2024

Butler, C., Walgrave, S., Soontjens, K., & Loewen, P. J. (2024). Politicians are better at estimating public opinion when they think it is more salient. Party Politics, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688241239625

Höhmann, Daniel and Corinna Kroeber. (2024 ). Personality and Political Representation—How Personality Traits Shape MPs' Attitudes Toward Gender Equality. Legislative Studies Quarterly 00(0): 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12475.

2023

Sevenans, J., Walgrave, S., Jansen, A., Soontjens, K., Bailer, S., Brack, N., Breunig, C., Helfer, L., Loewen, P., Pilet, J.-B., Sheffer, L., Varone, F. and Vliegenthart, R. (2023). "Projection in Politicians' Perceptions of Public Opinion." Political Psychology, 44: 1259-1279. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12900​

Bundi, P., Varone, F., Loewen, P., & Breunig, C. (2023). "Conscientiousness of representatives and agreement with their party positions." The Journal of Legislative Studies, 1-20. doi 10.1080/13572334.2023.2233207

Amsalem, Eran, and Lior Sheffer. 2023. “Personality and the Policy Positions of Politicians.” Political Psychology 44(1):119–38. doi: 10.1111/pops.12821.

Walgrave, S., & Soontjens, K. (2023). "How politicians learn about public opinion. Research & Politics." 10(3). doi: 10.1177/205316802312006​

Helfer, Luzia, Nathalie Giger, and Christian Breunig. 2023. “Fairness of Inequality and Support for Redistribution: Directly Comparing Citizens and Legislators.” West European Politics 1–22. doi: 10.1080/01402382.2023.2170852.

Pilet, Jean-Benoît., Sheffer, Lior., Helfer Luzia., Varone, Frédéric., Vliegenthart, Rens. & Walgrave, Stefaan. (2023) "Do Politicians Outside the United States Also Think Voters are More Conservative than they Really Are? A Comparative Study of the Conservative Bias in Elites’ Perception of Public Opinion." American Political Science Review 1-9. doi:10.1017/S0003055423000527​

Sheffer, Lior, Peter John Loewen, Stefaan Walgrave, Stefanie Bailer, Christian Breunig, Luzia Helfer, Jean-Benoit Pilet, Frédéric Varone, and Rens Vliegenthart. 2023. “How Do Politicians Bargain? Evidence from Ultimatum Games with Legislators in Five Countries.” American Political Science Review 1–19. doi: 10.1017/S0003055422001459.

Walgrave, Stefaan, Arno Jansen, Julie Sevenans, Karolin Soontjens, Jean-Benoit Pilet, Nathalie Brack, Frédéric Varone, Luzia Helfer, Rens Vliegenthart, Toni van der Meer, Christian Breunig, Stefanie Bailer, Lior Sheffer, and Peter John Loewen. 2023. “Inaccurate Politicians: Elected Representatives’ Estimations of Public Opinion in Four Countries.” The Journal of Politics 85(1):209–22. doi: 10.1086/722042.

Rangoni, S., Bedock, C. & Talukder, D. More competent thus more legitimate? MPs’ discourses on deliberative mini-publics. Acta Polit 58, 531–551 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41269-021-00209-4

Soontjens, K. (2023). Voters don’t care too much about policy: How politicians conceive of voting motives. Research & Politics, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/20531680231176180

2022

Eichenberger, Steven, Frédéric Varone, and Luzia Helfer. 2022. “Do Interest Groups Bias MPs’ Perception of Party Voters’ Preferences?” Party Politics 28(3):567–79. doi: 10.1177/1354068821997079.

Soontjens, Karolin. 2022a. “Do Politicians Anticipate Voter Control? A Comparative Study of Representatives’ Accountability Beliefs.” European Journal of Political Research 61(3):699–717. doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12481.

Soontjens, Karolin. 2022b. “Inside the Party’s Mind: Why and How Parties Are Strategically Unresponsive to Their Voters’ Preferences.” Acta Politica 57(4):731–52. doi: 10.1057/s41269-021-00220-9.

Soontjens, Karolin, and Julie Sevenans. 2022. “Electoral Incentives Make Politicians Respond to Voter Preferences: Evidence from a Survey Experiment with Members of Parliament in Belgium.” Social Science Quarterly 103(5):1125–39. doi: 10.1111/ssqu.13186.

Varone, Frédéric, and Luzia Helfer. 2022. “Understanding MPs’ Perceptions of Party Voters’ Opinion in Western Democracies.” West European Politics 45(5):1033–56. doi: 10.1080/01402382.2021.1940647.

Walgrave, Stefaan, Karolin Soontjens, and Julie Sevenans. 2022. Politicians’ Reading of Public Opinion and Its Biases. Oxford University Press.

Walgrave, Stefaan, Karolin Soontjens, and Frédéric Varone. 2022. “Partitocracy and Intra-Party Ideological Agreement.” Pp. 165–183 in The winter of democracy. Vol. 6, edited by P. Baudewyns. Presses Universitaires: Louvain-La-Neuve.

2021

Helfer, Luzia, Flurina Wäspi, and Frédéric Varone. 2021. “Does Direct Democracy Enhance Politicians’ Perceptions of Constituents’ Opinions? Evidence from Switzerland.” Swiss Political Science Review 27(4):695–711. doi: 10.1111/spsr.12495.

Ketelaars, P., & Sevenans, J. (2021). It’s a Matter of Timing. How the Timing of Politicians’ Information Subsidies Affects What Becomes News. Political Communication, 38(3), 260–280. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2020.1763528

Sevenans, J. (2021). How Public Opinion Information Changes Politicians’ Opinions and Behavior. Political Behavior, 43(4), 1801–1823. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-021-09715-9

Soontjens, Karolin. 2021. “The Awareness Paradox: (Why) Politicians Overestimate Citizens’ Awareness of Parliamentary Questions and Party Initiatives.” Representation 57(1):75–94. doi: 10.1080/00344893.2020.1785538.

Soontjens, Karolin, Annelien Van Remoortere, and Stefaan Walgrave. 2021. “The Hostile Media: Politicians’ Perceptions of Coverage Bias.” West European Politics 44(4):991–1002. doi: 10.1080/01402382.2020.1792671.

Soontjens, Karolin, and Stefaan Walgrave. 2021. “Listening to the People: Politicians’ Investment in Monitoring Public Opinion and Their Beliefs about Accountability.” The Journal of Legislative Studies 1–21. doi: 10.1080/13572334.2021.2011649.