Maurits Meijers
@mauritsmeijers.bsky.social
Research Professor of Political Science at the University of Antwerp 🇧🇪 || ERC Starting Grant holder DEMO-LIES: Deception in Democracy: Political Lying Accusations and Their Effects on Democratic Citizenship"
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You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU?
Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇
@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.
Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇
@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.
September 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU?
Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇
@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.
Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇
@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.
Check out our new piece in EJPR!
Are universities perceived as left-wing bastions? Are police officers seen as right-wing? And are judges considered impartial?
In a new publication in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, Erika van Elsas, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, and I answer these questions ... (1/3)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
In a new publication in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, Erika van Elsas, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social, and I answer these questions ... (1/3)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Citizen perceptions of ideological bias in public service institutions: A cross-institutional analysis in five countries | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Citizen perceptions of ideological bias in public service institutions: A cross-institutional analysis in five countries
www.cambridge.org
October 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Check out our new piece in EJPR!
🚨📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Computational Political Science at the University of Antwerp!
💻 Focus: NLP + ML + political text analysis
🗳️ Project: ERC DEMO-LIES (disinformation in democracies)
🌍 Location: Antwerp, 🇧🇪
📅 Deadline: 16 Oct 2025
www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
💻 Focus: NLP + ML + political text analysis
🗳️ Project: ERC DEMO-LIES (disinformation in democracies)
🌍 Location: Antwerp, 🇧🇪
📅 Deadline: 16 Oct 2025
www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
Postdoctoral scholarship holder in computational political science | University of Antwerp
YUFE vacancies
www.uantwerpen.be
September 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🚨📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Computational Political Science at the University of Antwerp!
💻 Focus: NLP + ML + political text analysis
🗳️ Project: ERC DEMO-LIES (disinformation in democracies)
🌍 Location: Antwerp, 🇧🇪
📅 Deadline: 16 Oct 2025
www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
💻 Focus: NLP + ML + political text analysis
🗳️ Project: ERC DEMO-LIES (disinformation in democracies)
🌍 Location: Antwerp, 🇧🇪
📅 Deadline: 16 Oct 2025
www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
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New POPPA article out in Party Politics by Andrej Zaslove, @robert-a-huber.bsky.social, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social:
“The State of Populism: Introducing the 2023 Wave of the Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey."
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“The State of Populism: Introducing the 2023 Wave of the Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey."
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September 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New POPPA article out in Party Politics by Andrej Zaslove, @robert-a-huber.bsky.social, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social:
“The State of Populism: Introducing the 2023 Wave of the Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/2
“The State of Populism: Introducing the 2023 Wave of the Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1/2
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📘 64.4
Who accepts party policy change?
@mauritsmeijers.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social use 🗳️ data from 5 countries shows that many see change as necessary but populist attitudes strongly reduce acceptance.
Read more:
Who accepts party policy change?
@mauritsmeijers.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social use 🗳️ data from 5 countries shows that many see change as necessary but populist attitudes strongly reduce acceptance.
Read more:
Who accepts party policy change? The individual-level drivers of attitudes towards party repositioning
MAURITS J. MEIJERS, RUTH DASSONNEVILLE
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📘 64.4
Who accepts party policy change?
@mauritsmeijers.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social use 🗳️ data from 5 countries shows that many see change as necessary but populist attitudes strongly reduce acceptance.
Read more:
Who accepts party policy change?
@mauritsmeijers.bsky.social & @rdassonneville.bsky.social use 🗳️ data from 5 countries shows that many see change as necessary but populist attitudes strongly reduce acceptance.
Read more:
Bluesky hive mind! Does anyone use their iPad mini for reading and annotating papers? Are you happy with your choice, or do you wish you had a bigger model?
August 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Bluesky hive mind! Does anyone use their iPad mini for reading and annotating papers? Are you happy with your choice, or do you wish you had a bigger model?
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🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?
We built one:
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✅ Full (free!) instructor resources
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Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?
We built one:
✅ $1/chapter
✅ Modular & flexible
✅ Written by top scholars
✅ Full (free!) instructor resources
🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com
Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
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July 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?
We built one:
✅ $1/chapter
✅ Modular & flexible
✅ Written by top scholars
✅ Full (free!) instructor resources
🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com
Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?
We built one:
✅ $1/chapter
✅ Modular & flexible
✅ Written by top scholars
✅ Full (free!) instructor resources
🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com
Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
The research is so clear about what the effects of this copycat behaviour is. It's inexplicable why political leadership is so resistant to evidence-based political strategy.
I'm pretty sure it's possible to calculate almost the precise number of votes every tweet like this hands directly to Nigel Farage.
July 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The research is so clear about what the effects of this copycat behaviour is. It's inexplicable why political leadership is so resistant to evidence-based political strategy.
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Het NL en D "Nee" tegen een EU begroting van ruim 1% BNP staat in schril contrast met hun enthousiasme voor 5% voor de NAVO. Onderliggende gedachte: de EU klein houden, zodat nationale politici zich groot kunnen voelen. Terwijl juist nu een sterke EU keihard nodig is voor onze veiligheid en welvaart
July 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Het NL en D "Nee" tegen een EU begroting van ruim 1% BNP staat in schril contrast met hun enthousiasme voor 5% voor de NAVO. Onderliggende gedachte: de EU klein houden, zodat nationale politici zich groot kunnen voelen. Terwijl juist nu een sterke EU keihard nodig is voor onze veiligheid en welvaart
Quebec: "Hold my beer"
In Quebec, the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) will fine anglophone shopkeepers in anglophone Quebec communities for saying "Hi!" before "Bonjour!"
In Quebec, the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) will fine anglophone shopkeepers in anglophone Quebec communities for saying "Hi!" before "Bonjour!"
In Switzerland we are, huh, more relaxed about these things.
July 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Quebec: "Hold my beer"
In Quebec, the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) will fine anglophone shopkeepers in anglophone Quebec communities for saying "Hi!" before "Bonjour!"
In Quebec, the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) will fine anglophone shopkeepers in anglophone Quebec communities for saying "Hi!" before "Bonjour!"
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Voor mijn nieuwe Nederlandse volgers, hier zijn enkele andere Nederlandstalige experts op het gebied van uiterst-rechts om te volgen:
@sldelange.bsky.social
@leoniedejonge.bsky.social
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
@lindabos.bsky.social
@mrooduijn.bsky.social
@mauritsmeijers.bsky.social
@sldelange.bsky.social
@leoniedejonge.bsky.social
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
@lindabos.bsky.social
@mrooduijn.bsky.social
@mauritsmeijers.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Voor mijn nieuwe Nederlandse volgers, hier zijn enkele andere Nederlandstalige experts op het gebied van uiterst-rechts om te volgen:
@sldelange.bsky.social
@leoniedejonge.bsky.social
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
@lindabos.bsky.social
@mrooduijn.bsky.social
@mauritsmeijers.bsky.social
@sldelange.bsky.social
@leoniedejonge.bsky.social
@catherinedevries.bsky.social
@lindabos.bsky.social
@mrooduijn.bsky.social
@mauritsmeijers.bsky.social
Very happy to see this out!
We show that defending democracy against autocratizing incumbents is possible, but an uphill battle!
We show that defending democracy against autocratizing incumbents is possible, but an uphill battle!
Online first: "Defending democracy: investigating the efficacy of elite democratic defence in a competitive information environment" by @jmvanlit.bsky.social & @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
#Academicsky #Polisky
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
#Academicsky #Polisky
July 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Very happy to see this out!
We show that defending democracy against autocratizing incumbents is possible, but an uphill battle!
We show that defending democracy against autocratizing incumbents is possible, but an uphill battle!
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Precies. Als een democratisch midden (dat bereid is te besturen) onderling geen alternatieven biedt, komen de middenpartijen gezamenlijk symbool te staan voor de status quo.
Kiezers die ontevreden zijn over de status quo, vinden de alternatieven dan alleen nog bij niet-democratische partijen.
Kiezers die ontevreden zijn over de status quo, vinden de alternatieven dan alleen nog bij niet-democratische partijen.
Maak de verkiezingen dus niet een strijd om democratisch of niet (want dat voedt die niet-democratische positie alleen), maar zorg dat er wat te kiezen valt tussen democratische partijen.
June 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Precies. Als een democratisch midden (dat bereid is te besturen) onderling geen alternatieven biedt, komen de middenpartijen gezamenlijk symbool te staan voor de status quo.
Kiezers die ontevreden zijn over de status quo, vinden de alternatieven dan alleen nog bij niet-democratische partijen.
Kiezers die ontevreden zijn over de status quo, vinden de alternatieven dan alleen nog bij niet-democratische partijen.
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Two fully funded PhD positions in political science at the University of Antwerp in @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social's new and very cool ERC project on disinformation and representation. Great opportunity!
www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
Doctoral scholarship holders in political science | University of Antwerp
YUFE vacancies
www.uantwerpen.be
July 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Two fully funded PhD positions in political science at the University of Antwerp in @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social's new and very cool ERC project on disinformation and representation. Great opportunity!
www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
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Did you know that @epssnet.bsky.social will honor your #EPSA membership? Sign up today!
epssnet.org/sign-up/#join
That said, your membership dues are staying with EPSA & EPSS is starting with zero financial funds. So if you can, consider paying for an EPSS membership to help us get off the ground.
epssnet.org/sign-up/#join
That said, your membership dues are staying with EPSA & EPSS is starting with zero financial funds. So if you can, consider paying for an EPSS membership to help us get off the ground.
June 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Did you know that @epssnet.bsky.social will honor your #EPSA membership? Sign up today!
epssnet.org/sign-up/#join
That said, your membership dues are staying with EPSA & EPSS is starting with zero financial funds. So if you can, consider paying for an EPSS membership to help us get off the ground.
epssnet.org/sign-up/#join
That said, your membership dues are staying with EPSA & EPSS is starting with zero financial funds. So if you can, consider paying for an EPSS membership to help us get off the ground.
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The fabulous @frederikthieme.bsky.social will present results from a large-scale field experiment on the mobilization of young voters tomororw @epsanet.bsky.social #epsa2025 @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Can traditional campaign tools still mobilize young voters in the digital age? 📬
With @heikekluever.bsky.social, I present evidence from a field experiment ahead of the 2024 European elections targeting first-voters. Join us after sleeping in on Saturday 🙌 #epsa2025
⏰: Sat, 11:20
📍: -1.A.06
With @heikekluever.bsky.social, I present evidence from a field experiment ahead of the 2024 European elections targeting first-voters. Join us after sleeping in on Saturday 🙌 #epsa2025
⏰: Sat, 11:20
📍: -1.A.06
June 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The fabulous @frederikthieme.bsky.social will present results from a large-scale field experiment on the mobilization of young voters tomororw @epsanet.bsky.social #epsa2025 @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social
Amazing initiative! I joined today, and you should, too!
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
June 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Amazing initiative! I joined today, and you should, too!
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🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
June 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🧵 Hiring 2 PhDs in political science!
Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES
@uantwerpen.be
🇧🇪
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 👇
Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES
@uantwerpen.be
🇧🇪
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 👇
Doctoral scholarship holders in political science | University of Antwerp
YUFE vacancies
www.uantwerpen.be
June 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🧵 Hiring 2 PhDs in political science!
Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES
@uantwerpen.be
🇧🇪
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 👇
Join my ERC project DEMO-LIES
@uantwerpen.be
🇧🇪
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 👇
Very happy to see this published! Thanks for the great collaboration in these last 5 (!) years, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social & @francesconicoli.bsky.social !
Online first: "Partisan cueing and preferences for fiscal integration in the European Union" by @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social & @francesconicoli.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
#Academicsky #Polisky
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
#Academicsky #Polisky
June 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Very happy to see this published! Thanks for the great collaboration in these last 5 (!) years, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social & @francesconicoli.bsky.social !
I am proud to announce that I have been appointed Research Professor at the Dept of Political Science at University of Antwerp, starting in June 2025!
I will leave Radboud University after having spent 9 wonderful years at the Department of Political Science in Nijmegen. 1/4
I will leave Radboud University after having spent 9 wonderful years at the Department of Political Science in Nijmegen. 1/4
April 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I am proud to announce that I have been appointed Research Professor at the Dept of Political Science at University of Antwerp, starting in June 2025!
I will leave Radboud University after having spent 9 wonderful years at the Department of Political Science in Nijmegen. 1/4
I will leave Radboud University after having spent 9 wonderful years at the Department of Political Science in Nijmegen. 1/4
To most tarrifs seem like a foolish plan. However, if the goal is to maximize control over your economy, it makes perfect sense. Reducing dependencies on others will allow Trump to exert greater control over the US economy.
April 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
To most tarrifs seem like a foolish plan. However, if the goal is to maximize control over your economy, it makes perfect sense. Reducing dependencies on others will allow Trump to exert greater control over the US economy.
This is what the waiting room of an ER in 🇳🇱 looks like.
If you'd set a TV-series like The Pitt in a European, properly funded ER with limited waiting time, no mass shootings, no fentanyl epidemic it wouldn't make great TV. 🥱
If you'd set a TV-series like The Pitt in a European, properly funded ER with limited waiting time, no mass shootings, no fentanyl epidemic it wouldn't make great TV. 🥱
March 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is what the waiting room of an ER in 🇳🇱 looks like.
If you'd set a TV-series like The Pitt in a European, properly funded ER with limited waiting time, no mass shootings, no fentanyl epidemic it wouldn't make great TV. 🥱
If you'd set a TV-series like The Pitt in a European, properly funded ER with limited waiting time, no mass shootings, no fentanyl epidemic it wouldn't make great TV. 🥱
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📢 1 Week left! Call for Abstracts📢
Deadline for #PolEtmaal2025 is fast approaching!
Are you working on gender, representation, or democratic processes? Join us in Groningen for the upcoming PolEtmaal, work-in-progress welcome!
Submit your abstract here: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...
Deadline for #PolEtmaal2025 is fast approaching!
Are you working on gender, representation, or democratic processes? Join us in Groningen for the upcoming PolEtmaal, work-in-progress welcome!
Submit your abstract here: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...
March 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
📢 1 Week left! Call for Abstracts📢
Deadline for #PolEtmaal2025 is fast approaching!
Are you working on gender, representation, or democratic processes? Join us in Groningen for the upcoming PolEtmaal, work-in-progress welcome!
Submit your abstract here: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...
Deadline for #PolEtmaal2025 is fast approaching!
Are you working on gender, representation, or democratic processes? Join us in Groningen for the upcoming PolEtmaal, work-in-progress welcome!
Submit your abstract here: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...
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When universities fall, democracy falls.
March 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
When universities fall, democracy falls.