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Anna Kern

@annakern.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor @ Ghent University Political Science | Political Participation | Political Attitudes annakern.eu

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Linde Stals @lindestals.bsky.social · Jul 1

📢 New publication: we draw on unique data from 16- and 17-year-old Belgian adolescents who were eligible to vote in the 2024 European elections, and show that low trust in order and representative institutions is linked to protest and radical voting. @dieterstiers.bsky.social @annakern.bsky.social

Political Trust and Electoral Behavior Among 16- and 17-Year-Old First-Time-Voters in Belgium

Abstract. Citizens’ electoral behaviors tend to persist over time and are driven by long-standing political attitudes acquired during the formative years o

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Bram Wauters @bramwauters.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚨 We have two vacancies for PhD fellows:

- on ideological stereotypes supervised by me and
@robindevroe.bsky.social www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...

- on losers' consent supervised by @annakern.bsky.social
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...

Join research group @gasparugent.bsky.social in beautiful Ghent

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Amélie Godefroidt @ameliegodefroidt.bsky.social · Jun 3

🚀 Kicked off Day 1 of our #OpenScience Summer School at @gasparugent.bsky.social !

We explored what triggered the replication crisis & how it reshaped research across the social sciences. 🧪🔍

Thread ⬇️
#PhDlife #OpenScience
#Reproducibility

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Lisa Janssen @lisajanssen.bsky.social · May 24

What a pleasure to direct this amazing @ecpr.bsky.social Joint sessions workshop on citizens democratic commitment with Hannah Werner - thanks to all participants for the exciting papers and stimulating discussions!

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Giovanni D’Agostino @gdagostino.bsky.social · Feb 18

📢 Call for Papers 📢
We welcome papers for our panel "Citizens’ attitudes towards democracy" at Poletmaal 2025 (June 12-13, Groningen)
🪑Chairs: @lindestals.bsky.social, Carmen van Alebeek and @gdagostino.bsky.social
📩 Submit here: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...
⏳Deadline: March 31, 2025

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GASPAR UGent @gasparugent.bsky.social · Feb 18

❗️Short notice❗️

This Friday, Joep van Lit (Radboud University) will present key insights on democratic decay and the difficulties of democratic defence in our times.

Everyone's welcome - no registration required!

➡️John Vincke room, T1 (Ghent)
🕒 11:00 - 12:00

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GASPAR UGent @gasparugent.bsky.social · Jan 22

💭Many thanks to prof. Johan Christensen of Universiteit Leiden, who presented key insights on measuring political influence during today's edition of the Gaspar lectures series!

📢 Stay tuned for the next Gaspar lecture on February 5!

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Politics of the Low Countries @plc-journal.bsky.social · Dec 10

As of Jan 1, 2025 PLC will be a diamond open access journal 💎! This means no costs involved for the reader, nor for the author or their institutions! Instead, PLC is funded by the Francopone-Belgian, Flemish and Dutch #polisci associations and by Radboud Uni Press, our new publisher! #openscience

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Bram Wauters @bramwauters.bsky.social · Nov 25

🚨 New publication in JEPOP with Leen Lingier and @annakern.bsky.social @gasparugent.bsky.social #polisky

🤔 How do party members react when losing an intra-party vote?
And does the inclusiveness of the decision-making procedure moderate this reaction? (1/5)

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Claudia Landwehr @clandwehr.bsky.social · Nov 23

On my way back from our workshop "Contesting the rules of the game? Political conflict, polarization and procedural consensus" at the beautiful Villa Vigoni with wonderful colleagues! @arminschaefer.bsky.social @pcmagalhaes.bsky.social @saengler.bsky.social @kwalz.bsky.social @damienbol.bsky.social

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Bjarn Eck @bjarneck.bsky.social · Nov 20

The NotLikeUs research project just launched its website! 🧑‍💻
notlikeus.be

This project is a collaboration of Political Science researchers from seven Belgian universities (KULeuven UAntwerpen, UCLouvain, UGhent, ULBruxelles, UNamur, VUBrussel).

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Tom van der Meer @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social · Oct 26

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on political trust and skepticism in my ERC-funded research project CRITICALTRUST.
vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...
Please contact me if you have any questions!

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Anna Kern @annakern.bsky.social · Oct 10

We are very much looking forward to the talk given by @markuswagner.bsky.social on “Party leaders and partisan stereotypes” next week at Ghent University. You are welcome to join us!

⏰ Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 10 am
➡️ Auditorium D, Technicum 2, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41

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