Maaike Geuens is currently as Assistant Professor in Constitutional and Administrative Law at the Public Law and Governance Department of Tilburg Law School (Tilburg University), where she teaches various courses in (comparative) constitutional law in the Dutch and English bachelor programs. She is also a guest lecturer on European Law at the Law Faculty of the University of Antwerp. Interests: European Policy, European Institutions, Participation, Democracy, Citizens' Initiatives, Foundations of Law, Qualitative Empirical Legal Methods