Tom Theuns<p>After some lurking, I want to <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/introduce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduce</span></a> myself properly.</p><p>After training in <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/PoliticalTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalTheory</span></a> & <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/PoliticalPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPhilosophy</span></a>, I'm now at the Institute of <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/PoliticalScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalScience</span></a> in <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/Leiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leiden</span></a>.</p><p>I've worked in the history of <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/PoliticalThought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalThought</span></a> & <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/DemocraticTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticTheory</span></a>, looking at things like the secret ballot & <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/CriminalDisenfranchisement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalDisenfranchisement</span></a>, as well as <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/Polisci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polisci</span></a> stuff like <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/DemocracyPromotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyPromotion</span></a></p><p>My current work is on the <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> & <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/DemocraticBacksliding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticBacksliding</span></a> in the <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/politicalscience" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>politicalscience</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/philosophy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>philosophy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>