While there is extensive research on how Russian interference – in particular Russian disinformation operation – has played out in different European countries, indications of Russian interference directly targeting EU, its institutions or policies received little attention. This paper argues why there …

Densely populated areas are major sources of air, soil and water pollution. Agriculture, manufacturing, consumer households and road traffic all have their share. This is particularly true for the country featured in this paper: the Netherlands. Continuous pollution of the air and soil manifests itself …

So-called fake news and problematic information on social media assume an increasingly important roles in political debate. Focusing on the (early) run-up to and aftermath of the 2020 U.S. presidential elections, this study examines the extent of the problematic information in the most engaged-with content …

Opkomst onder jongeren is lager dan onder ouderen. Dit geldt met name voor jongeren met een mbo-opleiding. Politicologisch onderzoek laat zien dat jongeren op het mbo het gevoel hebben dat er niet naar hen geluisterd wordt en dat zij minder vertrouwen hebben in hun eigen kunnen om aan de politiek deel …

The problem definition on which this research is based arised from the increasing importance of gender diversity and more women participation in corporate governance. The objective of this research is to identify the factors that influence the gender balance within ICC’s World Chambers Federation. From …

Ever since the 2016 presidential election in the United States of America one of the recurrent questions has been whether this election was tempered with. Were the elections manipulated and, more importantly from a legal perspective, was international law violated during these foreign influence operations …

This study aims to investigate the differences and commonalities in the degree and level of populism among the contemporary parliamentary political parties in Slovakia before the 2020 general elections. Using the methodological model introduced by J. Jagers and S. Walgrave, the research features content …

What you don’t know can’t hurt you: this seems to be the current approach for responding to disinformation by public regulators across the world. Nobody is able to say with any degree of certainty what is actually going on. This is in no small part because, at present, public regulators don’t have the …

A vital element of liberal democracy is the relationship between a government and its citizens, which is often characterised by the concept of political support or its reverse, political alienation. Ideally, this relationship should display political support since this indicates a high level of trust …