind Stolle.
“Assessing The Comparative Effects of Persuasive Appeals with Partisanship, Built Characteristics, Housing Status and Neighbourhood Environments in Support for New Developments in the 2022 Ontario General Election” with Matthew Arp, Timothy Gravelle, Smon Kiss, Anthony Piscitelli, and Zachary Spicer.
“Has Donald Trump been able to pull the American Jewish Vote in 2024?” with Dietlind Stolle, Liron Lavi, and Elisabeth Gidengil.
Publications
Academic Publications
“Housing, Healthcare, and More: Decoding the 2022 Ontario General Election” Accepted in The Canadian Political Science Review, with Andrea Perrella & Simon Kiss.
Reports
Kiss, S. & Campos-Gottardo, R. (2025). “Researching Post-Industrial Political Behaviour With The National Occupation Classification In The 2019 and 2021 Canada Election Studies.” LISPOP Reports. https://scholars.wlu.ca/lispop/5/
Software
Campos-Gottardo, R. & Kiss, S. (2025). Occupations Qualtrics Module for Canadian Political Science Surveys. GitHub repository: https://github.com/RafaelGottardo/occupations-qualtrics
Conference Presentations
Papers
Arp, M., Campos-Gottardo, R., Gravelle, T., Kiss, S., Piscitelli, A., & Spicer, Z. (authors in alphabetical order) (2025, June). Do appeals to benefits overcome NIMBY-ISM?. Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association’s Annual Conference, Toronto, ON.
Erlich, A., Stolle, D., & Campos-Gottardo, R. (2024, June). Civic Engagement in Rebuilding Ukraine: Observational and Experimental Evidence. Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association’s Annual Conference, Montreal, QC.
Campos-Gottardo, R. & Kiss, S. (2024, June). Social Media Use and Polarization in Ontario: 2018 Case Study. Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science Association’s Annual Conference, Montreal, QC.
Campos-Gottardo, R. (2024, January). Correlates of Populist Attitudes in Canada: Evidence from the CES. Paper presented at the Bell Chair Graduate Student Conference, Ottawa, ON.
Campos-Gottardo, R. (2022, August). Populism and authoritarianism during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. Paper presented at the annual Congress of the Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Toronto, ON.
Posters
Lehecka, N., Thomson, B., Campos-Gottardo, R., & Kiss, S. (2025, June). Did The Ford Government Suffer Any Electoral Backlash From the Laurentian University Bankruptcy? Poster presented at the Canadian Political Science Association, Toronto, ON.
Campos-Gottardo, R. & Perrella, A. (2023, May). The Role of Populist Attitudes on Support for Centrist Populist Candidates: Evidence From El Salvador. Poster presented at the Canadian Political Science Association’s Annual Conference, Toronto, ON.
Campos-Gottardo, R., Jasemi, A., & Gottardo, A. (2022, June). Parenting beliefs about the importance of politics and child qualities: Similarities and differences across borders. Poster presented at Development 2022, Calgary, AB.