Professor of political science @SciencePoULB | Cevipol Parties, elections, participationhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3msgl73g6dk2xMid-summer publication alert! Too burdensome to be acknowledged? How sexism is rendered invisible to women candidates through 7 mechanisms new paper co-authored with @clemencedeswert.bsky.social, @robindevroe.bsky.social & @elisestorme.bsky.social, pub @Polstudies.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bddmw3we https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00323217261470570?_gl=1*18b51zq*_up*MQ..*_ga*NTQwNzA1MDMuMTc4NjAyNDU5OQ..*_ga_60R758KFDG*czE3ODYwMjQ1OTgkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODYwMjQ1OTgkajYwJGwxJGgzMzAxODk2OTI06 Aug 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgl73g6dk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3moxvcytqjk2jHappy to see this beautiful volume out! I really enjoyed reflecting on the next agenda for research on internal democracy in parties. Thank you @niklasbolin.bsky.social and @mhagevi.bsky.social for your excellent coordinating work! https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/a-research-agenda-for-political-parties-9781035326297.html23 Jun 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxvcytqjk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3mllqfsha5s2oDelighted and honoured to be part of the 3rd edition of The Politics of Belgium. This book, originally led by Lris Deschouwer (VUB), has long been a key reference for anyone working on Belgian politics or wanting to make sense of it. Available in OA: https://www.routledge.com/The-Politics-of-Belgium-Governing-a-Divided-Society/Deschouwer-Caluwaerts-Meier-Reuchamps-Sinardet-vanHaute/p/book/978103295739511 May 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllqfsha5s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3micc2r7sek22Happy to share my latest paper coauthored with Émilien Paulis - this one was a fun one to write ✍🏻 as part of the symposium marking 30 years of Party Politics! 🎊🎂 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1354068826143281130 Mar 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3micc2r7sek22https://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3mhxxtnvhxs2wLooking forward to see this one out! It was fun to discuss past and future developments in intraparty democracy research. Kudos to @niklasbolin.bsky.social and @mhagevi.bsky.social for steering this much needed reflective work! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Mar 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxxtnvhxs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3mhtnbbyvqc2sExcited to share that I have contributed 3 new entries to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Representation: 📘116-Political parties as organizations (with @thomlegein.bsky.social) 📘117-Political parties: definitions 📘119-Political parties: the party on the ground https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/elgar-encyclopedia-of-political-representation-9781035324811.html24 Mar 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtnbbyvqc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3mg6fritjz22iIn 'The story of Party Politics (so far)', Paul Webb, @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social & I show that: - Innovation can stem from rejection 💡 & leadership is key - Journal editorship has deeply transformed - Party scholars have increasingly focused on elections, populism, partisanship & polarisation03 Mar 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6fritjz22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3mg3uimntpk2kI’m delighted to share a special milestone in the life of Party Politics 🎉 To mark the journal’s 30th anniversary, I had the pleasure of co-ed a Symposium with Paul Webb The symposium revisits the journal’s origins, intellectual trajectory, and its role in shaping the field over the past 3 decades.02 Mar 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3uimntpk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3mejf5buanc2nYou’ve written a book on political organizations and parties? Consider nominating it for the Leon Epstein Award @apsa-pop.bsky.social ! Deadline February 27 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Feb 2026 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mejf5buanc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3mdiyjfl4nk2wDécouvrez les analyses de nombreux collègues à propos des élections locales du 13 octobre 2024 en #Wallonie et à #Bruxelles! Très heureuse d'avoir contribué à cet ouvrage avec un chapitre sur l'ancrage local des partis nationaux, avec Simon Geshef et Thomas Legein https://pul.uclouvain.be/livre/?GCOI=2930310083464028 Jan 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdiyjfl4nk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3m7su75uusk2eAre you a PhD researcher from #Oxford or #Cambridge? Consider applying for a 1 to 2 years postdoctoral grant from the Wiener-Anspach Foundation to come work with me at ULB. Deadline: 9 March. Interested? Drop me an email! https://fwa.ulb.be/subsides-et-financements/subsides-postdoctoraux/?lang=en12 Dec 2025 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7su75uusk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3m7sq2j3nps2eInterested in how parties integrate social media comm to shape public perceptions of party competition & their relationship to groups? Check out @lucaskins.bsky.social dissertation (and other outputs!). PhD summary and my short review @plc-journal.bsky.social https://plc-journal.eu/issue/view/170912 Dec 2025 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7sq2j3nps2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3m7qeoyphts23New article out in JEPOP with @bjarneck.bsky.social and @eliemichel.bsky.social We study how individual voters’ policy congruence with parties shapes their sympathy to other voters (horizontal AP), using matched data of a Voting Advice Application in Belgium Paper: tinyurl.com/4skwumdr https://tinyurl.com/4skwumdr11 Dec 2025 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7qeoyphts23https://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3m6zmx7kovk22Our paper with @karinakosped.bsky.social and Susan Scarrow on 'Social media partisans vs. party members: political affiliation in a digital age' in West European Politics now has a volume/issue! 50 free copies available via https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UVHJEYRBQWGNS2EBKSMJ/full?target=10.1080/01402382.2025.245058102 Dec 2025 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zmx7kovk22https://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3m6wqav54fk2bSciencePo ULB is hiring a full time associate professor in IR. Share widely! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Dec 2025 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wqav54fk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/emilievh.bsky.social/post/3m6khg2mei227I wrote a short essay on the state of party membership in Europe for the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung https://www.kas.de/en/web/wissenschaftliche-dienste-archiv/essay/-/content/party-membership-in-europe26 Nov 2025 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:hmuruzmmtkknpcongwxgrdsn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6khg2mei227