Christoph Niessen postdoc researcher FWO Research Christoph Niessen Research team Politics & Public Governance Democratic Innovations and Scale: How Population Size Affects Direct and Deliberative Citizen Participation. 01/11/2023 - 31/10/2026 Abstract Following a widely perceived crisis of represen…

Antwerp Interdisciplinary Platform for Research into Inequality search menu search content Online seminar 10 December 2020 'Oral Democracy': Governance with Unequal Voices Theme What happens to “deliberative democracy” in contexts of social inequalities? What happens to citizens who are allowed …

Patrick Loobuyck gewoon hoogleraar Publicaties Patrick Loobuyck The mutual reinforcement of populism and post-truth in undermining deliberative democracy Bron Res publica: a journal of legal and social philosophy - ISSN 1356-4765- (2025) p. Auteur(s) Patrick Loobuyck, Vladimir Lukic Citatielink Burg…

Ine Goovaerts senior onderzoeker - gastprofessor Publicaties Ine Goovaerts Different standards : observing variation in citizens' respect-based norms for mediated political communication Bron Public opinion quarterly - ISSN 0033-362X-89:1 (2025) p. 155-185 Auteur(s) Emma Turkenburg, Ine Goovaerts, S…

Josephine De Jaegere gastprofessor externe fondsen - docent - onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Josephine De Jaegere Judicial review and strategic behaviour : an empirical case law analysis of the Belgian Constitutional Court Bron Cambridge, Intersentia, 2019,368 p. Auteur(s) Josephine De Jaegere C…

Christoph Niessen postdoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Christoph Niessen When sub-state communities demand and obtain autonomy : a comparative analysis of sub-state mobilisation and restructuring in Belgium, Spain and the United Kingdom Bron Université de Namur & Université catholique de Louvain, Auteu…

Nino Junius onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Nino Junius Why top politicians are pessimistic or optimistic about democracy and its evolution Bron Democratization - ISSN 1351-0347- (2025) p. 1-23 Auteur(s) Nino Junius, Karolin Soontjens, Anam Siddiq Kuraishi, Jean Benoît Pilet, Marija Taflaga, Ann…

Karen Van Campenhout onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Karen Van Campenhout Extended peer evaluation of an analytical deliberative decision support procedure in environmental health practice Bron European journal of risk regulation - ISSN 1867-299X-1 (2014) p. 25-35 Auteur(s) Hans Keune, Gudrun Kop…

Jan Beyers full professor Research Jan Beyers Research team Expertise The group has an extensive expertise in the field of institutional and organizational theories and is capable to supply expertise and advice to organizations (interest groups, bureaucratic agencies, political parties) that seek to…

Patrick Loobuyck full professor Publications Patrick Loobuyck The mutual reinforcement of populism and post-truth in undermining deliberative democracy Source Res publica: a journal of legal and social philosophy - ISSN 1356-4765- (2025) p. Author(s) Patrick Loobuyck, Vladimir Lukic Citation link Bu…

Christoph Niessen postdoc researcher FWO About Christoph Niessen Christoph Niessen Contact Stadscampus Show email address Sint-Jacobstraat 2 2000 Antwerpen, BEL Christoph Niessen is a researcher in comparative politics. He works on multi-level governance and democratic innovations. He studied the de…

Ine Goovaerts senior researcher - guest professor Publications Ine Goovaerts Different standards : observing variation in citizens' respect-based norms for mediated political communication Source Public opinion quarterly - ISSN 0033-362X-89:1 (2025) p. 155-185 Author(s) Emma Turkenburg, Ine Goovaert…

Christoph Niessen postdoc researcher FWO Publications Christoph Niessen When sub-state communities demand and obtain autonomy : a comparative analysis of sub-state mobilisation and restructuring in Belgium, Spain and the United Kingdom Source Université de Namur & Université catholique de Louvain,…

Nino Junius unpaid staff Publications Nino Junius Why top politicians are pessimistic or optimistic about democracy and its evolution Source Democratization - ISSN 1351-0347- (2025) p. 1-23 Author(s) Nino Junius, Karolin Soontjens, Anam Siddiq Kuraishi, Jean Benoît Pilet, Marija Taflaga, Annika Wer…

Josephine De Jaegere guest prof. external funds - assistant professor - unpaid staff Publications Josephine De Jaegere Judicial review and strategic behaviour : an empirical case law analysis of the Belgian Constitutional Court Source Cambridge, Intersentia, 2019,368 p. Author(s) Josephine De Jaeger…

Karen Van Campenhout unpaid staff Publications Karen Van Campenhout Extended peer evaluation of an analytical deliberative decision support procedure in environmental health practice Source European journal of risk regulation - ISSN 1867-299X-1 (2014) p. 25-35 Author(s) Hans Keune, Gudrun Koppen, Be…

Petra Meier full professor Research Petra Meier Research team Politics & Public Governance Expertise Availability of the members of the research group through lectures, workshops, research and policy notes, participation in expert panels, etc. Queer Interest Groups in The EU: Explaining Organization…

GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence search menu search content Interpersonal trust and fundamentals Summary Individual citizens and private organizations interact frequently with the ‘frontline’ of specific government actors, with respect to regulations in a multi-level context. Trust arising in these…

Björn Carré unpaid staff Research Björn Carré Research team Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change Nonprofit change-makers? A mixed methods study on the political role of NPOs. 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2023 Abstract It is widely recognized that many nonprofit organizations (NPOs) adopt…

Politics & Public Governance search menu search content Publications Politics and Public Governance is a busy research group with multiple scientific articles produced each year. Listed below, our most recent published work can be discovered. In addition to published academic contributions, several …

Government and Law search menu search content Completed PhD Research Date Name PhD Title Supervisor(s) 27 January 2025 VANDENNIEUWENHUYSEN Ellen De rechtspositie van de vreemdeling bij een strafrechtelijke veroordeling in België J. Rozie D. Vanheule 17 May 2024 NICÓTINA Alberto Constitutional stra…

GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence search menu search content Equality, representativeness and citizen-government relations Summary Investigating trust in government raises the question: trust by whom? Although Western governments attempt to ensure that all citizens can trust their government by ensuring…

Jan Velaers emeritus occasional assignment Research Jan Velaers Research team Expertise Constitutional law: fundamental rights and freedoms, federal institutions, state reform, judicial protection, multilevel constitutionalism Language rights, policies and practices in linguistically diverse societi…

Patricia Popelier full professor Research Patricia Popelier Research team Government and Law Expertise Theorising and legal analysis as well as interdisciplinary research on (i) Belgian and comparative constitutional law in general, (ii) federalism and multilevel governance, (iii) constitutiuonal re…

Centre for Ethics search menu search content Dissertations Dissertations Current PhD projects Sofie Avery: A just response to sexual harassment in academia Advisors: Katrien Schaubroeck (Centre for Ethics), Sarah Van de Velde (Department of Sociology), Sigrid Sterckx (Ghent University) Ina Devos: Be…