Silke Goubin
@silkegoubin.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher @HIVA_KULeuven @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
Working on Trust | Social Inclusion | Inequality | Democratic Engagement 🤿
Working on Trust | Social Inclusion | Inequality | Democratic Engagement 🤿
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Een ellendige novemberavond, met een motregen die de dappersten van de straat veegt.
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Een ellendige novemberavond, met een motregen die de dappersten van de straat veegt.
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Do policy preferences of voters and non-voters differ in European democracies?
My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.
Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10
My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.
Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Do policy preferences of voters and non-voters differ in European democracies?
My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.
Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10
My new article in @ejprjournal.bsky.social finds: Yes, sometimes, but this is not the norm.
Let's break it down. 🧵 1/10
🚨Working on economic inequality perceptions and support for redistribution? Sonja Zmerli and I are coordinating a Section about perceived economic inequality at the next @ecpr.bsky.social's General Conference.
👉 Do consider submit your paper! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
@vd-researchgroup.bsky.social
👉 Do consider submit your paper! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
@vd-researchgroup.bsky.social
Exploring the intricacies of citizens' economic inequality perceptions and their redistributive correlates: Ill-informed, attitudinally incoherent, or predictably irrational?
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🚨Working on economic inequality perceptions and support for redistribution? Sonja Zmerli and I are coordinating a Section about perceived economic inequality at the next @ecpr.bsky.social's General Conference.
👉 Do consider submit your paper! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
@vd-researchgroup.bsky.social
👉 Do consider submit your paper! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
@vd-researchgroup.bsky.social
📝 Nieuwe #column geschreven over democratic backsliding in de VS: de VS zijn géén volwaardige liberale democratie meer onder Trump II.
De Verenigde Staten zijn geen democratie meer
Volgens het gerenommeerde Varieties of Democracies-instituut (V-DEM) leeft voor het eerst sinds...
visie.net
November 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📝 Nieuwe #column geschreven over democratic backsliding in de VS: de VS zijn géén volwaardige liberale democratie meer onder Trump II.
Academic publishing can be a #slow business: (finally) got a paper accepted today! In between the initial journal submission (rejects, and an R&R), I basically got #two kids...😄 #academichatter #momademia
November 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Academic publishing can be a #slow business: (finally) got a paper accepted today! In between the initial journal submission (rejects, and an R&R), I basically got #two kids...😄 #academichatter #momademia
Ooit vatte een collega van me het als volgt samen "Je moet al een moord plegen om ontslagen te kunnen worden als prof". Waarom zijn we zo verbaasd - deze Pano-reportage had vooral nog veel meer lijken uit de kast kunnen halen... Soit, voor meer nuance 👇
Ik heb gisteren met lichte verbazing gekeken naar de Pano-reportage over tuchtdossiers aan onze #universiteiten. ‘Lichte’ verbazing, omdat tuchtcommissies of HR-diensten blijkbaar nog steeds niet doortastend kunnen optreden tegen dergelijk toxisch gedrag. #universiteit 1/ www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
45 tuchtprocedures, slechts 3 ontslagen proffen: pakken Vlaamse universiteiten toxisch gedrag streng genoeg aan? | VRT NWS: nieuws
De voorbije 10 jaar leidde een tuchtprocedure in de context van grensoverschrijdend gedrag aan de universiteit slechts 3 keer tot ontslag van een professor. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van Pano. Hoewel e...
www.vrt.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Ooit vatte een collega van me het als volgt samen "Je moet al een moord plegen om ontslagen te kunnen worden als prof". Waarom zijn we zo verbaasd - deze Pano-reportage had vooral nog veel meer lijken uit de kast kunnen halen... Soit, voor meer nuance 👇
📢 last day to submit your abstract to be part of our #PoliticalTrust panels at @epssnet.bsky.social
You'll be in good company 😎
@annakern.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social @cvalebeek.bsky.social @hannesbey.bsky.social
You'll be in good company 😎
@annakern.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social @cvalebeek.bsky.social @hannesbey.bsky.social
Shout-out to all #PoliticalTrust researchers interested in attending the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in #Belfast
@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
October 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
📢 last day to submit your abstract to be part of our #PoliticalTrust panels at @epssnet.bsky.social
You'll be in good company 😎
@annakern.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social @cvalebeek.bsky.social @hannesbey.bsky.social
You'll be in good company 😎
@annakern.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social @cvalebeek.bsky.social @hannesbey.bsky.social
Reposted by Silke Goubin
Don't forget to submit your abstracts for our political trust panels at the 2026 EPSS conference in Belfast.
⏰️ Submission deadline closes tomorrow!
⏰️ Submission deadline closes tomorrow!
Shout-out to all #PoliticalTrust researchers interested in attending the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in #Belfast
@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Don't forget to submit your abstracts for our political trust panels at the 2026 EPSS conference in Belfast.
⏰️ Submission deadline closes tomorrow!
⏰️ Submission deadline closes tomorrow!
Reposted by Silke Goubin
Shout-out to all #PoliticalTrust researchers interested in attending the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in #Belfast
@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Shout-out to all #PoliticalTrust researchers interested in attending the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in #Belfast
@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
Shout-out to all #PoliticalTrust researchers interested in attending the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in #Belfast
@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Shout-out to all #PoliticalTrust researchers interested in attending the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in #Belfast
@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
@annakern.bsky.social, @danjdevine.bsky.social, @cvalebeek.bsky.social, @hannesbey.bsky.social and I are coordinating 3 trust panels!
Reposted by Silke Goubin
[Media] "Steden en gemeenten die hun best deden om inwoners te doen stemmen? Dat haalt niks uit", une interview de @bjarneck.bsky.social, researcher at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol), pour @demorgen.be
www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/a...
www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/a...
‘Alles wat in de plaats komt, is maar surrogaat’: waarom de afschaffing van de opkomstplicht kiezers weg houdt
Een gratis drankje aanbieden, een advertentie in de krant plaatsen of een debat organiseren? Alle moeite van lokale besturen ten spijt, lokt dit niet meer mensen naar het stemhokje. Dat blijkt uit ond...
www.demorgen.be
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
[Media] "Steden en gemeenten die hun best deden om inwoners te doen stemmen? Dat haalt niks uit", une interview de @bjarneck.bsky.social, researcher at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol), pour @demorgen.be
www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/a...
www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/a...
This is fun, our research on political trust and social policy was featured at the Portuguese national news 😎 www.rtp.pt/play/p14263/...
(less fun, they didn't cite us properly, but hey)
#Hiva @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
(less fun, they didn't cite us properly, but hey)
#Hiva @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This is fun, our research on political trust and social policy was featured at the Portuguese national news 😎 www.rtp.pt/play/p14263/...
(less fun, they didn't cite us properly, but hey)
#Hiva @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
(less fun, they didn't cite us properly, but hey)
#Hiva @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social @kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social
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Do generous welfare policies foster political trust? Matthijs Gillissen, @silkegoubin.bsky.social & Anna Ruelens examine the long-term effects of welfare generosity on trust in political institutions. Read more:
buff.ly/rxgfboR
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
buff.ly/rxgfboR
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Do generous welfare policies foster political trust? Matthijs Gillissen, @silkegoubin.bsky.social & Anna Ruelens examine the long-term effects of welfare generosity on trust in political institutions. Read more:
buff.ly/rxgfboR
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
buff.ly/rxgfboR
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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With the start of the new academic year, we're planning more talks at @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social!
Looking forward to welcoming @bjornhoyland.bsky.social in Leuven on Monday 20 October. If you're around and would like to attend, more info is here 👇
soc.kuleuven.be/afdeling-pol...
Looking forward to welcoming @bjornhoyland.bsky.social in Leuven on Monday 20 October. If you're around and would like to attend, more info is here 👇
soc.kuleuven.be/afdeling-pol...
Seminar Bjørn Høyland
soc.kuleuven.be
September 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
With the start of the new academic year, we're planning more talks at @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social!
Looking forward to welcoming @bjornhoyland.bsky.social in Leuven on Monday 20 October. If you're around and would like to attend, more info is here 👇
soc.kuleuven.be/afdeling-pol...
Looking forward to welcoming @bjornhoyland.bsky.social in Leuven on Monday 20 October. If you're around and would like to attend, more info is here 👇
soc.kuleuven.be/afdeling-pol...
Ik deel zelden petities, maar de beslissing van de Vlaamse regering om het @iobua.bsky.social stop te zetten is niet alleen kortzichtig, het ondermijnt één van Vlaanderens belangrijkste centra rond internationale samenwerking en goed bestuur... Tekenen jullie ook? #SaveIOB
chng.it/wNxkkfLCBd
chng.it/wNxkkfLCBd
Have you seen this petition yet?
Save our school and the reputation of Flanders
chng.it
September 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Ik deel zelden petities, maar de beslissing van de Vlaamse regering om het @iobua.bsky.social stop te zetten is niet alleen kortzichtig, het ondermijnt één van Vlaanderens belangrijkste centra rond internationale samenwerking en goed bestuur... Tekenen jullie ook? #SaveIOB
chng.it/wNxkkfLCBd
chng.it/wNxkkfLCBd
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I feel like this needs to be said, as I don’t feel many Americans get this:
THIS IS NOT NORMAL!!!
No, not even for authoritarian leaders in nominally democratic regimes.
In Hungary, Poland, even Turkey*, authoritarian leaders do/did not regularly send the military into its peaceful cities!
THIS IS NOT NORMAL!!!
No, not even for authoritarian leaders in nominally democratic regimes.
In Hungary, Poland, even Turkey*, authoritarian leaders do/did not regularly send the military into its peaceful cities!
September 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I feel like this needs to be said, as I don’t feel many Americans get this:
THIS IS NOT NORMAL!!!
No, not even for authoritarian leaders in nominally democratic regimes.
In Hungary, Poland, even Turkey*, authoritarian leaders do/did not regularly send the military into its peaceful cities!
THIS IS NOT NORMAL!!!
No, not even for authoritarian leaders in nominally democratic regimes.
In Hungary, Poland, even Turkey*, authoritarian leaders do/did not regularly send the military into its peaceful cities!
Vlaming is solidair: gisteren gaf ik tekst en uitleg bij @demorgen.be
(👉 www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/e...)
(👉 www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/e...)
September 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Vlaming is solidair: gisteren gaf ik tekst en uitleg bij @demorgen.be
(👉 www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/e...)
(👉 www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/e...)
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#MeetTheTeam
👀 Curious about who's behind the screens?
Let us introduce the dedicated minds driving The Social Study forward!
Behind every questionnaire, dataset, and contractual paperwork is a team of researchers who bring this interuniversity and multidisciplinary project to life.
🧵
👀 Curious about who's behind the screens?
Let us introduce the dedicated minds driving The Social Study forward!
Behind every questionnaire, dataset, and contractual paperwork is a team of researchers who bring this interuniversity and multidisciplinary project to life.
🧵
September 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
#MeetTheTeam
👀 Curious about who's behind the screens?
Let us introduce the dedicated minds driving The Social Study forward!
Behind every questionnaire, dataset, and contractual paperwork is a team of researchers who bring this interuniversity and multidisciplinary project to life.
🧵
👀 Curious about who's behind the screens?
Let us introduce the dedicated minds driving The Social Study forward!
Behind every questionnaire, dataset, and contractual paperwork is a team of researchers who bring this interuniversity and multidisciplinary project to life.
🧵
Reposted by Silke Goubin
Seems like Labour will continue its minority government but with even more fragmented support base on the left. However still need to pay attention to the small parties hovering around the electoral threshold before we can say for sure
Norway, 82% of the vote counted:
Seat projection
Ap-S&D: 53 (+5)
FrP~ECR: 48 (+27)
H-EPP: 24 (-12)
Sp~RE: 10 (-18)
SV~LEFT: 9 (-4)
R~LEFT: 9 (+1)
MDG-G/EFA: 7 (+4)
KrF-EPP: 7 (+4)
V-RE: 2 (-6)
+/- vs. Last election
➤ europeelects.eu/norway
Seat projection
Ap-S&D: 53 (+5)
FrP~ECR: 48 (+27)
H-EPP: 24 (-12)
Sp~RE: 10 (-18)
SV~LEFT: 9 (-4)
R~LEFT: 9 (+1)
MDG-G/EFA: 7 (+4)
KrF-EPP: 7 (+4)
V-RE: 2 (-6)
+/- vs. Last election
➤ europeelects.eu/norway
September 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Seems like Labour will continue its minority government but with even more fragmented support base on the left. However still need to pay attention to the small parties hovering around the electoral threshold before we can say for sure
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Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday
September 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Just Trump declaring war on a US city, a normal Saturday
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Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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By all facts on the ground I have observed, unfortunately my prediction has come true. It seems blatantly obvious that the US is now an electoral autocracy.
V-Dem Institute director Lindberg @silindberg.bsky.social (already in March, 2025):
""If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy" in the 2026 report.
"If it continues like this, democracy [there] will not last another six months.""
1/6
""If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy" in the 2026 report.
"If it continues like this, democracy [there] will not last another six months.""
1/6
Whatever the accuracy and value of “Democracy Indices”, this is truly remarkable and again shows the striking disconnect between the U.S. legacy media and U.S. political reality.
September 4, 2025 at 8:24 AM
By all facts on the ground I have observed, unfortunately my prediction has come true. It seems blatantly obvious that the US is now an electoral autocracy.
Last panel of the #ecprgc25 #trust section! Just presented our work on how public service evaluations lead to political trust and distrust, and having fun while at it 😎
Joint work with Matthijs Gillissen & @ldeblok.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social
@HIVA
Joint work with Matthijs Gillissen & @ldeblok.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social
@HIVA
August 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Last panel of the #ecprgc25 #trust section! Just presented our work on how public service evaluations lead to political trust and distrust, and having fun while at it 😎
Joint work with Matthijs Gillissen & @ldeblok.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social
@HIVA
Joint work with Matthijs Gillissen & @ldeblok.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social
@HIVA
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EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
😵💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.
👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.
A short 🧵
That's a wrap for the first day of the 'New avenues in political #trust research' Section at #ecprgc25. Many more panels coming up in the coming days! Thanks @ldeblok.bsky.social, @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social and Ben Seyd for bringing us together!
@ecpr.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
That's a wrap for the first day of the 'New avenues in political #trust research' Section at #ecprgc25. Many more panels coming up in the coming days! Thanks @ldeblok.bsky.social, @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social and Ben Seyd for bringing us together!
@ecpr.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social