STEFAAN A. J. WALGRAVE CV JULY 2008

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1 STEFAAN A. J. WALGRAVE CV JULY Identification Name: Stefaan Aloïs Johan Walgrave Date of birth: 25/05/1966 (Wilrijk, Belgium) Diploma: Doctor in political and social sciences KULeuven 1995 supervisor: Prof. Dr. Karel Dobbelaere Current function: Professor political science at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) Head of the department of Political Science Address work: Research group M2P Department of Political Science University of Antwerp Sint-Jacobstraat 2 B-2000 Antwerp Belgium +32/10/ (home) +32/473/ (mobile) +32/3/ (work) Address home: Avenue des Combattants 11 B-1320 Beauvechain Belgium Stefaan.walgrave@ua.ac.be Personal: Married, three kids 2. Education Secondary Sint-Albertuscollege, school Haasrode University Catholic University of Leuven University Catholic University of Leuven Latin-Greek humaniora Sociology Sociology (Candidate in sociology) Great distinction Great distinction 1

2 University Catholic University of Leuven University Catholic University of Leuven Sociology Sociology (Master sociology) Great distinction Greatest distinction PhD Catholic University of Leuven Doctor in Political and Social Sciences 3. Professional career From January 2006 until present: professor political science at the University of Antwerp From January 1999 until 2005: associate professor political science at the University of Antwerp From January 1996 until December 1998: assistant professor political science at the University of Antwerp From January 1995 until December 1995: scientific counsellor at the Ministry of Home Affairs, section VSPP (crime prevention) From October 1992 until September 1994: assistant sociology at the Catholic University of Leuven From October 1988 until September 1992: research grantee FWO at the Catholic University of Leuven From September 1984 until September 1988: student sociology at the Catholic University of Leuven 4. Teaching at the University of Antwerp Introduction to political science (undergraduate level 400 students) Research seminar political science (undergraduate level -15 students) Media & Politics (graduate level -35 students) Seminar Media & Politics (graduate level 20 students) Sociology of Organisations ( ) Actual problems of Belgian politics ( ) Political decision-making analysis ( ) Civil Society & Politics ( ) 2

3 5. Publications (from 1998 onwards) Articles in peer reviewed journals 1. Walgrave, Stefaan and Joris Verhulst (2009 forthcoming). The First Time is the Hardest? A Cross-National and Cross-Issue Comparison of First-Time Protest participants. Political Behavior. 2. Walgrave, Stefaan and Michiel Nuytemans (2009 forthcoming). Party manifesto change: friction or smooth adaptation? A comparative analysis in 25 countries ( ). American Journal of Political Science. 3. Walgrave, Stefaan and Joris Verhulst. (2009 forthcoming). Government stance and internal diversity of protest. A Comparative Study of Protest against the War in Iraq in Eight Countries. Social Forces (September 2009). 4. Walgrave, Stefaan. (2009 forthcoming). Again the almighty mass media. A subjective assessment of the media s political agenda-setting power by politicians and journalists in Belgium. Political Communication. 5. Walgrave, Stefaan, Jonas Lefevere, and Michiel Nuytemans (2009 forthcoming). Issue ownership stability and change. How political parties claim and maintain issues through media appearances. Political Communication. 6. Walgrave, Stefaan and Frédéric Varone. (2008). Punctuated Equilibrium and agenda-setting: bringing parties back in. Policy change after the Dutroux crisis in Belgium. Governance: An International Journal of Policy and Administration 21 (3): Walgrave Stefaan, Stuart Soroka and Michiel Nuytemans (2008), The mass media's political agenda-setting power. A longitudinal analysis of media, parliament and government in Belgium ( ), Comparative Political Studies, 41(6) Walgrave, Stefaan, Peter Van Aelst and Michiel Nuytemans. (2008). Do the Vote Test : The Electoral Effects of a Popular Vote Advice Application at the 2004 Belgian Elections. Acta Politica 43 (1): Walgrave, Stefaan and Knut Deswert (2007) "Where does issue ownership come from? From the party or from the media? Issue-party identifications in Belgium ( )", Harvard International Journal of Press and Politics. 12(1) Jagers, Jagers and Stefaan Walgrave (2007) "Populism as a political communication style. An empirical study of political parties' discourse in Belgium." European Journal of Political Research., 46(3): Walgrave, Stefaan and Joris Verhulst (2006) "Towards 'new emotional movements'? A comparative exploration into a specific movement type." Social Movement Studies 5(3): Walgrave, Stefaan, Patrick Dumont and Frédéric Varone (2006) "Policy with or without parties? A comparative analysis of policy priorities and policy 3

4 change in Belgium ( )." Journal of European Public Policy, 13, Walgrave, Stefaan and Peter Van Aelst (2006) "The Contingency of the Mass Media's Political Agenda Setting Power. Towards A Preliminary Theory." Journal of Communication, 56, De Swert, Knut, Stefaan Walgrave, Tom Caals and Mik Suetens (2006) "Ministeriële kabinetten en particratie. Carrièrepatronen van Belgische kabinetsmedewerkers ( )." Burger, Bestuur en Beleid, 3 (2). 15. Norris, Pippa, Stefaan Walgrave and Peter Van Aelst (2005) "Who demonstrates? Anti-state rebels or conventional participants? Or everyone?" Comparative Politics, 2, Verhulst, Joris and Stefaan Walgrave (2005) "Gezien worden of gezien zijn. Over oude en nieuwe sociale bewegingen in de Vlaamse pers." Mens en Maatschappij, 80, Bédoyan, Isabelle, Peter Van Aelst and Stefaan Walgrave (2004) "Limitations and Possibilities of Transnational Mobilization: The Case of EU Summit Protesters in Brussels 2001." Mobilization, 9, Walgrave, Stefaan and Knut Deswert (2004) "The making of the (issues of the) Vlaams Blok. The media and the success of the Belgian extreme-right party." Political Communication, 21, Walgrave, Stefaan and Joris Verhulst (2004) "Emoties en slachtofferschap als drijvende kracht voor sociale bewegingen en mobilisaties. Een vergelijkend onderzoek." Belgisch Tijdschrift voor de Nieuwste Geschiedenis, 34, Van Aelst, Peter and Stefaan Walgrave (2003), New media, new movements? Information Communication and Society, 6, De Swert, Knut and Stefaan Walgrave (2002) "De kanseliersbonus in de Vlaamse pers. Een onderzoek naar regering en oppositie in drie Vlaamse kranten ( )." Tijdschrift voor Sociologie, 23, Suetens, Mik and Stefaan Walgrave (2001) "Belgian Politics Without Ministerial Cabinets? On the possibilities and limitations of a new political culture." Acta Politica, 36, Van Aelst, Peter and Stefaan Walgrave (2001) "Nieuwe spelers op het middenveld. Over sociale bewegingen in de 21e eeuw." Bestuurskunde, 10, Van Aelst, Peter and Stefaan Walgrave (2001) "Who is that (wo)man in the street? From the normalisation of protest to the normalisation of the protester." European Journal of Political Research, 39, Walgrave, Stefaan and Jan Manssens (2000) "The Making of the White March: the Mass Media as a Mobilizing Alternative to Movement Organizations." Mobilization, 5,

5 26. Suetens, Mik and Stefaan Walgrave (1999) "Leven en werk van de kabinetsleden. Wie zijn de mannen achter de minister en wat doen ze?" Res Publica, 41, Van Aelst, Peter, Stefaan Walgrave, and Kristof Decoster (1999) "Politiek wantrouwen en protest." Tijdschrift voor Sociologie, 20, Van Aelst, Peter and Stefaan Walgrave (1999) "De stille revolutie op straat, Betogen in België in de jaren '90." Res Publica, 41, Rihoux, Benoît and Stefaan Walgrave (1998) "Disparitions d'enfants et Justice: émergence de nouveaux acteurs." Courier Hebdomadaire du CRISP, , 72 pag. 30. Van Aelst, Peter and Stefaan Walgrave (1998) "Voorbij de verzuiling? Kontich twaalf jaar later: een replicatie-onderzoek naar organisatienetwerken en politieke partijen." Tijdschrift voor Sociologie, 19, Walgrave, Stefaan and Jan Manssens (1998) "De Witte Mars als product van de media: De pers als mobilisatiealternatief voor bewegingsorganisaties." Sociologische Gids, 45, Walgrave, Stefaan and Patrick Stouthuysen (1998) "Van tranen naar gebalde vuisten. Over de politisering van privé-verdriet: de zaak-dutroux." Tijdschrift voor Sociologie, 19, Walgrave, Stefaan and Benoît Rihoux (1998) "De Belgische witte golf: Voorbij de sociologische bewegingstheorie?" Sociologische Gids, 45, Articles in (scientific) journals without referee-system 1. Walgrave, Stefaan, Jeroen Van Laer, and Joris Verhulst. (2008). Vlaamse en Belgische betogers onder de loep. Samenleving & Politiek 15 (2): Van Aelst, Peter, Michiel Nuytemans, Jonas Lefevere and Stefaan Walgrave. (2007). "Lijst Dedecker: een gat in de politieke markt?" Samenleving & Politiek 14 (6): Walgrave, Stefaan and Michiel Nuytemans (2006) Wetgeving in België: wereldvreemd en/of rigide? De Belgische wetgevingsagenda in vergelijkend perspectief ( ) Tijdschrift voor wetgeving, Pp Walgrave, Stefaan and Peter Van Aelst (2005) "Much ado about almost nothing. Over de electorale effecten van Doe de Stemtest 2004." Samenleving en Politiek, 12, Van Aelst, Peter, and Stefaan Walgrave (2004) "De twee verkiezingscampagnes van 2004." Samenleving & Politiek, 11, Walgrave, Stefaan, Tom Caals, Mik Suetens and Knut De Swert (2004) "Ministerial cabinets and partitocracy. A career pattern study of ministerial cabinet members in Belgium." PSW-paper (University of Antwerp). 7. Jagers, Jan and Stefaan Walgrave (2003) "'Politiek gaat over de mensen'. Populistische retoriek bij de Vlaamse politieke partijen." Samenleving & Politiek, 10,

6 8. Bédoyan, Isabelle, Peter Van Aelst and Stefaan Walgrave (2002) "De Permanente Schoolstrijd, Tijdschrift voor Onderwijsrecht en Onderwijsbeleid Walgrave, Stefaan and Knut De Swert (2002) "Does news content matter? The contribution of the News media in the Making of the Issues of the Vlaams Blok." Ethical perspectives, 9, Walgrave, Stefaan and Knut De Swert (2002) "Doet het er toe welk nieuws er gebracht wordt?. De invloed van de nieuwsmedia op de agenda-setting ten gunste van het Vlaams Blok." Ethische Perspectieven, 12, Walgrave, Stefaan (2001) "Terug naar de normaliteit. Nationale trends bij de verkiezingen van 8 oktober 2000." Oikos, 5, Suetens, Mik and Stefaan Walgrave (2001) "Copernicus en de afschaffing van de kabinetten: de weg naar een beter bestuur?" Streven, 66, Walgrave, Stefaan (2000) "De zaak-dutroux en de witte beweging." Tijdschrift voor de sociale sector, 4, Van Aelst, Peter and Stefaan Walgrave (1999) "De kracht van de massa. Over de symbolische strijd rond betogersaantallen." Samenleving en Politiek, 6, Walgrave, Stefaan (1998) "De 'nieuwe emotionele bewegingen' en de arbeidersbeweging." De Gids op Maatschappelijk Gebied, 89, Walgrave, Stefaan and Peter Van Aelst (1998) "Van witte beweging naar slachtofferbeweging." Samenleving & Politiek, 5, Walgrave, Stefaan and Benoît Rihoux (1998) "De witte burgers over justitie en de zaak-dutroux." De orde van de dag. Criminaliteit en samenleving, 1, Manssens, Jan and Stefaan Walgrave (1998) "Populair en/of kwaliteit? De Vlaamse pers over de zaak-dutroux." PSW-papers, 2, Chapters in edited books 1. Walgrave, Stefaan, Dieter Rucht and Peter Van Aelst (2009 forthcoming) "Socio-demographics: typical New Social Movement activists, Old Leftists or normalized protesters?" In Protest Politics. Antiwar mobilization in advanced industrial democracies. (Walgrave, S. and Rucht, D.). 2. Walgrave, Stefaan and Bert Klandermans (2009 forthcoming) "Patterns of mobilization." In Protest Politics. Antiwar mobilization in advanced industrial democracies (Walgrave, S. and Rucht, D.). 3. Walgrave, Stefaan and Dieter Rucht (2009 forthcoming) "Introduction." In Protest Politics. Antiwar mobilization in advanced industrial democracies (Walgrave, S. and Rucht, D.). 4. Walgrave, Stefaan and Dieter Rucht (2009 forthcoming) "Conclusion In Protest Politics. Antiwar mobilization in advanced industrial democracies (Walgrave, S. and Rucht, D.). 6

7 5. Walgrave, Stefaan, and Verhulst, Joris (2009 forthcoming) The Issue-specific Context of the February 15 demonstrations: Politics, Public Opinion and Media on the war on Iraq" In Protest Politics. Antiwar mobilization in advanced industrial democracies (Walgrave, S. and Rucht, D.). 6. Walgrave, Stefaan, Peter Van Aelst and Michiel Nuytemans (2008). Vote Advice Applications as new Campaign Players? The Electoral Effects of the "Do the Vote test" during the 2004 Regional Elections in Belgium. In Non Party Actors in Electoral Politics. The Role of Interest Groups and Independent Citizens in Contemporary Election Campaigns, edited by D. Farrell and R. Schmitt-Beck. Baden-Baden: Nomos. 7. Walgrave, Stefaan, and Knut De Swert (2007). TV-nieuws als rollercoaster. Over thematische diversiteit, mediahypes en weggedrukte nieuwsthema's. In De kwaliteit van het nieuws. Kwaliteitsindicatoren voor televisienieuws, edited by M. Hooghe, K. De Swert and S. Walgrave. Leuven: Acco. 8. Walgrave, Stefaan, Knut De Swert and Volkan Uce (2007). Betekent kwaliteit van het TV-nieuws ook veel kijkers? Of is het omgekeerd? In De kwaliteit van het nieuws. Kwaliteitsindicatoren van televisienieuws, edited by M. Hooghe, K. De Swert and S. Walgrave. Leuven: Acco. 9. Walgrave, Stefaan, and Volkan Uce (2007). Nieuws over criminaliteit op het TV-nieuws: ruim overdreven? In De kwaliteit van het nieuws. Kwaliteitsindicatoren voor televisienieuws, edited by M. Hooghe, K. De Swert and S. Walgrave. Leuven: Acco. 10. Verhulst, Joris and Stefaan Walgrave (2007). Protest and protesters in advanced industrial democracies. The case of the 15 February global anti-war demonstrations. In Civil societies and social movements, potentials and problems, Derrick Purdue (ed.), London: Routlegde, Walgrave, Stefaan (2006) "Het transnationale verzet tegen de oorlog in Irak. Een analyse in acht landen aan de hand van protestsurveys." In Op zoek naar Politiek. De vervagende grenzen van de democratie (Hooghe, M.) Acco, Leuven, Norris, Pippa, Stefaan Walgrave and Peter Van Aelst (2006) "Does protest signify dissatisfaction? Demonstrators in a postindustrial democracy." In Political Dissatisfaction in Contemporary Democracies. Social capital, Institutions and Politics (Torcal, M. and Montero, J. R.) Routledge, London and New York, pp Walgrave, Stefaan and Jan Manssens (2005) "Mobilizing the White March: Media Frames as Alternatives to Movement Organizations." In Frames of Protest. Social Movements and the Framing Perspective (Johnston, H. and Noakes, J. H.) Rowmann & Littlefield, Lanham (Maryland), pp Hooghe, Marc, Knut De Swert and Stefaan Walgrave (2005) "Het leven zoals het is? Televisienieuws en onze kijk op de werkelijkheid." In Nieuws of televisie. Televisiejournaals als venster op de wereld (Hooghe, M., De Swert, K. and Walgrave, S.) Acco, Leuven, pp Walgrave, Stefaan and Michiel Nuytemans (2005) "De rol van de media in de politieke-agendasetting." In Politieke-agendasetting in België ( ). De 7

8 moeilijke dialoog tussen publieke opinie, media en het politieke systeem (Walgrave, S., De Winter, L. and Nuytemans, M.) Academia Press, Gent, pp Walgrave, Stefaan and Knut De Swert (2005) "De 'kanseliersbonus' revisited. Over de dominante aanwezigheid van de regering en de premier in het TVnieuws." In Nieuws op Televisie. Televisiejournaals als venster op de wereld (Hooghe, M., De Swert, K. and Walgrave, S.) Acco, Leuven, pp Walgrave, Stefaan, Lieven De Winter and Michiel Nuytemans (2005) "Inleiding." In Politieke-agendasetting in België ( ). De moeilijke dialoog tussen publieke opinie, media en het politieke systeem (Walgrave, S., De Winter, L. and Nuytemans, M.) Academia Press, Gent, pp Walgrave, Stefaan and Peter Van Aelst (2004) "Nous disons ce que vous pensez." In La faillite de l'intégration. Le débat multiculturel en Flandre (Van den Broeck, B. and Foblets, M.-C.) Academia-Bruylant, Louvain-la-Neuve. 19. Van Aelst, Peter and Stefaan Walgrave (2004) "New Media, new movements? The role of the internet in shaping the 'antiglobalization' movement." In Cyberprotest (Van de Donk, W., Loader, B. D., Nixon, P. G. and Rucht, D.) Routledge, London. 20. Walgrave, Stefaan (2002) "Agalev op de breuklijnen." In Stemtest Wegwijs in de politieke partijen van België tot nu Averbode, pp Walgrave, Stefaan (2002) "De groene groei. Van Anders Gaan Leven tot Anders Gaan Regeren." In Stemtest Wegwijs in de politieke partijen van België tot nu Averbode, pp Decoster, Kristof, Peter Van Aelst and Stefaan Walgrave (2002) "De betogende Belg, Het profiel van de Belgische betoger en de normalisering van protest." In De kiezer heeft zijn redenen. 13 juni 1999 en de politieke opvattingen van de Vlamingen (Swyngedouw, M. and Billiet, J.) Acco, Leuven, pp Walgrave, Stefaan and Peter Van Aelst (2002) "Wij zeggen wat u denkt. Over de politieke communicatie van het Vlaams Blok." In Het failliet van de integratie? Het multiculturalismedebat in Vlaanderen.Van den Broeck, B. and Foblets, M.-C.) Acco, Leuven, pp Van Aelst, Peter, Stefaan Walgrave and Kristof Decoster (2000) "Politiek wantrouwen en protest." In Sociaal kapitaal en democratie (Hooghe, M.) Acco, Leuven, pp Walgrave, Stefaan and Benoît Rihoux. (2000) "Une nouvelle militance 'émotionnelle'? Une analyse empirique des militants du mouvement blanc." In Militantisme et militants (Gotovitch, J. and Morelli, A.) EVO, Brussels, pp Walgrave, Stefaan (2000) "De paradox van de witte beweging in België." In Emancipatie en subcultuur. Sociale bewegingen in België en Nederland (Sunier, S., Duyvendak, J.-W., Saharso, S. and Steijlen, F.) Instituut voor Publiek en Politiek, Amsterdam, pp Walgrave, Stefaan (1998) "Agalev en de Vlaamse Beweging." In Nieuwe Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging (de Schryver, R., Durnez, G., Gevers, 8

9 L., van Hees, P., de Metsenaere, M. and de Wever, B.) Lannoo, Tielt, pp Edited books 1. Walgrave, Stefaan and Dieter Rucht, (Eds.) (2009 forthcoming) Protest Politics. Antiwar mobilization in advanced industrial democracies, Minneapolis: Minnesota University Press. 2. Hooghe, Marc, Knut De Swert, and Stefaan Walgrave (Eds.) (2007). De kwaliteit van het nieuws. Kwaliteitsindicatoren voor televisienieuws. Leuven: Acco. 3. Hooghe, Marc, Knut De Swert and Stefaan Walgrave (Eds.) (2005) Nieuws op televisie. Televisiejournaals als venster op de wereld, Leuven: Acco. 4. Walgrave, Stefaan, Lieven De Winter and Michiel Nuytemans (Eds.) (2005) Politieke agenda-setting in België ( ). De moeilijke dialoog tussen publieke opinie, media en het politieke systeem, Gent: Academia Press. 5. Baetens, Marleen, Isabelle Bedoyan, Peter Bursens, Hilde van den Bulck, Stefaan Walgrave Peter Van Aelst (2004) 'Who elected WTO' De politieke legitimiteit van internationale organisaties (EU en WHO), Gent: Academia Press. 9

10 6. Research projects (from 1998 onwards) a. Externally funded research projects 1. Civil society and politics BOF-project UA ( ). 2. Street demonstrations in the 90s - FWO-project ( ). 3. Trade unions and unemployment - IUAP-project ( ). 4. Belgian and Flemish ministerial cabinets - FWO-project ( ). 5. Social capital in an international perspective - FWO-grantee ( ). 6. Agenda-setting in Belgium DWTC-project ( ). 7. The political communication of the Belgian political parties King Boudewijn Foundation ( ). 8. The political communication of the Belgian political parties FWO-grantee ( ) 9. New emotional movements FWO-project ( ). 10. The legitimacy of international organizations DWTC-project ( ). 11. Towards an Electronic News Archive FWO-project (Max Wildiers Foundation)( ). 12. The Flemish media and the 2003 general elections UIA-research council ( ). 13. Electronic News Archive ministry of media ( ). 14. Agenda-setting and case studies - BOF-project UA ( ). 15. Protest surveying FWO-project ( ). 16. ICT and political Mobilization DWTC-project ( ) 17. Changing Patterns of Participation and Representation IUAP-project ( ) 18. Political agenda-setting in times of change ESF (FWO) Parties and political agenda-setting in Belgium TOP-project b. Research group Media, Movements and Politics (M2P)(July 2008) Coordinator: Stefaan Walgrave Teaching assistant: Researchers: Postdocs: Knut De Swert Joris Verhulst Volkan Uce Jeroen Van Laer Jonas Lefevere Ruud Wouters Brandon Zicha Jeroen Joly Peter Van Aelst Tobias Van Assche 10

11 7. Conference presentations with selection procedure (from 2002 onwards) 2002, November 6, Utrecht (Netherlands), Etmaal van de Communicatie, paper: Gezien worden of gezien zijn. Sociale bewegingen en de media. 2002, November 22, Brussels, ODIS conference, paper: Alweer nieuwe sociale bewegingen? Nieuwe emotionele bewegingen in België en elders. 2002, April 1, Torino (Italy), ECPR Joint Workshop Sessions, paper: The making of the Vlaams Blok by the media. 2002, September 2, Boston (US), APSA national convention, paper: The making of the issues of the Vlaams Blok 2003, March 28-April 2, Edinburgh (Scotland), ECPR Joint Workshop Sessions, paper: Open and closed mobilization contexts and the normalization of the protester. 2003, April 2-6, Chicago (US), MPSA convention, paper: Who demonstrates?. 2003, May 24-26, San Diego (US), ICA convention, paper: Populism in the communication of the Belgian political parties. 2003, September 23-26, Marburg (Germany), ECPR General Conference, paper: Transnational movements. 2004, April 13-18, Uppsala (Sweden), ECPR Joint Workshop Sessions, paper: Mass media and political agenda-setting in Belgium. 2004, May 27-31, New Orleans (US), ICA convention, paper: Mass media and political agenda-setting in Belgium. 2004, September 1, Chicago (US), APSA Preconference, paper: The contingency of the media s political agenda-setting power. 2004, September 2-4, Chicago (US), APSA national convention, paper: Internal diversity of Protest. 2005, July 1-3, Aarhus (Denmark), Policy Agendas Conference, paper: Policy change and political parties in Belgium. 2005, August 31, Washington (US), APSA Preconference, paper: Media coverage and war in eight countries. 2005, August 31-September 4, Washington (US), APSA national convention, paper: Policy Change and political parties in Belgium 2005, September 8-11, Budapest (Hungary), ECPR General Conference, paper: Lonely in the masses. 2005, November 18, Brussels, Interuniversitair Instituut voor Wetgeving, paper: Wetgeving in België: rigide en wereldvreemd?. 2006, April 25-30, Nicosia (Cyprus), ECPR Joint Workshop Sessions, paper: Party programme change: friction or smooth adaptation. 2006, August 31-September 3, Philadelphia (US), APSA national convention, paper: The first time is the hardest? A cross-national and cross-issue comparison of first-time protest participants. 2006, October, Antwerpen, Etmaal van de Communicatie, paper: The agendasetting power of the mass media, a subjective perspective. 2007, May 31-June 1, Antwerpen, Politicologenetmaal, paper: The power of the polls. 2007, May 7-12, Helsinki (Finland), ECPR Joint Workshop Sessions, paper: Mass media s impact on party manifestoes. 11

12 2007, August 30-September 2, APSA national convention, paper: How parties socialize their voters. 2007, December 14, Brussels, International Conference on Experimental Methods, paper: Issue ownership dynamics. 2008, May 16, Antwerp, Voting Advice Aids between charlatanism and political science, paper: The importance of statement selection and benchmarking. 2008, May 22-25, Montreal (Canada), ICA convention, paper: Issue ownership dynamics. 2008, June 19-21, Barcelona (Spain), Policy Agendas Conference, paper: Where do punctuations come from? From friction or mimicry?. 2008, August 27-31, Boston (US), APSA national convention, paper: Where do punctuations come from? From friction or mimicry?. 12

13 8. Invited talks (from 2007 onwards) 2007, March 23, Brussels, Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis. 2007, May 3, Aarhus (Denmark), Aarhus Universitet. 2007, June 13, Brussels, Caritas vzw. 2007, June 16, Blankenberge, SP.A. 2007, September 27, Geneva (Switzerland), Université de Genève. 2007, October 19, Antwerp, Belgian Statistical Society. 2007, October 25, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Free University. 2007, November 29, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Netherlands School of Communication Research (Nescor). 2007, December 19, Cologne (Germany), Universität zu Köln. 2008, March 7, Aberdeen (Scotland), Aberdeen University. 9. Other professional activities (selection) Head of the department of Political Science of the University of Antwerp ( ). Member of the executive board of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Antwerp ( ). Member of the executive committee of the Politologisch Instituut, the Belgian association of political science ( ). Former editor of Res Publica, the peer reviewed Belgian journal of political science ( ). Recipient of the Domestic Francqui chair at the UCL (2005). Nominated (second place) for Best Published Article in Political Communication Award in 2007 by the Political Communication section of ICA/APSA. Nominated for best presented paper in Political Communication at the ICA conference in May 2008 in Montreal by the Political Communication section of ICA/APSA. Member American Political Science Association. Member International Communication Association. Member Editorial board of Social Movement Studies. Referee for academic journals in the UK, US and Europe, including Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research, Mobilization, International Studies Quarterly, Comparative Politics, Communications, Research in Social Movements, Political Communication, British Journal of Political Science, Harvard International Journal for Press and Politics, West European Politics, Res Publica, Acta Politica. 13