Public Opinion, Voting & Campaigns

2023

Van Erkel, P. F. (2023). The odd one out: The influence of ideological positioning on individual electoral success. Party Politics, 29(1), 65-76.

Muric, M., Thijssen, P., Turcanu, C., Perko, T., & Tomkiv, Y. (2023).Foxes caught in the same snare: a methodological review of social radon studies. Journal of Risk Research, 26(3), 273-301.

2022

Azabar, S., & Thijssen, P. (2022). The electoral agency of Muslimahs: an intersectional perspective on preferential voting behaviour. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 48(17), 4106-4128.

Verheyen, P. & Thijssen, P. (2022). Solidarity frames: the missing link between parties and voters? Acta Politica: International Journal of Political Science

Hoti F. (2022). The impact of uncertainty communication on emotional arousal and participation intention: The psychophysiological effects of uncertainties on experts. Journal of risk research.

2021

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Renn, O., Klinke, A., Schweizer, P. J., & Hoti, Ferdiana. (2021). Risk perception and its impacts on risk governance. In Oxford research encyclopedia of environmental science.

Peter Thijssen, Min Reuchamps, Lieven De Winter, Jérémy Dodeigne and Dave Sinardet. (2021). Inter-regional contacts and voting behavior in Belgium: What can we learn from the 2019 elections?, Regional & Federal Studies

Ferdiana Hoti, Tanja Perko, Vasiliki Tafili, Roser Sala, Nadja Zeleznik, Yevgeniya Tomkiv, Catrinel Turcanu, Peter Thijssen, Ortwin Renn. (2021). Knowing the unknowns: Uncertainties during radiological emergencies, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

2020

Peer-reviewed articles

Lefevere, J., Seeberg, H. B., & Walgrave, S. (2020). Negatively affecting voters’ issue considerations. An experimental study of parties’ attack communication. Political Communication, 37(6), 812-831.

Walgrave, S., Lefevere, J., & Tresch, A. D. (2020). Position, competence, and commitment: Three dimensions of issue voting. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 32(1), 165-175.

Stefaan Walgrave, Patrick Van Erkel, Isaïa Jennart, Jonas Lefevere & Pierre Baudewyns (2020). How issue salience pushes voters to the left or to the right. Politics of the Low Countries(3), 319-352.

Ferdiana Hoti, Tanja Perko, Peter Thijssen en Ortwin Renn (2020): Radiation risks and uncertainties: a scoping review to support communication and informed decision-making, Journal of Radiological Protection

Luca Bernardi, Daniel Bischof & Ruud Wouters (2020): The public, the protester, and the bill: do legislative agendas respond to public opinion signals?, Journal of European Public Policy, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2020.1729226

Bram Wouters, Peter Thijssen & Patrick Van Erkel (2020): Preference Voting in the Low Countries - a research overview. Politics of the Low Countries

Samira Azabar, Peter Thijssen & Patrick Van Erkel (2020): Is there such a thing as a Muslim vote? Electoral Studies

2019

Peer-reviewed articles

Beckers, K. (2019). What Vox Pops Say and How That Matters: Effects of Vox Pops in Television News on Perceived Public Opinion and Personal Opinion. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699019843852
Walgrave, S., & Soontjens, K. (2019). How voters form associative issue ownership perceptions. An analysis of specific issues. Electoral Studies, 59, 136-144.

Chapters in edited books

Federalism and Solidarity in Belgium: Insights from Public Opinion, Thijssen Peter, Arras Sarah, Sinardet Dave, In: Identities, Trust, and Cohesion in Federal Systems / Jedwab, Jack and Kincaid, John [edit.] – ISBN 978-1-55339-535-5 – Montréal & Kingston, McGill-Queen's University Press, p. 85-114

2018

van Erkel, P. F., Van Aelst, P., & Thijssen, P. (2018). Does media attention lead to personal electoral success? Differences in long and short campaign media effects for top and ordinary political candidates. Acta Politica, 1-19.
Westwood, S. J., Iyengar, S., Walgrave, S., Leonisio, R., Miller, L., & Strijbis, O. (2018). The tie that divides: Cross‐national evidence of the primacy of partyism. European Journal of Political Research, 57(2), 333-354.

2017

Peer-reviewed articles

Walgrave, S., & Lefevere, J. (2017). Long-term associative issue ownership change: a panel study in Belgium. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 1-19.
Tresch, A., Lefevere, J., & Walgrave, S. (2017). How parties’ issue emphasis strategies vary across communication channels: The 2009 regional election campaign in Belgium. Acta Politica, 1-23.
Lefevere, J., Sevenans, J., Walgrave, S., & Lesschaeve, C. (2017). Issue reframing by parties: The effect of issue salience and ownership. Party Politics, 1354068817736755.

2016

Peer-reviewed articles

Turcanu, C. O., El Jammal, M. H., Perko, T., Baumont, G., Latré, E., & de Witte, I. C. (2016). Satisfaction with information about ionising radiation: a comparative study in Belgium and France (pdf). Journal of Radiological Protection, 36(2), S122.
Turcanu, C., Schröder, J., Meskens, G., Perko, T., Rossignol, N., Carlé, B., & Hardeman, F. (2016). Like a bridge over troubled water–Opening pathways for integrating social sciences and humanities into nuclear research (pdf). Journal of environmental radioactivity, 153, 88-96.
Vyncke, B., Perko, T., & Gorp, B. (2016). Information Sources as Explanatory Variables for the Belgian Health‐Related Risk Perception of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident (pdf). Risk analysis.
Wauters, B., Thijssen, P., Van Aelst, P., & Pilet, J. B. (2016). Centralized personalization at the expense of decentralized personalization. The decline of preferential voting in Belgium (2003–2014). Party Politics, 1354068816678882.

2015

Peer-reviewed articles

Tresch, A., Lefevere, J. & Walgrave, S. (2015). ‘Steal me if you can!’ The impact of campaign messages on associative issue ownership (pdf). Party Politics, 21(2), 198-20810.1177/1354068812472576.
Lefevere, J., Tresch, A. & Walgrave, S. (2015). Associative Issue Ownership as a Determinant of Voters’ Campaign Attention (pdf). West European Politics, 38(4), 888-908. 10.1080/01402382.2015.1039376.
Lefevere, J., Tresch, A. & Walgrave, S. (2015). Introduction: Issue Ownership (pdf). West European Politics, 38(4), 755-760. 10.1080/01402382.2015.1039375.
Walgrave, S., Tresch, A. & Lefevere, J. (2015). The Conceptualisation and Measurement of Issue Ownership (pdf). West European Politics, 38(4), 778-796. 10.1080/01402382.2015.1039381.
Debruycker, I. & Walgrave, S. (2015 in press). How a New Issue Becomes an Owned Issue. Media Coverage and the Financial Crisis in Belgium (2008-2009). International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 26(1), 86-9.

Chapters in edited books

Deschouwer, K., Delwit, P., Hooghe, M., Baudewyns, P. & Walgrave, S. (2015). De kiezers, de stemmen, de cijfers. In: K. Deschouwer, P. Delwit, M. Hooghe, P. Baudewyns, S. Walgrave (Eds.). De Kiezer Ontcijferd. Over Stemgedrag en stemmotivaties. Lannoo, p. 7-22.
Walgrave, S., Lesschaeve, C., Rihoux, B. & Meulewaeter, C. (2015). Beleidsonzekerheid. In: K. Deschouwer, P. Delwit, M. Hooghe, P. Baudewyns, S. Walgrave (Eds.). De Kiezer Ontcijferd. Over Stemgedrag en stemmotivaties. Lannoo, p.23-40.

Books

Deschouwer, K., Delwit, P., Hooghe, M., Baudewyns, P. & Walgrave, S. (Eds.) (2015). De Kiezer Ontcijferd. Over Stemgedrag en stemmotivaties. Tielt: LannooCampus.

2014

Peer-reviewed articles

Lefevere, J., & Walgrave, S. (2014). A perfect match? The impact of statement selection on voting advice applications' ability to match voters and parties (pdf). Electoral Studies.
Aalberg, T., Van Aelst, P. (2014). Who is afraid of preelection polls? How perceptions of polls influence support for polling regulations among elites (pdf). International journal of public opinion research.
Perko, T., Adams, B., Stassen, K.R. (2014). The differences in perception of radiological risks: lay people versus new and experienced employees in the nuclear sector (pdf). Journal of risk research.
Perko, T. (2014). Radiation risk perception: a discrepancy between the experts and the general population (pdf). Journal of environmental radioactivity, p. 1-6.
Perko, T., Thijssen, P., Turcanu, C., Van Gorp, B. (2014). Insights into the reception and acceptance of risk messages (pdf). nuclear emergency communication. Journal of risk research.
Rosema, M., Anderson, J., & Walgrave, S. (2014) The Design and Effects of Voting Advice Applications (pdf). Electoral Studies.
Walgrave, S., Lefevere, J. & Tresch, A. (2014). The Limits of Issue Ownership Dynamics: The Constraining Effect of Party Preference. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, 24(1), 1-19.

Book chapters

Van Camp, K., Lefevere, J., & Walgrave, S. (2014). The Content and Formulation of Statements in Voting Advice Applications: A Comparative Analysis of 26 VAAs (pdf). In: D. Garzia, & S. Marchall (Eds.), Matching Voters with Parties and Candidates. Voting Advice Applications in Comparative Perspective. Colchester: ECPR Press, p. 11-32.

Various (reports, unpublished manuscripts,...)

Turcanu, C., Perko, T. (2014). The SCK-CEN Barometer 2013: perceptions and attitudes towards nuclear technologies in the Belgian population (pdf). Open report of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre. Mol: SCK-CEN.
Turcanu, C., Perko, T. (2014). Het nucleaire Dessel, wat denkt u erover? Een online bevraging bij de bevolking in Dessel (pdf). External report of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre. Mol: SCK-CEN.
Lammers, P., Perko, T., Thijssen, P. (2014). Contextual variation in crisis-induced changes in public opinion and nuclear policies: the case of the Fukushima accident: progress report. Internal report of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre. Mol: SCK-CEN.

2013

Peer-reviewed articles

Walgrave, S., & Lefevere, J. (2013). Ideology, Salience, and Complexity: Determinants of Policy Issue Incongruence between Voters and Parties (pdf). Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties, 23(4), 456-483.

2012

Various (reports, unpublished manuscripts,...)

Van Aelst, P., Lefevere, J., Lesschaeve, C. & Thijssen, P. (2012). Onderzoeksnota: een terugblik op de Antwerpse lokale verkiezingen van 2012 (pdf).
Van Aelst, P., & Lefevere, J. (2012). Has Europe got anything to do with the European elections? A study on split-ticket voting in the Belgian regional and European elections of 2009. European Union Politics, 13(1), 3-25.
Thijssen, P., Vallet, N. & Dierckx, D. (2012). Het 'sense of place' gevoel van de Deurnse antennes (pdf).
Thijssen, P., Vallet, N. & Dierckx, D. (2012). Omgaan met onveiligheidsgevoelens in Deurne (pdf).

Conference papers

Perko, T., Turcanu, C. & Geenen D. (2012). The Fukushima Accident. Reflection in the Media and the Public Opinion in Belgium. Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association, 13 May 2012 - 18 May 2012, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Lefevere, J., Walgrave, S., & De Swert, K. (2012). The effect of popular exemplars and expert account base-rate information on perceived public opinion (pdf). Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), 1 September 2011 - 4 September 2011, Seattle.

2011

PhDs

Lefevere, J. (2011). Campaign Effects on Voter Decision Making (pdf). Universiteit Antwerpen.

Peer-reviewed articles

Lefevere, J., & Dandoy, R. (2011). Candidate Choice in Political Advertising: What Determines Who Gets Attention?. World Political Science Review, 7(1).
Sliwa, S., Meier, P., & Thijssen, P. (2011). De impact van party magnitude op het aantal vrouwelijke verkozenen. Gender quota in België kritisch bekeken (pdf). Res Publica, 53(2), 141-165.

Various (reports, unpublished manuscripts,...)

Turcanu, C., Perko, T., & Schröder, J. (2011). The SCK-CEN Barometer 2011-Perception and attitudes towards nuclear technologies in the Belgian population. Open Report of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre; BLG-1082.

Conference papers

Lefevere, J. (2011). Priming of Politicians and Issues in the 2009 electoral campaign in Belgium. Conference of the French Political Studies Association (AFSP), 31 August 2011 - 2 September 2011, Strasbourg.

2010

Peer-reviewed articles

Vliegenthart, R., Boomgaarden, H. G., Van Aelst, P., & de Vreese, C. H. (2010). Covering the US presidential election in Western Europe: A cross-national comparison (pdf). Acta Politica, 45(4), 444-467.
Strömbäck, J., & Van Aelst, P. (2010). Exploring some antecedents of the media’s framing of election news: A comparison of Swedish and Belgian election news (pdf). The International Journal of Press/Politics, 15(1), 41-59.
Vliegenthart, R., & Van Aelst, P. (2010). Nederlandse en Vlaamse politieke partijen in de krant en in de peilingen: een wederkerige relatie. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap, 38(4), 338.
Lefevere, J. & Dandoy, R. (2010). Kandidaatkeuze in advertenties. Wat bepaalt wie aandacht krijgt? Res Publica

Books

Deschouwer, K., Delwit, P., Hooghe, M. & Walgrave, S. (2010). De stemmen van het volk: een analyse van het kiesgedrag in Vlaanderen en Wallonië op 7 juni 2009. ASP/VUBPRESS/UPA.

Book chapters

Hooghe, M., & Walgrave, S. (2010). Opkomstplicht en politieke kennis: de onwetende burger aan het woord?. In: Deschouwer, K., Delwit, P., Hooghe, M. & Walgrave, S. (eds.). De stemmen van het volk: een analyse van het kiesgedrag in Vlaanderen en Wallonië op 7 juni 2009. ASP/VUBPRESS/UPA, 143-168.
Walgrave, S., Lefevere, J. & Hooghe, M. (2010). Volatiel of wispelturig? Hoeveel en welke kiezers veranderden van stemvoorkeur tijdens de campagne? In: Deschouwer, K., Delwit, P., Hooghe, M. & Walgrave, S. (eds.). De stemmen van het volk: een analyse van het kiesgedrag in Vlaanderen en Wallonië op 7 juni 2009. ASP/VUBPRESS/UPA, 29-50.
Lefevere, J. (2010). Verandering en stabiliteit van beslissingsregels tijdens de campagne van 2009 (pdf). In: Deschouwer, K., Delwit, P., Hooghe, M. & Walgrave, S. (eds.). De stemmen van het volk: een analyse van het kiesgedrag in Vlaanderen en Wallonië op 7 juni 2009. ASP/VUBPRESS/UPA.

Articles without peer review

van Praag, P. & Van Aelst, P. (2010). Essay: Verkiezingscampagnes in België en Nederland. Vergelijkbare landen, verschillende campagnes? (pdf) Res Publica.
Carlé, B., Perko, T., Turcanu, C. & Schröder, J. (2010). Individual response to communication about the August 2008 131I release in Fleurus: results from a large scale survey with the Belgian population. Annalen van de Belgische Vereniging voor Stralingsbescherming, 35(3), 183-193.

Various (reports, unpublished manuscripts,...)

Thijssen, P., Vallet, N. & Dierckx, D. (2010). Focus op Deurne. Beleidsondersteunend onderzoeksproject in opdracht van het district Deurne. Eerste Rapportering Fase 2: Omgaan met etnische diversiteit in Deurne (pdf).
Perko, T., Turcanu, C., Schröder, J. & Carlé B. (2010). Risk perception of the Belgian population. Results of the public opinion survey in 2009.- Mol, Belgium: SCK•CEN, 2010. Open Report of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre; BLG-1070.
Turcanu, C., Perko, T., Carlé, B., & Schröder, J. (2010, June). Public acceptance of radiocontamination in food products: what can we learn for a better decision-making?. In Proceedings of the Third European IRPA Congress, Helsinki, Finland (Vol. 14).