📚Attempted to summarise 4 years of work on Political Party Think Tanks in 3 pages! 👇 🧠 Ideal for anyone who wants to learn more about the Brains Behind the Party without having to read an entire dissertation. 🙏 Many thanks to @bramwauters.bsky.social for the review!

Politics of the Low Countries@plc-journal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢 New publication 📢 We are excited to shine a light on @brittvandewalle.bsky.social’s PhD project (@io-pgi-kuleuven.bsky.social, @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social) as part of our PhD Summary and Review section! 🧠The Brains Behind the Party: Varying and Evolving Roles of Political Party Think Tanks

📢📖🧠 My final PhD paper is out! In this article, I trace the evolution of the oldest PPTTs in Flanders (Belgium), showing how they moved from being party intellectuals to becoming party assistants.

Can party think tanks help politics slow down and think long-term? @brittvandewalle.bsky.social explores how autonomy and public funding shape the role of Political Party Think Tanks. Read more: buff.ly/RLOCZve @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs

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Portugal is having a presidential election tomorrow (Sunday). It is a fairly unusual one, which is representative of how much the political landscape has changed in the country. Here is some quick context about it, in case that is of interest: 1/9

Onverschilligheid speelt autocraten in de hand, ziet Daan Roovers. Om onze democratisch ingerichte samenleving overeind te houden, is het volgens haar essentieel dat alle burgers zich ermee bemoeien.

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Politiek: Onverschilligheid speelt autocraten in de hand, ziet Daan Roovers. Om onze democratisch ingerichte samenleving overeind te houden, is het volgens haar essentieel dat alle burgers zich ermee bemoeien.

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Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government.

Cas Mudde@casmudde.bsky.social · 11mo ago

On the “defeat” of the far right in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 The total number of far-right seats in the Tweede Kamer: 2021: 28 2023: 41 2025: 42 👈 And I don’t even count BBB here, which has radicalized significantly in the last year.

And the growth of the FvD should be seen as very concerning, given the extreme right nature of the party. In addition to its problematic stances, lets not forget that one of its MPs was convicted for incitement to violence

With the official prognosis giving one additional seat to PVV and one to FvD compared to the ext poll, the narrative should really not be that the Netherlands/Jetten has beaten the radical right. The far right bloc remains remarkably stable.

Dringend advies aan alle duiders vanavond: de verkiezingsuitslag is geen bingo-avond. Winst voor radicaal- en extreemrechts (PVV, FvD, JA21, BBB) is geen gewoon verkiezingsfeit, maar een alarmsignaal. Het betekent meer haat, meer uitsluiting en een verdere afbraak van de democratie. Benoem dat.

Ready to rumble! Live commentary on exit poll and results with @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social and yours truly from 8.30 PM till very late on NPO1

Ready for an interesting debate! What would The Hague and Brussels look like in 4 years if the far-right wins today’s elections? 🇳🇱🇪🇺 @studioeuropa.bsky.social

The ballots are, in fact, huge.

Let ook op de duiding van @mrooduijn.bsky.social @marikenvelden.bsky.social @roderikrekker.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @casmudde.bsky.social @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social @zahrarunderkamp.bsky.social @lizamugge.bsky.social @sbvanoosten.bsky.social

Voor de beste duiding staan vandaag en morgen overal politicologen tot uw dienst. Het zijn net pokemons, volg ze allemaal

Simon Otjes@simonotjes.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Het Instituut @polscileiden.bsky.social is goed vertegenwoordigd bij de NOS uitslagenavond. Kersverse hoogleraar Nederlandse Politiek @sldelange.bsky.social is op televisie samen met Leids alumnus @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social (nu UvA) Op de radio alumna Josje den Ridder (nu SCP) en ikzelf

De kans is groot dat de radicaal-rechtse partij van Geert Wilders volgende week de grootste wordt. Opnieuw. Hoe speelt Wilders dat klaar? ‘Hij slaagt er altijd in om het over zijn thema’s te laten gaan’, zegt de Nederlandse politicologe Sarah de Lange.

Waarom Geert Wilders al twintig jaar domineert in Nederlandse politiek, maar amper beleid realiseert

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Can party think tanks help politics slow down and think long-term? @brittvandewalle.bsky.social explores how autonomy and public funding shape the role of Political Party Think Tanks. Read more: buff.ly/GokRQ7T @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs

😅 You’re welcome, Emilie! Glad my bear spray could go to good use. Just remember: for wilderness use only, not APSA panels!🐻 #apsa2025

Emilie van Haute@emilievh.bsky.social · last yr.

#bearspray exchange at a #polisci conference, I think it’s a first! Thank you for ensuring my safety @brittvandewalle.bsky.social ! #apsa2026 #vancouver #apsa25

Can party think tanks help politics slow down and think long-term? @brittvandewalle.bsky.social explores how autonomy and public funding shape the role of Political Party Think Tanks. Read more: buff.ly/ZGxhbGR @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs

I want to thank all the participants for their engagement, the inspiring discussions, sharing their new research, and discussing new potential collaborations! Shout out to the amazing organisers as well @fscolli.bsky.social, @brittvandewalle.bsky.social and @iskanderdebruycker.bsky.social🙏

Can party think tanks help politics slow down and think long-term? @brittvandewalle.bsky.social explores how autonomy and public funding shape the role of Political Party Think Tanks. Read more: buff.ly/ZGxhbGR @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci #ECRs

¿Hola, Madrid? 🌞🇪🇸 #EPSA2025

ACCESS4ALL goes Madrid! 🇪🇸 💃🏻 We are presenting two papers on Thursday June 26 at the #EPSA Conference: 1️⃣ Who are the Lobbyists? Presented at 9h30 in 1A.03 2️⃣ Bias of Bifurcation? Gendered Patterns of Lobbying Access between Interest Groups and MEPs Presented at 16h50 in 0A.08 Be there or be square!

😍My first single-authored article just got published in @polstudies.bsky.social. I am so excited about this one! In this article, I discuss how Political Party Think Tanks (PPTTs) help parties to transcend daily political pressures, and focus on long-term political thinking and policy development

✨ Conference szn has started ✨ 1️⃣ Together with Ida Hobma, Joost Berkhout, we organised the #Poletmaal2025 panel on Interest Representation in Groningen. We want to thank all participants for their excellent contributions and the interesting discussions. It was good to (re)connect!

Partijstudiediensten – 'de hersenen achter de partij' 🧠 – stonden de voorbije dagen weer even in de spotlights. Enkele reflecties hierbij 👇🧵 www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...

Bouchez brengt MR-studiecentrum Jean Gol naar Vlaanderen

Het Centre Jean Gol, het studiecentrum van de Franstalige liberalen, breidt uit naar Vlaanderen. Het is de voorbode van het indienen van lijsten in Vlaanderen bij de volgende verkiezingen, aldus MR-vo...

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Presented the first draft of the first paper of my postdoc project at the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social conference at @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social! Special thanks to @profannikawerner.bsky.social for the insightful feedback and to @simonotjes.bsky.social , @robert-a-huber.bsky.social for the valuable input

🔐 Day 2 of our #OpenScience Summer School @gasparugent.bsky.social zoomed in on... preregistration ! Why? When? How? And... what if I mess up? We tackled it with hands-on exercises and open, honest conversations. 🧵Thread below #Reproducibility #PhDlife #OpenScienceInSocSci

We wrapped up Day 2 with some hands-on fun: 🔍 Spotted flaws in vague prereg items 🧐 Reviewed my working paper for prereg slip-ups (yes, that was a bit selfish 🙃)—a great way to learn how to review prereg’d work! 📄 Explored both the default & qualitative @OSFramework templates together.

Geert Wilders PVV leaves Dutch government coalition, resulting in fall of cabinet Schoof

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Het kabinet-Schoof is gevallen; Geert Wilders stapt eruit. Volg de laatste ontwikkelingen in ons liveblog. buff.ly/XILsWff

Super proud of @larboe.bsky.social first article, in which she, together with @nathaliebrack.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social and myself, shows that far-right parties in the European Parliament increasingly embrace illiberal ideas

Very excited to share this publication in Politics & Governance together with @sldelange.bsky.social @nathaliebrack.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019 www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...