Come work with me! Phd position at the IPZ - Political Science UZH & @zdaarau on democratic attitudes and the climate crisis. Friendly & inspiring department, freedom & resources to develop your own research & get to explore beautiful Zurich/CH🤩Deadline 31/07, please share! tinyurl.com/nhkfsc34

🗳️Genoeg Gestemd? 🗳️ Samen met @treecomp LEVUUR organiseer ik een inspiratiedag nav de eerste lokale #verkiezingen zonder #opkomstplicht in Vlaanderen. Hoe kunnen we mensen motiveren om te gaan stemmen? Wat zijn de drempels? Hoe kunnen we die verlagen? lnkd.in/e-sjEi2e

“De meest ingrijpende verandering in decennia in de werking van de lokale democratie” kondigde Bart Somers Open Vld vorig jaar aan. Over 12 maanden is het zover: Lokale verkiezingen zonder #opkomstplicht Zijn we er klaar voor? 1/n shorturl.at/ezFL5 De Morgen

Happy and also very surreal to see my master’s thesis published as a single-authored paper in the EJPR journal 🥂 ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14… In this paper, I explore the crucial link between polarization and citizens’ response to electoral victory and loss 🧵1/7

VERY VERY happy (and relieved) to announce that I have been awarded the FWO PhD grant for fundamental research 🥂🥂 Over the next four years, I will be studying to what extent affective polarization harms citizens’ democratic attitudes in Europe!

New publication out with Hannah Werner and Dr. Sofie Marien in EJPR journal 🥳🎉🎊 The perceived problem-solving potential of deliberative minipublics: Evidence from a survey of Belgian citizens Check it out here: doi.org/10.1111/1475... A short 🧵👇:

"People tend to see minipublics not as magical solutions but as improvements to democracy's functioning." This is an important & nuanced study by Lisa van Dijk, Hannah Werner & Dr. Sofie Marien which tests public opinion towards the problem-solving potential of minipublics.

SO excited for today: my fabulous LEGIT Research Group colleague and friend Lisa van Dijk will defend her fabulous dissertation in the fabulous KU Leuven promotiezaal!

Dr. Lisa van Dijk 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I am thrilled to share that I successfully defended my Ph.D. at KU Leuven! A big thank you goes out to my supervisors Dr. Sofie Marien, Jonas Lefevere & Jean-Benoit Pilet and the jury members @DrBoulianne, @dfarrell_ucd, Trui Steen & Tom van der Meer. What was it all about these past years?

Let's get started! My fabulous friend and colleague Emma Turkenburg defends her brilliant thesis today KU Leuven

*Insert your favorite doctor-related pun here* Very happy to announce that last Friday, I defended my PhD dissertation “On Silver Tongues and Silver Linings” in the Sociale Wetenschappen - Social Sciences KU Leuven Emma Vorlat Auditorium 🎓🥳

🏆📄🚨We have a winner of the Political Communication Best Paper Award 2023! 🎊🍾 Huge congrats to Emma Turkenburg! Well deserved! Thanks to all jury members (tagged in replies) and to the steering committee for giving me the opportunity to chairing this!

🚨Great paper showing that legitimacy-perceptions erode when political losses add up

I recently had the chance to do the presentation of my PhD defense again, thanks to the Ethics of Argumentation Speaker Series. In case you are interested to know more about it, you can find the recording of the presentation here: youtube.com/watch?v=frtET8… 🧵

In 6 months, the UN #SummitOftheFuture will explore how to address gaps in global governance. A permanent #GlobalCitizensAssembly could offer a solution. Read our challenge paper, co-authored w/ United Nations Foundation Iswe Foundation Southern Voice Plataforma CIPÓ United Nations Association - UK (UNA-UK) gcacoalition.org 🧵