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Daan Delespaul

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PhD’ing @KU Leuven // Cleavage theory, voting behaviour & political sociology // 🇧🇪 politics

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Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · Oct 28

Ever wondered why Flanders and Wallonia vote so differently? 🇧🇪🗳️

In my second PhD chapter – out now in EPSR – we look at cleavage structures in both regions

Very (!) happy to see this published: cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 16h

#OpenAccess from @govandopp.bsky.social -

A Common Two-Dimensional Structure? Comparing Demand-side Political Spaces of Eight European Democracies - https://cup.org/4ohFZ6N

- @ddelesp.bsky.social

#FirstView

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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 1d

JUST OUT: "Boundaries and Cleavages: Elements of a Cultural Sociology of Political Divides."

OA: direct.mit.edu/ecps/article...

It develops what the cultural sociology of group formation can contribute to research on political cleavages.

(And why "Somewheres vs Anywheres" really doesn't cut it.)

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Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · 3d

The thesis explores changes in Belgian voting behaviour 🇧🇪

It finds that demand-side cleavages have mostly remained stable, and don't differ much between Flanders and Francophone Belgium.

You can read the whole thing here: kuleuven.limo.libis.be/discovery/se...

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Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · 3d

Happy to report that I'm officially #PhDone!

Thanks for joining me on this journey – in particular to supervisors @swyngedouwm.bsky.social, @cecilmeeusen.bsky.social & Koen Abts, and jury members @lwestheuser.bsky.social, @rdassonneville.bsky.social, @rlachat.bsky.social & Gert-Jan Put.

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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 3d

Radical left support increases for those who study more than their parents and do not achieve upward class mobility, as well as for those who experience upward class mobility but continue to struggle financially www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The unfulfilled promises of upward mobility and support for radical left parties in Western Europe

In recent decades, educational expansion has produced a large swathe of university graduates which labour markets are increasingly less able to absorb…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · 8d

Exceptional piece of research, congrats Jochem!

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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 8d

🤝 @jochemvanagt.bsky.social, Katrin Praprotnik, @luanarusso.bsky.social, and @markuswagner.bsky.social show that when the mainstream right signals openness to govern with the far right, it eases tensions on the right but amplifies antipathy on the left 👇

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Partisan affect and political tolerance in the context of shifting norms: the effect of coalition signals towards the radical right

Mainstream political actors in many countries face the challenging decision of how to engage with radical-right parties. While some systematically exclude them from power, others accept them as coa...

www.tandfonline.com

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Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you Linus! Really nice to hear your thoughts about the thesis!

Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · 28d

Why do the Walloon social democrats have the most ethnocentric electorate of Francophone Belgium?

I lay out some hypotheses (and cool graphs!) – out now in @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social

Migratie en het tweestromenland van de Belgische sociaaldemocratie

PS heeft het meest migratiekritische electoraat van Franstalig België. Desondanks staan de Waalse socialisten niet te boek als een welvaartschauvinistische partij.

www.sampol.be

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Emilie van Haute @emilievh.bsky.social · Aug 25

Are you a junior scholar attending #ecprgc25 or #apsa25? Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to join a dynamic international research team at @sciencepoulb.bsky.social!
📢 Cevipol is hiring a full time postdoc researcher
🗓️ 1-year contract (possible extension)
📍based in Brussels
💼 Project: NOTLIKEUS

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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · Jul 25

I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage!
I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.

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Simon Bornschier @simonbornschier.bsky.social · Jul 8

How much competition within the right field?
❗Segmentation is eroding, especially among young voters❗
New article out by @siljahausermann.bsky.social ‪@dpzollinger.bsky.social
@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social and myself

@ipz.bsky.social @wepsocial.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/ycxfx2aj

A short 🧵

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Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · Jul 8

Congrats!

Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · Jul 1

Congrats! 🎉

Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · Jun 30

@elisabethgoemans.bsky.social with the great ge-daan pun

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Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · Jun 30

Finally time to get a haircut now

Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · Jun 30

Submitted the thesis everybody

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James Kanagasooriam @jameskanag.bsky.social · Jun 26

Some afternoon thoughts on UK politics and AI exposure and how it’s so different by geography politicalwhiteboard.substack.com/p/the-collar...

The "collar flip"....what if class politics shifted in the UK?

Why the rise of AI, might change our politics in the UK (and US!)

politicalwhiteboard.substack.com

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Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · Jun 25

Gefeliceerd Silke! Wat een prachtig beeld ☺️

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Julian Garritzmann @garritzmannj.bsky.social · Jun 23

I have a new paper out in @wepsocial.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The paper situates discussions about the Educational Cleavage in a longer temporal context (back to the Medieval time) to show that there have ALWAYS been conflicts between educational groups. (1/3)

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Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · Jun 13

Cannot stress enough how great this years’ #PolEtmaal2025 has been. Amazing people, warm (!) atmosphere and (as it turns out) great running trails 🤩 Thank you to all the organisers @rug.nl!

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Toon Kuppens @tkupp.bsky.social · Jun 13

Only 10 days left to apply for this phd position on education-based identities, status, and political attitudes! Open to those interested in sociology, social psychology, political science, communication science or indeed a combination of all.

jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...

PhD Researcher - Scientific project on Education-based social identities

jobs.vub.be

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East European Politics @eepolitics.bsky.social · Jun 11

💡New article: 'Uncorking Europeanisation: the resilient journey of small #Georgian winemakers in the pursuit of the #EU market' by Margherita Gobbat 👉 doi.org/10.1080/2159... 🇬🇪🇪🇺 @adamfagan.bsky.social @lenkabustikova.bsky.social @andreapirro.it @petrkopecky.bsky.social

Uncorking Europeanisation: the resilient journey of small Georgian winemakers in the pursuit of the EU market

This article examines how Georgian wine producers respond to EU export standards and how they perceive them. What role does the Europeanisation process play in shaping their resilience through adap...

doi.org

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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · Jun 3

I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!

Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!

2 PhD positions in Electoral behavior

2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices

www.kuleuven.be

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