💚 Fractieleider Groen Brugge | 👨‍🎓 Postdoctoral researcher in local party politics Ghent University | 😍 Brugge | 🍰 Cake addicthttps://bsky.app/profile/rafreuse.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rafreuse.bsky.social/post/3mjh33rrfl22i😀 Very excited about my new article in Party Politics: "Determined by place or party? Issue salience in local election manifestos" 📖 Read it here in full: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13540688261442347 or this short thread 🧵👇14 Apr 2026 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:c2lodt47wymjuruock7xd24g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjh33rrfl22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rafreuse.bsky.social/post/3mivkpqnwgs2nDoes ideology matter to coalition formation at the local level? In our new article in @govandopp.bsky.social, @martingross.bsky.social and I explore this question by analysing coalition building across 30 municipalities in Flanders. 🧵 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:c2lodt47wymjuruock7xd24g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivkpqnwgs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rafreuse.bsky.social/post/3mc7po2p2cs2d📢 New publication out in Electoral Studies! Do voters care about ideology in local elections? Studying the 2012 & 2018 Flemish local elections, @dieterstiers.bsky.social and I find they do. A little thread 🧵12 Jan 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:c2lodt47wymjuruock7xd24g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc7po2p2cs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rafreuse.bsky.social/post/3mbytbicaxs25Only a few days left to submit a paper proposal! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jan 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:c2lodt47wymjuruock7xd24g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbytbicaxs25https://bsky.app/profile/rafreuse.bsky.social/post/3m3wmddalgk2sI’m thrilled to share that I’ve started a new position as Postdoctoral Teaching Assistant at Ghent University’s Centre for Local Politics 🎉 I’m grateful for the opportunity to continue my research on the role of ideology in local politics and to contribute to our amazing Department 😊24 Oct 2025 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:c2lodt47wymjuruock7xd24g/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3wmddalgk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/rafreuse.bsky.social/post/3m2c4ndprr22a🎓✨ Officially Dr. Reuse! ✨🎓 After 4 years of hard work, I defended my PhD on ideology in local politics. It was an unforgettable night. Grateful to my supervisors @nicolasbouteca.bsky.social & Kristof Steyvers, colleagues, family & friends for making this possible. ❤️03 Oct 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:c2lodt47wymjuruock7xd24g/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2c4ndprr22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rafreuse.bsky.social/post/3lzj3inasok2rCan't get enough of local party politics after my public defense next week? Join us for a lecture on candidate selection within local parties by @simonotjes.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Sep 2025 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:c2lodt47wymjuruock7xd24g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzj3inasok2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rafreuse.bsky.social/post/3lthi3clf6s2gAfter four years of hard work, I’ve officially submitted my PhD dissertation. 🎓 288 pages about the role of ideology in local politics - the best research topic in the world. 😍 Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the journey. 🙏08 Jul 2025 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:c2lodt47wymjuruock7xd24g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthi3clf6s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rafreuse.bsky.social/post/3lrflrecvuc2a🎉 New Special Issue out in Swiss Political Science Review! Together with @christinajuen.bsky.social @martingross.bsky.social @simonotjes.bsky.social & Michael Jankowski, I co-edited a collection of articles on party politics at the local level. 🔗 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16626370/2025/31/2 🧵👇12 Jun 2025 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:c2lodt47wymjuruock7xd24g/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrflrecvuc2a