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Linde Stals
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PhD Candidate @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social, KU Leuven | Political Trust | Democratic Support | Electoral Behaviour | Adolescents | Mom of 2
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There are many parallels between publishing papers and putting a baby asleep. An endless 🧵

1. it takes longer than you think.
2. there are strategies, but it‘s essentially trial + error.
3. don‘t let them out of your hands too early, it‘ll fail
4. you usually hear back from them sooner than hoped
October 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
📢 New publication: we draw on unique data from 16- and 17-year-old Belgian adolescents who were eligible to vote in the 2024 European elections, and show that low trust in order and representative institutions is linked to protest and radical voting. @dieterstiers.bsky.social @annakern.bsky.social
Political Trust and Electoral Behavior Among 16- and 17-Year-Old First-Time-Voters in Belgium
Abstract. Citizens’ electoral behaviors tend to persist over time and are driven by long-standing political attitudes acquired during the formative years o
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July 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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And there are more vacancies at the @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social research group!

PhD position to work with Ellen Claes on a project studying polarization in adolescence www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
PhD Position –Polarization in Adolescence (UAPA Project)
How can schools contribute to countering polarization among adolescents? Which social and political factors influence how young people perceive those with different political opinions or different vie...
www.kuleuven.be
June 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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I'm recruiting 2 PhD researchers to work with me on a project studying how social groups influence vote choices!

Info on the position and how to apply 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Please share with interested students who would like to move to beautiful Leuven!
2 PhD positions in Electoral behavior
2 PhD positions to research how social group memberships become connected to vote choices
www.kuleuven.be
June 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Thrilled to share that my blog post “The Voice of the Future: Adolescents and Their Trust in State Institutions” won 3rd place in the 2024 TRUEDEM Blog Competition! 🏆

Interested? Read it here: www.truedem.eu/blog/blog3
TRUEDEM - blog3
Linde Stals is a PhD researcher at the Center for Voting and Democracy, KU Leuven (Belgium). Her research explores the development of political trust among adolescents and its impact on their politica...
www.truedem.eu
March 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Only one week left to apply!
🚨 One week left to apply! 🚨

One week left to submit your abstract for our panel "Citizens’ attitudes towards democracy" at #Politicologenetmaal 2025 (June 12-13, University of Groningen).

📩 Submit here: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...

⏳Deadline: March 31, 2025

Hope to see you there!
March 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
To what extent do citizens' attitudes toward democracy, its institutions, and values safeguard or weaken democratic stability?

Join us in Groningen to discuss these and related questions!
📢 Call for Papers 📢
We welcome papers for our panel "Citizens’ attitudes towards democracy" at Poletmaal 2025 (June 12-13, Groningen)
🪑Chairs: @lindestals.bsky.social, Carmen van Alebeek and @gdagostino.bsky.social
📩 Submit here: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...
⏳Deadline: March 31, 2025
February 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Our article 'A Crisis of Political Trust?' led by @viktorv.bsky.social is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social! We use >3,000 surveys in 143 countries between 1958 and 2019, finding that trust in representative institutions has generally been declining in recent decades. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just joined the group chat!
February 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM