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 What happens to “deliberative democracy” in contexts of social inequalities? What happens to citizens who are allowed a civi…

Christoph Niessen postdoc mandaat FWO Publicaties Christoph Niessen Federalism in Belgium Bron The Oxford Handbook of Belgian Politicis / Reuchamps, M. [edit.]; et al. [edit.]-p. 124-139 Auteur(s) Christoph Niessen, Patricia Popelier Citatielink How to make small beautiful : the promise of democrati…

Josephine De Jaegere docent - gastprofessor externe fondsen 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 Citatielink The deliberati…

Ine Goovaerts senior onderzoeker 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, Sofie Marien Cita…

Nino Junius onbezoldigd medewerker Publicaties Nino Junius Are elected representatives' intimate ties representative? Examining their socio-economic status in 13 countries Bron European journal of political research - ISSN 0304-4130-65:1 (2026) p. 78-100 Auteur(s) Nino Junius, Stefaan Walgrave Citat…

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…

Petra Meier full professor Research Petra Meier Research team Politics & Public Governance Expertise Gender, LGBTQIA+, SOGI, diversity issues in politics and policies (re)production of inequality through politics and policies operating of power and power dynamic in politics and institutions (eg univ…

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…

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…

Christoph Niessen postdoc researcher FWO Publications Christoph Niessen Federalism in Belgium Source The Oxford Handbook of Belgian Politicis / Reuchamps, M. [edit.]; et al. [edit.]-p. 124-139 Author(s) Christoph Niessen, Patricia Popelier Citation link How to make small beautiful : the promise of d…

Ine Goovaerts senior researcher 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 Goovaerts, Sofie Marien Ci…

Josephine De Jaegere assistant professor - guest prof. external funds 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 Jaegere Citation link…

Nino Junius unpaid staff Publications Nino Junius Are elected representatives' intimate ties representative? Examining their socio-economic status in 13 countries Source European journal of political research - ISSN 0304-4130-65:1 (2026) p. 78-100 Author(s) Nino Junius, Stefaan Walgrave Citation lin…

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…

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 (CRESC) 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 (NPO…

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…

Government and Law search menu search content Completed PhD Research Date Name PhD Title Supervisor(s) 11 June 2026 LUINING Michiel Trojan Horse Discourse: The Use and Abuse of Contemporary Constitutional Discourse for Fundamental Rights Prorection (Interdisciplinary doctorate Law and Linguistics) P…

STRATEGO search menu search content PhD Masterclass with Marije Schaafsma (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) 17 June 2026 "Valuation of biodiversity: a multidisciplinary perspective" The STRATEGO Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Antwerp is organising a PhD workshop on June 17th, 202…

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…

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…

Patrick Loobuyck full professor Research Patrick Loobuyck Research team Center for Ethics Expertise Talks, lectures and workshops/seminars on the relation church-state, secularisation in the West, tolerance and pluralism, relation worldviews - meaning of life - science and history of ideas concernin…

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…

GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence search menu search content GOVTRUST Members GOVTRUST excellence consortium Coordinators Koen Verhoest (research group Politics & Public Governance) Expertise: public administration & management, organization and governance of public tasks, autonomy and control of agenci…