Bastiaan Redert
bastiaanredert.bsky.social
Bastiaan Redert
@bastiaanredert.bsky.social
Political Scientist at University of Antwerp specialized in interest groups, LGBTQ+ politics, and EU governance
🏳️‍🌈 Across Europe, LGBTQ+ organizations do much more than organizing Pride parades. They fight for policy change and offer vital community services.

My new study finds most focus on advocacy, but when governments crack down, many pivot to community work.

📄 Read more: rdcu.be/ezhEA
August 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Reposted by Bastiaan Redert
DAY 4️⃣ at the #TEPSAacademy focused on #youth activism and advocacy 📣 We concluded the day with a visit at the @europarl.europa.eu 🇪🇺

What's on tomorrow's agenda?🔗 tepsa.eu/events/acade...

@valentin-dupouey.bsky.social @bastiaanredert.bsky.social @collegeofeurope.bsky.social @uantwerpen.be
June 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
How do LGBTQ+ organizations strategize when faced with oppression and hostility? 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Join me on Feb 26 (12:30-14:30 CET) at the EUGENDERING / EUNMUTE Seminar at UCL Saint Louis - Bruxelles as I present my research on how these organizations adapt their strategies in challenging environments.
February 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Reposted by Bastiaan Redert
Thrilled to share my new paper, “Does the Background of the Regulator Matter? ”, coauthored with Yannis Papadopoulus, @bastiaanredert.bsky.social and @juancarlos-trivino.bsky.social, published in Regulation & Governance. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Key findings:
Does the Background of the Regulator Matter? The Role of Expertise and Diversity on the Perceived Competence of Regulatory Bodies
This paper examines expertise and professional diversity within new (agencies and central banks) and traditional (ministries) regulatory bodies (RBs) and assesses their effect on the perceived compet...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM