Associate professor Political Science @gasparugent.bsky.social Ghent University
Representation, participation and parties. Facts and figures, sometimes also (my own) opinions
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➡️Everyone is welcome! Registration link below 👇
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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...
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Maar is stemmen met potlood echt een stap achteruit of net een kans om onze democratie te versterken?
@bramwauters.bsky.social
www.sampol.be/2025/10/opni...
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Hoeft geen ramp te zijn, betoog ik in nieuwe column in @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social
Hier te lezen: sampol.be/2025/10/opni...
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Does social media help women politicians overcome barriers in visibility - or does it just replicate old hierarchies?
A short 🧵
In bv NL en bijna heel Wallonië wordt met potlood en papier gestemd, dus zo gek is dat niet + elektronisch stemmen heeft (licht) negatief effect op opkomst
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
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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 👇
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🧑🏫 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
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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!
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Closing the gap or making a new one? 🛤️
Everyone wants more #CitizenParticipation but politicians, citizens and civil servants prefer different tools. Do formal roles matter more than ideology? 🕵️ These authors (🧵⬇️) look into just that!
🔗https://buff.ly/XcSSHsY
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Doctoraatsstudent Ward Maréchal won gisteren de ‘Scriptieprijs Binnenlands Bestuur Guido Decoster’ voor de beste masterproef over binnenlands bestuur of lokale democratie.
Proficiat Ward!
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Anders dan bij gemeenterdsverkiez zal dit een GROOT effect hebben 🧵 (1/5)
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Nieuwe column van politicoloog @bramwauters.bsky.social 👇
www.sampol.be/2025/06/lang...
- on ideological stereotypes supervised by me and
@robindevroe.bsky.social www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
- on losers' consent supervised by @annakern.bsky.social
www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...
Join research group @gasparugent.bsky.social in beautiful Ghent
The gender gap disappears, however, when we control for structural variables such as political interest and political socialization (3/7)
👉 elected position
👉 political collaborator (assigned with competition)
👉 political collaborator (without competition) (2/7)
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Another project with amazing co-authors @robindevroe.bsky.social @audreyvdleene.bsky.social @hildecoffe.bsky.social @gasparugent.bsky.social (1/7)
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How can citizens truly have a say? What works in practice? Where do the challenges lie?
🎬 Watch the video and take a 2-minute dive into a decade of research on strengthening democracy!
youtu.be/8xd1wUsOFNg
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Bij de lokale verkiezingen #vk24 bleef 1/3 kiezers thuis. GASPAR bestaat 10 jaar en onderzocht in die periode onder meer dynamieken rond burgerparticipatie. 📊
Benieuwd naar onze resultaten? 💡 Stay tuned voor onze kennisclip en bekijk alvast onze teaser! 👇👀
www.sampol.be/2025/04/het-...
onderzoek uit 🇪🇪 Estland toont dat na invoering digiaal stemmen de opkomst min of meer stabiel bleef (4/6)