📣 New publication 📣 We're proud that @sldelange.bsky.social, @tomlouwerse.nl Paul 't Hart & Carolien Van Ham, editors of the Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics chose PLC to discuss & advertise their work 😊 📄 Curious ? Have a read, it's short, impactful & #openaccess: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

Very happy to announce that @plc-journal.bsky.social has published an abbreviated version of our introduction to the OUP Handbook of Dutch Politics. It is a concise analysis of how Dutch politics has (not) changed since the heydays of consociationalism plc-journal.eu/article/view...

📢 New #openaccess publication 📢 📝 Insiders, Outsiders, and Ideology: Explaining Variation in Ministerial Adviser Recruitment Patterns in Flanders (1999–2020) 👥 By Tom Bellens & Marleen Brans (KU Leuven Public Governance Institute @io-pgi-kuleuven.bsky.social) 🔗 plc-journal.eu/article/view... 🧵

📢 New Publication Alert 📢 We’re proud to share a new article published in #openaccess🎉 📝 Belgium’s multilateral policymaking in the age of global uncertainty: the strive for coherence and consistency through network governance 👤 By Edouard Xia (UCLouvain) 🔗 plc-journal.eu/article/view... 🧵

📂PLC is revisiting key articles from its archives. Today we spotlight "Homo, Hunter-gatherer, Habermas" 🔗Available in #OpenAccess in PLC (Vol. 5 No. 2) at: PhD Summary by Ramon van der Does: plc-journal.eu/article/view... PhD Review by Florian van Leeuwen: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

📂PLC is revisiting key articles from its archives. Today we spotlight this PhD summary by Julien Vrydagh @unistuttgart.bsky.social "Unravelling a Mystery" 🔓Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 2) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view... #OpenPublishing #PoliticalScience

📝PLC is proud to reintroduce this PhD summary and its review "Political Legitimacy and Under-representation" 🔓Available in #OpenAccess in PLC (Vol. 5 No. 2) Summary by David Talukder @sciencepoulb.bsky.social at: plc-journal.eu/article/view... Review by Roberto Foa at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

📝PLC is pleased to reintroduce this PhD summary and its review "Searching for a Democratic Equalizer" 🔗Available in #OpenAccess in PLC (Vol. 5 No. 2) Summary by Joke Matthieu available at: plc-journal.eu/article/view... Review by Silvia Erzeel available at : plc-journal.eu/article/view...

📣Delving into our archives PLC is pleased to highlight this state of the profession by Ramon van der Does "Doing Political Science on the Eve of Destruction" 🔓Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 2) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view... #OpenPublishing #PoliticalScience

📣Today PLC is proud to reintroduce this state of the profession by Dounia Bourabain "The University in Crisis: Why (Neoliberal) Diversity Is Not the Answer" 🔗Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 2) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view.... #OpenPublishing #PoliticalScience

📁PLC is revisiting key articles from its archives. Today we spolight the article by Nina Barzachka. "Using Process-Tracing to Evaluate Competing Accounts of Proportional Representation in Belgium" 🔗Available in #OpenAccess in PLC at: plc-journal.eu/article/view... #OpenPublishing #PoliticalScience

📂Delving into our archives, PLC is proud to highlight the article "Assessing Basic Income Feasibility Political Parties’ Positions on the French-Speaking Belgian Scene" By Floriane Geels 🔗Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 3) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

📣PLC is pleased to reintroduce this state of the profession by @rebeccagebauer.bsky.social, Min Reuchamps, @luanarusso.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social "Insight into Gender Authorship in Politics in the Low Countries"! 🔗Available in #OpenAccess in PLC at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

☀️ Summer is the perfect time to reflect and plan ahead! Thinking about your next publication project? Consider hosting a special issue with Politics of the Low Countries ! 📢 We're now accepting proposals, deadline to submit : 8 September Find your co-guest editor, and let's go 😊

For all the people who didn't have time to read my dissertation back-to-back: (I'm guessing that's everyone 😄) The journal PLC published a 1000-word summary I wrote of my dissertation, with a review from my favourite author of my PhD: Dr. LaFleur Stephens-Dougan from Pinceton University. Enjoy!

How do voters react to diversity in politics? How do voters feel about to women, ethnic minority, and Muslim politicians, and how do these groups respond to in-group politicians? 💎 New double publication in #openaccess 💎 👉By @sbvanoosten.bsky.social and LaFleur Stephens-Dougan #OpenPublishing 🧵

📢 Call for Special Issue Proposals 📢 PLC invites proposals for a special issue, focusing on a key political science theme relevant to the Low Countries, ideally connecting local developments to broader international or comparative debates. #OpenPublishing #Openaccess #DiamondOpenAccess 🧵

🔍Check out this article by @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social @uantwerpen.be "Ambitious Women: Hidden within the Party?". 🔓Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 3) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view... #OpenPublishing #PoliticalScience

📝Take a look at this article by Niels Spierings @nellageurts.bsky.social‬ @radboudpol.bsky.social "Understanding the Religiosity-Political Participation Linkage among Muslim Women". 🔓Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 3) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

🔍Have a look at this editorial on "Women and Politics" by @luanarusso.bsky.social (@maastrichtu.bsky.social) and Min Reuchamps! 🔗Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 3) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view... #OpenPublishing #PoliticalScience

📝Check out this article by @elisestorme.bsky.social @gasparugent.bsky.social "Hard Worker versus Pretty Eyes" 🔗Available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 5 No. 3) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view... #OpenPublishing #PoliticalScience

📢 New publication 📢 We’re proud to continue our “State of the Profession” section, now in collaboration with our new publisher, #RadboudUniversityPress! 👉 Read our newest piece: lnkd.in/evhi2HZU #DiamondOpenAccess #OpenPublishing #AcademicPublishing #PoliticalScience @openjournalsnl.bsky.social

📢 Have you recently defended your PhD in political science in The Netherlands, Belgium or Luxembourg? PLC is looking for PhD Summaries and Reviews! #PhDOpportunity #PhDGraduates #PoliticalScience #AcademicPublishing #PhDResearch #EarlyCareerResearchers 🧵

Very insightful workshop in Amsterdam, where @audreyvdleene.bsky.social shared best practices with fellow journal editors using #OpenJournalSystems via Open Journals and learned about future possibilities. Thanks @openjournalsnl.bsky.social for a great users' day ! #OpenScience #OpenPublishing

Interested in #Communication and #EnvironmentalPolitics? Check out our special issue on "Communication and Environmental Politics in the Low Countries" now available in #OpenAccess in PLC down below Editorial by Anais Auge Ramon van der Does plc-journal.eu/article/view... 🧵

Take a look at this literature review by Kevin Meyvaert @dfuturevub.bsky.social "A Lower Voting Age in the Low Countries? Potential Effects of Voting Age at 16 for the Low Countries". Now available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 6 No. 2) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

Check out this article by Nick Martin @sciencepoulb.bsky.social "From Divergence to Convergence" Now available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 6 No. 2) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

Take a look at this article by Raf Reuse and Tom Verhelst @gasparugent.bsky.social "Instrument of Institutional Empowerment? An Explorative Study of the Local Council Chair in Flanders". Now available in #OpenAccess in Politics of the Low Countries (Vol. 6 No. 2) at: plc-journal.eu/article/view...

🎉 We are very pleased to announce the publication of the very first paper of PLC with Radboud University Press, in #openaccess 👉 plc-journal.eu/article/view... 💡Jan Philipp Thomeczek @drphilphil.bsky.social (@unipotsdam.bsky.social) publishes a research note titled "Where does Volt stand?" 1/3 🧵

Check out this article by Diedrik Statig (@vuamsterdam.bsky.social) " Ruling the Dutch Tax Haven: How the United States Drove the Rise and Fall of the Ruling Practice of the Netherlands". Now available in Politics of the Low Countries in #OpenAccess at plc-journal.eu/article/view...

💡 LAUNCH EVENT June 13 @ Groningen 💬 Roundtable discussion on the importance of open publishing in academia With @bnbakker.bsky.social Mirjam Ernestus @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social @jeroenson.bsky.social @audreyvdleene.bsky.social #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #PLCLaunch #RadboudUniversityPress

Interested in #AffectivePolarization? Check out our special issue on "Affective polarisation in the Low Countries" now available in #OpenAccess down below ⬇️ Editorial by @luanarusso.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social at plc-journal.eu/article/view... 🧵

Yesterday, almost all our Associate Editors gathered for a productive Board meeting of Politics of the Low Countries. We discussed ongoing papers, our new publisher Radboud University Press, and the much-anticipated launch event at Politicologenetmaal 2025 in Groningen (Stay tuned!)

PLC had a productive Board meeting where we tackled key topics like ongoing papers, organizational changes with our new publisher Radboud University Press and our launch event at Politicologenetmaal 2025 in Groningen (stay tuned!). A huge thank you to our editors for their dedication and enthusiasm!

📢 Great news! Politics of the Low Countries all back issues are freely available at www.plc-journal.eu! 🎉 Thanks to our former publisher Boom Uitgeverij, our full archive is also #OpenAccess. Check it out & stay tuned for new research! 📚✨ PLC is a 💎 diamond open access 💎 journal!

Interested in connections between civil society organisations and (progressive) parties (@groenbe.bsky.social & @vooruit-nu.bsky.social) ? Check this new *open access* research published in Politics of the Low Countries ⤵️

📣CALL FOR PAPERS - local democracy in NL, BE, LUX PLC will host a special issue on #localdemocracy guest edited by K. Steyvers and J. van Ostaaijen @ostaaijen.bsky.social 📨 Submit your abstract by Feb 24 !

📣CALL FOR PAPERS - local democracy in NL, BE, LUX PLC will host a special issue on #localdemocracy guest edited by K. Steyvers and J. van Ostaaijen @ostaaijen.bsky.social 📨 Submit your abstract by Feb 24 ! More info 👉 plc-journal.eu/announcement...

Check out this research published in Politics of the Low Countries 🤩 🆓 Available OPEN access #affectivepolarization

Interested in #affectivepolarization ? We have plenty of new papers for you to read in @plc-journal.bsky.social in open access 🆓 Check this one ⬇️

Proud to be among the ones publishing early career researchers' first works ! Look at this open access paper in @plc-journal.bsky.social 🙌

📣Great open access article published in @plc-journal.bsky.social ⤵️

Look at this research published in @plc-journal.bsky.social and available OPEN ACCESS ⬇️

We are delighted to announce the publication of not one, but TWO new issues of Politics of the Low Countries (PLC)! 🎉 More info 🧵 1/4

More journals to follow please!

As of Jan 1, 2025 PLC will be a diamond open access journal 💎! This means no costs involved for the reader, nor for the author or their institutions! Instead, PLC is funded by the Francopone-Belgian, Flemish and Dutch #polisci associations and by Radboud Uni Press, our new publisher! #openscience

We are happy to announce that from 1 January, 2025 onwards Politics of the Low Countries (PLC) will be published by Radboud University Press. Radboud University Press is a diamond open access publisher: open to everyone and no publication fees! 1/3