Caroline Close is Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) on Charleroi Campus, and researcher at Cevipol. Her research interests include political parties, election, representation, emotions and political communication. She is involved in interuniversity projects such as ‘RepResent’ and ‘NotLikeUs’, which focus on election and representation dynamics. She has developed the Social Media Lab @Cevipol, which examines the way parties and leaders communicate on social media in Belgium.