Conference and working papers

2022

Louwerse, T. & Van Well, R. (2022) Government-opposition distinctiveness in legislatures: A longitudinal analysis. Paper presented at the EPSA General Conference, 23-25 June, Prague.

Louwerse, T. & Van Well, R. (2022) Government-opposition distinctiveness in legislatures: A longitudinal analysis. Paper presented at the Politicologenetmaal, 16-17 June, Nijmegen.

2021

Nagtzaam, M. & Louwerse, T. (2021) Geographical representation under a single nationwide district: the case of the Netherlands. Paper presented at the 6th Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, Virtual Event, 1-2 July 2021.

Otjes, S., & Louwerse, T. (2021) The Reinvention of Consensus Politics: Majority and minority government in the Netherlands 2007-2021. Paper presented at the Online Conference of the Council for European Studies, 21-24 June.

Schakel, W., Bolet, D., Campbell, R., Louwerse, T., Pedersen, H.H., Schakel, W., Zittel, T. (2021) Unequal Responsiveness in MP-Citizen Communication: A Comparative Field Experiment. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (Virtual session), 30 September.

Schakel, W., Bolet, D., Campbell, R., Louwerse, T., Pedersen, H.H., Schakel, W., Zittel, T. (2021) Unequal Responsiveness in MP-Citizen Communication: A Comparative Field Experiment. Paper presented at the Leiden Political Science Workshop, 28 October.

2020

Baumann, M., Bolet, D., Campbell, R., Louwerse, T., Pedersen, H.H., Schakel, W., Zittel, T. (2020) The Responsiveness of MPs to Citizen-Initiated Policy Queries; A Proposal for a Pre-Analysis Plan. Paper presented at the ECPR Virtual General Conference, 24-28 August.

2019

Louwerse, T. & Van Dijk R. (2019) Reporting the polls: The quality of media reporting of vote intention polls in the Netherlands. Paper Presented at the ECPR General Conference, Wroclaw, 4-7 September.

Vonno, C.M.C. van & Louwerse, T. (2019) Hard Work Pays Off. Candidate Selection and Parliamentary Activity. Paper Presented at the ECPR General Conference, Wroclaw, 4-7 September.

Louwerse, T. & Van Dijk R. (2019) Reporting the polls: Polling aggregation and the coverage of opinion polls. Paper presented at the Dutch-Flemish Political Science Conference, Politicologenetmaal, Antwerpen, 13-14 June.

S. Otjes & Louwerse, T. (2019) Populist Opposition: A comparative approach to the opposition styles of populist parties. Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops in Mons, Belgium, 8-12 April, 2019.

2018

Louwerse, T. & Otjes, S. (2018) Counting to 76. Rules and Norms in Legislative-Executive Relations in the Netherlands. Paper presented ECPR General Conference, Hamburg, 22-25 August.

Louwerse, T. & Timmermans, A. (2018) Coalition Politics in the Netherlands: Old Solutions to New Problems. Paper presented at book workshop Coalition Governance in Western Europe, Lund, 17-18 May.

Vonno, C.M.C. van & Louwerse, T. (2018) Hard Work Pays Off. Candidate Selection and Parliamentary Activity. Paper Presented at the Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, Vienna, 21-23 June.

2017

Müller, S. & Louwerse, T. (2017) Explaining Government Support Throughout the Legislative Cycle: A Comparative Analysis. Paper presented at the General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Milan, 22-24 June.

Louwerse, T. (2017) The Blurring of Opposition: Measuring Government-Opposition Relations in Parliament. Paper presented at the General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Milan, 22-24 June, and at the 4th Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, Basel, 29 June-1 July 2017.

Otjes, S., Louwerse, T. & Timmermans, A. (2017) Populism and Opposition Party Behaviour in Netherlands. Paper presented at the 4th Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, Basel, 29 June-1 July 2017.

Sieberer, U., Meyer, T., Ceron, A., Falcó-Gimeno, A., Guinaudeau, I., Hansen, M.E., Kolltveit, K., Louwerse, T., Müller, W.C. (2017) The politics of portfolio design in European democracies. Paper presented at the 2017 ECPR General Conference, Oslo, 6-9 September, 2017.1

2016

Louwerse, T. (2016) Pooling Opinion Polls in the Netherlands. Paper presented at the Dutch-Flemish Political Science Conference, Politicologenetmaal, Brussels, 2-3 June.

Louwerse, T. (2016) Opinion Polls and the Party Mandate. Paper presented at the General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Brussels, 23-25 June.

Louwerse, T. & Otjes, S. (2016) Explaining the Use of Parliamentary Questions by Parliamentary Party Groups. Paper presented at the 3rd General Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, Munich, 30 June-2 July.

Otjes, S., Louwerse, T. & Timmermans A. (2016) The Reinvention of Consensus Democracy: Opposition Party Behaviour in the Netherlands, 1998-2015. Paper presented at the ECPR General Conference, Prague, 7-10 September.

2015

Louwerse, T. (2015) The impact of opinion polls on party mandate fulfilment: evidence from Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association (EPSA), Vienna, 25-27 June.

Louwerse, T. (2015) The concept of ‘positive’ and ’negative’ parliamentarism. Paper presented at the workshop ‘Vague concepts and poor operationalization – solutions to measurement problems in studies of government formation’, Stockholm, 16-18 September.

Louwerse, T. (2015) Improving Opinion Poll Reporting: The Irish Polling Indicator. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Political Studies Association of Ireland, Cork, 16-18 October.

Louwerse, T. & Otjes, S. (2015) Explaining the use of parliamentary questions by political parties: beyond electoral incentives. Paper presented at the Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and parliamentarians Wroxton, United Kingdom 25-26 July.

Otjes, S., Louwerse, T. & Timmermans, A. (2015) “Populism and Opposition Party Behaviour in the Netherlands” Paper presented at the Conference of the Council of European Studies Paris, France 8-10 July.

Rosema, M. & Louwerse, T. (2015). Answer Scales in Voting Advice Applications. Paper presented at the Politcologenetmaal, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 11-12 June.

Rosema, M. & Louwerse, T. (2015). Answer Scales in Voting Advice Applications. Paper presented at the ECPR General Conference, Montréal, 26-29 August.

2014

Louwerse, T. (2014) The impact of electoral uncertainty on the party mandate in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Paper presented at the panel “Political Parties and Mandate Politics”, ECPR General Conference, Glasgow, 4 September.

Louwerse, T. (2014) Unpacking ‘positive’ and ’negative’ parliamentarism. Paper presented at the workshop “The Evolution of Parliamentarism and Its Political Consequences”, Joint Sessions of Workshops of the European Consortium of Political Research, Salamanca, Spain, 10-15 April.

Otjes, S. & Louwerse, T. (2014) Personalised parliamentary behaviour without electoral incentives: the case of the Netherlands. Paper presented at the workshop ‘What, how and why do parties and politicians decide? Innovative and established approaches in political decision-making’, Politicologenetmaal, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 12-13 June.

Otjes, S., Louwerse, T., Willumsen, D. & Öhberg, P. (2014) The Impact of Government Majority Status on Parliamentary Behaviour: Comparing Sweden and the Netherlands. Paper presented at the panel ‘Perspectives on Legislative Voting’, ECPR General Conference, Glasgow, 5 September.

2013

Louwerse, T. & Van Aelst, P. (2013) The exceptional Belgian case? Government formation processes in comparative perspective. Paper presented at the conference ‘Belgium: The State of the Federation’, Vereniging voor Politieke Wetenschappen/Association belge francophone de science politique, Louvain-la-Neuve, 18 October.

Fivaz, J., Louwerse, T. & Schwarz, D. (2013). Keeping promises: VAAs and political representation. Paper presented at the conference ‘Matching Voters with Parties and Candidates: Voting Advice Applications in a Comparative Perspective’, Lausanne, 1-2 May.

Louwerse, T. & Otjes, S. (2013). A special majority cabinet? Minority cabinet governance in the Netherlands. Paper presented at the session Parliamentary Rules, Conference ‘Political Legitimacy and the Paradox of Regulation’, Leiden, 23-25 January.

Otjes, S. & Louwerse, T. (2013). Patterns of coalition-opposition voting in parliamentary systems: exploring case of the Netherlands. Paper presented at the ECPR General Conference, Bordeaux, 4-7 September.

Otjes, S. & Louwerse, T. (2013). Personalised parliamentary behaviour without electoral incentives: the case of the Netherlands. Paper presented at the workshop Understanding Parliamentarians. Individual Goals and Behaviour in European Legislatures, ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Mainz, 12-15 March.

2012

Aelst, P. van & Louwerse, T. (2012). Parliament without government: A study on the Belgian parliament during 541 days of government formation. Session ‘The Parliamentary Arena’, Annual Politicologenetmaal of the Nederlandse Kring voor de Wetenschap der Politiek (NKWP): Amsterdam (2012, May 31 - 2012, June 01).

Louwerse, T. & Otjes, S. (2012). Talking the Talk,Walking the Walk? Comparing Speech and Sponsorship in the Dutch Parliament. Session ‘The Parliamentary Arena’, Annual Politicologenetmaal of the Nederlandse Kring voor de Wetenschap der Politiek (NKWP): Amsterdam (2012, May 31 - 2012, June 01).

Louwerse, T. & Vonno, C. van (2012). Candidate Selection, Parliamentary Activity and Party Orientation. Session ‘The Parliamentary Arena’, Annual Politicologenetmaal of the Nederlandse Kring voor de Wetenschap der Politiek (NKWP): Amsterdam (2012, May 31 - 2012, June 01).

2011

Louwerse, T. (2011). Mechanisms of issue congruence: the democratic party mandate. ECPR Joint Sessions, Workshop Issue Congruence and Policy Responsiveness in European Governance: St. Gallen, Switzerland (2011, April 12 - 2001, April 17).

Louwerse, T. & Pellikaan, H. (2011). Estimating Party Policy Positions: The Confrontational Approach. Politicologenetmaal: Amsterdam (2011, June 09 - 2011, June 10).

Louwerse, T. & Rosema, M. (2011). The Design Effects of Voting Advice Applications: Comparing Methods of Calculating Results. ECPR Conference: Reykjavik (2011, August 25 - 2011, August 27).

Otjes, S. & Louwerse, T. (2011). Spatial models in Voting Advice Applications. Politicologenetmaal: Amsterdam (2011, June 9 - 2011, June 10).

Otjes, S. & Louwerse, T. (2011). Specialized Partisans. Understanding Patterns of Parliamentary Cosponsorship: the Case of the Netherlands. Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments (2011, November 24 - 2011, November 25)

2010

Louwerse, T. (2010). Comparing Spaces of Electoral and Parliamentary Party Competition. Making Parliament Speak: Paris (2010, October 13 - 2010, October 14).

Louwerse, T. (2010). The Spatial Approach to the Party Mandate. Politicologenetmaal: Leuven (2010, May 28 - 2010, May 29).

2009

Louwerse, T. (2009). Referenda and party representation: the case of the Dutch EU referendum. European Network for the analysis of political text (ENAPT) Workshop: Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom (2009, June 25).

Louwerse, T. (2009). The promise of political parties: congruence between electoral and parliamentary spaces of party competition in the Netherlands. Politicologenetmaal: Berg en Dal, Nederland (2009, May 28 - 2009, May 29).

2008

Louwerse, T. (2008). Populism and the democratic mandate. Politicologenetmaal: Berg en Dal (2008, May 25 - 2008, May 26).

Louwerse, T. (2008). The European mandate of national parliaments. ECPR standing group summerschool on political parties and European politics: Florence, Italy (2008, September 08 - 2008, September 19).

2007

Louwerse, T. (2007). Following the leader? Party positions on institutional reform in the Netherlands, 1998-2006. Politicologenetmaal 2007: Antwerpen (2007, May 31 - 2007, June 1).


  1. My contribution to this paper was limited to the data collection for the Netherlands. ↩︎