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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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Netwerk
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SRP79: SRP-Onderzoekszwaartepunt: Versterken van democratisch bestuur in Europa
Celis, K., Adam, I., Caluwaerts, D., Coene, G. & Oberthur, S.
1/11/22 → 31/10/27
Project: Fundamenteel
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FWOTM1060: Samenhouden of uiteenvallen? Een verkennende studie van crossetnisch stemgedrag in Brusse
Blanckaert, B., Caluwaerts, D. & Erzeel, S.
1/11/21 → 31/10/23
Project: Fundamenteel
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OZRIFTM8: Eenheid in verscheidenheid? Onderzoek naar het effect van polarisatie op de sociale cohesie in Europa
Caluwaerts, D. & Bernaerts, K.
1/10/21 → 30/09/25
Project: Fundamenteel
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FWOAL978: ERA-NET: Bedreiging, identiteit en afwijkende mening: politieke polarisatie in Europese democratieën begrijpen en aanpakken
1/09/20 → 31/08/24
Project: Fundamenteel
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FWOAL922: Democratie, instituties en intergenerationele rechtvaardigheid
Caluwaerts, D. & Deschouwer, K.
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Fundamenteel
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An Appetite for Co-ethnic Claim-making? The Political Representation of Ethnolinguistic Groups in the Brussels Capital Region
Blanckaert, B. & Caluwaerts, D., 2022, blz. 1-37. 37 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Unpublished paper
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Beyond the culture wars? Assessing the socio-economic determinants of affective polarization
Bernaerts, K., Matthieu, J., Junius, N. & Caluwaerts, D., 2022, blz. 1-26. 26 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Unpublished paper
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Does democratic deliberation lead to more long-termism? A literature review
Vermassen, D. & Caluwaerts, D., 2022, blz. 1-17. 17 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Unpublished paper
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Gendered political socialization: why girls (sometimes) do not gain as much internal political efficacy from citizenship education as boys
Matthieu, J., Erzeel, S. & Caluwaerts, D., 6 jul 2022, (Unpublished).Onderzoeksoutput: Unpublished paper
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Institutional design and polarisation. Do consensus democracies fare better in fighting polarisation than majoritarian democracies?
Bernaerts, K., Blanckaert, B. & Caluwaerts, D., 30 sep 2022, In: Democratization.Onderzoeksoutput: Article › peer review
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Prijzen
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BAEF Honorary Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research
Caluwaerts, Didier (Recipient), 2013
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
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ECPR Dirk Berg-Schlosser Award
Caluwaerts, Didier (Recipient), 2010
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
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ECPR Jean Blondel PhD Prize
Caluwaerts, Didier (Recipient), 2012
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Frank Boas Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research at Harvard University
Caluwaerts, Didier (Recipient), 2013
Prijs: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activiteiten
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State of the Federation 2022 – Brussels 22 December 2022
Didier Caluwaerts (Chair), Silvia Erzeel (Chair), Benjamin Blanckaert (Chair), Karen Celis (Chair), Dimokritos Kavadias (Chair), Dave Sinardet (Chair) & Anne Van Bavel (Chair)
2022Activiteit: Participation in conference
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Fight or unite? How democratic institutions moderate the link between polarization and political violence
Didier Caluwaerts (Speaker) & Kamil Bernaerts (Speaker)
2022Activiteit: 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 2022Activiteit: Talk or presentation at a conference
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Learning schools for democracy? Young People, Politics and Civic Education
Bernard DELVAUX (Chair), Emilie van Haute (Chair) & Didier Caluwaerts (Chair)
2021Activiteit: Participation in conference
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Jonge Academie (Externe Organisatie)
Didier Caluwaerts (Member)
2019 → 2024Activiteit: Membership of external research organisation
Knipsels
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VUB: "Belgische democratie is minder gevoelig aan polarisering"
Kamil Bernaerts, Benjamin Blanckaert & Didier Caluwaerts
9/12/22
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La democracia belga es menos sensible a la polarización
Kamil Bernaerts, Benjamin Blanckaert & Didier Caluwaerts
9/12/22
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Belgian democracy less susceptible to polarisation
Kamil Bernaerts, Benjamin Blanckaert & Didier Caluwaerts
9/12/22
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Onderzoek VUB: Belgische democratie minder gevoelig voor polarisering
Kamil Bernaerts, Benjamin Blanckaert & Didier Caluwaerts
9/12/22
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Notre système politique belge divise moins la société en deux que les démocraties majoritaires, selon une thèse de la VUB
Kamil Bernaerts, Benjamin Blanckaert & Didier Caluwaerts
9/12/22
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Scriptie
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Confrontation and Communication. Experiments on deliberative democracy in linguistically divided Belgium
Auteur: Caluwaerts, D., Deschouwer, C. & Celis, K., 9 dec 2011Begeleider: Deschouwer, K. (Promotor) & Celis, K. (Jury)
Scriptie/Masterproef: Doctoral Thesis
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Experiments on deliberative democracy in linguistically divided Belgium
Auteur: Caluwaerts, D. & Deschouwer, C., 2011Begeleider: Deschouwer, K. (Promotor)
Scriptie/Masterproef: Doctoral Thesis