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Expertise
Didier Caluwaerts is an Associate Professor of Democratic Governance at the VUB. His research interests include deliberative and participatory democracy, democratic myopia and democratic regression. He recently set up a lab experiment with professor Michael MacKenzie (University of Pittsburgh) on deliberation and long-term thinking regarding environmental policy.
He was previously a post-doctoral researcher of the FWO at the VUB. 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, and co-organizer of the G1000 citizens' summit (2011).
In 2013 and 2014, Didier 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.
In 2012, he was a visiting fellow at the research group on "Challenges to Democratic Representation" of the University of Amsterdam.
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Projects
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FWOAL978: ERA-NET: Threat, identity, and dissent: Understanding and addressing political polarization in European democracies
1/09/20 → 31/08/24
Project: Fundamental
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FWOAL922: Democracy, institutions and intergenerational equity
Caluwaerts, D. & Deschouwer, K.
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Fundamental
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OZR3314: Bilateral cooperation within the framework of a joint doctoral project: benchfee for joint PhD VUB - ULB, LebrunRobin
23/07/18 → 31/12/22
Project: Fundamental
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BRGEOZ339: JEP: Jeunes & enjeux politiques
Caluwaerts, D., DELVAUX, B., DUPRIEZ, V. & Van Haute, E.
1/11/17 → 31/10/21
Project: Fundamental
Research output
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Looking in from the outside: how randomly invited - but not selected - citizens think about a mini-public
Devillers, S., Vrydagh, J., Caluwaerts, D. & Reuchamps, M., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Deliberative Democracy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Paying for the Future: Deliberation and Support for Climate Action Policies
MacKenzie, M. & Caluwaerts, D., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Between party democracy and citizen democracy: explaining attitudes of Flemish local chairs towards democratic innovation
Caluwaerts, D., Kern, A., Reuchamps, M. & Valcke, T., 2020, In : Politics of the Low Countries. 2, 2, p. 192-213 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Democratic institutions and future generations
Caluwaerts, D. & Vermassen, D., 2020, p. 1-21. 21 p.Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Unpublished paper
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Hacking the Representative System? The Emergence and Organization of Agora as a Deliberative (Anti-)party in Brussels
Junius, N., Caluwaerts, D., Matthieu, J. & Erzeel, S., 2020, Paper presented at the 2020 ECPR virtual General Conference. European Consortium for Political Science, p. 1-29 29 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › Research
Prizes
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BAEF Honorary Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research
Didier Caluwaerts (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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ECPR Dirk Berg-Schlosser Award
Didier Caluwaerts (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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ECPR Jean Blondel PhD Prize
Didier Caluwaerts (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Frank Boas Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research at Harvard University
Didier Caluwaerts (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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Jonge Academie (External organisation)
Didier Caluwaerts (Member)2019 → 2024Activity: Membership › Membership of external research organisation
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Participatie van stakeholders in governancenetwerken
Didier Caluwaerts (Speaker)2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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TTIP, business as usual? European trade policy and its democratic legitimacy
Joke Matthieu (Presenter), Didier Caluwaerts (Presenter)14 Jul 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Summer School on Democratic Innovations
Didier Caluwaerts (Chair)2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in or organizing an event at an external academic organisation
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De toekomst van de ombudsfunctie in een veranderende wereld
Didier Caluwaerts (Speaker)2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at a public lecture/debate
Press / Media
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U mag mee beslissen of kerncentrales sluiten. Maar is dat wel zo slim?
3/11/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Bedenker G1000: 'Nieuwe partij Agora zal het moeilijk krijgen'
6/06/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Welke Belgische talenten moet u in de gaten houden?
9/05/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Brusselse jeugd: geïnteresseerd in concrete beleidsthema's, niet in politique politicienne
8/05/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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VUB-onderzoek naar interesse van jongeren in regionale verkiezingen
30/01/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Thesis
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Beschikt de deeleconomie over het potentieel bij te dragen aan economische democratie? Een onderzoek naar de werking van drie organisaties binnen de deeleconomie
Author: Duarte da Cruz, G., 1 Jun 2016Supervisor: Caluwaerts, D. (Promotor), Depauw, S. (Jury) & Sinardet, D. (Jury)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Bestuur en Gelijkekansenbeleid in België. Een analyse van de impact van de partijpolitieke samenstelling van de federale en regionale regeringen na de verkiezingen van mei 2014 op de m/v gelijkekansenstructuren
Author: Zyde, V., Jun 2015Supervisor: Woodward, A. (Promotor), Andre, A. (Jury) & Caluwaerts, D. (Jury)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Citizen deliberation: the future of democracy? An evaluation of Agora's Citizen Assembly in Brussels
Author: Cluytens, R. & Caluwaerts, D., 8 Jun 2020Supervisor: Caluwaerts, D. (Promotor) & Sinardet, D. (Jury)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Confrontation and Communication. Experiments on deliberative democracy in linguistically divided Belgium
Author: Caluwaerts, D., Deschouwer, C. & Celis, K., 9 Dec 2011Supervisor: Deschouwer, K. (Promotor) & Celis, K. (Jury)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Coöperatief wonen; alternatief model voor de toekomst? Een vergelijkende studie tussen de Community Land Trust Brussels en de Lakense Haard.
Author: Hus, S., 1 Sep 2016Supervisor: Caluwaerts, D. (Promotor), Van Den Eeckhout, P. (Jury) & Kavadias, D. (Jury)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis