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Didier Caluwaerts is an Associate Professor of Democratic Governance at the VUB. His research interests include democratic innovations, democracy and long-term thinking, comparative politics, and Belgian politics.
His PhD (2011, VUB) dealt with deliberative democracy in divided societies. It was awarded the 2012 ECPR Jean Blondel PhD award and the 2016 Ignace Vanderschueren PhD Prize, and it was nominated for the Annual PhD Prize of the Dutch and Flemish Political Science Associations. He is also the winner of the 2010 ECPR Dirk Berg-Schlosser award, the 2023 Frank Cass Prize for the best article in Democratization, and co-organizer of the G1000 citizens' summit (2011).
Didier was previously a post-doctoral researcher of the FWO at the VUB (2012-2015). In 2013 and 2014, he was a Democracy Fellow and a Frank Boas Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. His stay at Harvard was made possible with grants from the Fulbright Commission and the Belgian American Educational Foundation.
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SRP79: SRP-Onderzoekszwaartepunt: Enhancing Democratic Governance in Europe (EDGE)
Celis, K., Adam, I., Caluwaerts, D., Coene, G. & Oberthur, S.
1/11/22 → 31/10/28
Project: Fundamental
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FWOTM1060: Holding together or tearing apart? Exploring cross-ethnic voting and vote-seeking in Brussels
Blanckaert, B., Caluwaerts, D. & Erzeel, S.
1/11/21 → 31/10/25
Project: Fundamental
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OZRIFTM8: Unity in diversity? Exploring the effect of polarisation on social cohesion in Europe
Caluwaerts, D. & Bernaerts, K.
1/10/21 → 30/09/25
Project: Fundamental
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Angry Men and Angry Women: Gender, System-Directed Anger and Populist Radical Right Voting in Belgium
Erzeel, S., Fieremans, M., Van Bavel, A., Blanckaert, B. & Caluwaerts, D., 2024, In: Frontiers in Political Science. 6, p. 1-12 12 p., 1401601.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Intensifying Gender Inequality: Why Belgian Female Students (Sometimes) Gain Less Internal Political Efficacy from Citizenship Education Than Male Students
Matthieu, J., Erzeel, S. & Caluwaerts, D., 30 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Politics & Gender.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Le vote obligatoire
Reuchamps, M., Caluwaerts, D. & Bouhon, F., 2024, Les systèmes électoraux de la Belgique. Bouhon, F. & Reuchamps, M. (eds.). Larcier Intersentia, p. 445-468 24 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research
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Out of Many, One? Exploring Ethnolinguistic Identity Appeals in the Brussels Capital Region
Blanckaert, B. & Caluwaerts, D., 5 Apr 2024, In: Publius : The Journal of Federalism. p. 1-28 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reimagining Engagement between Citizens and Parliament
Leston-Bandeira, C., Caluwaerts, D. & Vermassen, D., 2024, Reimagining Parliament. Judge, D. & Leston-Bandeira, C. (eds.). Bristol: Bristol University Press, p. 65-82 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Prizes
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BAEF Honorary Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research
Caluwaerts, Didier (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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ECPR Dirk Berg-Schlosser Award
Caluwaerts, Didier (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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ECPR Jean Blondel PhD Prize
Caluwaerts, Didier (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Frank Boas Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research at Harvard University
Caluwaerts, Didier (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Frank Cass Prize for Best Article in Democratization
Bernaerts, Kamil (Recipient), Blanckaert, Benjamin (Recipient) & Caluwaerts, Didier (Recipient), 14 Mar 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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Divided we fall? How polarization shapes (anti-)democratic process preferences
Kamil Bernaerts (Presenter) & Didier Caluwaerts (Contributor)
4 Sep 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Engaging With Future Generations
Didier Caluwaerts (Speaker) & Daan Vermassen (Speaker)
28 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Angry men and women: How emotions do not explain the gender gap in radical right voting in Belgium
Merel Fieremans (Presenter), Silvia Erzeel (Contributor), Anne Van Bavel (Contributor), Didier Caluwaerts (Contributor) & Benjamin Blanckaert (Contributor)
27 Jun 2023 → 29 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Fight or Unite? How Satisfaction with Democracy Moderates the Relationship between Affective Polarization and Support for Political Violence
Kamil Bernaerts (Presenter) & Didier Caluwaerts (Contributor)
29 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Beyond the culture wars? Assessing the socio-economic determinants of affective polarization
Kamil Bernaerts (Presenter), Joke Matthieu (Contributor), Nino Junius (Contributor) & Didier Caluwaerts (Contributor)
23 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Press/Media
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Our Belgian political system divides society less than majoritarian democracies, according to a thesis of the VUB
Kamil Bernaerts, Benjamin Blanckaert & Didier Caluwaerts
9/12/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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The Belgian democracy is less susceptible to polarisation
Kamil Bernaerts, Benjamin Blanckaert & Didier Caluwaerts
9/12/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Belgium's democracy less prone to polarisation
Kamil Bernaerts, Benjamin Blanckaert & Didier Caluwaerts
9/12/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Belgian democracy less susceptible to polarisation
Kamil Bernaerts, Benjamin Blanckaert & Didier Caluwaerts
9/12/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Belgian democracy less susceptible to polarisation
Kamil Bernaerts, Benjamin Blanckaert & Didier Caluwaerts
9/12/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research