Maxime VandenbergheGhent University | UGhent · Department of Political Sciences
Maxime Vandenberghe
Master of Science in Political Science (Belgian Politics)
PhD Student (FWO Vlaanderen - Ghent University)
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Publications (8)
The impact of decentralization on ethno-territorial conflict in divided states is widely debated, but empirical analyses of conflicts at the party-political level are scarce. This paper assesses whether the decentralization of certain (aspects of) policy domains came with more or less conflict between segmental leaders on these domains. To this end...
Our study investigates political candidates’ networks in the multilevel political setting of Belgium. Using Twitter data collected during the four months preceding the May 2019 regional, federal and European elections, we examine the extent to which network homophily – defined as the tendency to interact with similar others – occurs among political...
Does federalism fuel tensions in divided states? This paper addresses this question from a power-sharing angle. It provides a longitudinal analysis of the evolution of ethno-territorial conflict during five waves of federalization in a least-likely case: Belgium (1979–2018). Two original datasets on all cabinet conflicts (N = 1013; N = 328) provide...
This research note presents new definitions, measurements and data of cabinet conflicts and conflict features. Particular attention is given to the ethno-territorial nature of conflicts. This approach can easily be applied to various sources, periods, policy levels and countries. As an example, this note describes a novel dataset that provides the...
Scholars and politicians have long debated the effect -if any- of federalization on communal conflict in divided states. This paper uses novel data on conflicts in power-sharing cabinets to explore the historical impact of federalization reforms in the case of Belgium (1979-2006). It also addresses the role of two additional factors of relevance: r...
Does federalism accommodate or aggravate communal tensions in divided states? This paper addresses this question from a power-sharing angle. It provides an unprecedented longitudinal analysis of communal conflicts against the background of federalization in a least-likely case: Belgium (1979-2018), a consociational federation with a split party sys...
Intra- and interparty connections with peers are crucial for understanding politicians’ behaviour and electoral successes. Therefore, the aim of the current study is to investigate political candidates’ networks through a network analysis based on Twitter data. In particular, we will study the re-tweeting activities between political candidates dur...
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This PhD study aims to map the evolution of the ethno-territorial conflict in Belgian politics and to explain its prevalence. In particular, the goal is to assess the pacifying or escalating impact of the decentralization process. The focus is on conflicts in power-sharing cabinets at the federal level between 1979-2018. Two novel datasets (>1000 conflicts) allow me to empirically assess the frequency, intensity and outcomes of these (ethno-territorial) cabinet conflicts. The results add to literature on divided societies, consociationalism, federalism and party politics.
Intra- and interparty connections with peers are crucial for understanding politicians’ behaviour and electoral successes. Therefore, the aim of the current study is to investigate political candidates’ networks through a network analysis based on social media data. In particular, we will use community detection algorithms to study the Twitter activities of and between political candidates during the upcoming elections in Belgium. On 26 May 2019, regional, federal and European elections will be simultaneously held in Belgium, which offers a great opportunity to investigate networks of political candidates on different levels of government and examine to what extent candidates mainly form networks with candidates campaigning for the same level of government. Linking the network analysis results to district-level characteristics as well as individual characteristics such as political experience, incumbency past, party affiliation and gender, will allow us to explain differences in networks, as well as the relationship between social networks and intra and inter-party political competition and electoral success.
Experiments and niches are deemed essential to stimulate sustainability transitions. They are intended as spaces in which innovations can emerge and grow. However, experience has taught that experiments and niches often have difficulties in starting up and even more in scaling up. A diversity of inhibiting factors has been identified in research: legislation, financing, legitimacy, entrepreneurship, knowledge creation and diffusion, etcetera.
Experimental legislation and regulatory sandboxes are currently being method of kick-starting and testing innovations. This research project asks the question: "how can regulatory sandboxes play a role in the start, the reinforcement and scaling up of experiments and niches?" More in particular, the focus will be on experiments in the context of Vision 2050, the long-term vision of the Flemish Government. The research aims to go beyond a literature study and learn from experiences with regulatory sandboxes in Flanders.
The research project is part of the Policy Research Centre Governance Innovation.
