Bjarn Eck
PhD-researcher in Political Science at ULB Brussels | political behaviour, elections, European politics | bjarneck.eu
- New article out in JEPOP with @eliemichel.bsky.social and @emilievh.bsky.social We study how individual-level party-voter congruence shapes horizontal affective polarization (sympathy to other voters), using matched data of a Voting Advice Application in Belgium Paper: tinyurl.com/4skwumdr
- Key implication: policy overlap with other parties in multiparty systems increases sympathy for their voters and reduces attachment to one's own electorate
- Reposted by Bjarn EckNew WP on political violence in democracies with the fantastic @dianebolet.bsky.social and @bjarneck.bsky.social. Sadly very topical, but with some positive results osf.io/preprints/so... 1/
- Reposted by Bjarn Eck📊 New Dataset Release: Belgian Electoral Panel Survey 2024 🇧🇪 We’re excited to announce the release of a new dataset from a 4-wave panel survey conducted during the 2024 Belgian elections! 📥 Download the dataset now: www.sodha.be/dataset.xhtm...
- For @ecprtheloop.bsky.social, I argue that it's time for Europe to finally develop a clear Ukraine strategy — one focused on enabling victory.
- New publication in the Journal of European Public Policy together with @eliemichel.bsky.social. We study public opinion toward supporting Ukraine in 6 European countries and ask whether citizens want to increase, sustain, or decrease support. 1/4 Paper (OA): doi.org/10.1080/1350...
- We find few signs of war fatigue. Many Europeans are satisfied with current aid, although this might partially reflect non-attitudes. Considerable shares even want to increase aid, and only a small minority (~10%) categorically rejects it. 2/4
- New paper out in @bjpols.bsky.social, co-authored with Emilien Paulis. Using survey data from 13 European democracies, we show that electoral winners are less supportive of referendums, especially when they are affectively polarized. 1/6 Paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0007123425000365
- The winner-loser gap in satisfaction with democracy is well-known, but little research has studied its consequences. We argue that losers should be more supportive of electoral alternatives such as referendums, while winners desire their party to govern without constraint. 2/6
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- Just uploaded this new preprint co-authored with @eliemichel.bsky.social, and sharing here already because of the public relevance of the data. We study public opinion toward supporting Ukraine in six European countries: BE, DE, HU, IT, NL, and PL. (1/12) doi.org/10.31219/osf...
- Reposted by Bjarn EckMuch looking forward to the Future of Electoral Democracy conference! Over the next two days, current and former students of the CRC in Electoral Democracy will be at UdeM to present their work, think about research, and recall memories of all the fun we had at the CRC over the last eight years!
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