Tag: Bert Bakker
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CPC Members Contribute to New Report on Young People’s Perspectives on Polarization
in NewsCPC members Jakob Kasper and Bert N. Bakker (together with their Hot Politics Lab colleague Gijs Schumacher) were happy to contribute to a report on young people’s perspectives on polarization, developed under the leadership of Judith van de Wetering and Eveline Crone at Erasmus University Rotterdam. The report was recently handed over to MP Lisa…
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Workshop “Politics and Mental Health in Times of Societal Threat”
in NewsOn March 5 and 6, 2026, the CPC members Linda C. Bomm, Delaney Peterson, and Bert N. Bakker hosted a two-day workshop titled “Politics and Mental Health in Times of Societal Threat – Wicked or Not?” as part of Bert N. Bakker’s VIDI project Under Pressure: Studying the Causes and Consequences of Societal Threats at…
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Under Pressure: Studying the Causes and Consequences of Societal Threats
in GrantsWith a pandemic, climate change, and terrorist attacks, we have seen threats that could have, or will in the future, fundamentally alter our way of life. The perceptions of threat can disrupt society as threat fuels protest, support for anti-democratic policies, and even leads to violence. In this project, the researchers will study how people…
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IP-PAD Conference on Adolescents and Politics
in NewsOn Friday, November 7, 2025, the MSCA Doctoral Network IP-PAD (Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Politics of Adolescence and Democracy) held a one-day conference on Adolescents and Politics, co-organized by CPC members Bert Bakker, Gustavo Couto de Jesus, Céline Laffineur, and Jakob Kasper. We welcomed over 40 participants at the University of Amsterdam for a day…