Gert-Jan Put February 2014

Personal information First name Surname Address

Gert-Jan Put University of Leuven Public Governance Institute Parkstraat 45 bus 3609 3000 Leuven Belgium

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0032 16 323246 (office) 0032 16 323088 [email protected] http://soc.kuleuven.be/io/ned/staf/biografie/PutGertJan.html

Date of birth Place of birth Nationality

August 5, 1986. Genk, Belgium Belgian

Education 2010 - present

PhD in Social Sciences (expected September 2015) Public Governance Institute

Supervisor

Prof. Dr. Bart Maddens

Title

The geographical dispersion of party candidates: the case of the Francophone and Flemish parties for the lower Chamber elections (1987-2010)

2008-2009

Master in Management, Cum Laude Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Leuven

2007-2008

Master in Comparative and International Politics, Magna Cum Laude Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leuven

2004-2007

Bachelor in Political Sciences, Magna Cum Laude Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leuven

Teaching and Research interests Comparative politics, parties and party systems, campaign spending effects, legislative turnover, political career patterns

Work Experience Oct. 2013 - April 2014 Oct. 2012 - present Mar. 2010 - Sept. 2012 Oct. 2008 - Feb. 2010

Visiting PhD Student at the Department of Political Science, Tel-Aviv University, Israel PhD Fellowship of the Research Foundation Flanders – FWO PhD Teaching Assistant Part-time Teaching Assistant

Teaching Experience Teaching Assistant for Political Parties and Social Movements, 2010-2012 Teaching Assistant for Research Seminar on the organisation of political parties, 2009-2013 Teaching Assistant for Practicum in Political Science, 2009-2012

Articles in international peer-review journals Put, G. & Maddens, B. (2014). ‘The effect of municipality size and local office on the electoral success of Belgian/Flemish election candidates: a multilevel analysis.’ Government and Opposition, revise and resubmit. Put, G., Maddens, B. & Smulders, J. (2014). ‘The effect of individual campaign spending under a semi-open PR system in local elections. The case of 2012 local elections in Belgium.’ Local Government Studies, accepted. Vanlangenakker, I., Maddens, B. & Put, G. (2014). ‘Het carrièrepatroon van federale politici in Vlaanderen.’ Revue Internationale de Politique Comparée, accepted. Wauters, B., Maddens, B. & Put, G. (2013). ‘It takes time. The long term effects of gender quota.’ Representation, accepted. Maddens, B. & Put, G. (2013). ‘Office effects and campaign spending in a semi-open list PR system: the Belgian/Flemish federal and regional elections 1999-2010.’ Electoral Studies, published online. Vanlangenakker, I., Maddens, B. & Put, G. (2013). ‘Career patterns in multi-level states: an analysis of the Belgian regions.’ Regional Studies, 47 (3), pp. 356-367. Put, G. & Maddens, B. (2013). ‘The selection of candidates for eligible positions on PR lists: the Belgian/ Flemish federal elections 1999–2010’. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 23 (1), pp. 49-65. Put, G. & Maddens, B. (2012). ‘De selectie van verkiesbare kandidaten. Een analyse van de Belgische Kamerverkiezingen 1999-2010.’ Res Publica: Tijdschrift voor Politologie 54 (3), 289-308. (in Dutch)

Vanlangenakker, I., Maddens, B. & Put, G. (2011). ‘Political careers in Belgium: an example of the integrated career model. Fédéralisme-Régionalisme, 10, epub. 10p. Maddens, B. & Put, G. (2011). ‘Maken sterke lijsten een verschil? Een analyse van de lijsten bij de federale en regionale verkiezingen in het Vlaams Gewest (2003-2010).’ Res Publica: Tijdschrift voor Politologie 53 (2), 165-188. (in Dutch) Co-authored books Maddens, B., Put, G. J. & Smulders, J. (2014). Het DNA van de kandidaten. Leuven: Acco. Articles in other academic journals (in Dutch) Put, G. J. (2012). Van doorbraak tot consolidatie. Een analyse van de partijorganisatie van LDD na de federale verkiezingen van 2007. Burger, Bestuur & Beleid, 8(1), 14-29. Put, G. J., Verleden, F., Maddens, B., & Vanlangenakker, I. (2011). De geografische spreiding van kandidaten op de Vlaamse kieslijsten (2003-2010). Samenleving en Politiek, 18(5), 60-72. Maddens, B., Weekers, K., Put, G. J., & Vanlangenakker, I. (2010). De zeven dwergen: de evolutie van de verkiezingsuitgaven van 1991 tot 2009. Samenleving en Politiek, 17(2), 4658. Verleden, F., Weekers, K., Maddens, B., Put, G. J., & Vanlangenakker, I. (2009). Een nieuwe legislatuur, een nieuw parlement?. Samenleving en Politiek, 16(7), 4-13.

Work in Progress Put, G., Frees, W., Maddens, B. & Vanlangenakker, I. ‘A multivariate analysis of legislative survival in the regional parliaments of Flanders, Wallonia, Saxony, Catalonia and Scotland.’ ‘Exit, status quo or moving on? An analysis of gender differences in the career developments by regional MPs.’ (with Wout Frees, Bart Maddens and Ine Vanlangenakker) ‘Local candidate presence as indicator of local campaign efforts: the case of the Belgian lower Chamber elections (1987-2010).’ (with Bart Maddens) ‘What determines territorial representation on party lists? Lessons from the Belgian case.’ ‘Intra-Party Politics and Public Opinion: How Selection Processes affect Citizens' Views on Democracy’ (with Yael Shomer and Einat Gedalya-Lavy)

Conference presentations and activities Co-chair of the workshop ‘Quality of democracy in Europe and beyond: theories, methods

and applications.’ At the 13th Dutch-Belgian Politicologenetmaal, 12-13 June 2014, Maastricht University. ‘Geographic ticket-balancing strategies: the impact of electoral system attributes on the geography of Belgian election candidates’ (presented at the 9th International Graduate Yitzhak Rabin Conference, 11-13 December 2013, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Co-chair of the workshop ‘Access to politics: actors in the process of political recruitment.’ At the 12th Dutch-Belgian Politicologenetmaal, 30-31 May 2013, University of Ghent. ‘The impact of personal vote-earning attributes on the electoral result of party candidates’ (with Bart Maddens, presented at the Dutch-Belgian Politicologenetmaal 2013 of 30-31 May in Ghent) ‘The skill and will to survive: A multilevel analysis of incumbency turnover in the regional parliaments of Flanders, Wallonia, Sachsen, Catalonia and Scotland.’ (with Wout Frees & Bart Maddens, presented at the Dutch-Belgian Politicologenetmaal 2013 of 30-31 May in Ghent) Wauters, B., Maddens, B. & Put, G. (2010). ‘The effect of quota on the profile of women candidates in Belgium’. Paper presented at the 9th Dutch-Belgian Politicologenetmaal, 2728 May 2010, University of Leuven. Put, G. & Vanlangenakker, I. (2010). ‘The extent of multiple-office holding in Belgium (2003-2009). An exploration of the underlying reasons.’ Paper presented at the 9th DutchBelgian Politicologenetmaal, 27-28 May 2010, University of Leuven.

Additional methodological training Multilevel Analysis, Master of Quantitative Analysis in Social Sciences, University of Leuven, 2011-2012. Hierarchical Models, Summer School in Quantitative Analysis, University of Essex, Summer 2011. Mathematics for Social Scientists, Summer School in Quantitative Analysis, University of Essex, Summer 2011. Grants and Fellowships Junior Mobility Programme grant for junior researchers, YouReca KU Leuven 10.000 € PhD Fellowship of the Research Foundation Flanders, 2012-2016

Languages and skills Dutch English

Native Fluent

French Modern Greek German Statistical Software skills SAS, MLwiN

Working Knowledge Intermediate Basic Knowledge