Staff Profile

Biography

Prof Roger Scully has been Dean of Arts and Social Sciences at Hong Kong Metropolitan University since August 2025.

Prof Scully completed his undergraduate and masters degrees in his native United Kingdom before studying for a doctorate at the Ohio State University in the United States. A political scientist by training, his published work includes multiple authored, co-authored and edited volumes as well as numerous articles in some of the top journals within the social sciences. In addition to political science, his published work has contributed to knowledge within history, law, psychology, sociology and, in some recent collaborations, sports sciences and public health.

Prior to becoming Dean, Prof Scully had held a number of major leadership roles, including as Head of Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University, Chair of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, and the inagural Director of the Academy of Geography, Sociology and International Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. Prof Scully is an elected Academician of the UK Academy of Social Sciences; an elected Fellow (and former Council member) of the Learned Society of Wales; and a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. He was also winner of the UK Political Studies Association's Political Studies Communicator of the Year Award in 2017, and of the University Mentor of the Year at the UK National Mentoring Awards in 2019. In 2025 Prof Scully was named as one of the seven leading scholars in the whole of China within the field of Political Science.

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• European Politics
• Political Representation
• Research Design and Methods
• Health and Public Policy

Academic & Professional Experience

Professor, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (2025-present)

‘Talent 100’ Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University (2021-2025)

Professor, Cardiff University (2012–2021)

Professor, Aberystwyth University (2007–2012)

Reader, Aberystwyth University (2006–2007)

Senior Lecturer, Aberystwyth University (2004–2005)

Lecturer, Aberystwyth University (2000–2004)

Lecturer, Brunel University (1997–1999)

Selected Publications

Books

• The End of British Party Politics? (Biteback Publishing, 2018)
• (with Richard Wyn Jones) Wales Says Yes: Devolution and the 2011 Welsh Referendum (University of Wales Press, 2012)
• (with Richard Wyn Jones) Europe, Regions, and European Regionalism (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010)
• (with David Farrell) Representing Europe's Citizens? Electoral Institutions and the Failure of Parliamentary Representation in the European Union (Oxford University Press, 2007)
• Becoming Europeans? Attitudes, Behaviour and Socialization in the European Parliament (Oxford University Press, 2005)
• (with Justin Fisher, Paul Webb & David Broughton) British Elections and Parties Review Volume 14 (Frank Cass, 2004)
• (with Simon Hix) The European Parliament at Fifty: Special Issue of Journal of Common Market Studies, (2003) Vol. 41, No. 2
• (with Colin Rallings, Jon Tonge & Paul Webb) British Elections and Parties Review Volume 13 (Frank Cass, 2003)
• (with Rinus van Schendelen) The Unseen Hand: Unelected EU Legislators (Frank Cass, 2002)

Journal Articles

• (with Dan Tao et al) 'The role of technology-based dance intervention for enhancing wellness: a Systematic Scoping Review and Meta-Analysis', Ageing Research Reviews (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2024.102462
• (with Dan Tao et al) 'The Effectiveness of Dance Movement Therapy for Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's Disease (AD), and Dementia: A Systematic Scoping Review and Meta-Analysis', Ageing Research Reviews (2023) S1568-1637(23)00279-9 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2023.102120 (Winner of 2023/24 'Outstanding Publication Award', Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University)
• (with Dan Tao, Yang Gao, Alistair Cole & Julien Baker) 'Health Policy Considerations for Combining Exercise Prescription into Noncommunicable Diseases Treatment: a Narrative Literature Review', Frontiers in Public Health (2023) 11 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1219676 (Subsequently featured in journal Special Collection of 12 articles on Learning for Action in Policy Implementation)
• (with Dan Tao, Yang Gao, Alistair Cole & Julien Baker) 'Exercise prescription integration into medical provision as a treatment for non-communicable diseases: a scoping review', Frontiers in Public Health (2023) 11: 1126244 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1126244
• (with Dan Tao, Yeheng He, Alistair Cole, Rashmi Supraya, Yang Gao & Julien Baker) 'The Benefits of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) in the Assessment of Health and Exercise Performance', Imaging Journal of Clinical and Medical Sciences (2022) 9: 11-14 https://dx.doi.org/10.17352/2455-8702.000136
• (with Dan Tao, Yang Gao, Alistair Cole & Julien Baker) 'The Physiological and Psychological Benefits of Dance for Children and Adolescents: a Systematic Review', Frontiers in Physiology (2022) 13: 925958 https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.925958
• 'Unprecedented Times, a Very Precedented Result: the 2021 Senedd Election', Political Quarterly (2021) 92: 469-473
• (with Laura McAllister) 'For Wales, Do Not See England', Parliamentary Affairs (2021) 74: 138-157
• (with Jac Larner) 'A Successful Defence: the 2016 Welsh Assembly Election', Parliamentary Affairs (2017) 70: 507-529
• (with Ron Johnston, Charles Pattie and David Cutts) 'Getting the vote out: constituency campaigning and canvassing for support at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election', Politics (2016) 36: 49-62
• (with Richard Wyn Jones) 'The Public Legitimacy of The National Assembly for Wales', Journal of Legislative Studies (2015) 21: 515-533
• 'More Scottish than Welsh? Understanding the 2011 Devolved Elections in Scotland and Wales', Regional and Federal Studies (2013) 23: 591-612
• (with Richard Wyn Jones) 'Still Three Wales? Social Location and Electoral Behaviour in Wales', Electoral Studies (2012) 31: 656-667
• (with Simon Hix & David Farrell) 'National or European Parliamentarians? Evidence from a New Survey of Members of the European Parliament', Journal of Common Market Studies (2012) 50: 670-683
• (with David Farrell) 'The European Parliament: One Parliament, Several Modes of Political Representation?', Journal of European Public Policy (2010) 17: 36-54
• (with Anwen Elias) 'The 2007 Welsh Assembly Election', Regional and Federal Studies (2008) 18: 103-109
• (with Richard Wyn Jones) 'Devolution and Electoral Politics in Scotland and Wales', Publius: The Journal of Federalism (2006) 36: 115-134
• (with David Farrell) 'Electing the European Parliament: How Uniform are 'Uniform' Electoral Systems?', Journal of Common Market Studies (2005) 43: 969-984
• (with Richard Wyn Jones & Dafydd Trystan) 'Turnout, Participation and Legitimacy in Post-Devolution Wales', British Journal of Political Science (2004) 34: 519-37
• (with Richard Wyn Jones) 'Minor Tremor but Several Casualties: the 2003 Welsh Election', British Elections and Parties Review (2004) 14: 191-210
• (with Dafydd Trystan & Richard Wyn Jones) 'Explaining the Quiet Earthquake: Voting Behaviour in the First Election to the National Assembly for Wales', Electoral Studies (2003) 22: 635-650
• (with Simon Hix & Tapio Raunio) 'Fifty Years On: Research on the European Parliament', Journal of Common Market Studies (2003) 41: 191-202
• (with David Farrell) 'MEPs as Representatives: Individual and Institutional Roles', Journal of Common Market Studies (2003) 41: 269-288
• (with Richard Wyn Jones), 'Coming Home to Labour? The 2003 Welsh Assembly Election', Regional and Federal Studies (2003) 13: 125-132
• (with David M. Farrell) 'Electoral Reform and the British MEP', Journal of Legislative Studies (2003) 9: 14-36
• (with Richard Wyn Jones) 'A Settling Will? Wales and Devolution, Five Years On', British Elections and Parties Review (2003) 13: 86-106
• (with Kent J. Kille) 'Executive Heads and the Role of Intergovenmental Organisations: Expansionist Leadership in the United Nations and the European Union', Political Psychology (2003) 24: 175-198
• 'External Change, Internal Development: Studying the European Parliament', Government and Opposition (2003) 38: 131-138
• (with Richard Wyn Jones & Dafydd Trystan) 'Why do the Conservatives always do (even) worse in Wales?' British Elections and Parties Review (2002) 12: 229-245
• 'The European Parliament as a Non-Legislative Actor', Journal of European Public Policy (2001) 8: 162-169
• 'Dealing with Big Brother: Relations with the First Chamber', Journal of Legislative Studies (2001) 7: 93-104
• (with Samuel C. Patterson) 'Ideology, Partisanship and Legislative Decision-Making', Party Politics (2001) 7: 131-156
• 'Voters, Parties and Europe', Party Politics (2001) 7: 515-523
• 'Nowhere to Run...? British MEPs and the Euro', British Elections and Parties Review (1999) 9: 186-199
• 'MEPs and the Building of a “Parliamentary Europe”', Journal of Legislative Studies (1998) 4: 91-107
• 'Policy Influence and Participation in the European Parliament', Legislative Studies Quarterly (1997) 22: 233-252
• (with Anthony Mughan) 'Accounting for Change in Free Vote Outcomes in the House of Commons', British Journal of Political Science (1997) 27: 640-647
• (with Anthony Mughan & Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier) 'Mapping Legislative Socialization', European Journal of Political Research (1997) 32: 93-106
• 'The European Parliament and the Co-Decision Procedure: A Re-Assessment', Journal of Legislative Studies (1997) 3: 58-73
• 'The European Parliament and Co-Decision: A Rejoinder to Tsebelis and Garrett', Journal of Legislative Studies (1997) 3: 93-103

Selected Professional & Community Services

• Director, Academy of Geography, Sociology and International Studies, 2024-2025, Hong Kong Basptist University
• Chair, Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, 2020-2023
• Head of Department, Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University, 2018-2020

Further Information

Link to Google Scholar page

Modified Date: 11 Aug, 2025
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