Our weekly Hot Politics Lab meetings are back after the summer break! We compiled an exciting program for the semester, and as usually you can join the meetings via Zoom

Over the past month, lab member Maaike Homan’s research on the emotional expression of politicians has been covered in various Dutch media outlets. You can have a look at those

Lab director Bert Bakker was interviewed by the Dutch newspaper the Financiële  Dagblad about his project on the trade-offs of democratic principles during the corona pandemic. The preprint – co-authored

For an end of year special edition of the Online Hot Politics Lab Meetings, lab directors Gijs Schumacher and Bert Bakker sat down together and had a look back at

From December 14 – 18, Bert is the Paul Lazarsfeld Professor at the Faculty of Social Science of University of Vienna. The professorship is awarded to outstanding scholars with an

The Hot Politics Lab is recruiting a postdoc to complement our current team, focusing on studying emotions in politics. You can find more information and application details here. The closing