🚨 Location change 🚨

Tomorrow, the lecture by Richard Katz will take place at Paviljoen Vandenhove, Rozier 1.

You can still register!

🚨 Abstract deadline approaching 🚨

Don’t forget to submit your abstract for Politicologenetmaal!

Abstract deadline: Sunday March 15th

🗓️ June 11-12
📊 17 workshops
📍 Ghent

🔗 More info & submissions: politicologenetmaal.eu/submit-paper...

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Prof. Dr. Richard Katz (Johns Hopkins) will deliver a lecture at Ghent University on 19 March 2026 on the occasion of receiving an honorary doctorate.

📍 Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, Ghent (Room 3.1)
🕑 2:00–3:00 PM

Open to all (registration required): tinyurl.com/3w95646v

🚨 Next GASPAR Guest Lecture Series 🚨

What better way to kick off the year than with a new GASPAR Lecture? 🥳

Curious about the effects of (abolishing) compulsory voting? 📉Dr. @dieterstiers.bsky.social will guide us through the latest academic insights.

Join us on 14 January! Registration: event.ugent.be/registration...

❗Lecture postponed❗

The next Gaspar Guest Lecture will be postponed. A new date will be confirmed and communicated.

Thanks for your understanding - stay tuned for updates!

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It's already time for the last Gaspar Guest Lecture of this year.
@dieterstiers.bsky.social will give a presentation about his research on the effects of (abolishing) compulsory voting.

🗓️ December 10th, Registration is free! 👇

So great to be in Berlin for this fantastic @zweitstimme.bsky.social workshop!

I presented joint work with @bjarneck.bsky.social and @bramwauters.bsky.social on the limited effects of mobilizing measures following the abolition of compulsory voting in Flanders.

Er is nog tijd om in te schrijven voor de lezing van Francqui Chair @bramwauters.bsky.social op dinsdag 2 december.

Inschrijven kan via deze link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Niet te missen!

Playing nice? A longitudinal analysis of gender differences in negative campaigning on social media This study offers a multidimensional analysis of gendered patterns in online negative campaigning during the 2019 and 2024 Belgian elections. Drawing on six months of Twitter data – all 25,111 twee...

🎉 NEW ARTICLE

I'm excited to share my latest research, now out in Journal of Information Technology & Politics.

Seems like all politicians go negative - but some go more negative than others, and in different ways.

📊 25k tweets - 437 candidates, two elections and six months of campaigning

‼️ Onze onderzoeksgroep @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social verwelkomt dit academiejaar @bramwauters.bsky.social als Francqui leerstoelhouder!

📆 Het openingscollege gaat door op 2 dec om 17u30

Voor meer info en om in te schrijven voor dit *niet te missen* college, zie hier soc.kuleuven.be/afdeling-pol...

📢 Call for Papers and Panels: join our section on Gender, Sexuality and Political Careers at the #ECPG2026!

We invite contributions on the gendered architecture of political careers across elected, appointed & informal roles - whether theoretical, empirical, critical, or methodological.

Time flies! Almost halfway through my research stay at the University of Amsterdam with @aissr.bsky.social, hosted by Daphne van der Pas.

Great conversations, good progress, a half-marathon and even some rain-free days ☀️

I’ll be here until mid-December and happy to connect for a coffee or chat!

How and why do parties target specific social groups? 🎯On Friday 28th November, Dr. @lenamariahuber.bsky.social (University of Mannheim) will discuss the importance of social group appeals during the next edition of the Gaspar Lecture Series.
➡️Registration link: event.ugent.be/registration...

‼️Save the dates ‼️ Last lectures of our Gaspar Lecture Series ! 📊 Interested in the compulsory voting, social group appeals, or citizen support for democratic erosion? Keen to discuss these dynamics with top-tier researchers?

➡️Everyone is welcome! Registration link below 👇

Waarom sommige partijleden actiever zijn dan anderen Deze blogpost is een herwerkte versie van de paper van Hannelore Huyghe, Andreas De Coninck, Camille Goeminne en Lara Reyskens. Bachelorstudenten Bestuurskunde en Publiek Management aan de Universi…

Trots op het werk van onze studenten! 🎓

Waarom zijn sommige partijleden actiever dan anderen?

Vier van onze studenten BPM onderzochten dit vorig semester voor het vak ‘Samenleving en Politiek’. Dit leverde hen de prijs op voor beste paper 🥇

Lees meer: gasparblogt.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/w...

Does ethno-linguistic diversity fuel political tensions? And do regionalists benefit from conflicts at the national level?

This Friday, GASPAR member Maxime Vandenberghe will present some new data and discuss these dynamics @euracfederalism.bsky.social. All are welcome - online and offline!

From Marginalized to Mainstream? An International Comparative Analysis of Gender Differences in Social Media Adoption and Activity by Politicians in Non-Election Times - Elise Storme, 2025 Traditional media and party gatekeepers are found to restrict women's visibility and influence in politics. Social media, however, is seen as a potential m...

🚀🎉 Thrilled to share that the first paper of my PhD dissertation is now published in Political Studies Review: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Does social media help women politicians overcome barriers in visibility - or does it just replicate old hierarchies?

A short 🧵

Ook in de lokale politiek speelt ideologie een rol. Partijprogramma's verschillen net zoals op het nationale niveau van elkaar en kiezers stemmen ideologisch. Bij coalitievorming is de rol van ideologie beperkt. Dank om dit voor ons uit te klaren @rafreuse.bsky.social. #UGent

➡️ Save the date! ⬅️

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 👇

📢 Launching this fall: PolCom Classics!

A monthly online webinar where leading scholars revisit “classic” themes in political communication - mis/disinfo, framing, digitalization & more.

🗓 Every last Thu, 12–13 CET

First session: Sept 25 w/ @rensvliegenthart.bsky.social.

@nefca.bsky.social

Today, Prof. de Fine Licht (Göteborgs universitet) joined our Gaspar lecture series. 🌐

She discussed the location of public services like libraries, hospitals, or nuclear power plants. 🏥🏛 Where are they located? Why? How to navigate citizen concerns and demands? 🤔

Stay tuned for future lectures!

🎓 Excited and honoured to have been awarded the prestigious Francqui Chair at KU Leuven

🧑‍🏫 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

📢September 5: save the date 📢

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!

📝Check out this article by @elisestorme.bsky.social @gasparugent.bsky.social "Hard Worker versus Pretty Eyes"
🔗Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 3) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

#OpenPublishing #PoliticalScience

Swiss Political Science Review: Vol 31, No 2 Click on the title to browse this issue

🎉 New Special Issue out in Swiss Political Science Review!

Together with @christinajuen.bsky.social @martingross.bsky.social @simonotjes.bsky.social & Michael Jankowski, I co-edited a collection of articles on party politics at the local level.

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16626370...

🧵👇

🎉 That’s a wrap!
Four days of deep dives into #OpenScience, #preregistration, #replication, #reproducibility, #multiverse, & more—applied to the social sciences.

Huge thanks to all participants for the energy, insights & thoughtful questions!
@ugentopenscience.bsky.social @gasparugent.bsky.social

Looking forward to present tomorrow our paper with @cvargiu.bsky.social about shifts in support for #PoliticalViolence driven by the #Mangione attack

Come say hi if you are in Ghent or thereabouts!

➡️ preprint: osf.io/preprints/os...

Any questions? Contact:

@bramwauters.bsky.social/@robindevroe.bsky.social for the PhD on ideological stereotypes
or
@annakern.bsky.social for the PhD on losers' consent.