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"Hij was een troef, maar kan nu een handicap zijn": wat betekent de nederlaag van Orbán voor radicaal-rechts elders in Europa? | VRT NWS Nieuws De nederlaag van Viktor Orbán luidt niet alleen een nieuw tijdperk in voor Hongarije, het stuurt ook een schokgolf door de radicaal-rechtse politiek in Europa. De Oost-Europese politicus was jarenlang...

Commentaar bij VRT NWS over de nederlaag van Orbán: symbolisch signaal voor radicaal-rechts in Europa, maar impact blijft onzeker, zeker geen duidelijke trendbreuk. Toont wel dat partijen met eigen verhaal met focus op rechtsstaat en liberale democratie succes kunnen boeken 👉🏼
🔗 vrtnws.be/p.11ykmQl8n

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Conflicting perceptions: Misalignment between citizens’ and politicians’ evaluations of political conflict | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Conflicting perceptions: Misalignment between citizens’ and politicians’ evaluations of political conflict

🆕 Citizens vs politicians: The conflict gap 🙍 🥊 🧑‍💼

These authors 🧵 use survey experiment data among citizens and politicians in Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland to examine how different types of political conflict are perceived by the public and political elites

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Op 10 mei neem ik deel aan het festival “Migration is Normal in Arenberg met als thema “Changing the story”: migratie wordt vaak voorgesteld als een crisis. Wat als net dat dominante verhaal deel van het probleem is? Samen met Rokhaya Diallo en Ahmad Wali Ahmad Yar 👉🏼 www.arenberg.be/nl/programma...

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Conflicting perceptions: Misalignment between citizens’ and politicians’ evaluations of political conflict - https://cup.org/4sPlaCm

- van der Goot, @lcjacobs89.bsky.social, @pbundi.bsky.social, Varone, @tonivdmeer.bsky.social et al

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Importantly, the impact is greater for politically less sophisticated individuals, suggesting an equalizing effect. This indicates that VAAs’ political learning benefits extend further than documented, contributing also to a broader understanding of ideological structures.

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We find this holds in particular for young voters that did a youth VAA whose lay-out and content was tailored to young voters (compared to a generic VAA) during the 2024 🇧🇪 elections

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Vote advice applications increase young users’ ideological knowledge | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Vote advice applications increase young users’ ideological knowledge

🗳️📷 Do Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) make young voters more politically literate? Our new @ejprjournal.bsky.social study with &
@jokematthieu.bsky.social & Stefaan Walgrave finds they boost ideological knowledge, more than previously documented. 🧵

doi.org/10.1017/S147...

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Fijn dat Mediapunt Vlaanderen ons artikel in Dig. Journalism (met Peter Van Aelst) heeft samengevat in een toegankelijke onderzoeksfiche.
Over hoe diverse vormen van nieuwsgebruik samenhangen met populistische attitudes, mispercepties & complotdenken 📊📰

🔗 www.mediapuntvlaanderen.be/onderzoekfic...

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Vote advice applications increase young users’ ideological knowledge - https://cup.org/4cC030W

- @lcjacobs89.bsky.social, @jokematthieu.bsky.social & Stefaan Walgrave

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Vote advice applications increase young users’ ideological knowledge | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core Vote advice applications increase young users’ ideological knowledge

🆕 But are they learning? 🧑‍🎓

@lcjacobs89.bsky.social, @jokematthieu.bsky.social & Stefaan Walgrave use a randomised experiment in Belgium to see whether VAAs are improving young people's political literacy, aligning #Policy and choice, and even equalising ideological knowledge

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🗳️📊 Do Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) make young voters more politically literate? Our new @ejprjournal.bsky.social study with @jokematthieu.bsky.social & Stefaan Walgrave finds they boost ideological knowledge—more than previously documented. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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ONLINE FIRST! This article by Laura Jacobs & Peter Van Aelst examines how different media types—social, alternative, and mainstream—indirectly influence #conspiracytheory beliefs through #populist attitudes and misperceptions on divisive issues.
➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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🧠 How news consumption shapes conspiracy beliefs: misperceptions & populist attitudes are the key mechanisms. New article out in Digital Journalism with Peter Van Aelst👇 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HYXI9...

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maart 2026 SamPol | politiek maandblad. Samenleving & Politiek biedt diepgaande analyses over politiek, maatschappij en cultuur.

SamPol maart is uit! 📖

🎬 De Truman Show van BDW 🎭 Authentiek Rousseau? 🏥 7 mythes over ziekenfondsen 🚆 Attractief openbaar vervoer 🐰het rechtse rabbit hole ⏰ Socialisten & langer werken 🎤 Ash Sarkar over identiteit & klasse

Vandaag in de bus, vrijdag in de winkel.
www.sampol.be/magazines/20...

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Ons MRT-NR 😍

- Bert Engelaar over The Truman Show van Bart De Wever
- Hoe authentiek is Conner Rousseau?
- Doorgeprikt: 7 mythes over ziekenfondsen
- Een plan voor attractief openbaar vervoer
- Marc Reynebeau fileert 'Over Welvaart'
- One Battle After Another en ICE
www.sampol.be/latest
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📊 Help shape the future of ECPR PolCom! We're asking members to share feedback in a short survey (5–10 min) on our activities and initiatives. Your input matters—participate here: uantwerpen.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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📚 Het maartnummer van Samenleving & Politiek is uit.

Mijn nieuwe column: “De homo authenticus: wanneer ‘echt zijn’ een strategie wordt.”

Over Conner Rousseau, een brand manager en de paradox van politieke authenticiteit in het sociale media tijdperk.

sampol.be/2026/03/de-h...

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European far-right parties push for ICE-style police Fringe figures want to follow the Trump playbook for tackling unauthorized migration.

I commented for POLITICO Europe 🗞️ on European far-right parties pushing ICE-style migration enforcement. Even without explicit Trump links, the same punitive logic is being normalized within European legal frameworks.

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

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Trumpisme light in Vlaanderen Vlaams Belang imiteert Trump waar dat werkt en negeert wat hier niet past.

Na 1 jaar Trump II draait het politieke kompas overal verder naar rechts. Ook in Vlaanderen. Vlaams Belang imiteert Trump waar dat werkt en negeert wat hier niet past.
@lcjacobs89.bsky.social (www.sampol.be/2026/01/trum...)

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Trumpisme light in Vlaanderen Vlaams Belang imiteert Trump waar dat werkt en negeert wat hier niet past.

Vlaams Belang imiteert Trump waar dat werkt en negeert wat hier niet past.

column @lcjacobs89.bsky.social, politicoloog aan de UAntwerpen

lees het volledige artikel op: www.sampol.be/2026/01/trum...?

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De nieuwe SamPol is uit!
Vandaag in de bus bij de abonnee en vanaf nu ook in elke boekhandel.
Wat vind je in ons volledig vernieuwde magazine?

En nog veel meer lees je op www.sampol.be/latest
Neem nu je abonnement, al vanaf 40€ per jaar: www.sampol.be/abonneer

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Gisteren, op 20 november, werden de Academische Prijzen 2025 van de @uantwerpen.be uitgereikt en het "Team Jongerenstemtest" (o.l.v. prof. Stefaan Walgrave & op voordracht van prof. @pvanaelst.bsky.social won de Prijs voor Maatschappelijk Engagement 2025. 🎉

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Vandaag, dus.

Met @lcjacobs89.bsky.social, @gescinska.bsky.social, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer en @stefaanvanhecke.bsky.social.

Weliswaar in Antwerpen, maar dat zal wel gaan voor een avond.

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Nous sommes ravi·es d’annoncer la parution d'un nouvel ouvrage de référence : « L’extrême droite en Belgique », auquel nous avons eu le plaisir de contribuer @lucaskins.bsky.social, C. Close de @sciencepoulb.bsky.social et @lcjacobs89.bsky.social de @m2p-antwerp.bsky.social.

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Abstract for the article: How does right-wing terrorism affect electoral support for populist radical right parties (PRRPs)? Recent research has produced contrary answers to this question. We argue that only high-intensity attacks, whose motives and targets mirror PRRPs’ nativist agenda, are likely to generate a media backlash that dampens electoral support for PRRPs. We test this argument by combining high-frequency survey and social media data with a natural and survey experimental design. We find that right-wing terror reduced support for the radical right party Alternative für Deutschland after one of the most intense nativist attacks in recent German history. An analysis of all ninety-eight fatal right-wing attacks in Germany between 1990 and 2020 supports our argument. Our findings contribute to an understanding of how political violence triggers partisan detachment and have important implications for media responsibility in the aftermath of terrorist attacks.

Abstract for the article: How does right-wing terrorism affect electoral support for populist radical right parties (PRRPs)? Recent research has produced contrary answers to this question. We argue that only high-intensity attacks, whose motives and targets mirror PRRPs’ nativist agenda, are likely to generate a media backlash that dampens electoral support for PRRPs. We test this argument by combining high-frequency survey and social media data with a natural and survey experimental design. We find that right-wing terror reduced support for the radical right party Alternative für Deutschland after one of the most intense nativist attacks in recent German history. An analysis of all ninety-eight fatal right-wing attacks in Germany between 1990 and 2020 supports our argument. Our findings contribute to an understanding of how political violence triggers partisan detachment and have important implications for media responsibility in the aftermath of terrorist attacks.

🚨 New article out!

“Right-Wing Terror, Media Backlash, and Voting Preferences for the Far Right” in @bjpols.bsky.social

👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...

We (Alex De Juan, @juvoss.bsky.social & I) examine how right-wing attacks shape support for the far-right in Germany.

Short summary thread below 👇

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Hoe AI verkiezingscampagnes verandert: ‘Mensen horen te weten dat wat ze zien niet echt is’ Ook in de politiek is AI doorgebroken, blijkt uit honderden deepfakes tijdens de Nederlandse en Ierse verkiezingen. Staat ons dat straks ook te wachten? ‘Politici kunnen een realiteit creëren die er n...

Hoe AI verkiezingscampagnes verandert: "Mensen horen te weten dat wat ze zien niet echt is"

Wat inzichten vr @demorgen.be, over recent onderzoek bij @ascor.bsky.social over AI beelden/teksten

@claesdevreese.bsky.social @lcjacobs89.bsky.social
@bramjaques.bsky.social www.demorgen.be/politiek/hoe...

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Seems like today is a good day to re-share in light of the Dutch elections

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Now out in Party Politics 🎉

Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Now out in Party Politics 🎉

Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing.
👉 A legitimisation effect.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Belgium: State of the Federation (13th edition) | Sociale Wetenschappen | Universiteit Antwerpen

📢 Call for papers!

The 13th State of the Federation Conference will take place at the University of Antwerp on 6 Feb 2026.

📩 Submission deadline: 31 Oct 2025
more info via: www.uantwerpen.be/nl/overuantw...

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