PhD Student
simon.geshef@ulb.be
Adresse courrier :
ULB - Campus du Solbosch
Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 50 - CP 124
1050 Bruxelles
Adresse visiteur :
Bâtiment S, 11è étage - Bureau : S11.204
Avenue Jeanne, 44
1050 Bruxelles
Bio
Arrived at the Cevipol in January 2024, I started a PhD in political science after a master in sociology. After working on youth party organizations during my master dissertation, I felt the need to pursue my work in a thesis.
CV
- PhD researcher on party organizational change
- Coder for the Political Party Database (3rd wave)
- Coder for the Local Political Offer survey (3rd wave)
Areas of research
- Party organization
- Party change
- Local party section
- Party Instutionalization
- Research
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I’m currently doing research on Belgian (FR) parties’ organizational changes, more specifically changes occurring at the local level. To understand better if parties are still performing their linkage function with citizens at the local level, I’m combining qualitative process tracing methods, and a large organizational database based on financial reports.
- Publications
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Panebianco, A. (1988). Political parties: organization and power. Cambridge University Press.
Mair, P. (2013). Ruling the void: the hollowing of Western democracy. Verso.
Saiz, M. R., & Geser, H. (2021). Local Parties In Political And Organizational Perspective. Routledge.
Biezen, I. van, & Poguntke, T. (2014). The decline of membership-based politics. Party Politics, 20(2), 205‑216.