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Research interests

My teaching and research are situated at the intersection of modern political and social history and the social sciences. 

*Political, social, and urban history of modern and contemporary (Western) Europe
*History of democratic innovation and change  
*History and democracy in political and public discourse
*History of urban planning and governance

Publications

Antiliberalism in the twentieth century: beyond left and right?

Elizabeth Grennan Browning, Nature’s Laboratory: Environmental Thought and Labor Radicalism in Chicago, 1886-1937

From the ‘Scientized’ to the ‘Sociocratic’ City: The Politics of Knowledge and Norm Change in Post War Urban Planning in the Netherlands

Historical legacies and the political mobilization of national nostalgia: Understanding populism’s relationship to the past

Memory Politics of the Far Right in Europe

Memory Politics of the Far Right in Europe

Populism and the Past

Differentiated Cooperation through Local Authority Networks: Challenges and Opportunities

Differentiation at the local level: An overview of sub-national authority networks in the EU

Environment and democracy: An introduction

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Press/media

Onverwacht links succes geen tegengif voor radicaalrechts

Franse en Britse verkiezingen: linkspopulisme wint terrein in politiek

Edição de Sábado: Nova era dos extremos

Dutch May Face New Election If Parties Keep Turning Wilders Down

Dutch May Face New Election If Parties Keep Turning Wilders Down

Klimaatcrisis vraagt nieuwe bestuurskunst

Wilders annyira Trump akar lenni, hogy még nyakkendÅ‘jét is vörösre cserélte

«Wilders hat von Meloni gelernt»

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