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Does social media help women politicians overcome barriers in visibility - or does it just replicate old hierarchies?
A short 🧵
by Bram Wauters
In bv NL en bijna heel Wallonië wordt met potlood en papier gestemd, dus zo gek is dat niet + elektronisch stemmen heeft (licht) negatief effect op opkomst
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Reposted by: Bram Wauters, Simon Otjes
Curious about candidate selection & democratic norms? 👀
On Oct 2, GASPAR welcomes @simonotjes.bsky.social (Leiden University) for our lecture series!
Discover how Dutch parties weigh gender, ethnicity & past votes in renomination decisions 🇳🇱
All welcome! Register 👇
by Bram Wauters — Reposted by: Steven Van de Walle
🧑🏫 This Chair (existing since 1933) entails a number of lectures on the roles of citizens in a party-based democracy
📅 More information will follow
@gasparugent.bsky.social @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social
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The location of public services matters! Libraries and bus stops are welcomed but prisons and wind farms are typically contested. How can governments navigate these sensitivities? 🧐
Prof. de Fine Licht @goteborgsuni will tell us all about it! All welcome!
Reposted by: Bram Wauters, Bram Verschuere, Robert Huber
Closing the gap or making a new one? 🛤️
Everyone wants more #CitizenParticipation but politicians, citizens and civil servants prefer different tools. Do formal roles matter more than ideology? 🕵️ These authors (🧵⬇️) look into just that!
🔗https://buff.ly/XcSSHsY
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Doctoraatsstudent Ward Maréchal won gisteren de ‘Scriptieprijs Binnenlands Bestuur Guido Decoster’ voor de beste masterproef over binnenlands bestuur of lokale democratie.
Proficiat Ward!
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Anders dan bij gemeenterdsverkiez zal dit een GROOT effect hebben 🧵 (1/5)
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Nieuwe column van politicoloog @bramwauters.bsky.social 👇
www.sampol.be/2025/06/lang...
by Bram Wauters
by Bram Wauters — Reposted by: Ruth Dassonneville, Dieter Stiers, Nicolas Bouteca , and 1 more Ruth Dassonneville, Dieter Stiers, Nicolas Bouteca, Anna Kern
- 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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The gender gap disappears, however, when we control for structural variables such as political interest and political socialization (3/7)
by Bram Wauters
👉 elected position
👉 political collaborator (assigned with competition)
👉 political collaborator (without competition) (2/7)
by Bram Wauters — Reposted by: Hilde Coffé, Audrey Vandeleene
Another project with amazing co-authors @robindevroe.bsky.social @audreyvdleene.bsky.social @hildecoffe.bsky.social @gasparugent.bsky.social (1/7)
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How can citizens truly have a say? What works in practice? Where do the challenges lie?
🎬 Watch the video and take a 2-minute dive into a decade of research on strengthening democracy!
youtu.be/8xd1wUsOFNg
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Bij de lokale verkiezingen #vk24 bleef 1/3 kiezers thuis. GASPAR bestaat 10 jaar en onderzocht in die periode onder meer dynamieken rond burgerparticipatie. 📊
Benieuwd naar onze resultaten? 💡 Stay tuned voor onze kennisclip en bekijk alvast onze teaser! 👇👀
by Bram Wauters
www.sampol.be/2025/04/het-...
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onderzoek uit 🇪🇪 Estland toont dat na invoering digiaal stemmen de opkomst min of meer stabiel bleef (4/6)
by Bram Wauters
onderzoek uit 🇦🇹 Oostenrijk toont positief effect maar vooral op die plaatsen waar stembureaus voordien niet lang open waren (3/6)
by Bram Wauters
onderzoek uit 🇳🇱 Nederland toont positief effect van aantal stembureaus per 1000 inwoners op opkomst (2/6)
by Bram Wauters
Hierbij enkele suggesties van initiatieven die een beetje effect hebben, al zijn er ook gevaren (1/6)
by Bram Wauters
Verwonderlijk dat minister Crevits dit nu aangrijpt voor pleidooi om opkomstplicht terug in te voeren. Die kennis was er ook al toen haar partij eerder die plicht mee afvoerde
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
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By @robindevroe.bsky.social @dfuturevub.bsky.social
@bramwauters.bsky.social @gasparugent.bsky.social available in #OpenAccess at plc-journal.eu/article/view...