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Overview

André Krouwel is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their principal domain of research lies within the social sciences, encompassing 70 published works. The primary areas of focus include political science and international relations, sociology and political science, communication, clinical psychology, and economics and econometrics.

The research topics that André Krouwel has most frequently addressed feature populism and right-wing movements, electoral systems and political participation, misinformation and its impacts, social media and politics, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic and related mental health issues. Additionally, their work covers the psychology of moral and emotional judgment.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries" (2022, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • "National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories: The Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity" (2020, Political Psychology)
  • "Populist Gullibility: Conspiracy Theories, News Credibility, Bullshit Receptivity, and Paranormal Belief" (2022, Political Psychology)
  • "Conspiracy beliefs prospectively predict health behavior and well-being during a pandemic" (2021, Psychological Medicine)

André Krouwel has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, among whom are:

  • Jan-Willem van Prooijen
  • Panagiotis Mitkidis
  • Tom Étienne
  • Estrella Gualda
  • Aleksandra Cichocka

Their work appears frequently in several academic venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Political Psychology
  • European Union Politics
  • European Political Science Review
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Political Extremism Predicts Belief in Conspiracy Theories

    Jan-Willem van Prooijen;André P. M. Krouwel;Thomas V. Pollet

  • If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them? Explaining Social Democratic Responses to the Challenge from the Populist Radical Right in Western Europe

    Tim Bale;Christoffer Green-Pedersen;AndréA Krouwel;Kurt Richard Luther

  • Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries

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  • Party Transformations in European Democracies

    André Krouwel

  • Otto Kirchheimer and the catch-all party

    A.P.M. Krouwel

  • Psychological Features of Extreme Political Ideologies

    Jan Willem van Prooijen;André P.M. Krouwel

  • Varieties of Euroscepticism and Populist Mobilization: Transforming Attitudes from Mild Euroscepticism to Harsh Eurocynicism

    André Krouwel;Koenraad Abts

  • A Good Sport?: Research into the Capacity of Recreational Sport to Integrate Dutch Minorities

    André Krouwel;Nanne Boonstra;Jan Willem Duyvendak;Lex Veldboer

  • Fear Among the Extremes How Political Ideology Predicts Negative Emotions and Outgroup Derogation

    Jan-Willem van Prooijen;André P. M. Krouwel;Max Boiten;Lennart Eendebak

  • The Global Emergence of Gay and Lesbian Politics. National Imprints of a Worldwide Movement

    Barry D. Adam;Jan Willem Duyvendak;André Krouwel

  • The malaise of the squeezed middle : Challenging the narrative of the ‘left behind’ Brexiter

    Lorenza Antonucci;Laszlo Horvath;Yordan Kutiyski;André Krouwel

  • Does Extreme Political Ideology Predict Conspiracy Beliefs, Economic Evaluations and Political Trust? Evidence From Sweden

    Andre Krouwel;Yordan Kutiyski;Jan Willem van Prooijen;Johan Martinsson

  • Extreme Political Beliefs Predict Dogmatic Intolerance

    Jan-Willem van Prooijen;André P. M. Krouwel

  • Party Models

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  • Waiting in the Wings: New Parties in the Netherlands

    Andre Krouwel;Paul Lucardie

  • A double-edged sword! The Dutch centre-right and the ‘foreigners issue’

    Kees Van Kersbergen;André Krouwel

  • Measuring presidentialism and parliamentarism: An Application to Central and East European Countries

    André Krouwel

  • Nederland vijfstromenland: De rol van de media en stemwijzers bij de verkiezingen van 2006

    J. Kleinnijenhuis;O. Scholten;van W.H. Atteveldt;van A.M.J. Hoof

  • Gay and Lesbian Movements beyond Borders? National Imprints of a Worldwide Movement

    B. Adam;J.W. Duyvendak;A.P.M. Krouwel

  • Investigating the Links Between Cultural Values and Belief in Conspiracy Theories : the Key Roles of Collectivism and Masculinity

    Jais Adam-Troian;Pascal Wagner-Egger;Matt Motyl;Thomas Arciszewski

  • Euroscepticism Re‐galvanized: The Consequences of the 2005 French and Dutch Rejections of the EU Constitution

    Nicholas Startin;André Krouwel

  • Do voters follow the recommendations of voter advice application websites? A study of the effects of kieskompas.nl on its users’ vote choices in the 2010 Dutch legislative elections:

    Matthew Wall;André Krouwel;Thomas Vitiello

  • The practicalities of issuing vote advice: a new methodology for profiling and matching

    André Krouwel;Thomas Vitiello;Matthew Wall

Frequent Co-Authors

Claes H. de Vreese
Claes H. de Vreese University of Amsterdam
Jan-Willem van Prooijen
Jan-Willem van Prooijen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jan Willem Duyvendak
Jan Willem Duyvendak University of Amsterdam
Jan Kleinnijenhuis
Jan Kleinnijenhuis Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Simon Otjes
Simon Otjes Leiden University
Tim Bale
Tim Bale Queen Mary University of London
Susan Banducci
Susan Banducci University of Exeter
Jurian Edelenbos
Jurian Edelenbos Erasmus University Rotterdam
Barry D. Adam
Barry D. Adam University of Windsor
Michał Bilewicz
Michał Bilewicz University of Warsaw

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