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"https://bsky.app/profile/mauritsmeijers.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mauritsmeijers.bsky.social/post/3m7nzp4ljes25This is a fantastic resource! I was happy to contribute with a chapter on expert surveys together with Nina Wiesehomeier! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2025 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:gnwghlctz3y3lintyteacuc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7nzp4ljes25https://bsky.app/profile/mauritsmeijers.bsky.social/post/3m2ejofuk322uCheck out our new piece in EJPR! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Oct 2025 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:gnwghlctz3y3lintyteacuc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ejofuk322uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mauritsmeijers.bsky.social/post/3lyfdei7d3k2s🚨📢 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 https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vacancies/academic-staff/?q=4123&descr=Postdoctoral-scholarship-holder-in-computational-political-science09 Sep 2025 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:gnwghlctz3y3lintyteacuc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyfdei7d3k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mauritsmeijers.bsky.social/post/3lwvgrz37222gBluesky 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?21 Aug 2025 07:39 +0000at://did:plc:gnwghlctz3y3lintyteacuc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvgrz37222ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mauritsmeijers.bsky.social/post/3lumrjmx2fc2xThe 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2025 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:gnwghlctz3y3lintyteacuc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lumrjmx2fc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mauritsmeijers.bsky.social/post/3lu5eeh6dnc2zQuebec: "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!" [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2025 07:01 +0000at://did:plc:gnwghlctz3y3lintyteacuc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu5eeh6dnc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mauritsmeijers.bsky.social/post/3ltp55pdtqs2fVery happy to see this out! We show that defending democracy against autocratizing incumbents is possible, but an uphill battle! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jul 2025 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:gnwghlctz3y3lintyteacuc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltp55pdtqs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mauritsmeijers.bsky.social/post/3lskx5vt7ok25Amazing initiative! I joined today, and you should, too! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jun 2025 05:52 +0000at://did:plc:gnwghlctz3y3lintyteacuc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lskx5vt7ok25https://bsky.app/profile/mauritsmeijers.bsky.social/post/3lsei2kwdic2q🧵 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 👇 https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vacancies/academic-staff/?q=403724 Jun 2025 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:gnwghlctz3y3lintyteacuc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsei2kwdic2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mauritsmeijers.bsky.social/post/3lqrm7cot6c2rVery happy to see this published! Thanks for the great collaboration in these last 5 (!) years, @bjoernbremer.bsky.social @theresakuhn.bsky.social & @francesconicoli.bsky.social ! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jun 2025 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:gnwghlctz3y3lintyteacuc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrm7cot6c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mauritsmeijers.bsky.social/post/3lmz72pcdcs2zI 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. 1/417 Apr 2025 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:gnwghlctz3y3lintyteacuc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmz72pcdcs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mauritsmeijers.bsky.social/post/3llvv7ovpxc2cTo 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.03 Apr 2025 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:gnwghlctz3y3lintyteacuc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3llvv7ovpxc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mauritsmeijers.bsky.social/post/3ll52562f4c2pThis 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. 🥱24 Mar 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:gnwghlctz3y3lintyteacuc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll52562f4c2p