Carmen van Alebeek
@cvalebeek.bsky.social
PhD candidate at University of Amsterdam. Studies the consequences of political (dis)trust for democracy. 🌐 carmenvanalebeek.nl
🍋 18.3 Generations at the ballot box 👶 👱 🧓 Wouter van der Brug & Sylvia Kritzinger of @ecprpovb.bsky.social review literature covering generational differences in #ElectoralBehaviour, and discuss the overall patterns, highlighting some pitfalls for further research 🕳️
Generations and age in electoral research | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Generations and age in electoral research - Volume 18 Issue 3
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Vandaag The Odyssey gezien en het stelde niet teleur. Ga er zeker heen als je de kans krijgt (klassiekers oprakelen kan nooit kwaad). Interessant ook hoe zo'n verhaal met je "meegroeit": als scholier las ik een heldendicht, nu vooral een verhaal over normverval en opportunisme.
Great article on methodological pluralism that articulates exactly my thinking about the relevance of different kinds of research in times where so much emphasis is placed on causal inference journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Europe’s growing urban-rural divide in voting along the transnational cleavage is not merely a reflection of underlying educational differences, as @theresakuhn.bsky.social, @bramlancee.bsky.social and I show in this new study in @ejprjournal.bsky.social. A short thread 🔽
Today we launch the new version of The PopuList! The PopuList provides an overview of far-left, far-right and populist parties in 31 European countries from 1989 until 1 May 2026. Explore the new website here: popu-list.org
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The PopuList Interactive Version 4.0 Static Version 4.0 CSV Version 4.0 What is the PopuList? The PopuList offers researchers, journalists, […]
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Kiezers zien de democratie achteruitgaan (maar ze zijn het niet eens over welke democratie, of waarom). Belangrijk stuk van @cvalebeek.bsky.social en Joep van Lit over de rafelranden aan de publieke steun voor de democratie. stukroodvlees.nl/kiezers-zien...
Kiezers zien de democratie achteruitgaan (maar ze zijn het niet eens over welke democratie, of waarom) - StukRoodVlees
Onlangs verscheen Veelstemmig, het rapport van het Nationaal Kiezersonderzoek (NKO) over de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen van oktober 2025. Dit blog is gebaseerd op ons hoofdstuk daaruit. Het hele rapport ...
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Nu ook beschikbaar in blogvorm: Nederlandse kiezers zien de democratie achteruitgaan (maar ze zijn het niet eens over welke democratie, of waarom) via @stukroodvlees.bsky.social stukroodvlees.nl/kiezers-zien...
Kiezers zien de democratie achteruitgaan (maar ze zijn het niet eens over welke democratie, of waarom) - StukRoodVlees
Onlangs verscheen Veelstemmig, het rapport van het Nationaal Kiezersonderzoek (NKO) over de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen van oktober 2025. Dit blog is gebaseerd op ons hoofdstuk daaruit. Het hele rapport ...
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"Left behind" and an undemocratic mind? Happy to see that my article on the link between perceived marginalization and democratic orientations is now out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social 🧵👇 Read the article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🇳🇱 While the Netherlands continues to score highly on international democracy indices such as V-Dem, 40% of respondents in the new Dutch Parliamentary Election Study perceive at least some degree of democratic erosion. A new chapter by @jmvanlit.bsky.social and me explores these perceptions. 1/🧵
Vandaag verschijnt het Nationaal Kiezersonderzoek 2025! Eelco en ik spraken met @guusvalk.bsky.social @nrc.nl over enkele bevindingen. Het rapport wordt vanochtend aangeboden in de TK, en is dan in te zien via dpes.nl Met @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social en Floris Vermeulen
De uiterst rechtse kiezer radicaliseert – en drie andere lessen uit dit ambitieuze kiezersonderzoek
Uitgebreide analyse van het Nationaal Kiezersonderzoek 2025: stemgedrag, partijtrouw, en het groeiende wantrouwen in de Nederlandse politiek.
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🚨🚨 Job: Please share 🙌 - what? PhD position in my DFG-funded project on how citizens understand their role in democracy. - when? Application deadline Jul 1, job start Sept 1 or soon thereafter - how? www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
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🚨 I'm recruiting a PhD student for a new project on Parties' social group ownership, based in the @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social research group at KU Leuven! Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026. All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... Share widely!
1 doctoraatspositie in kiesgedrag
1 PhD position to research how parties build connections with social groups
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In samenwerking met de Academie van Franeker geef ik aankomende woensdag 20 mei een college over een bijzonder actuele vraag: bedreigt politiek wantrouwen de democratie? In het college laat ik zien dat wantrouwen complex is, en dat niet alle vormen ervan democratisch schadelijk hoeven te zijn.
↗️ #PoliticalTrust can shape the trajectory of democracy, writes @mkolczynska.bsky.social. 📊 Its effects, however, are conditional and uneven – and increases in trust may sometimes even be conducive to democratic decline, rather than renewal. 👉️ bit.ly/4tweCbd
Does political trust strengthen democracy?
Political trust can shape the trajectory of democracy writes Marta Kołczyńska, but its effects are conditional, uneven, and increases in trust may sometimes even be conducive to democratic decline rat...
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I am looking for a PhD student to support my ERC Consolidator project INEQCHANGE: Sub-national economic inequalities and electoral change in Europe. ⏰ deadline: 31 May
PhD Project to support ERC Consolidator grant INEQCHANGE Sub-national economic inequalities and electoral change in Europe led by Prof Sofia Vasilopoulou at King’s College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - PhD Project to support ERC Consolidator grant INEQCHANGE Sub-national economic inequalities and electoral change in Europe led by Prof Sofia Vasilopoulou at King’s College London, listed...
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Wat een eer om vandaag in dit prachtige rijksmonument kinderen wat te mogen bijbrengen over politiek en representatie. Mocht je in de buurt zijn, kom vooral even langs in het Stadhuis van Enkhuizen tijdens Expeditie NEXT!
🆕 Navigating the Blueprint 🧭 @lindestals.bsky.social & @cvalebeek.bsky.social look into the origins of #InstitutionalTrust in young adults using data from the Dutch Adolescent Panel on Democratic Values to see how important early political sophistication is
Navigating the Blueprint: The Development of Institutional Trust Structures during Adolescence | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Navigating the Blueprint: The Development of Institutional Trust Structures during Adolescence
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📈 We often assume citizens only grant institutions their trust when they perform well. 📘 However, based on @ejprjournal.bsky.social research, @lindestals.bsky.social & @cvalebeek.bsky.social reveal that much of this institutional trust is learned, rather than earned. 👉️ bit.ly/47njlnw
Is trust learned or earned? Lessons from adolescents
Democratic legitimacy runs on citizens’ trust in public institutions. We often assume citizens critically monitor their institutions, only granting trust when they perform well. However, Linde Stals a...
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📢 Out Now! V-Dem Dataset v16 & the V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2026 💾 The V-Dem Dataset: v-dem.net/data/the-v-d... 📰 The Report "Unraveling The Democratic Era?”: v-dem.net/publications... 📈 Explore the new data with the V-Dem Graphing tools: v-dem.net/graphing/gra... #PoliSky #PoliSciSky 1/3
Nieuw van het Nationaal Kiezersonderzoek: een kennisnotitie met eerste analyses van de Tweede Kamerverkiezingen van 2025 🗳️ Zie: www.dpes.nl/wp-content/u... Begin juni volgt het volledige NKO-rapport, met een bredere en diepere analyse van de verkiezingen. Hieronder alvast wat eerste inzichten 👇
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🔥 POSTDOC POSITIONS ON CHILDREN'S POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION 🔥 Wanna understand young people's beliefs about political leadership, politics, and power? Then this is your chance! I'm looking for two 2-year postdocs to join my ERC-funded research project @au.dk international.au.dk/about/profil...
2 two-year postdocs on children’s political socialization at Aarhus University - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
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🚨 Job alert! 🚨 We are looking for a PhD candidate for my Vidi project on factual belief polarization and its attitudinal consequences. The position will be at the Department of Political Science of Radboud University (Netherlands). Check out the full job profile below! www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
PhD Position: Factual Belief Polarisation and its Attitudinal Consequences | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a PhD at the Nijmegen School of Management? Check our vacancy!
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IN NEW ISSUE: How do UK political elites reconcile with a low trust environment? @chrisbutlerpol.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social & Gerry Stoker examine this question in @polstudies.bsky.social: buff.ly/3E6DkuS (OPEN ACCESS) @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social #polsky
How Do UK Political Elites Reconcile With a Low Trust Environment? - Chris Butler, Will Jennings, Gerry Stoker, 2026
Evidence indicates that citizens widely regard politicians as untrustworthy. But do low levels of trust affect politicians’ behaviour? In this article, we draw ...
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18.1🌹 @cvalebeek.bsky.social @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social & @hakhverdian.bsky.social use survery data from the Netherlands to find that #Trust variability may be just as strong a predictor as #Trust levels in #VotingBehaviour 🗳️
Stable or variable distrust? Disentangling the relationship between political trust and electoral behavior | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Stable or variable distrust? Disentangling the relationship between political trust and electoral behavior - Volume 18 Issue 1
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Political Trust Network: Call for papers (Barcelona, October 2026) The young and fast growing academic 'Political Trust Network' organizes yearly workshops, where scholars of trust can meet up, present papers, and exchange ideas. These workshop have been brilliant, socially and professionally!
Political Trust - RECSM Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology - UPF
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Do negative encounters with immigrants activate personality effects in PRR support? @cvalebeek.bsky.social, Daniel Komáromy, @delaneypeterson.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social find it's not generally the case but initial exposure & out-group framing may matter: buff.ly/D5C50zO (OPEN ACCESS)
How can stable personality traits explain less stable PRR voting? Daniel Komaromy, @delaneypeterson.bsky.social, @mrooduijn.bsky.social and I test whether negative contact with immigrants 'activates' these traits. Mostly, it doesn't. But: initial exposure and out-group definition may matter.
