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SUMMARY:BrIAS x ABSP Workshop – Focus on the “Unusual Suspects”
DESCRIPTION:Focus on the “Unusual Suspects”: Exploring Understudied Underrepresented Groups in Representative Democracies \nThe Election\, Public Opinion and Parties Working Group of the ABSP and the Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies (BrIAS) organise a workshop on Exploring Understudied Underrepresented Groups in Representative Democracies. \n\nAbout the Workshop\nThis workshop focuses on the “unusual suspects” of representative democracies — understudied and underrepresented groups whose political participation\, representation\, and visibility remain limited. \nBringing together scholars working on youth representation\, political ambition\, antifeminism\, and far-right agenda-setting\, the workshop explores the structural and discursive limits of political representation\, with particular attention to intersectionality\, online visibility\, and generational disconnection. \nDate: 13 March 2026\nLocation: Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels \n\nProgramme\nAgenda\n\n\n12:00 – 13:00 Lunch and greetings\n\n13:00 – 13:45\n\nKevin Meyvaert (VUB)\, Eline Severs (VUB)\, Dimokritos Kavadias (VUB)\nThe Representational Limits of Representatives – Youth Disconnection and Young MPs’ Visions of Representation in Brussels\nDiscussants: Giovanni Maggi\, Simon Geshef\n\n13:45 – 14:30\n\nZoé Lardinois (ULB)\nPathways to Political Candidacy: An Intersectional Study of Political Ambition in Belgium\nDiscussants: Hannah Oorts\, Laura Uyttendale\n\n\n14:30 – 14:45 Coffee break\n\n14:45 – 15:30\n\nHannah Oorts (VUB)\, Eline Severs (VUB)\, Elly Mansoury (VUB)\, Kevin Meyvaert (VUB)\nExpectation vs. Reality: Being a Young Representative in the Spotlight / Online\nDiscussants: Zoé Lardinois\, Aloïsa Pilloy\n\n15:30 – 16:15\n\nGiovanni Maggi (ULB)\nMainstreaming Antifeminism in Italy and the United States: Far-Right Agenda Setting in Networked Public Debates (2010–present)\nDiscussants: Kevin Meyvaert\, Thomas Legein\n\n\n16:15  Farewell coffee\n\n\n\nOrganising Team\nAloïsa Pilloy (UCLouvain) – aloisa.pilloy@uclouvain.be\nSimon Geshef (ULB) – simon.geshef@ulb.be\nLaura Uyttendaele (ULB) – laura.uyttendaele@ulb.be\nThomas Legein (VUB) – thomas.legein@vub.be
URL:https://brias.be/event/brias-x-absp-workshop-focus-on-the-unusual-suspects/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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