Iskander De Bruycker

Associate Professor at Maastricht University | Leading the NWO-funded VIDI project ACCESS4ALL | Researcher exploring the world of EU lobbying

[Iskander De Bruycker @IskanderDB]

✨New study from the #ACCESS4ALL project!I found that lobby teams with a balanced gender composition & shared national backgrounds with MEPs secure more access to the European Parliament🇪🇺But biases remain,especially against lobbyists from newer EU states👇https://t.co/nxtF8eomd3

[Anne Rasmussen - @annerasmussen.bsky.social @a_rasmussen]

@GregoryEady & I are delighted our paper "Gendered Perceptions and the Costs of Political Toxicity: Experimental Evidence from Politicians and Citizens in Four Democracies" is now online @APSRjournal (Open access)

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[Iskander De Bruycker @IskanderDB]

@wmjunk @WEPsocial @a_rasmussen Such nice news. Congrats! 🎉

[Marietje Schaake @MarietjeSchaake]

The Tech Coup continues: Mark Zuckerberg seeks ‘active role’ in Trump tech policy | Trump administration | ↘️ https://t.co/ncvJZry2h9

[Iskander De Bruycker @IskanderDB]

Following up with congratulations to the proud supervisors @SLdeLange , @VanHeckeSteven , and Bart Maddens—An inspiring moment to celebrate! 🙌

[Iskander De Bruycker @IskanderDB]

Congratulations to @BrittVandeWalle on an excellent PhD defense! 🎉 Looking forward to collaborating with you on the #ACCESS4ALL project at @FasosMaastricht —exciting times ahead!

[Iskander De Bruycker @IskanderDB]

In case you missed it: Microsoft and Google’s rivalry takes center stage in Brussels as business lobby groups clash over cloud market influence. A revealing look at how business interests divide and contend in the EU public affairs space 👇https://t.co/m9q1viqtmb

[Political Studies @PolStudies]

How does populism drive participation patterns beyond turnout and vote choice? @Robert_A_Huber & @SMVanHauwaert take a theory- and data-driven approach to examine this topic: https://t.co/aocWbKkW1C
(OPEN ACCESS)

@SAGECQPolitics @PolStudiesAssoc @uniyorkpolitics #polsci

[European Political Science Review @EPSRjournal]

🟣 Volume 16.4

Information, politicization, & reputation

Analyzing a novel dataset 📊 on the engagement of 158 interest groups, @frederiksteven1 & @evelien_willems examine interest groups’ influence on the European Commission’s policy agenda

#OA 🔓 https://t.co/POotWSO0ZP

[EJPR journal @EJPRjournal]

🆕 A shadow on democracy?
@FenzlMichele suggests that the shadow economy hurts democratic responsiveness because it reduces government revenues 📉 and decreases the reliability of economic statistics 💰.
👉 https://t.co/uEqNXq5tNy #OA

[KCL Department of Political Economy @Kingspol_econ]

🆕 Politicians’ beliefs about voting behaviour “differ dramatically” from those held by the citizens they represent, according to a new study.

The study, published in @apsrjournal, was co-authored by our academic @a_rasmussen

Read more 👇
https://t.co/QJMDAOVhJo

[Yf Reykers @YfReykers]

🆕publication @jepp_journal:

‘Evaluating crisis response speed of international organisations: why it matters and how to achieve it’

🔍I introduce a model for measuring and comparing the crisis response speed of international organisations.

https://t.co/HreIuAOrX6

#OpenAccess

[Political Studies @PolStudies]

How does populism drive participation patterns beyond turnout and vote choice? @Robert_A_Huber & @SMVanHauwaert take a theory- and data-driven approach to examine this topic: https://t.co/aocWbKltRa
(OPEN ACCESS)

@SAGECQPolitics @PolStudiesAssoc @uniyorkpolitics #polsci

[Political Studies @PolStudies]

To praise or to pressure? Iskander De Bruycker (@IskanderDB) examines the patterns of social media advocacy during #Covid19 across 9 countries. Read in @PolStudies: https://t.co/elWMlrCPjD (OPEN ACCESS)

@PolStudiesAssoc @SAGECQPolitics @uniyorkpolitics

[Matthijs Rooduijn @mrooduijn]

Are you interested in the field of political psychology? And are you interested in doing a PhD at the @VUamsterdam? Check out this great project on personality traits and political ambition by Marc van de Wardt. Supervision by Marc, Loes Aaldering, and me.
https://t.co/RNgGxgemvz

[Political Studies @PolStudies]

To praise or to pressure? Iskander De Bruycker (@IskanderDB) examines the patterns of social media advocacy during #Covid19 across 9 countries. Read in @PolStudies: https://t.co/elWMlrCPjD (OPEN ACCESS)

@PolStudiesAssoc @SAGECQPolitics @uniyorkspolitics

[Wiebke Marie Junk @wmjunk]

The Resilient Civil Society (ReCiv) project is hiring!
* 1-year Postdoc position (extension might be possible)
* Application deadline: 4th November
* Come work with the great @michelecrepaz and myself

Pls spread the word / get in touch with any questions
https://t.co/wyuUgc33hI

[Iskander De Bruycker @IskanderDB]

🌈 The study highlights the crucial role of diversity in lobbying teams and calls for more research on sociodemographic biases and similarity attraction in lobbying and #EU #publicaffairs.✨A whole new research agenda awaits the #ACCESS4ALL team and scholars to explore!➡️

[Iskander De Bruycker @IskanderDB]

✨New study from the #ACCESS4ALL project!I found that lobby teams with a balanced gender composition & shared national backgrounds with MEPs secure more access to the European Parliament🇪🇺But biases remain,especially against lobbyists from newer EU states👇https://t.co/nxtF8eomd3

[Iskander De Bruycker @IskanderDB]

💡Interestingly, our analyses suggest #similarity #attraction: MEPs are more likely to grant access to organizations with at least one lobbyist of the same gender or similar member state background 🔗Yet, this advantage decreases as more lobbyists share the MEP’s background👥