Meet Margot, our new job student! 🤗Margot will join the POLI team in August, where she will work on the 'Religion at the European Parliament' project. Welcome aboard Margot Thewis

Thank you Norface GOVERNANCE for a great conference! #UNDPOLAR #norfacegov22 POLI (@dfuturevub.bsky.social)

Today I presented the paper 'Your efficacy or mine?' written together with my collegues Didier Caluwaerts, Bram Spruyt, @toonkuppens, Rebekka Kesberg & Matt Easterbrook from Norface GOVERNANCE #UNDPOLAR #norfacegov22

📢#UNDPOLAR & #POPBACK will organize the thematic #workshop on the nexus between populism, polarization & democracy in #Brussels with 12 exciting papers & keynote speech by the Head of International #IDEA's Europe Programme.🙌 Check out more details here➡️norface-governance.eu/news/undpolar-…

Earlier this week we hosted the workshop "A multilevel understanding of populist #polarization and its impact on #democracy" in Brussels. Thanks to all the participants and our colleagues from #UNDPOLAR #POPBACK Norface GOVERNANCE for the interesting day and collaboration!

[Workshop] ✍️: Today a group of VUB POLI researchers attended the interesting workshop ‘Academic Writing - How to Start and Finish (Academic) Texts’ given by Dr. Petra Ahrens from the @TampereUni. Thank you for the engaging time! 👍 #VUB #Research #Writing

Last week I attended the Radboud University summer school, organized by MethodsNET in Nijmegen with my VUB colleagues Henry.Maes Ambroos Verwee & Sophie. A very enjoyable experience with a good mixture of insightful content and informal networking!

Happy to have contributed to this work! First publication ✅

Happy to be in Prague this week at the #ecprgc23! Presenting my paper on the rural-urban divide on Thursday, feel free to swing by!

Le 6 septembre, Henry.Maes présentera son papier "Affective polarization from a citizens’ perspective: beyond party lines and feelings of dislike" co-écrit avec Ambroos Verwee, Lien Smets et @louise_knops à la Conférence Générale de l'ECPR shorturl.at/nyBJL

🚀✨ VUB Poli at #ECPR2023 in Prague 🇨🇿! Our team is rocking the conference—some papers presented, more to come! Stay tuned for cutting-edge insights and presentation pictures! 🌍📝💡 #VUBPoli #PoliticalScience #ECPRConference #ResearchInMotion 🌟📊🌆 European Consortium for Political Research

De POLI (@dfuturevub.bsky.social) afdeling was in februari nog diep verdeeld. Maar de meerderheid had het uiteindelijk bij het rechte eind. #wisdomofthecrowd

📍 Conference News Some of our colleagues are attending and presenting their papers at the ECPR General Conference in Dublin the coming days. Great to see the POLI VUB department being well represented again! 👏👏 #ecprgc24

Yesterday I presented "Dreaming of home? Representative Claim-Making and the Farmer Citizen Movement (BBB)" (co-written with Prof. Eline Severs) during the 'Performing Political Representation' pannel, organized by @hannahoorts 👏. Thanks to the audience for your questions! #ecprgc24

Thanks for the interesting discussion! 😊