2026 publications

Bentzen, T. Ø., Winsvold, M., & Six, F. (2026). Beyond the birdcage: Building trust in different regulatory contexts. Public Management Review, 1-27. ​

Frateur, J., Popelier, P., Bursens, P., & Duarte Coroado, S. (2026). Gaining trust through consultation? How intergovernmental interactions influences citizens’ political trust in times of crisis. Territory, Politics, Governance, 1-16. ​

Herrebosch, N., Willems, C., & Popelier, P. (2026). Breaking open the dichotomy between goal-based and rule-based regulation: a discretion index for evaluating regulatee discretion. The Theory and Practice of Legislation, 14(1), 165-195. ​

Joosen, R., Verhoest, K., Redert, B., & Bursens, P. (2026). Keep your principals close, but your stakeholders closer: how agencies use stakeholders to bolster their authority. Journal of European Public Policy, 1-27. ​

Peeters, E., Duarte Coroado, S., Nõmmik, S., Verhoest, K., & Randma-Liiv, T. (2026). EU-level crisis governance: Hybrid patterns in times of crisis. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 1-20. ​

Rangoni, B. (2026). Experimentalist governance. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Business and Government (pp. 137-142). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.elgaronline.com/display/book/9781035307784/chapter25.xml

Rangoni, B., & Thatcher, M. (2026). Re-politicising merger policy: Regulating foreign takeovers in Britain and Italy. New Political Economy, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2026.2628837

Redert, B., van Heerebeek, A., Maman, L., & Pérez-Dúran, I. (2026). Being friends or being favored? The drivers of stakeholder trust in regulatory agencies. Journal of European Public Policy, 1–25.

Redert, B., Guaschino, E., Pérez-Durán, I., Papadopoulos, Y., Verhoest, K., & Triviño-Salazar, J. C. (2026). Trust Me, I’m an Expert: Evaluating the Relation Between Expertise and Trust in Regulators. Governance, 39(3), e70129. 

Reijnders, L., Verhoest, K., van Dooren, W., & Coenen, L. (2026). Designing inclusive co-creation: a conjoint analysis of citizen preferences. Public Management Review, 1-37.

Reuchamps, M., Brans, M., Meier, P., Haute, E. van, Reuchamps, M., Brans, M., Meier, P., & Haute, E. van. (2026). The Oxford Handbook of Belgian Politics. Oxford University Press. ​

van Elsas, E. J., Meijers, M. J., & Sipma, T. (2026). Bias perceptions and trust in public service institutions. Journal of European Public Policy, 1–27. ​

van Lit, J., Meijers, M. J., & van Ham, C. (2026). When elites defend democracy, do citizens listen? How elites alert citizens to democratic recession. Democratization, 1–24.

Verhoest, K., Maggetti, M., Redert, B., Latusek, D., and Jordana, J. (2026). Strengthening Trust by Design: A QCA Ƶ of Design Choices in Regulatory Regimes. Regulation & Governance, 1–16. ​

Wynen, J., Verlinden, S., Kleizen, B., Pieters, D., & Verhoest, K. (2026). Overqualified Civil Servants, a Bargain or a Risk in a Turbulent Public Sector? Examining the Impact of Overqualification Within Teams on Trust in Change Management and Qualitative Job Insecurity. Review of Public Personnel Administration. ​

2025 publications

Bentzen, T. Ø., Six, F., & Op de Beeck, S. (2025). 25: Trust, control and motivation in public organisations. In: Six, F., Hamm, J. A., Latusek, D., Van Zimmeren, E., & Verhoest, K. (Eds.). Handbook on Trust in Public Governance. Elward Elgar Publishing. ​

Corcaci, A. (2025). Implementation in the European Union. A concept structural meta-study of environmental and social policy. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 33(2), 494-520. ​

Coroado, S., & Frateur, J. (2025). Trust during crisis: Unveiling the role of perceived procedural transparency. Public Management Review. ​

Demuynck, S., & Van Dooren, W. (2025). Financialization beyond partnerships: Real estate investment trusts in elderly care. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 00208523251318628. 

Frateur, J., Bursens, P., Popelier, P., & Coroado, S. (2025). How to explain citizens’ declined political trust during the COVID-19 pandemic: A time-series qualitative comparative analysis (TsQCA). Comparative European Politics.

Frateur, J., Meier, P., & Bursens, P. (2025). Engineering representation in multilevel democracies: The Belgian case illustrating reflections on bicameral systems. Gestión y Análisis de Políticas Públicas, 48-59. ​

Frateur, J., & Popelier, P. (2025). Revising the efficiency vs. legality debate: a trust perspective on crisis legislation. The Theory and Practice of Legislation, 1-27. ​

Frehen, L., Ferrarro, G., & Failler, F. (2025). Blue Nature-Based Solutions in marine and coastal EU policies: Challenges, recommendations and policy opportunities throughout the policy cycle. Marine Policy, 177, 106687.

Glavina, M., & van Zimmeren, E. (2025). 11: Trust in courts and judicial systems: a conceptual and methodological review. In: Six, F., Hamm, J. A., Latusek, D., Van Zimmeren, E., & Verhoest, K. (Eds.). Handbook on Trust in Public Governance. Elward Elgar Publishing. ​

Joosen, R. (2025). Is That a Threat? How Types of Stakeholder and Reputational Threat Matter for Gaining Influence in Regulatory Rulemaking. Regulation & Governance. ​

Latusek, D., Hamm, J. A., Op de Beeck, S., Ropp, J., Six, F., Zimmeren, E. van, & Verhoest, K. (2025). 1: Trust in public governance: scoping the field. In: Six, F., Hamm, J. A., Latusek, D., Van Zimmeren, E., & Verhoest, K. (Eds.). Handbook on Trust in Public Governance. Elward Elgar Publishing. ​

Latusek, D., Pikos, A., Six, F., & Wardaszko, M. (2025). Citizen Trust in Regulators: Evaluating the Validity of the CTGO-Scale in Transitioning Societies. Regulation & Governance. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70055

Maggetti, M., Verhoest, K., Trondal, J., Proszowska, D., & Schomaker, R. (2025). Trust in multilevel governance settings: Examining the congruence hypothesis for actors in regulatory regimes. Journal of European Public Policy, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2025.2517296

Perez-Duran, I., Papadopoulos, Y., Redert, B., & Triviño-Salazar, J. C. (2025). Does the Background of the Regulator Matter? The Role of Expertise and Diversity on the Perceived Competence of Regulatory Bodies. Regulation & Governance. 

Pérez-Durán, I., & Verhoest, K. (2025). Trust in nursing home services within weak regulatory regimes: The role of information, control and participation. Public Management Review, 1-27.​

Popelier, P. (2025). Loyalty in Federal Systems: Notes toward a Theory of Autonomy and Cohesion. Publius: The Journal of Federalism, pjaf038. ​

Popelier, P., & Bursens, P. (2025). 14: Trust dynamics in federal systems. In: Six, F., Hamm, J. A., Latusek, D., Van Zimmeren, E., & Verhoest, K. (Eds.). Handbook on Trust in Public Governance. Elward Elgar Publishing. 

Radaelli, C. M., & Rangoni, B. (2025). Regulation and its metrics: three views of the cathedral. Journal of European Public Policy, 1–30. ​

Rangoni, B., & Thatcher, M. (2025). 17: EU competition policy. In S. Lucarelli & J. Sperling (Red.), Handbook of European Union Governance. Edward Elgar Publishing. ​

Rughiniș, C., Matei, Ștefania, & Corcaci, A. (2025). Generative Content Analysis for Policy Research: Comparing LLM Reliability in Analyzing Institutional AI Discourse. IEEE Conference Proceedings of 2025 25th International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science (CSCS), 596-603. ​

Sachs Olsen, C., Janas, K., De Roeck, L., Koole, B., Janssen, C., van Hulst, M., & Motzfeldt Loades, C. (2025). Estrangement, embodiment and entanglement: Putting agonistic planning into practice through Urban Drama Labs. Urban Studies, 00420980251361315. ​

Six, F., Hamm, J. A., Latusek, D., Van Zimmeren, E., & Verhoest, K. (Eds.). (2025). Handbook on Trust in Public Governance. Elward Elgar Publishing. ​

Six, F., & Hartveld, L. (2025). Betrouwbare toezichthouders die regelnaleving bevorderen. Boom (Den Haag). ​

Torfing, J., Bentzen, T., Caponio, T., Coroado, S., Douglas, S., Nõmmik, S., Randma-Liiv, T., Russo, C., Sørensen, E., & Verhoest, K. (2025). Advancing Robust Governance in Turbulent Times: The Role of Multi-Level Governance, Hybrid Governance, and Negotiated Societal Intelligence. Public Administration. ​

Trondal, J., & Proszowska, D. (2025). 13: Political trust: a multilevel governance perspective. In: Six, F., Hamm, J. A., Latusek, D., Van Zimmeren, E., & Verhoest, K. (Eds.). Handbook on Trust in Public Governance. Elward Elgar Publishing. 

Van Audenhove, L., Demeulenaere, A., Walrave, M., d’Haenens, L., Lievens, E., Vanwynsberghe, H., & Nijs, D. (Red.). (2025). Empowering the Digital Citizen: Digital and Media Literacy Research in Flanders, Belgium. Owl Press. ​

Verhoest, K., Redert, B., Maggetti, M., Levi-Faur, D., & Jordana, J. (2025). 22: Trust and regulation. In: Six, F., Hamm, J. A., Latusek, D., Van Zimmeren, E., & Verhoest, K. (Eds.). Handbook on Trust in Public Governance. Elward Elgar Publishing.

Verhoest, K., Latusek, D., Six, F., Maman, L., Papadopoulos, Y., Schomaker, R. M., & Trondal, J. (2024). Trust and distrust in public governance settings: Conceptualising and testing the link in regulatory relations. Journal of Trust Research, 14(2), 127–156. ​

Zeitlin, J., & and Rangoni, B. (2025). How the European Union reconciles uniform regulation with legitimate diversity: Towards a tighter experimentalist governance architecture. Journal of European Public Policy.


2024 publications

Callens, C., & Klijn, E. H. (2024). Contract management and network management in public-private eHealth partnerships. In Collaborating for Digital Transformation (pp. 168-196). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Callens, C., & Verhoest, K. (2024). Conditions for successful public-private collaboration for public service innovation. In Collaborating for Digital Transformation (pp. 52-79). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Callens, C., Verhoest, K., Klijn, E. H., Brogaard, L., Lember, V., Pina, V., & Doninck, D. van. (2024). The design and management of public-private eHealth partnerships. In Collaborating for Digital Transformation (pp. 144-167). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Corcaci, A., & Deters, H. (2024). Shaping EU policy in regional parliaments: A configurational analysis of the Posted Workers Directive in Germany. Regional & Federal Studies, 1-28. 

Corcaci, A. (2024). Implementation in the European Union. A concept structural meta-study of environmental and social policy. Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 

De Roeck, L., & Van Dooren, W. (2024). Performing policy conflict: A dramaturgical analysis of public participation in contentious urban planning projects. Policy Sciences, 57(4), 761-785. ​

Escalante-Block, E. (2024). Have the rules of the game changed? Novel legal interpretations and their impact on the EU’s legitimacy communication. Journal of European Integration, 0(0), 1-21.

Frateur, J. (2024). How Multilevel Governance Structures and Crisis Mitigating Measures Impact Political Trust: A Systematic Literature Review. Perspectives on Federalism. 

García-Rayado, J., & Callens, C. (2024). Viewpoints of collaboration partners on user involvement in collaborative innovation projects. In Collaborating for Digital Transformation (pp. 197-217). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Grimmelikhuijsen, S., Aleksovska, M., van Erp, J., Gilad, S., Maman, L., Bach, T., Kappler, M., Van Dooren, W., Schomaker, R. M., & Houlberg Salomonsen, H. (2024). Does enforcement style influence citizen trust in regulatory agencies? An experiment in six countries. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, muae018. 

Häggblom, E. (2024). The Trade-Off Between Political Trust and Political Participation. Political Studies Review. ​

Langbroek, T., & Verhoest, K. (2024). It is all about interaction: Network structure, actor importance, and the relation to innovative outcomes. In Collaborating for Digital Transformation (pp. 218-239). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Mestdagh, B., Van Liedekerke, L., & Sempiga, O. (2024). A Drivers Framework of Organizational SDG Engagement. Sustainability, 16(1), Article 1.

Nicòtina, A., Popelier, P., & Bursens, P. (Eds.). (2024). EU Law and National Constitutions: The Constitutional Dynamics of Multi-Level Governance. Routledge.

Nicòtina, A., Popelier, P., & Bursens, P. (2024). Introduction: Constitutional dynamics of multi-level governance: Indicators and hypotheses. In A. Nicòtina, P. Popelier, & P. Bursens (Eds.), EU law and national constitutions: The constitutional dynamics of multi-level governance (pp. 1-10). Routledge.

Nicòtina, A., Popelier, P., & Bursens, P. (2024). Conclusions: Building the founding blocks of a new bottom-up constitutional theory of EU integration. In A. Nicòtina, P. Popelier, & P. Bursens (Eds.),EU Law and National Constitutions: The Constitutional Dynamics of Multi-Level Governance (pp. 279-292). Routledge.

Niikawa, S., & Corcaci, A. (2024). Referendums and political-institutional convergence in European democracies: A time-differencing configurational analysis. Comparative European Politics. ​

Popelier, P. (2024). Signs of Trustworthiness: Parliaments in Search of Ability, Benevolence and Integrity. International Journal of Parliamentary Studies, 4(2), 103-107. ​

Popelier, P., & Bursens, P. (2024). Belgium: A constitutional strategy in support of European integration – with some potential pitfalls. In A. Nicòtina, P. Popelier, & P. Bursens (Red.), EU Law and National Constitutions: The Constitutional Dynamics of Multi-Level Governance (pp. 11-32). Routledge.

Rackwitz, M., & Doninck, D. van. (2024). The coordination of smart cities: Insights from a cross-case analysis on the implementation of smart city strategies. In Collaborating for Digital Transformation (pp. 103-123). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Rykkja, L. H., Hammerschmid, G., Klijn, E. H., & Verhoest, K. (2024). Introduction: Collaborating for digital transformation in the public sector. In Collaborating for Digital Transformation (pp. 2-12). Edward Elgar Publishing. ​

Stevens, F., De Bièvre , D., & and Bursens, P. (2024). Ƶing the influence of interest groups on non-decisionmaking: Challenges and tools in research design. Political Research Exchange, 6(1), 2405726. ​

Verhoest, K., Latusek, D., Six, F., Maman, L., Papadopoulos, Y., Schomaker, R. M., & Trondal, J. (z.d.). Trust and distrust in public governance settings: Conceptualising and testing the link in regulatory relations. Journal of Trust Research, 0(0), 1-30.

Verhoest, K., Hammerschmid, G., Rykkja, L. H., & Klijn, E. H. (Red.). (2024). Collaborating for Digital Transformation: How Internal and External Collaboration Can Contribute to Innovate Public Service Delivery. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Verhoest, K., Maggetti, M., Guaschino, E., & Wynen, J. (2024). How trust matters for the performance and legitimacy of regulatory regimes: The differential impact of watchful trust and good-faith trust. Regulation & Governance.

Verhoest, K., Klijn, E. H., Rykkja, L. H., & Hammerschmid, G. (2024). Collaboration for digital transformation: So much more than just technology. In Collaborating for Digital Transformation (pp. 241-267). Edward Elgar Publishing.

2023 publications

Corcaci, A. (2023). Implementing Decisions on Environmental Conflicts Beyond the Nation State: A Concept Structural Outline. Nordic Journal of European Law, 6(4), Article 4. ​

Belli, S. S., & Bursens, P. (2023). The revolving door in Brussels: A process-oriented approach to employee recruitment by interest organisations. Journal of European Public Policy, 30(1), 128-149.

Boon, J., Wynen, J., & Callens, C. (2023). A stakeholder perspective on public sector innovation: Linking the target groups of innovations to the inclusion of stakeholder ideas. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 89(2), 330-345.

Boon, J., Wynen, J., Daelemans, W., Lemmens, J., & Verhoest, K. (2023). Agencies on the parliamentary radar: Exploring the relations between media attention and parliamentary attention for public agencies using machine learning methods. Public Administration.

Boon, J., Wynen, J., & Verhoest, K. (2023). Do reputational threats influence the rigidity of US agencies? A dynamic panel data approach. Public Administration Review.

Bursens, P., & De Bièvre, D. (2023). Seizing the moment: Regional opportunity structures and Wallonia’s temporary veto of the EU–Canada bilateral trade agreement. Regional & Federal Studies, 33(1), 113-132.

Bursens, P., Popelier, P., & Verhoest, K. (2023). Belgium: Cooperation Out of Necessity and Confirmation of Executive Dominance. In K. Lynggaard, M. D. Jensen, & M. Kluth (Eds.), Governments’ Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe: Navigating the Perfect Storm (pp. 387-396). Springer International Publishing.

Callens, C. (2023). User Involvement as a Catalyst for Collaborative Public Service Innovation. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 33(2), 329-341.

Callens, C., & Verhoest, K. (2023). Unlocking the process of collaborative innovation—Combining mechanisms of divergence and convergence. Public Management Review.

Callens, C., Verhoest, K., Klijn, E. H., Nõmmik, S., Pina, V., & Brogaard, L. (2023). How service users envision their engagement in processes of collaborative innovation: A Q-methodological study on user involvement in eHealth collaborations. Public Policy and Administration, 09520767231170298.

Castelblanco, G., Guevara, J., Rojas, D., Correa, J., & Verhoest, K. (2023). Environmental Impact Assessment Effectiveness in Public–Private Partnerships: Ƶ on the Colombian Toll Road Program. Journal of Management in Engineering, 39(2), 05023002.

Coroado, S. (2023). Leviathan vs Goliath or States vs Big Tech and what the digital services act can do about it. Working Papers, Forum Transregionale Studien, vol. 25/2023.

Dockx, E., & Verhoest, K. (2023). Dissecting the organization matters: Gauging the effect of unit-level and organization-level factors on perceived innovation outcomes. Public Policy and Administration, 09520767231193605.

Dockx, E., Verhoest, K., Langbroek, T., & Wynen, J. (2023). Bringing together unlikely innovators: Do connective and learning capacities impact collaboration for innovation and diversity of actors? Public Management Review, 25(6), 1104-1127.

Frateur, J., Bursens, P., Coroado, S., & Popelier, P. (2023). Literature Review—WP5: Legitimate Crisis Governance and Trust. LEGITIMULT project.

Frateur, J., Bursens, P., & Meier, P. (2023). Exploring the Relationship between Federal Reform and the Representation of the People: The Case of the Belgian House of Representatives. Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 53(4), 618-641.

Kleizen, B., & MacCarthaigh, M. (2023). Nature or nurture? Agency life-cycles as a function of institutional legacy, political environment and organizational hardwiring. Public Administration Review, n/a(n/a).

Kleizen, B., Van Dooren, W., Verhoest, K., & Tan, E. (2023). Do citizens trust trustworthy artificial intelligence? Experimental evidence on the limits of ethical AI measures in government. Government Information Quarterly, 101834.

Kleizen, B., Wynen, J., Boon, J., & de Roover, J. (2023). Bullying and Harassment as a Consequence of Workplace Change in the Australian Civil Service: Investigating the Mediating Role of Satisfaction With Change Management. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 43(1), 56-79.

Langbroek, T., & Verhoest, K. (2023). Explaining interactions in collaborative innovation arrangements: How organizations influence their representatives’ interactions in collaborative innovation arrangements. Public Policy and Administration, 09520767231200275.

Pedersen, M. Ø., Verhoest, K., & Salomonsen, H. H. (2023). How is reputation management by regulatory agencies related to their employees’ reputational perception? Regulation & Governance. ​

Pereira, M. M., Coroado, S., de Sousa, L., & Magalhães, P. C. (2023). Politicians Support (and Voters Reward) Intra-Party Reforms to Promote Transparency. Party Politics, 13540688231203528.

Rangoni, B. (2023). Experimentalist Governance: From Architectures to Outcomes. Oxford University Press.

Rangoni, B. (2023). Il futuro sperimentale della regolazione. La regolazione digitale e farmaceutica nell’Unione Europea. Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche, 1/2023.

Rangoni, B., & Thatcher, M. (2023). Re-Politicising Merger Policy: Regulating Foreign Takeovers in Britain and Italy. EIQ Discussion Paper Series at LSE, EIQ Paper No. 178.

Sempiga, O. (2023). The impact of geopolitical risks on price variation and political trust in France: Analyzing the Ukraine-Russia conflict. The Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies, and Development, 8(1).

Sempiga, O., & Liedekerke, L. V. (2023). Investing in Sustainable Development Goals: Opportunities for Private and Public Institutions to Solve Wicked Problems that Characterize a VUCA World. In G. Prelipcean (Eds.), Investment Strategies—New Advances and Challenges. IntechOpen.

Six, F. E., Glavina, M., Verhoest, K., & Pepermans, K. (2023). What drives compliance with COVID-19 measures over time? Explaining changing impacts with Goal Framing Theory. Regulation & Governance, 17(1), 3-21.

Van Doninck, D., Pieters, D., Wynen, J., Kleizen, B., Verlinden, S., & Verhoest, K. (2023). Can We Mitigate Covid-19 Related Work Strain Among Civil Servants? Examining the Role of Organizational Commitment, Job Autonomy and Workplace Social Support. Public Performance & Management Review, 46(1), 113-139.

Van Dooren, W., Hjortskov, M., De Vadder, S. F., & Verhoest, K. (2023). The consistency of question-order bias in a changing political context. Public Administration.

Van Zimmeren, E. (2023). Trusting the Unified Patent Court: The importance of the institutional design of the UPC and its judges. In D. Matthews & P. Torremans (Red.), European Patent Law: The Unified Patent Court and the European Patent Convention. Walter De Gruyter.

Verhoest, K., Boon, J., Boye, S., & Salomonsen, H. H. (2023). How does organizational task matter for the reputation of public agencies? Regulation & Governance, 17(1), 158-176.

Verhoest, K., Callens, C., Klijn, E. H., Brogaard, L., García-Rayado, J., & Nõmmik, S. (2023). Designing cross-sector collaboration to foster technological innovation: Empirical insights from eHealth partnerships in five countries. Public Administration Review, n/a(n/a).

Verlinden, S., Wynen, J., Kleizen, B., & Verhoest, K. (2023). Blurred Lines: Exploring the Impact of Change Complexity on Role Clarity in the Public Sector. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 43(3), 479-503.

Waeterloos, C., Walrave, M., & Ponnet, K. (2023). Social media as an exit strategy? The role of attitudes of discontent in explaining non-electoral political participation among Belgian young adults. Acta Politica.

2022 publications

Boone, C., Buyl, T., Declerck, C. H., & Sajko, M. (2022). A neuroscience-based model of why and when CEO social values affect investments in corporate social responsibility. The Leadership Quarterly, 33(3), 101386.

Bursens, P., De Vadder, S., Glavina, M., Popelier, P., van Zimmeren, E., Verhoest, K., Beutels, P., & Pepermans, K. (2022). Vertrouwen in de overheid tijdens de COVID-19-pandemie. Een vergelijking tussen meerdere overheidsniveaus. Vlaams Tijdschrift voor Overheidsmanagement, 2022-1, 45-60.

Bursens, P., & Meier, P. (2022). Representation in demoicracies: Contributions from Belgian federalism for the Conference on the Future of Europe. European law journal, 28(1-3), 50-62.

Callens, C., Verhoest, K., & Boon, J. (2022). Combined effects of procurement and collaboration on innovation in public-private-partnerships: A qualitative comparative analysis of 24 infrastructure projects. Public Management Review, 24(6), 860-881.

Callens, C., Wynen, J., Boon, J., & Verhoest, K. (2022). Internal and external exploration for public service innovation–Measuring the impact of a climate for creativity and collaborative diversity on innovation. Public Policy and Administration, 09520767221135686.

De Bièvre, D., Bursens, P., Lord, C., Trondal, J., & Wessel, R. A. (2022). Concluding Implications for EU Policy, Law and Institutions. In C. Lord, P. Bursens, D. De Bièvre, J. Trondal, & R. A. Wessel (Eds.), The Politics of Legitimation in the European Union. Legitimacy Recovered? Routledge.

De Kimpe, L., Walrave, M., Verdegem, P., & Ponnet, K. (2022). What we think we know about cybersecurity: An investigation of the relationship between perceived knowledge, internet trust, and protection motivation in a cybercrime context. Behaviour & Information Technology, 41(8), 1796-1808.

De Somer, S., & Van Steenbergen, J. (2022). Kan elke ambtenaar worden verplicht om ‘Zwitserland te zijn’? Een analyse vanuit de fundamentele rechten en vrijheden. In P. Nihoul, B. Renauld, & J. Theunis (Eds.), Réflexions autour de la laïcité – Reflecties over laïciteit (pp. 151-189). Die Keure.

Escalante Block, E. (2022). Whose voice is louder? Politicisation and legitimation in state aid policy. In C. Lord, P. Bursens, D. De Bièvre, J. Trondal, & R. A. Wessel (Eds.), The Politics of Legitimation in the European Union. Legitimacy Recovered? Routledge.

Godet, C., & Redert, B. (2022). Conflating policy, democracy and legitimacy: The case of stakeholder involvement. In C. Lord, P. Bursens, D. De Bièvre, J. Trondal, & R. A. Wessel (Eds.), The Politics of Legitimation in the European Union. Legitimacy Recovered? Routledge.

Kinder, T., Six, F., Stenvall, J., & Memon, A. (2022). Governance-as-legitimacy: Are ecosystems replacing networks? Public Management Review, 24(1), 8-33.

Kleizen, B., van Dooren, W., & Verhoest, K. (2022). Trustworthiness in an era of data analytics: What are governments dealing with and how is civil society responding? In E. Tan & J. Crompvoets (Eds.), The new digital era governance (pp. 179-199). Wageningen Academic Publishers.

Lord, C., Bursens, P., De Bièvre, D., Trondal, J., & Wessel, R. A. (2022a). Introduction. In The Politics of Legitimation in the European Union. Legitimacy Recovered? Routledge.

Lord, C., Bursens, P., De Bièvre, D., Trondal, J., & Wessel, R. A. (Eds.). (2022b). The Politics of Legitimation in the European Union: Legitimacy Recovered? Routledge.

Meier, P. (2022). Belgium: Federalism as a Stopover? In S. Keil & S. Kropp (Eds.), Emerging Federal Structures in the Post-Cold War Era (pp. 33-48). Springer International Publishing.

Pauwels, L., Declerck, C. H., Boone, C., Diaz-Gutiérrez, P., & Lambert, B. (2022). Does power corrupt? An fMRI study on the effect of power and social value orientation on inequity aversion. Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, 15(4), 222-240.

Popelier, P. (2022). De Belgische staatshervormingen in het licht van een dynamische theorie van federalisme. In C. Jenart, J. Bernaerts, Y. Peeters, P. Popelier, D. Vanheule, & V. Verbelen (Eds.), De grondwet en Jan Velaers: Een vriendschapsgewijze commentaar (pp. 11-19). Die Keure.

Popelier, P. (2022). Intergovernmental Relations in Belgium: Obstacles to Effective Cooperation in Dyadic Federalism. In Y. T. Fessha, K. Kössler, & F. Palermo (Eds.), Intergovernmental Relations in Divided Societies (pp. 61-89). Springer International Publishing.

Popelier, P., Glavina, M., Baldan, F., & van Zimmeren, E. (2022). A research agenda for trust and distrust in a multilevel judicial system. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 29(3), 351-374.

Prozowska, D. (2022). Trust lost, trust regained? Trust, legitimacy and multi-level governance. In C. Lord, P. Bursens, D. De Bièvre, J. Trondal, & R. A. Wessel (Eds.), The Politics of Legitimation in the European Union. Legitimacy Recovered? Routledge.

Randour, F., Bursens, P., & Laloux, T. (2022). Slow adapters or active players? Belgian regional parliamentarians and European affairs after Lisbon. The Journal of Legislative Studies.

Sassenus, S., Van den Bossche, P., & Poels, K. (2022). When stress becomes shared: Exploring the emergence of team stress. Cognition, Technology & Work, 24(4), 537-556.

Walrave, M., Waeterloos, C., & Ponnet, K. (2022). Reasons for Nonuse, Discontinuation of Use, and Acceptance of Additional Functionalities of a COVID-19 Contact Tracing App: Cross-sectional Survey Ƶ. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 8(1), e22113.

Weyns, J., & Bursens, P. (2022). Is Euroscepticism Contagious? How Mainstream Parties React to Eurosceptic Challengers in Belgian Parliaments. Politics of the Low Countries, 4(1), 3-26.

Wynen, J., Op de Beeck, S., Verhoest, K., Glavina, M., Six, F., Van Damme, P., Beutels, P., Hendrickx, G., & Pepermans, K. (2022). Taking a COVID-19 Vaccine or Not? Do Trust in Government and Trust in Experts Help Us to Understand Vaccination Intention? Administration & Society, 54(10), 1875-1901.

2021 publications

Bursens, P. (2021). Recalibration of executive–legislative relations in the European Union: Strategies inspired by the trilemma of democracy, sovereignty and integration. In D. Fromage & A. Herranz-Surralés (Eds.), Executive-legislative (Im)balance in the European Union (pp. 19-33). Bloomsbury Publishing.

Bursens, P., Meier, P., & Popelier, P. (2021). When Dual Federalism Meets External Crises. UACES-JMCT Workshop on Conceptualising Crisis in Territotrial Politcs, online.

Bursens, P., Popelier, P., & Meier, P. (2021). Belgium’s response to COVID-19: How to manage a pandemic in a competitive federal system? In R. Chattopadhyay, F. Knüpling, D. Chebenova, L. Whittington, & P. Gonzalez (Eds.), Federalism and the Response to COVID-19: A Comparative Analysis (pp. 39-48). Routledge India.

Kinder, T., Stenvall, J., Six, F., & Memon, A. (2021). Relational leadership in collaborative governance ecosystems. Public Management Review, 23(11), 1612-1639.

Krouwer, S., Poels, K., & Paulussen, S. (2021). “Trust Me, I’m an Advertiser”. The Influence of Message Sidedness and Advertiser Credibility on Readers’ Perceptions of Native Advertisements. In M. K. J. Waiguny & S. Rosengren (Eds.), Advances in Advertising Research (Vol. XI): Designing and Communicating Experience (pp. 105-117). Springer Fachmedien.

Lindenberg, S., Six, F., & Keizer, K. (2021). Social Contagion and Goal Framing: The Sustainability of Rule Compliance. In B. van Rooij & D. D. Sokol (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Compliance (pp. 422-437). Cambridge University Press.

Marneffe, W., Popelier, P., Jans, T., Van Aeken, K., & De Beckker, K. (2021). Methodologische onderbouwing en conceptuele uitwerking van het gebruik van doelregelgeving en open normen met behulp van experimentwetgeving en regelluwe zones binnen het omgevingsrecht van de Vlaamse overheid. Interuniversitair Centrum voor Wetgeving (ICW).

Mathieu, E., Matthys, J., Verhoest, K., & Rommel, J. (2021). Multilevel regulatory coordination: The interplay between European Union, federal and regional regulatory agencies. Public Policy and Administration, 36(3), 343-360.

Meier, P., & Bursens, P. (2021). Belgium: The Democratic State of the Federation. In J. Sonnicksen & A. Benz (Eds.), Federal Democracies at Work: Varieties of Complex Government (pp. 180-196). University of Toronto Press.

Molenveld, A., Verhoest, K., & Wynen, J. (2021). Why public organizations contribute to crosscutting policy programs: The role of structure, culture, and ministerial control. Policy Sciences, 54(1), 123-154.

Popelier, P. (2021). De aansprakelijkheid van onze overheden voor een falend samenwerkingsfederalisme. Rechtskundig weekblad, 85(3 (2020-2021)), 108-112.

Popelier, P. (2021). De rol van de Raad van State in het crisisbeheer: Een kwestie van legitimiteit en expertise. Rechtskundig weekblad, 84(34 (2020-2021)), 1322-1334.

Popelier, P. (2021). Dynamic Federalism: A New Theory for Cohesion and Regional Autonomy. Routledge.

Popelier, P. (2021). Subnational constitutionalism in Belgium: A matter of abstained maturity. In P. Popelier, G. Delledonne, & N. Aroney (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Subnational Constitutions and Constitutionalism (pp. 66-79). Routledge.

Popelier, P. (2021). Vijf na twaalf en prematuur: De Pandemiewet in het licht van het voorbije en toekomstige crisisbeheer. Rechtskundig weekblad, 85(11), 431-447.

Popelier, P. (2021). Wachten op een coronawet. Rechtskundig weekblad, 18 (2020-2021), 682.

Popelier, P. (2021). Wie is bevoegd het land stil te leggen? Rechtskundig weekblad, 37 (2019-2020), 1444.

Popelier, P., & Bursens, P. (2021). Managing the Covid-19 Crisis in a Divided Belgian Federation: Cooperation against all odds. In N. Steytler (Eds.), Comparative Federalism and Covid-19 (pp. 88-105). Routledge.

Popelier, P., Delledonne, G., & Aroney, N. (Eds.). (2021). Routledge Handbook of Subnational Constitutions and Constitutionalism. Routledge.

Popelier, P., Gentile, G., & van Zimmeren, E. (2021). Bridging the gap between facts and norms: Mutual trust, the European Arrest Warrant and the rule of law in an interdisciplinary context. European Law Journal, 27(1-3), 167-184.

Popelier, P., Kleizen, B., Declerck, C., Glavina, M., & Dooren, W. V. (2021). Health Crisis Measures and Standards for Fair Decision-Making: A Normative and Empirical-Based Account of the Interplay Between Science, Politics and Courts. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 12(3), 618-643.

Popelier, P., Kleizen, B., Declerck, C., Glavina, M., & Van Dooren, W. (2021). Covid-19 en exit-maatregelen: Een surveyexperiment over de percepties van burgers over overheidsmaatregelen na de piek van de eerste Covid-19 golf. GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp. /en/research-groups/govtrust/projects/bof-covid19/report1/

Popelier, P., & Van de Heyning, C. (2021). De pandemie als stresstest voor legaliteit in het Belgische grondwettelijke bestel. Tijdschrift voor mensenrechten, 19(3), 25-28.

Salazar, J., Guevara, J., & Verhoest, K. (2021). Inferential Analysis of Road Infrastructure PPP Sponsor Networks. Journal of Management in Engineering, 37(6), 04021069.

Stevens, F., & Bursens, P. (2021, oktober 8). BRIDGE Network Country Report: Belgium. BRIDGE:  Brexit Research and Interchange on Differentiated Governance in Europe.

Waeterloos, C., De Meulenaere, J., Walrave, M., & Ponnet, K. (2021). Tackling COVID-19 from below: Civic participation among online neighbourhood network users during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online Information Review, 45(4), 777-794.

Waeterloos, C., Walrave, M., & Ponnet, K. (2021). Designing and validating the Social Media Political Participation Scale: An instrument to measure political participation on social media. Technology in Society, 64, 101493.

Waeterloos, C., Walrave, M., & Ponnet, K. (2021). Online en offline politieke participatie en attitudes bij Belgische jongvolwassenen: Bevindingen van een survey-onderzoek in België van 11 maart – 12 april 2021 (p. 31). Universiteit Gent.

Walrave, M., Baert, E., & Ponnet, K. (2021). Adoption of and attitudes towards Coronalert, Belgium’s COVID-19 contact tracing app: Summary of research results. University of Antwerp and Ghent University.

Walrave, M., Baert, E., & Ponnet, K. (2021). Hoe staan we tegenover digitale contact tracing? Een inzicht in de acceptatie en het gebruik van de Coronert app. Universiteit Antwerpen.

Wolf, E. E. A., & Van Dooren, W. (2021). Fatal remedies. How dealing with policy conflict can backfire in a context of trust-erosion. Governance, 34(4), 1097-1114.

Wynen, J., Op de Beeck, S., Verhoest, K., Glavina, M., Six, F. E., Van Damme, P., Beutels, P., Hendrickx, G., Pepermans, K., & Verlinden, S. (2021). Vertrouwen en vaccinatietwijfel in Vlaanderen. De invloed van vertrouwen in de overheid en experts op de bereidheid om zich te laten vaccineren tegen COVID-19. Vlaams Tijdschrift voor Overheidsmanagement, 2021-1, 9-25.

Wynen, J., Verhoest, K., Boon, J., Kleizen, B., Van Doninck, D., Pieters, D., & Verlinden, S. (2021). Repetitive reform: Doing more harm than good? EsadeGov, 24 February 2021.

2020 publications

Bursens, P. (2020). The Europeanisation of Sub-national Authorities. In S. Bulmer & C. Lequesne (Eds.), The Member States of the European Union (Third Edition). Oxford University Press.

Bursens, P. (2020). Federalism and the COVID-19 crisis: Reflections on competences, actors and party politics in Belgium. Dealing with the COVID crisis in Federal and Devolved Countries, Forum of Federations.

Bursens, P., & Meier, P. (2020). Belgian federalism 4.0: EU inspired ways forward. Federalisme regionalisme, 2020-20, 1-13.

Callens, C., & Van Doninck, D. (2020). Samenwerking als drijfveer voor innovatieve publieke dienstverlening: Een cross-caseanalyse naar de condities van innovatie door samenwerking in Europese eHealth-projecten. Vlaams Tijdschrift voor Overheidsmanagement, 2020-4, 25-40.

Declerck, C. (2020). Behind the Paper: Oxytocin and Trust. Springer Nature, Social Science Community.

Declerck, C. H. (2020). Neuroeconomics of cooperation heuristics: The role of incentives, social cues, and hormones. In J. Harbecke & C. Herrmann-Pillath (Eds.), Social Neuroeconomics: Mechanistic Integration of the Neurosciences and the Social Sciences (pp. 77-96). Routledge.

Declerck, C. H., Boone, C., Pauwels, L., Vogt, B., & Fehr, E. (2020). A registered replication study on oxytocin and trust. Nature Human Behaviour, 4(6), Article 6.

Dockx, E., Langbroek, T., & Van Dijck, C. (2020). Innovatieprocessen in de Vlaamse overheid doorgelicht. Vlaams Tijdschrift voor Overheidsmanagement, 2020-4, 7-23.

Dockx, E., & Verhoest, K. (2020). Wendbare overheid: Tijdelijke project- en programmastructuren met een horizontaal, transversaal en/of gebiedsgericht karakter. Steunpunt Bestuurlijke Vernieuwing Vlaanderen.

Dockx, E., Verlinden, S., & Verhoest, K. (2020). Wendbare overheid: Overheidscultuur gericht op flexibiliteit, innovatie, leren en samenwerking. Steunpunt Bestuurlijke Vernieuwing Vlaanderen.

GOVTRUST. (2020). Trust in COVID-19 government policies (2 waves). GOVTRUST Centre of Excellence, University of Antwerp. /en/research-groups/govtrust/blog/updated-research-note-trust/

Levi-Faur, D., Maman, L., Kariv-Teitelbaum, Y., Medzini, R., Latusek, D., Verhoest, K., Six, F., Kleizen, B., Popelier, P., Glavina, M., Van Zimmeren, E., Maggetti, M., Schomaker, R., Kappler, M., Fahy, L., van Erp, J., & Grimmelikhuijsen, S. (2020). Report on trust in government, politics, policy and regulatory governance: Deliverable D1.1.

Mariën, S., & Poels, K. (2020). Een explorerend onderzoek naar de privacybezorgdheden en participatiebehoeften van inwoners van de smart city Antwerpen. Tijdschrift voor communicatiewetenschap, 48(1), 4-24.

Meier, P. (2020). L’asymétrie du système federal belge – tellement particulière? In C. Xhardez, M. Counet, F. Randour, & C. Niessen (Eds.), 50 ans de fédéralisation de l’État belge: Institutions, acteurs, politiques publiques et particularités du fédéralisme belge (pp. 41-56). Academia-L’Harmattan.

Popelier, P. (2020). COVID-19 legislation in Belgium at the crossroads of a political and a health crisis. The Theory and Practice of Legislation, 8(1-2), 131-153.

Popelier, P. (2020). Crisisbeheer per ministerieel besluit. Tijdschrift voor wetgeving, 2020-4, 282-291.

Popelier, P. (2020). How dynamic federalism sheds new light on the Belgian federalism-confederalism debate. Federalisme regionalisme, 20 (2020), 1-24.

Popelier, P. (2020). Le fédéralisme dynamique. In F. Mathieu, D. Guénette, & A.-G. Gagnon (Eds.), Cinquante déclinaisons de fédéralisme (pp. 123-135). Presses de l’université de Québec.

Popelier, P. (2020). Regionalisering en afscheiding in de Europese Unie: Een multilevel-governance-perspectief. SEW, Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht, 68(4), 423-431.

Popelier, P. (2020). The constitutional court’s impact on federalism in Belgium: A weakening of the centralization theory. In Europäisches Zentrum für Föderalismus-Forschung (Eds.), Jahrbuch des Föderalismus 2020 (pp. 67-77). Nomos.

Popelier, P. (2020). The Duty of Parliament to Adopt Reliable Legislation: Linking Trust in Parliament with Legitimate Expectations. In M. De Benedetto, N. Lupo, & N. Rangone (Eds.), The crisis of confidence in legislation (pp. 243-257). Hart & Nomos.

Six, F. (2020). Trust-Based Accountability in Education: The role of intrinsic motivation. In M. Ehren & J. Baxter (Eds.), Trust, Accountability and Capacity in Education System Reform: Global Perspectives in Comparative Education (pp. 55-77). Routledge.

Six, F. E. (2020). How to develop youth care governance signaling trust. Finnish Itla Children’s Foundation, 7 August 2020.

Van Nieuwenhove, J., & Popelier, P. (2020). De bevoegdheidsverdeling en de coördinatie tussen de bevoegde overheden in de strijd tegen de COVID-19-pandemie. Tijdschrift voor wetgeving, 4 (2020), 303-313.

Voets, J., Verhoest, K., & Van Humbeeck, P. (2020). Editoriaal. Samenwerken in netwerken? Van wetenschap naar praktijk. Vlaams Tijdschrift voor Overheidsmanagement, 2020-2, 3-12.

Wynen, J., Kleizen, B., Verhoest, K., Lægreid, P., & Rolland, V. (2020). Keeping a watchful eye in times of turmoil? How repeated structural reform leads to more attention to political signals. Public Administration, 98(3), 570-590.

Zarouali, B., Verdoodt, V., Walrave, M., Poels, K., Ponnet, K., & Lievens, E. (2020). Adolescents’ advertising literacy and privacy protection strategies in the context of targeted advertising on social networking sites: Implications for regulation. Young Consumers, 21(3), 351-367.

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