Dr. Stijn Theodoor Kessel

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsGovernment, Political Systems
KeywordsComparative European Politics, Populism, Elections, Political Parties

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
InstitutionQueen Mary University of London
InstituteSchool of Politics and International Relations

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Thomas PoguntkeInstitut für Deutsches und Internationales Parteienrecht und Parteienforschung, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2013

Programme(s)

2012Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2015Stijn van Kessel: Dutch Populism during the Crisis. In: H. Kriesi and T. Pappas Populism in the Shadow of the Great Recession. ECPR Pres, 2015.
2015Stijn van Kessel: Ordinary agents of discontent. In: Policy Network Observatory, http://www.policy-network.net/pno_detail.aspx?ID=4959&title=Ordinary-agents-of-discontent., 2015,
2015Stijn van Kessel and Koen Abts: Populism. In: J. Wright International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier, 2015. 609-612
2015Stijn van Kessel and John FitzGibbon: Populism in an FPTP system: UKIP may still succeed if they play the waiting game. In: Politics in Spires blog (Oxford and Cambridge Universities), http://politicsinspires.org/populism-in-an-fptp-system-ukip-may-still-succeed-if-they-play-the-waiting-game/, 2015,
2015Stijn van Kessel: Populist Parties in Europe. Agents of Discontent?. Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
2015Stijn van Kessel: Right-wing populism in contemporary Dutch politics. In: F. Decker, B. Henningsen and K. Jakobsen Rechtspopulismus und Rechtsextremismus in Europa. Die Herausforderung der Zivilgesellschaft durch alte Ideologien und neue Medien. Nomos, 2015. 205-216
2015Stijn van Kessel: Up to the challenge? The electoral performance of challenger parties after their first period in power. In: COMPASSS Working Papers Series, 2015, 1-46
2014Stijn van Kessel: 'A victory for Geert Wilders in the Netherlands’ European Parliament elections would not put Dutch EU membership at risk'. In: LSE EUROPP blog, 11-02-2014 (http://bit.ly/1lq4kSV) , 2014,
2014Stijn van Kessel, Andrea L.P. Pirro: 'Discontent on the Move: Prospects for Populist Radical Right Parties in the 2014 European Parliament Elections'. In: Intereconomics, 2014, 14-18
2014Stijn van Kessel: 'The populist cat-dog: applying the concept of populism to contemporary European party systems'. In: Journal of Political Ideologies, 2014, 99-118
2014Stijn van Kessel: Euro-enthusiasm, Euro-rejection, and various shades of grey: The 2014 European Parliament election campaign in the Netherlands. In: European Policy Institutes Network, Commentary No. 18/ 29 April, 2014,
2014Stijn van Kessel: Paesi bassi: perdono gli euroscettici, non vince l’Europa. In: M. Valbruzzi, R. Vignati, L'Italia e l'Europa al bivio delle riforme. Le elezioni europee e amministrative del 25 maggio 2014 [e-book]. Istituto Carlo Cattaneo, 2014. 281-286
2014Stijn van Kessel: While Geert Wilders suffered a disappointing result, the Dutch EP elections were still a long way from a ‘vote for Europe'. In: LSE EUROPP blog, 30-05-2014 (http://bit.ly/1ixoHe0)., 2014,