Kris Deschouwer is a

Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...

politicologist and professor at the

Vrije Universiteit Brussel The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) () is a Dutch and English-speaking research university located in Brussels, Belgium.The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is one of the five universities officially recognised by the Flemish government. listof all ...

. He was a member of the Coudenberg group, a Belgian federalist

think tank A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governmenta ...

. His research is on the consequences of the institutional complexity of Belgium for political actors and for political parties in particular.

Education

He obtained a master's degree in

Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

and in

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1981 and in 1987, he obtained a PhD in Political Science.

Career

He started his career at the VUB in 1988, where he has been teaching general introduction to political science, comparative politics, Belgian politics and parties and elections. In 1999, he was a research fellow at the

European University Institute The European University Institute (EUI) is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute and an independent body of the European Union with juridical personality, established by the member states to contribu ...

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...

. From 1987 until 1993, he was associate professor at the Department of Comparative Politics of the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen ( no, Universitetet i Bergen, ) is a research-intensive state university located in Bergen, Norway. As of 2019, the university has over 4,000 employees and 18,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 194 ...

. In 2004 he held the Chaire d'honneur de la ville de Lausanne at the

University of Lausanne The University of Lausanne (UNIL; french: links=no, Université de Lausanne) in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second oldest in Switzer ...

. Since 2003 he is co-editor of the European Journal of Political Research.

Books

Kris Deschouwer, Pascal Delwit, Marc Hooghe, Stefaan Walgrave (eds), ''Les voix du peuple. Le comportement électoral au scrutin du 10 juin 2009'', Bruxelles, Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 2010.

Sources

Kris Deschouwer

Personalia and publications

Interview with Kris Deschouwer

"Een kieskring voor alle Belgen?"
Kris Deschouwer, Workshop Paviagroep, januari 2006
"Une circonscription fédérale pour tous les Belges?"
Kris Deschouwer and Philippe van Parijs, groupe PAVIA groep
"Comprendre le nationalisme flamand"
Kris Deschouwer, Fédéralisme Régionalisme, Volume 1 : 1999–2000 - Nationalisme et démocratie Vrije Universiteit Brussel alumni Living people Belgian sociologists Belgian political scientists Flemish academics Year of birth missing (living people) {{Belgium-bio-stub