Ph.D. researcher and
teaching assistant.
Always on the lookout for the next
opportunity
to make the world more democratic!
This is me
I am a Ph.D. researcher at the Political Science department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). I am mostly interested in inequalities in political socialization processes and political behavior. I am currently finishing my Doctoral dissertation called "In search of a democratic equalizer: how citizenship education moderates inequalities in internal political efficacy".
Recent Publications
Junius, N., & Matthieu, J. (2022). Who rules the deliberative party? Examining the Agora case in Belgium. Party Politics, (preprint). https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688221114404
Junius, N., Caluwaerts, D., Matthieu, J., & Erzeel, S. (2021). Hacking the representative system through deliberation? The organization of the Agora party in Brussels. Acta Politica. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-021-00226-3
Matthieu, J., Vrydagh, J., Caluwaerts, D., & Erzeel, S. (2020). The democratic credentials of youth parliaments. The case of the Belgian Jeugd Parlement Jeunesse. The Journal of Legislative Studies, 26(2), 204–222. https://doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2020.1731982
Junius, N., Matthieu, J., Caluwaerts, D., & Erzeel, S. (2020). Is It Interests, Ideas or Institutions? Explaining Elected Representatives’ Positions Toward Democratic Innovations in 15 European Countries. Frontiers in Political Science, 2(584439), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2020.584439
Contact me
Address
Pleinlaan 5
1050 Brussel (BELGIUM)
Office 2.71