SRP-Onderzoekszwaartepunt: Enhancing Democratic Governance in Europe (EDGE)

Research output

Research output per year 2017 2023 2024 2026

• 57 Article
• 27 Chapter
• 14 Unpublished paper
• 2 Book
• 12 More
  • 2 Commissioned report
  • 2 Conference paper
  • 2 Blog
  • 1 Anthology
  • 1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
  • 1 Book review
  • 1 Special issue
  • 1 Editorial
  • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2026

  #RomaLivesMatter, too. Romani Anti-Racist Activism in Europe: from (De)politicization towards a Critical Turn

  D'Agostino, S., 2026, IMISCOE Research Series. Adam, I., Beaman, J. & Jung, M. (eds.). Springer, p. 21-37 17 p. (IMISCOE Research Series; vol. Part F1103).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Europe 100%
  • Roma 100%
  • racist 100%
  • Politicization 100%
  • Romanus 100%

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Democracy in Belgium

  Erzeel, S., Meier, P. & Severs, E., 2026, The Oxford Handbook of Belgian Politics. Reuchamps, M., Brans, M., Meier, P. & van Haute, E. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 140-156 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

• Offre politique et ancrage local des partis nationaux

  Geshef, S., Legein, T. & van Haute, E., 1 Feb 2026, Les élections locales du 13 octobre 2024 en Wallonie et à Bruxelles. Close, C., Geshef, S., Bottin, J. & Reuchamps, M. (eds.). Presses Universitaires de Louvain, p. 1-15 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research

• Political Parties as Organizations

  van Haute, E. & Legein, T., 24 Mar 2026, Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Representation. Edward Elgar, p. 611-613 3 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research

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  • Political Party 100%
  • Party Organization 100%
  • Transnationalization 50%
  • Ideal type 50%
  • Organisational Type 50%

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Political parties in Belgium

  Legein, T., van Haute, E. & Wauters, B., Feb 2026, The Oxford Handbook of Belgian Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP), p. 316-331 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research

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  13 Downloads (Pure)

• 2025

  Deliberative Practices by a Deliberative Movement Party: The Agora Case in Belgium

  Junius, N., Caluwaerts, D. & Erzeel, S., 2025, Political Parties and Deliberative Democracy in Europe: A Convenient Relationship?. Gherghina, S. (ed.). 1 ed. Routlegde, p. 124-138 15 p. (Routledge Studies in Democratic Innovations).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

• Performing Democratic Listening

  Celis, K. & Childs, S., 1 Jan 2025, Bodies, Spaces, Claims. : The theory and Practice of Performing Political Representation. Diehl, P. & Saward, M. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 137-158 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

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  • Responsiveness 100%
  • Political Institutions 100%
  • Democracy 100%
  • wishes 100%
  • Imagining 100%

  2 Citations (Scopus)

  13 Downloads (Pure)

• 2024

  A Union of Equality: A Promising Step Forward or a Missed Opportunity to be Truly Intersectional?

  D'Agostino, S., 5 Dec 2024, Inequality and the European Union: New Frontiers in Political Science and Law. Brière, C. & Crespy, A. (eds.). London: Routlegde, p. 13-24 200 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Intersectionality 100%
  • European Union 42%
  • Policy Making 28%
  • Mainstreaming 28%
  • Inclusive Education 28%

  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Congruent, yet Resentful? Issue Incongruence, Resentment and Party Position Knowledge.

  Lefevere, J., van Erkel, P., Walgrave, S., Jennart, I., Baudewyns, P., Knops, L. (Editor), Celis, K. (Editor), Van Ingelgom, V. (Editor), Mercenier, H. (Editor) & Randour, F. (Editor), 2024, Bitter-Sweet Democracy? Analyzing Citizens’ Resentment Towards Politics in Belgium. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, p. 143-167 23 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Party System 100%
  • Survey Analysis 50%
  • Party Preference 50%

• Is This Really Democracy? An Analysis of Citizens’ Resentment and Conceptions of Democracy

  Knops, L., Severs, E. & Deschouwer, K., 2024, Bitter-Sweet Democracy?: Analyzing Citizens' Resentment Towards Politics in Belgium. Knops, L., Celis, K., Van Ingelgom, V., Mercenier, H. & Randour, F. (eds.). Open Book Publishers, p. 217-247 31 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Democracy 100%
  • Conception of Democracy 100%
  • Representative Democracy 27%
  • Decision Making 9%
  • National Surveys 9%

• 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

• Political Parties: Parties as Organisations

  Legein, T. & Van Haute, E., 15 Oct 2024, (Accepted/In press) Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Representation. Freire, A., Onnudotir, E., Pedrazzani, A. & Schmitt, H. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, p. 1-5 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research

  • Political Party 100%
  • Party Organization 100%
  • Transnationalization 50%
  • Ideal type 50%
  • Organisational Type 50%

• Political Resentment: an Empirical and Conceptual Introduction

  Knops, L., Celis, K. & Van Ingelgom, V., 2024, Bitter-Sweet Democracy? : Analyzing Citizen's Resentment Towards Politics in Belgium. Knops, L., Celis, K., Van Ingelgom, V., Mercenier, H. & Randour, F. (eds.). Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, p. 1-28 28 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

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  • Resentment 100%
  • Operationalization 25%
  • Normativity 25%
  • Crisis of Democracy 25%
  • Affectivity 25%

  346 Downloads (Pure)

• Reimagining Engagement between Citizens and Parliament

  Leston-Bandeira, C., Caluwaerts, D. & Vermassen, D., 1 Jan 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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  2 Citations (Scopus)

  47 Downloads (Pure)

• Resentment, Democracy and Inequality: Concluding reflections

  Knops, L., Celis, K. & Van Ingelgom, V., 6 Sept 2024, Bitter-Sweet Democracy?: Analyzing Citizens' resentment towards politics in Belgium. Knops, L., Celis, K., Van Ingelgom, V., Mercenier, H. & Randour, F. (eds.). Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, p. 279-292 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

  72 Downloads (Pure)

• Resentment and Time: Clashing temporalities in citizens' relation to politics

  Knops, L., Mercenier, H. & Severs, E., 2024, Bitter-Sweet Democracy?: Analyzing Citizens' Resentment Towards Politics in Belgium. Knops, L., Celis, K., Van Ingelgom, V., Mercenier, H. & Randour, F. (eds.). Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, p. 189-215 27 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Temporality 100%
  • Politics 100%
  • Representative Democracy 40%
  • Social Science 20%
  • Discourse 20%

• To Thine Own Self Be True: How Authenticity Shapes the Performance of Political Representation

  Severs, E. & Meier, P., 31 Dec 2024, Bodies, Spaces, Claims: The Theory and Practice of Performing Political Representation.. Diehl, P. & Saward, M. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 91-113 23 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

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  14 Downloads (Pure)

• What do resentful citizens want from democracy?

  Verhaegen, S., Van Ingelgom, V., Knops, L., Celis, K. & Amara-Hammou, K., 6 Sept 2024, Bitter-Sweet Democracy?: Analyzing citizens’ resentment towards politics in Belgium. Knops, L., Celis, K., Van Ingelgom, V., Mercenier, H. & Randour, F. (eds.). Cambridge: Open Book Publishers, p. 249-277 28 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

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  • Democracy 100%
  • Flemish 25%
  • Referendum 25%
  • Survey Analysis 25%
  • Representative Democracy 25%

  71 Downloads (Pure)

• Why do party actors use democratic innovations to conduct internal reforms? The case of the transformation of the Belgian French-speaking Christian Democratic Party

  Rangoni, S., Legein, T., Talukder, D. & Van Haute, E., 15 Nov 2024, Political Parties and Deliberative Democracy in Europe: A Convenient Relationship?. Gherghina, S. (ed.). Routledge, p. 1-24 24 p. (Routledge Studies in Democratic Innovations).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research

  • French 100%
  • Christian Democratic Party 100%
  • Decision-Making Process 50%
  • Political Party 50%
  • Normativity 50%

• 2023

  25 years of gender quotas and still a man’s world. What’s wrong with their implementation in the Belgian case?

  Erzeel, S., Meier, P. & Vandeleene, A., 2023, Party Politics and the Implementation of Gender Quotas.: Resisting Institutions.. Lang, S., Meier, P. & Sauer, B. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 173-188 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

• Democratic Institutions and Future Generations

  Caluwaerts, D. & Vermassen, D., 13 Mar 2023, Democracy and the Future: Future-Regarding Governance in Democratic Systems. MacKenzie, M. K., Setälä, M. & Kyllönen, S. (eds.). Edinburgh University Press, p. 173-192 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Evaluating citizens’ assemblies: Criteria, methods and tools

  Caluwaerts, D. & Reuchamps, M., 31 May 2023, De Gruyter Handbook of Citizens’ Assemblies. Reuchamps, M., Vrydagh, J. & Welp, Y. (eds.). De Gruyter, p. 241-255 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Democratic Legitimacy 100%
  • Institutional Context 100%
  • Evaluation Method 100%

  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Het nut van waarheid

  Severs, E., 2023, Een vraag naar waarheid. Brussels: VUB, p. 27-32 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research

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• Truth, what is it good for?

  Severs, E., 2023, A question of truth. Bauwens, J., Ginis, V., Meyer, T., Van Kerkhove, B. & Verstrynge, K. (eds.). Brussels: VUB, p. 27-32 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research

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• Utilitarian truths: How much disinformation and distrust can a democracy tolerate?

  Cipers, S., Lefevere, J. & Meyer, T., 2023, A Question of Truth. ASP / VUBPRESS, p. 138-143 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Specialist › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Democracy 100%
  • Democratic Process 100%
  • Freedom of Expression 100%

• Utilitarische waarheden: hoeveel desinformatie en wantrouwen kan een democratie tolereren?

  Cipers, S., Lefevere, J. & Meyer, T., 22 May 2023, Een vraag naar waarheid. ASP / VUBPRESS, p. 142-147 5 p. 3

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Specialist › peer-review

  Open Access

• 2020

  Comportement électoral et soutien aux réformes de la démocratie représentative en Belgique

  Translated title of the contribution: Electoral behaviour and support for reforms of representative democracy in Belgiumvan Dijk, L., Legein, T., Mariën, S. & Pilet, J.-B., 2020, Les Belges haussent leur voix. 1 ed. Louvain-La-Neuve: Presses Universitaires de Louvain, p. 77-104 29 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research

  • Belgium 100%
  • Democracy 100%
  • Reform 100%
  • Representative Democracy 100%
  • Electoral Behavior 100%