CV

Part-time Lecturer

Dublin City University School of Law and Government

Designed, taught and assessed two undergraduate models within the Economics, Politics and Law (EPL) program.

• Money, Power and Democracy
• Comparative European Politics

Postdoctoral Researcher

KU Leuven Voting & Democracy Research Group

• Conducted research on effects of referendum campaigns - 1 peer-reviewed publication, 2 in progress
• Finished supervision of 3 MSc students, currently supervising an additional 7 MSc students
• Collaborated on COST application

Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) PhD Fellow in Fundamental Research

KU Leuven Voting & Democracy Research Group

• Conducted research on party spending in referendum campaigns - 5 peer-reviewed publications
• Supervised 11 MSc students (including 3 mentioned above)
• Collaborated on large data collection project regarding referendum campaign finance regulations
• (Co-)Authored 5 reports regarding Belgian elections in 2024 (local, regional, federal and European)

PhD Researcher and Teaching Assistant

KU Leuven Public Governance Institute

• Conducted research on lobbying and EU politics - 1 peer-reviewed publication, 2 book chapters
• Prepared successful funding application for FWO PhD fellowship mentioned above
• Provided assistance to courses on academic writing and presenting, European politics, party politics, and introductory courses to political science
• Led multiple seminars
• Provided editorial assistance on edited volume with Cambridge University Press
• Supervised 4 MSc students

PhD in Social Sciences

KU Leuven

Political Science

• Theory of Relativity
• Thesis “What Ends Justify the Means? Explaining Party Campaign Spending in European Referendums”
• Supervised by prof. Bart Maddens & prof. Steven Van Hecke (co-supervisor)

MSc Comparative & International Politics

KU Leuven

Political Science

• {“Thesis”=>”“Bildung in Brussel. De organisationele vorm van hoger onderwijsrepresentatie in de Europese Unie” [Bildung in Brussels. The organisational form of higher education lobbying in the European Union]”}
• Supervised by prof. Steven Van Hecke

MA Western Literature

KU Leuven

Literature

• {“Thesis”=>”“Engagement in crisis? Een studie van Van den Broecks Terug naar Walden (2009) en Lanoye’s Gelukkige Slaven (2013) in het licht van het thema crisis” [Engagement in crisis? A study of Van den Broecks Terug naar Walden (2009) en Lanoyes Gelukkige Slaven (2013) in the light of the theme crisis]”}
• Supervised by prof. Dirk De Geest

Selected for third cohort of the Europaeum Scholars Programme

The Europaeum

The Europaeum Scholars Programme is a a two-year leadership and policy course spread out over eight week-long modules hosted at different top European universities.

Third Laureate of Wilfried Martens Thesis Prize

Wilfried Martens Foundation

Thesis prize awarded for the best MA theses in European studies.

What Ends Justify the Means? Explaining Party Campaign Spending in Referendums in Europe

European Political Science Review

Why do Parties Participate in Referendum Campaigns? Evidence from Switzerland.

Party Politics

Riding the Wave? The Impact of the Russian Invasion on MEP behaviour regarding EU Enlargement to the Western Balkan countries

Journal of European Integration

Depoliticizing Transnational Cleavage‐Related Issues Through Social Media Advertising: The 2022 Danish Defense Referendum Campaign

Politics and Governance

Power beyond borders? Analysing formal and informal tools of the European Parliament in EU enlargement policy.

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

Introducing the RefCFRI: A continuous indicator comparing referendum campaign finance regulation in 143 countries

Politics

Direct democracy and party behaviour in the Republic of Ireland: a campaign finance perspective.

Irish Political Studies

Referendum campaign financing by political parties: the case of the United Kingdom

Political Science

Individual and collective representation: the organisational form of higher education lobbying in the European Union

European Journal of Higher Education

The Life and Death of the Spitzenkandidaten: What Role is Left for European Political Parties

Palgrave Macmillan

How Covid-19 Hit Brussels and Beyond: The EU’s Crisis Management Tested by a Pandemic

Palgrave Macmillan

Summary: What Ends Justify the Means? Explaining Party Campaign Spending in European Referendums

Politics of the Low Countries

Why direct democracy is also a stage for political parties to fight for attention

Swissinfo

Beeldvorming boven beleid: waarom partijen investeren in referendumcampagnes

KU Leuven Sway: Social Sciences for Society

Referendum Moldavië: zelden zal een overwinning zo als eennederlaag hebben aangevoeld

Knack

Referenda? Bezint eer gij begint.

De Standaard

Indyref2? Rejoin EU? Consider first reforming regulations on referendum campaign finance.

UKandEU

How higher education institutions seek to influence EU policymaking

LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog

Orbans referendum is geen democratisch instrument, maar een politiek geladen wapen

Knack