Lucas Kins
🇧🇪 Postdoctoral researcher & lecturer in Political Science at Université libre de Bruxelles | Political parties | Digital campaigning
- Reposted by Lucas Kins[Média] 'Extrême droite: "c'est encore un gros mot"'. Une interview d'Audrey Vandeleene, Professeure à SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol), pour Vews-RTBF. www.facebook.com/reel/1381954...
- Reposted by Lucas KinsThe 📚 Encyclopedia of Political Communication 📚 is now out in the wild, and a first awesome batch of entries is available in open access! Read them, love them, use them for your courses! 🔥 Check the 🧵 below to access them Plz repost for maximum diffusion
- 👀 If you want a sneak peek of what I’ve been working on over the past four years, you can find a summary of my dissertation in the latest volume of @plc-journal.bsky.social, together with an insightful review by @emilievh.bsky.social. ➡️ plc-journal.eu/article/view...
- Interested in how parties integrate social media comm to shape public perceptions of party competition & their relationship to groups? Check out @lucaskins.bsky.social dissertation (and other outputs!). PhD summary and my short review @plc-journal.bsky.social plc-journal.eu/issue/view/1...
- Reposted by Lucas Kins[OUT] Out now in @plc-journal.bsky.social PhD Summary: "Crafting campaigns, messages, and identities: Belgian parties in a digitalized political arena" by @lucaskins.bsky.social, postdoc at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol) plc-journal.eu/article/view...
- Reposted by Lucas Kins🟢 La semaine dernière, @marielecocq.bsky.social et @cogolati.bsky.social ont démissionné de la co-présidence d’ @ecolo.be. Le parti est dit « en crise » dans un contexte où les thématiques écologistes apparaissent « en berne » (@lesoir.be). Analyse en 5️⃣ points clés sur base de nos travaux : 🧵1/6
- Reposted by Lucas Kins[Média] 'L’écologie politique en berne : ce que révèle la crise chez Ecolo' Une interview de Pascal Delwit, Professeur à SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol), à Le Soir. www.lesoir.be/712160/artic...
- Reposted by Lucas Kins- La communication des partis d’extrême droite sur les réseaux sociaux en Belgique, par @lucaskins.bsky.social, Caroline Close et @lcjacobs89.bsky.social www.crisp.be/librairie/ca...
- Reposted by Lucas KinsNous sommes ravi·es d’annoncer la parution d'un nouvel ouvrage de référence : « L’extrême droite en Belgique », auquel nous avons eu le plaisir de contribuer @lucaskins.bsky.social, C. Close de @sciencepoulb.bsky.social et @lcjacobs89.bsky.social de @m2p-antwerp.bsky.social. 🧵1/4
- Reposted by Lucas Kins🟦 Mis/disinformation exposure is the highest on TikTok (20%), followed by Facebook (13%) and X (11%). 🟦 Sources that repeat misinformation outperform credible sources, with up to 8X more engagement per follower on YouTube. 🟦 Many 'misinformers' still profit from ads, especially on YouTube. 🧵2/5
- Reposted by Lucas KinsWe are finally out!! Thanks to my fantastic co-authors, the anonymous reviewers, and @thejop.bsky.social editorial team. Publishing my first registered report has been an incredibly instructive and rewarding experience 🤓 Much has been said about political incivility, but does it actually exist? 🤷♀️
- 🚨 New piece out at @thejop.bsky.social w awesome @cvargiu.bsky.social & D Garzia If incivility means breaking norms, & norms are person- and context-dependent, *does incivility even exist*? In the stage-2 registered report we investigate what drives perceptions of incivility tinyurl.com/4h5u4y8y
- Reposted by Lucas Kins1️⃣ Les président·es de partis génèrent systématiquement plus d’engagement que les comptes officiels de leur formation, quel que soit le parti (3X plus en moyenne). Ce constat tend à confirmer la personnalisation (et surtout la « présidentialisation ») de la communication politique belge. 🧵3/7
- Reposted by Lucas KinsNow out in Party Politics 🎉 Our study (@jbpilet.bsky.social)suggests that when a mainstream right-wing party signals willingness to rule with the radical right, support for the radical right rises — while the mainstream gains nothing. 👉 A legitimisation effect. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Lucas KinsAfter 2 intense with academics & practioners, here are my takeaway messages: 1. People do not care about technology but purpose. 2. Digital tools must feel natural. 3. Barriers might be simpler than you think. #Relink2 @lucaskins.bsky.social @hendriknahr.bsky.social @giuliasandri.bsky.social
- Reposted by Lucas Kins📢 New Blog Post! 🚨 Just a month before the Dutch elections, Iris Beau Segers and @leoniedejonge.bsky.social highlight the troubling normalization of far-right ideologies, the democratic erosion, and the recent violence at an anti-immigration demo in The Hague. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
- Reposted by Lucas KinsOne of our findings is that out of the 8,500+ posts that contain at least one type of attack, policy-focused attacks remain relatively civil (47% of such posts are uncivil), whereas personal-based attacks tend to be particularly uncivil (67%). 🧵4/5
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- Reposted by Lucas Kins[Job] SciencePo ULB is recruiting a postdoc (full time, 1 year) for the FNRS-FWO project NotLikeUs (ULB PIs: @emilievh.bsky.social, @jbpilet.bsky.social, Caroline Close) Focus: experiment, survey research, data management, election studies Deadline: 30/09/2025 #job #academicjob #research #postdoc
- Reposted by Lucas Kins📣 Plusieurs politologues de @sciencepoulb.bsky.social ont été sollicité·es dans les médias ces derniers jours pour commenter la décision de Meta d’interdire les publicités politiques à partir d’octobre, en réaction aux nouvelles règles 🇪🇺 en matière de transparence. 💬 Quelques éléments clés 🧵1/6
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- Reposted by Lucas Kins🗓️ One year ago, the 2024 election campaign was entering its final phase. Our analysis of political communication on X reveals key strategies behind the victories of N-VA in Flanders and MR (with @lesengages-be.bsky.social) in French-speaking Belgium. Discover our analysis 👇 🧵 1/7
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- Reposted by Lucas Kins[Media] L’Enquête Nationale RTBF : "On a des blocs de plus en plus étanches qui sont en train de se constituer", une interview de @jbpilet.bsky.social, professeur à SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol) sur La Première RTBF www.rtbf.be/article/l-en...
- Reposted by Lucas KinsCome join us in Amsterdam for a fully funded 4-year PhD position on the topic of "Visual Politics and the Emergence of Angry Publics", with @alessandronai.bsky.social and @lindabos.bsky.social! All info here, deadline is June 4 👇👇👇 (Please share!) #polcom #commsky werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
- Reposted by Lucas KinsKiezers verlangen naar authentieke politici, maar krijgen strategische performers bij wie de echtheid juist daardoor in twijfel wordt getrokken. Dat dreigt het wantrouwen in de politiek verder aan te wakkeren, stelt politicoloog @lcjacobs89.bsky.social. (www.sampol.be/2025/05/poli...)
- Reposted by Lucas KinsWat gebeurt er als de maskers afvallen? 🎭 “Theater is politiek met slechte acteurs,” zei een Belgisch premier ooit. Als het publiek het script doorziet, valt het doek. 💨 Mijn nieuwste column voor @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social over authenticiteit & politieke communicatie👉 www.sampol.be/2025/05/poli...
- Reposted by Lucas KinsAre you a junior scholar attending #ecprjs25? Check out this call for applications for MSCA at Cevipol @sciencepoulb.bsky.social and get in touch with me for any question you may have! cevipol.phisoc.ulb.be/fr/call-for-...
- Reposted by Lucas Kins[Rayonnement] This week, Nathalie Brack, Kostas Papaioannou & Piotr Marczyński, Professor and resarchers at SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol), will present the paper titled '‘Tweets, Posts, and Plots’: Political Parties & Conspiracy... 1/2 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
- Reposted by Lucas KinsIn the context of Pride Month, I had the pleasure of collaborating with the @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social to analyze how LGBTQIA+ issues were addressed in the communication of Belgian political parties and their leaders on X, between January 2022 and June 2024. ⬇️
- 🏳️🌈 As part of Pride Month, we teamed up with @romainbiesemans.bsky.social and looked at the prevalence of LGBTQIA+ issues and people in the communication of Belgian parties and their leaders on X between January 2022 and June 2024. In this thread, we break down the results for you📎 🧵1/5
- Reposted by Lucas Kins[PhD] Le Cevipol vous invite à la soutenance de la thèse de Natsuko D’Aprile intitulée: 'How does national identity influence public diplomacy? France and Japan in comparison (1990-2022)' Mercredi 4 juin à 10h00 Salle Jeanne Bât. S - 15e niveau Av. Jeanne, 44 1050 Bruxelles
- Reposted by Lucas KinsFrom Bluesky to the Guardian! In my new op-Ed, I argue that the “male glaze” of media and politics is empirically, normative, and politically wrong and that progressives should focus more on the left turn of young women.
- Reposted by Lucas KinsFor Pride 🏳️🌈 month, the Social media lab ULB teamed up with @romainbiesemans.bsky.social : How do Belgian parties communicate on LGBTQIA+ issues? Do they, in the first place? Answer by from Social media lab @ULB 👇
- 🏳️🌈 As part of Pride Month, we teamed up with @romainbiesemans.bsky.social and looked at the prevalence of LGBTQIA+ issues and people in the communication of Belgian parties and their leaders on X between January 2022 and June 2024. In this thread, we break down the results for you📎 🧵1/5
- Reposted by Lucas Kins[Rayonnement] SciencePo ULB brille aux Joint Sessions @ecpr.bsky.social! 7 chercheurs participent à cet événement en organisant des workshops & présentant leur recherche 👏 🔹 Nathalie Brack 🔹 Alice Dechamps 🔹 Bjarn Eck 🔹 Piotr Marczyński 🔹 Kostas Papaioannou 🔹 Luca Tomini 🔹 Emilie van Haute #ecprjs25
- Reposted by Lucas Kins🧵5/5 💬 @romainbiesemans.bsky.social, teaching assistant and PhD candidate @sciencepoulb.bsky.social highlights the low visibility of LGBTQIA+ topics in overall partisan communication on X, which reflects a tacit agreement across the political spectrum on these issues.
- Reposted by Lucas Kins🏳️🌈 As part of Pride Month, we teamed up with @romainbiesemans.bsky.social and looked at the prevalence of LGBTQIA+ issues and people in the communication of Belgian parties and their leaders on X between January 2022 and June 2024. In this thread, we break down the results for you📎 🧵1/5
- Reposted by Lucas KinsNew 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
- Quelles personnalités politiques les partis choisissent-il de mettre en avant sur X ? Au-delà des président·es de parti, certaines figures reviennent systématiquement, révélant des stratégies de communication différenciées et des choix délibérés.
- Reposted by Lucas Kins📸 Wie staat er in de schijnwerpers van Vlaamse partijen op X? 🧐 Vlaamse partijen kiezen verschillende strategieën om hun kopstukken op X te profileren. Wat onthullen deze keuzes? 🔍👇 🧵1/5
- Reposted by Lucas KinsNice piece on our article on affective polarisation and the dark personality of leaders, w @kgattermann.bsky.social @fredericofs.bsky.social Diego Garzia, Loes Aaldering TLDR: dark traits of in-party leaders associated with higher affective polarisation in their (closest) followers
- Reposted by Lucas Kins📣 Join us for the BrIAS/CEVIPOL seminar with Arun Chaudhary: "The Filibuster for Democracy" 🗓 Wednesday 7th of May 2025, 13:30 - 16:00 📍BrIAS: maps.app.goo.gl/umz65m1EkXhB... ⚠ Please register here: lnkd.in/eAyZ9jDW 🔗Full info: lnkd.in/eYPgT55H 📽️ Livestream: lnkd.in/dVVeJJ8D
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- [PhD] Ce jeudi 24/04/2025, @lucaskins.bsky.social, Aspirant FNRS à SciencePo ULB (Cevipol), a soutenu sa thèse intitulée «Crafting campaigns, messages, and identités: Belgian parties in a digitalized political arena». Félicitations à lui!
- Reposted by Lucas KinsCongratulations, @lucaskins.bsky.social, for completing your doctorate today! Reading your thesis on crafting campaigns, messages for Belgian parties and how communication is used by them to create identities was intellectually rewarding. All the best for your ongoing & new projects! #digitalparties
- Reposted by Lucas KinsGlad this one is out at @poqjournal.bsky.social, w @lindabos.bsky.social and P van Erkel The attack against far-right Baudet 🇳🇱 slightly increased support for #violence among people who dislike his party & experience partisan #Schadenfreude Open paper: tinyurl.com/4d7dx2fv Open data: osf.io/6cpbg/
- Reposted by Lucas Kins♀️ Are women politicians in Belgium getting equal spotlight from their political parties on social media? Short answer: not really 👎 📊 On average in Belgium, fewer than 1 in 3 posts by political parties on X that mention politicians actually feature a woman. Discover our analysis 👇 🧵1/6
- Reposted by Lucas Kins🎯 New research from the @socialmedialab-ulb.bsky.social : Who gets the spotlight in Belgian parties’ communication? We analyzed 20K posts on X to understand how parties promote individual politicians, and how this shifted during the 2024 campaign. 🧵1/4
- Reposted by Lucas KinsI was interviewed for the “Ideas” section of @politicalquarterly.bsky.social I was very happy to be asked to reflect a bit on my career in addition to contemporary politics. Hope you like it!
- Reposted by Lucas KinsAnother article in The Conversation for me. "To truly understand who participates and who does not in public protests, we need to consider social connections, views about the effectiveness of protest and people's interest in politics." theconversation.com/public-prote...
- Reposted by Lucas Kins🎉 Excited to launch the Social Media Lab (SML) @ULB on Bluesky! 🔎 The SML, a research project led by Caroline Close (@sciencepoulb.bsky.social) in collaboration with @uantwerpen.be, is an observatory of political communication on social media in Belgium. 🧵 1/5 – More below ⬇️
- Reposted by Lucas Kins[PhD] SciencePo ULB et le Cevipol vous invitent à la soutenance de la thèse de Lucas Kins intitulée : « Crafting campaigns, messages, and identities: Belgian parties in a digitalized political arena » Jeudi 24 avril 2025 à 16h00 Bâtiment A, porte Y, Salle AY.2.114
- Reposted by Lucas Kins[Media] 'EVRAS, dans le feu des contestations', une interview de @romainbiesemans.bsky.social, chercheur à SciencePo ULB (Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB - Cevipol) pour La Ligue ligue-enseignement.be/education-en...
- Reposted by Lucas Kins📄 L'article "The Flip Side of Digital Technologies in Internal Party Elections: A Cybersecurity Dilemma?" coécrit par @lucaskins.bsky.social (@sciencepoulb.bsky.social / @transfo-ulb.bsky.social) vient d'être publié dans la revue "Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research" : 👇
- Reposted by Lucas Kins[OUT] The flip side of digital technologies in internal party elections: a cybersecurity dilemma?, new paper by Emilien Paulis, @lucaskins.bsky.social & Davide Vittori, researchers at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol), w/ Oscar Barbera, in Innovation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Lucas Kins💡 Un résumé des points importants de notre étude sur le sexisme en campagne électorale, pour l'IEFH-IGVM [Belgian Institute for the Equality of Women and Men], publié sur @france.theconversation.com. Bonne lecture !
- Reposted by Lucas Kins🚨🚨🚨 Publication alert! Out now at @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social: "Political Representation as Communicative Practice" together with Fabio Wolkenstein. We ask: What is political representation & how should we study it? ⬇️ Download for free for 13 days! 🧵On what you can expect👇 cup.org/3ERYIUR
