Assistant professor at Tilburg University | Voting behaviour, democratic innovations, radicalization, social inequalityhttps://bsky.app/profile/takesipma.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/takesipma.bsky.social/post/3m5gqrcdhrs2tNew publication with Emilien Paulis and David Talukder! We examine how regional economic conditions shape public support for direct and deliberative democratic innovations (DIs). Our findings show that common explanations of support for DIs are context-dependent: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-political-science/article/if-they-dont-do-the-job-well-do-it-regional-economic-conditions-and-support-for-democratic-innovations-in-europe/9640D5AC8660D2048F3604EEC9362DB5 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Nov 2025 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:fd2cimowbdtpdvscsp5ab27o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gqrcdhrs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/takesipma.bsky.social/post/3m2bskbqvlk2cAre 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) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-political-research/article/citizen-perceptions-of-ideological-bias-in-public-service-institutions-a-crossinstitutional-analysis-in-five-countries/9783F56E6C68D255A7FC2CB829F54EDE03 Oct 2025 09:57 +0000at://did:plc:fd2cimowbdtpdvscsp5ab27o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2bskbqvlk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/takesipma.bsky.social/post/3lpw7pjalsk2jOn my way back from an inspiring ECPR joint sessions workshop in Prague. Many thanks to @lisajanssen.bsky.social and Hannah Werner for organizing! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 May 2025 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:fd2cimowbdtpdvscsp5ab27o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpw7pjalsk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/takesipma.bsky.social/post/3lckypouofs2eTruly honored and pleasantly surprised that our paper was awarded Best Paper by the Democratic Innovations Standing Group at last @ecpr.bsky.social conference. Huge thanks to my excellent co-authors Emilien Paulis and David Talukder. https://ecpr.eu/news/news/details/82005 Dec 2024 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:fd2cimowbdtpdvscsp5ab27o/app.bsky.feed.post/3lckypouofs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/takesipma.bsky.social/post/3kecxfaq4dz2jReally happy to share in my first post that this paper is now published open access in ESR! Read more: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcad072 Together with Marcel Lubbers and @nielsspierings.bsky.social, we study the extent partner characteristics influence populist radical right voting. We show that .. (1/4)16 Nov 2023 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:fd2cimowbdtpdvscsp5ab27o/app.bsky.feed.post/3kecxfaq4dz2j