My first ever peer reviewed academic article has been published in the Journal of Contemporary European Studies! The paper explores the position that parties elected in the 2024 EP hold towards EU enlargement, and the factors that influence these positions. Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Yes, no, maybe? Explaining the positions of political parties on EU enlargement in the 2024 EP elections

While the rapid acknowledgment of four new candidate member states sheds light on the European Commission’s effort to expand the EU, scholars anticipate challenges for the future of EU enlargement ...

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A recent report from Amnesty International alleges India sent 2,596 shipments of military equipment & components to Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza war. Sumit Ganguly & I write about the domestic & international implications for India for @indianexpress.com indianexpress.com/article/opin...

Should India reconsider its defence ties with Israel?

India has become more than just a customer; it has also emerged as a contributor to Israel’s defence supply chain during one of its most controversial military campaigns in recent history

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Join us as we take another close look at the article ‘The Determinants of Committee Membership in Belgium and the Netherlands’ by Tim Mickler (@polscileiden.bsky.social). Originally published in 2021, it remains a frequently visited article. This overview of the key findings might tell you why:

In our new article in @govandopp.bsky.social @tomlouwerse.nl and I examine whether concerns about the "blurring" or "waning" of opposition are supported by empirical evidence. We analyse 75 years of parliamentary behaviour in 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 doi.org/10.1017/gov.... 👇

Opposition Distinctiveness in Parliaments: A Longitudinal Analysis | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core

Opposition Distinctiveness in Parliaments: A Longitudinal Analysis - Volume 61

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Cited in this @newarab.com.web.brid.gy piece on the latest Amnesty International report statinng that India sent over 2,500 weapons shipments to Israel since October 2023 www.newarab.com/news/why-ind...

Why India won’t walk away from its arms partnership with Israel

Research by Amnesty International found that India sent over 2,500 weapons shipments to Israel since the outbreak of the Gaza genocide two years ago.

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Just out! 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘜 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 #openaccess in Democratization: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Attila Mráz and I study the legitimacy of individual actors like MEPs taking militant (prima facile anti-democratic)actions to respond to anti-democratic threats.

Individual militant democracy in EU institutions

The literature on whether militant democracy can be used to justify EU sanctions against Member States due to their democratic backsliding has so far focused on EU institutions and Member States as...

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Out now! Met Thijs Vos en Denny van der Vlist dook ik in de informele politiek op het lokale niveau. We laten zien dat gemeenteraadsleden, zeker van de coalitie, zeer regelmatig overleggen met andere raadsleden. plc-journal.eu/article/view...

Politics of the Low Countries@plc-journal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In this article, @simonotjes.bsky.social, Denny van der Vlist and Thijs Vos (@polscileiden.bsky.social) examine the presence and drivers of informal politics at the Dutch municipal level. Their mixed-method design (semi-structured interviews and a survey with 1000+ respondents) reveals that:

In this article, @simonotjes.bsky.social, Denny van der Vlist and Thijs Vos (@polscileiden.bsky.social) examine the presence and drivers of informal politics at the Dutch municipal level. Their mixed-method design (semi-structured interviews and a survey with 1000+ respondents) reveals that:

🌟 SPECIAL ISSUE ALERT 🌟 Let's shine our spotlight on the fourth article from our special issue on local politics, guest edited by Kristof Steyvers (Centre for Local Politics, UGent) and Julien van Ostaaijen (@tilburguniversity.bsky.social)!

𝐄𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐕𝐒 & 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧: "𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐨𝐩 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐞" De wapenstilstand tussen de VS en Iran staat opnieuw onder zware druk na nieuwe aanvallen. Volgens Babak Rezaeedaryakenari @polscileiden.bsky.social is het risico op verdere escalatie gegroeid @nieuws.nos.nl

Strijd VS en Iran terug bij af? 'Patroon van escalatie en de-escalatie'

Het was even rustig, maar sinds deze week voeren Iran en de VS weer volop aanvallen uit. Geen van beide partijen heeft echter belang bij een nieuwe grootschalige oorlog.

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Excited to join @unileiden.bsky.social this September as Assistant Professor of International Relations at @polscileiden.bsky.social. Looking forward to meeting new colleagues and students in Leiden and The Hague after the summer!

Nu uit! Mijn hoofdstuk in de bundel “Vuurproef van de Democratie” van de Raad voor het Openbaar Bestuur en de Wetenschappelijke Klimaatraad over de toekomstbestendigheid van de democratie

Nu in de Hofvijver @montesquieuinst.bsky.social Zijn de lokale verkiezingen tweede-orde-verkiezingen? Samen met Tim Mickler (@polscileiden.bsky.social) doken wij in de eerste resultaten van het Lokaal Kiezersonderzoek www.montesquieu-instituut.nl/column/20260...

Samen met collega’s @catherinedevries.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social geef ik duiding bij het karakter van uiterst rechtse partijen in Nederland www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Racisme, pleiten voor een autoritaire staat en vijanddenken. Het is tijd FVD een extreemrechtse partij te noemen, zeggen deze wetenschappers

Uiterst rechts: Uiterst rechts, radicaal-rechts, extreemrechts: hoe moet je partijen rechts van de VVD noemen? Voor wetenschappers is er geen twijfel. FVD is een extreemrechtse partij. „We zien dat he...

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Reminder: Wednesday is the day!!!

Sarah de Lange@sldelange.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🚨 Public lecture invitation On June 24, @casmudde.bsky.social will give a lecture @polscileiden.bsky.social entitled "Europe under Trump: Challenges and Opportunities". The lecture is open to staff, students, and the public. More info: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

In de NRC over lokale formaties www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

De onderhandelingen over nieuwe colleges duren wéér langer. Hoe kan dat? En waarom is dat kwalijk?

Collegeonderhandelingen in Nederlandse gemeenten verlopen trager dan ooit. Lees waarom de formaties vertragen en wat de gevolgen zijn voor lokaal bestuur.

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This time, we are rediscovering @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social (Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, @m2p-antwerp.bsky.social) and Joop Van Holsteyn's (@polscileiden.bsky.social) article on Dutch voters’ evaluations of male and female politicians.

Out now! In this article that I wrote together with my former student, Wouter Nelen, we analyse how the Speaker of the Dutch parliament selects oral questions. We use unique data to add a genuinely new perspective on Speaker. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Met Tim Mickler @polscileiden.bsky.social keken we naar beleidsinhoudelijke vertegenwoordiging. We vinden dat provinciale politici meer gepolariseerd zijn dat hun kiezers. Hier bijvoorbeld over wind op land

Samen met @thijsvos.bsky.social en Denny van der Vlist @polscileiden.bsky.social richten we ons informele politiek. We vinden dat vrijwel alle politici informeel overleggen, met hun eigen fractie, coalitiefracties en bestuurders. En dat met name populistische politici dit minder vaak doen.

Samen met collega's heb ik drie hoofdstukken geschreven in de Basismonitor politieke ambtsdragers, een regelmatig terugkerend onderzoek over politici in de provincie en de waterschappen www.kennisopenbaarbestuur.nl/documenten/2...

Basismonitor Politieke Ambtsdragers 2025 | Kennisbank Openbaar Bestuur

Provincie- en waterschapbesturen staan de laatste jaren meer in de schijnwerpers. Ook de thematiek van de beleidsdossiers waarin provincie- en waterschapsbesturen zeggenschap hebben, trekt de aandacht...

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1) Van Meegdenburg, Plümer, Kuhlmann. ‘Interpretive Process Tracing in Policy Research’. This paper outlines IPT’s ontological and epistemological foundations and thinks through IPT as a method. It lays the theoretical ground for the three applied contributions. lnkd.in/d4XXNmSR 3/

➡️ ➡️ Complete Themed Section on #InterpretiveProcessTracing now #OpenAcces ⬅️ ⬅️ Four papers, one goal: thinking through and advancing PT for interpretive research (post with a tribute to Raúl Pacheco-Vega fellow PT and methods enthusiast). 1/

It was such a pleasure to join @gordondarroch.bsky.social for the @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social podcast. From minute 46:50 we speak extensively about the far right in the Netherlands m.soundcloud.com/dutchnewsnl/...

The Vitesse Arnhem of Cabinets Edition - Week 23 - 2026

Play The Vitesse Arnhem of Cabinets Edition - Week 23 - 2026 by Dutch News on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

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Nu uit! The effect of electoral performance on party renomination in national and independent local parties Hidde van Slooten, Marijn Nagtzaam en ik kijken naar het effect van voorkeursstemmen bij de hernominatie van raadsleden bij landelijke en lokale partijen journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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A small pc I wrote for the Hans Seidel Stiftung India office following a debate over the challenges of India-EU tech cooperation in Munich india.hss.de/news/advanci... @polscileiden.bsky.social

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India and the EU January 2026 trade agreement opens a door to deeper cooperation, yet the real test lies ahead. Bridging regulatory differences, technological asymmetries and institutional gaps will d...

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🚨 Public lecture invitation On June 24, @casmudde.bsky.social will give a lecture @polscileiden.bsky.social entitled "Europe under Trump: Challenges and Opportunities". The lecture is open to staff, students, and the public. More info: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Europe under Trump: Challenges and Opportunities

Since Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025, the U.S. has become an active and open adversary of European liberal democracy. Most European politicians are struggling to acknowledge this new...

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For EU customers, it’s best to order via @blackwells.bsky.social: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...

Protecting Democracy in Europe

Why has the European Union failed to combat rising authoritarianism within its own ranks? And how can it defend democratic governance inside member countries?

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💥 It's publication day for the paperback edition of 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦! I'm really grateful @hurstpublishers.bsky.social decided to release the book in paperback 🙏

Hurst Publishers@hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🇪🇺‘Protecting Democracy in Europe: Pluralism, Autocracy and the Future of the EU’ by @tomtheuns.bsky.social is now available in paperback! ‘Powerful . . . Urges an explicitly political fight against autocrats.’ @mattsteinglass.bsky.social Get 20% off w/code THEUNS20 ➡️ tinyurl.com/yc7sxmv8

En ook aandacht in het belangrijkste medium over onze Schoof bundel, de @mareonline.nl www.mareonline.nl/achtergrond/...

Het experiment-Schoof: ‘Hij was een schaamlap om het radicaal-rechtse kabinet te legitimeren’

Het kabinet-Schoof was er een vol mislukkingen, concluderen bestuurskundigen, historici en politicologen in de bundel Het experiment-Schoof. ‘Hij heeft een rol gespeeld in het legitimeren van radicaal...

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