Marie-Isabel Theuwis

I am a PhD Candidate in Empirical Political Science at the Radboud University Nijmegen, under the co-supervision of dr. Kristof Jacobs and prof. dr. Carolien van Ham. In our VIDI project entitled ‘Democratic Innovations and Populism: For Better or Worse?’ we study the relationship between democratic innovations and populism. In my doctoral thesis I zoom in on the effects of participation in a democratic innovation on citizens’ populist attitudes. Through both quantitative as well as qualitative analyses I aim to understand to what extent and how participation in these innovative decision-making processes could affect citizens’ populist attitudes.