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Overview

Barbara Vis is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and specializes in the social sciences, with a particular focus on political science and international relations. Their research spans a range of topics including electoral systems and political participation, qualitative comparative analysis research, and employment and welfare studies. Additional research interests cover policy transfer and learning, sustainability and climate change governance, as well as decision-making and behavioral economics.

The frequent publication venues for Barbara Vis include the European Political Science Review, Quality & Quantity, Political Behavior, Political Studies Review, and Perspectives on Politics. These venues reflect a concentration on political science and qualitative methodological approaches.

Barbara Vis's recent scholarly contributions include papers such as:

  • "The Qualitative Transparency Deliberations: Insights and Implications" (2021, Perspectives on Politics)
  • "Conducting quantitative studies with the participation of political elites: best practices for designing the study and soliciting the participation of political elites" (2020, Quality & Quantity)
  • "Three strategies to track configurations over time with Qualitative Comparative Analysis" (2020, European Political Science Review)
  • "Digitalization as a policy response to social acceleration: Comparing democratic problem solving in Denmark and the Netherlands" (2022, Government Information Quarterly)
  • "Politicians, the Representativeness Heuristic and Decision-Making Biases" (2020, Political Behavior)

The scientist collaborates regularly with other researchers, including Sjoerd Stolwijk, Jonas Tallberg, Stefan Verweij, Carlos Closa, and Matt Qvortrup. These frequent co-authors indicate an active engagement in joint research projects and a focus on interdisciplinary approaches within political science and social sciences.

Barbara Vis has contributed extensively to subfields within social sciences, including political science and international relations, sociology and political science, general health professions, global and planetary change, and general decision sciences. Their work often integrates methodological perspectives, notably qualitative comparative analysis, alongside applied political and social topics.

Best Publications

  • The comparative advantages of fsQCA and regression analysis for moderately large-n analyses

    Barbara Vis

  • Why and how do Political Actors Pursue Risky Reforms

    Barbara Vis;Kees van Kersbergen

  • Why do parties change position? Party organization and environmental incentives

    Gijs Schumacher;Catherine E. de Vries;Barbara Vis

  • Politics of Risk-Taking: Welfare State Reform in Advanced Democracies

    Barbara Vis

  • To What Extent Did the Financial Crisis Intensify the Pressure to Reform the Welfare State

    Barbara Vis;Kees van Kersbergen;Thomas H. Hylands

  • Governments and unpopular social policy reform: Biting the bullet or steering clear?

    Barbara Vis

  • Political parties’ welfare image, electoral punishment and welfare state retrenchment

    Gijs Schumacher;Gijs Schumacher;Barbara Vis;Kees van Kersbergen

  • States of welfare or states of workfare? Welfare state restructuring in 16 capitalist democracies, 1985-2002

    Barbara Vis

  • Taking Stock of the Comparative Literature on the Role of Blame Avoidance Strategies in Social Policy Reform

    Barbara Vis

  • Analyzing Relationships of Necessity Not Just in Kind But Also in Degree Complementing fsQCA With NCA

    Barbara Vis;Jan Dul

  • Prospect Theory and Political Decision Making

    Barbara Vis

  • Comparative Welfare State Politics: Development, Opportunities, and Reform

    Kees van Kersbergen;Barbara Vis

  • Do Politicians Take Risks Like the Rest of Us? An Experimental Test of Prospect Theory Under MPs

    Jona Linde;Barbara Vis

  • The Great Recession and Welfare State Reform: Is Retrenchment Really the Only Game Left in Town?

    Kees van Kersbergen;Barbara Vis;Anton Hemerijck

  • How Aspiration to Office Conditions the Impact of Government Participation on Party Platform Change

    Gijs Schumacher;Marc-Paul Van de Wardt;Barbara Vis;Michael Baggesen Klitgaard

  • The importance of socio-economic and political losses and gains in welfare state reform

    Barbara Vis

  • Metaphorical framing in political discourse through words vs. concepts: A meta-analysis

    Britta C. Brugman;Christian Burgers;Barbara Vis

  • Addressing the Challenges Related to Transforming Qualitative Into Quantitative Data in Qualitative Comparative Analysis

    Debora de Block;Barbara Vis

  • Heuristics and Political Elites' Judgment and Decision Making

    Barbara Vis

  • The Qualitative Transparency Deliberations: Insights and Implications

    Alan M. Jacobs;Tim Büthe;Tim Büthe;Ana Arjona;Leonardo R. Arriola

  • Under which conditions does spending on active labor market policies increase? A FsQCA Analysis of 53 governments between 1985 and 2003

    Barbara Vis

  • TOWARDS AN OPEN FUNCTIONAL APPROACH TO WELFARE STATE CHANGE: PRESSURES, IDEAS, AND BLAME AVOIDANCE

    Barbara Vis;Kees Van Kersbergen

  • Three worlds’ typology: Moving beyond normal science?:

    Kees van Kersbergen;Barbara Vis

  • Do miracles exist? Analyzing economic performance comparatively

    Barbara Vis;Jaap Woldendorp;Hans Keman

  • European welfare states in motion

    A.C. Hemerijck;V. Dräbing;B. Vis;M.L. Nelson

  • To what extent did the financial crisis intensify the pressure to reform the welfare state

    B. Vis;C.J. van Kersbergen;T. Hylands

Frequent Co-Authors

Kees van Kersbergen
Kees van Kersbergen Aarhus University
Hans Keman
Hans Keman Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Erik Bleich
Erik Bleich Middlebury College
Zachary Elkins
Zachary Elkins The University of Texas at Austin
Jonas Tallberg
Jonas Tallberg Stockholm University
Mark A. Pollack
Mark A. Pollack Temple University
Anton Hemerijck
Anton Hemerijck European University Institute
Sandra van Thiel
Sandra van Thiel Erasmus University Rotterdam
Gary Goertz
Gary Goertz University of Notre Dame

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