🅰️ 🇧🇪| Politicoloog | PhD | @m2p_be @UAntwerpen | @SciencePoULB | Chair @ECPR_Polcom | Political Communication, Parties, Populism, Voting
Laura Jacobs is an American novelist, journalist, and critic. Jacobs is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, where she reviews museum exhibitions on fashion. She was a staff writer at Vanity Fair from 1995 to 2018, where she wrote award-winning pieces for the magazine on the subjects of design, fashion, and the performing arts. In 2019, she became the Arts Intel Report editor for AIR MAIL, a weekly international digital newsletter co-edited by Graydon Carter and Alessandra Stanley. .. more
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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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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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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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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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💥 Onderzoek van Emmi Verleyen, @lcjacobs89.bsky.social en @kathleenbeckers.bsky.social
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@lcjacobs89.bsky.social zoekt het uit 👇
www.sampol.be/2025/09/de-e...
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Day 1 panels:
📌 The Role of Social Media in Political Discourse — Tue 08:30–10:15
📌 Framing and Political Persuasion Strategies — Tue 10:45–12:30
All panels in Polytech. S., Fl. 2, W. B 1(301)
Excited to see you there!
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Pour @lesoir.be, @lcjacobs89.bsky.social revient sur l’évolution de la stratégie du Vlaams Belang depuis les élections.
Pour en savoir plus :
📚 Consulter nos travaux : cevipol.phisoc.ulb.be/fr/projets-d...
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In an interview for @lesoir.be, I discuss how, after its June 2024 “non-victory”, Vlaams Belang is losing media visibility and radicalising further as mainstream parties adopt stricter asylum policies.
🔗 (FR) www.lesoir.be/692510/artic...
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We koppelen vandaag 25 parlementsleden met 26 wetenschappers.
Niet voor een #onenightstand, maar voor een #serieuze #relatie.
Ontdek alle koppels van #ScienceMeetsParliament op onze website: www.sciencemeetsparliament.be
#SmP2025
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In this thread, we break down the results for you📎 🧵1/5
Trust in news declined in just over half of countries.
It decreased more in countries where TV news use has declined, and/or where social media news use has grown.
A thread:
State of the Federation
🗓️ 6 Feb 2026 | 📍UAntwerp @uantwerpenfsw.bsky.social
The 13th edition of this annual polsci conference — hosted by
ABSP & @vpw-politicologie.bsky.social — brings together scholars from across subfields to explore Belgium’s polity, politics & policy
Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES
@uantwerpen.be
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We study how politicians accuse each other of lying/disinfo — and how citizens react: Does it erode trust? Polarize? Mobilize? 🧠🗳️
💥 4-yr fully funded
📅 Start: Oct/Nov 2025
🗓️ Deadline: 21 Aug
Details + apply 👇
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Onderzoek van Rachid Azrout en bovengetekende sluit daar naadloos op aan.
Zowel een recente studie naar het openzetten van de deur door de VVD in 2023 (zie plaatje onder) als reeksen eerdere studies in 15 landen sinds 1944 (zie m'n boek uit 2018).
Imiteren zonder isoleren: slecht plan.
Onderzoek, o.a. door mezelf, toont het belang van zulke strategieën en suggereert legitimering van radicaal-rechts. 📚
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
🤝 Mainstream parties open to ruling w/ radical right → boosts their legitimacy & vote chances.
📢 Coalition partners, take note
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👉 shorturl.at/YA8Cx
Nieuwsmedia, ooit de ruggengraat van onze democratie, staan onder druk. Sociale media, AI en radicale stemmen herschrijven de spelregels van informatie & invloed. Wat betekent dat voor onze democratie?
Ik schreef erover voor Visie (De Gids):
👉 visie.net/de-gids-arti...
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#PhDOpportunity #PhDGraduates #PoliticalScience #AcademicPublishing #PhDResearch #EarlyCareerResearchers
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@lcjacobs89.bsky.social
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Dat dreigt het wantrouwen in de politiek verder aan te wakkeren, stelt politicoloog @lcjacobs89.bsky.social. (www.sampol.be/2025/05/poli...)
“Theater is politiek met slechte acteurs,” zei een Belgisch premier ooit. Als het publiek het script doorziet, valt het doek. 💨
Mijn nieuwste column voor @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social over authenticiteit & politieke communicatie👉 www.sampol.be/2025/05/poli...
In this thread, we break down the results for you📎 🧵1/5
How do Belgian parties communicate on LGBTQIA+ issues? Do they, in the first place?
Answer by from Social media lab @ULB 👇