2026

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

A foreign plant: Citizen-initiated referendums and democratic conceptualisations in the Netherlands. BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review 141 (2026): 1, 36-57.

2025

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Referendaverschillen: Directe democratie als lens voor het onderzoeken van verschillen in de naoorlogse democratische ontwikkeling van West-Europa. Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis 138 (2025): 1, 25-42.

Professionele publicaties

Gaat het referendum de democratie redden? Een historisch en vergelijkend perspectief.” Commentaar voor het Montesquieu Instituut. July 15, 2025.

Presentaties

The People’s Choice: Referendums in Post-Postwar Western Europe, 1970-2016. Research Seminar Utrecht University. May 11, 2025. Utrecht, Netherlands.

Adapting Democracy: Referendums in Post-Postwar Western Europe, 1970-2016. Political History Colloquium Series. April 24, 2025. Utrecht, Netherlands.

Referenda als oplossing waarvoor eigenlijk? Democratie in Crisis. April 10, 2025. Utrecht, Netherlands.

2024

Publicaties

Vive la Grandeur, Vive la France: French assertiveness during the De Gaulle presidency through the development of the ‘Force de Frappe.’ Historical Review Groniek 234 (2024): 1, 97-106. 

2023

Thesis

Rediscovering Referendums: Direct Democratic Practices in Postwar Western Europe. Utrecht University Archives, 2023. (Grade: 9.0)

Publicaties

America or the Poorhouse: Individual Maritime Stories within the Broader Migration Patterns of the Early 20th Century. Leidschrift (2023): 2, 88-105.

Destroying Democracy: Philippe Pétain and the Vichy Alternative to the French Republic. Historisch Tijdschrift Aanzet 38 (2023): 1, 21-28.

Presentaties

• “Direct democracy as an investigatory lens: How Analyzing Referendums Can Help Us Better Understand the Contested Nature of Postwar Democratic Development.” Wrapping Up History Conference. June 23, 2023. Utrecht, Netherlands.

2022

Publicaties

The Key to Winning Referendums: Explaining Charles de Gaulle’s Referendum Successes and Failures. Historisch Tijdschrift Aanzet 37 (2022): 3, 8-15. 

Presentaties

Referendums, Independence, and Migration: A Comparison between the Independence Referendums and their results in Guinea, Dahomey, and Algeria, 1958-1962. Annual Conference of the French Colonial Historical Society. May 12, 2022. Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America.

The Birth of a Rivalry: French Public Opinion on Germany during and after the Franco-Prussian War. International Conference for Postgraduates in French and Francophone Studies. April 23, 2022. Warwick, United Kingdom (Conference held online).

2020

Publicaties

What if, het belang van alternatieve tijdsverlopen voor de moderne historicus. Tijdschrift Ongehoord (HHP Utrecht University), June 30, 2020.