Work package 14 - Communication and Mobilisation

Description

This workpackage, the responsibility of UvA, utilises the 89-09 integrated voter data and the 99-09 media data. These data will be merged and analysed to address hypotheses regarding the mobilisation of voters in campaigns. Tasks: 1. Develop literature review, research question and research design; 2. Analyse available data employing advanced quantitative techniques and experimental techniques 3. Issue final report; 4. Produce research paper for submission; 5. Undertake training in key methodologies and complementary skills.

Details

Lead partner institution

University of Amsterdam

Start and end dates

1 October 2009 - 30 September 2012

Early Stage Researcher (ESR)

Pieterjan Desmet

I studied Political Sciences at the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL), with a particular interest for International Relations and European Cooperation. My master’s thesis was about environmental conflict management. I then obtained a rather historical master’s degree in European Studies at the KUL. Then I moved to Antwerp, where I studied Political Communication at the UA, and wrote a master’s thesis on Euroscepticism (`Euroscepticism: what`s in a frame?`). This particular line of interest led me to the vacancy at Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR). My specific approach to the study of European electoral democracy centers on the idea of satisfaction with democracy, and the variance among European countries concerning this specific measure. I intend to seek explanations for this variance, both at structural level (comparing the different nations) and at individual level. Apart from politics, my main interests are music, travelling and theater.

During my ELECDEM research contract I undertook periods of secondment at the University of Exeter (UK), Sabanci University (Istanbul Turkey) and the European Parliament (Brussels Belgium).

 Final Report - Work package 14 - Communication and Mobilisation