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Brian Burgoon is a researcher affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their work primarily falls within Social Sciences, focusing notably on Political Science and International Relations, as well as Economics and Econometrics. Their research also touches on Sociology, General Health Professions, and Gender Studies.

The scientist's scholarly output centers around several interconnected topics. These include:

  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Economic Policies and Impacts
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Frequent collaborators in their research encompass a number of academics, such as Francesco Nicoli, Frank Vandenbroucke, Roel Beetsma, Anniek de Ruijter, and Wouter Schakel. These partnerships reflect a collaborative approach predominantly within European political and economic research fields.

Publications by this researcher have appeared repeatedly in venues including Harvard Dataverse, SSRN Electronic Journal, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), West European Politics, and the Journal of European Public Policy.

Notable recent papers include:

  • 'Immigrationization' of welfare politics? Anti-immigration and welfare attitudes in context, 2020, West European Politics
  • What kind of EU fiscal capacity? Evidence from a randomized survey experiment in five European countries in times of corona, 2022, Economic Policy
  • Real but Unequal Representation in Welfare State Reform, 2020, Politics & Society
  • The Retreat of the West, 2020, Perspectives on Politics
  • Unemployment risk-sharing in the EU: How policy design influences citizen support for European unemployment policy, 2022, European Union Politics

Best Publications

  • Globalization and Welfare Compensation: Disentangling the Ties that Bind

    Brian Burgoon

  • On Welfare and Terror: Social Welfare Policies and Political-Economic Roots of Terrorism

    Brian Burgoon

  • Radical distinction : Support for radical left and radical right parties in Europe

    Matthijs Rooduijn;Brian Burgoon;Erika J van Elsas;Herman G van de Werfhorst

  • Flexible employment, economic insecurity and social policy preferences in Europe

    Brian Burgoon;Fabian Dekker

  • The Paradox of Well-being: Do Unfavorable Socioeconomic and Sociocultural Contexts Deepen or Dampen Radical Left and Right Voting Among the Less Well-Off?

    Matthijs Rooduijn;Brian Burgoon

  • Comparing Immigration Policies: An Overview from the IMPALA Database

    Michel Beine;Anna Boucher;Brian Burgoon;Mary Crock

  • Positional Deprivation and Support for Radical Right and Radical Left Parties

    B. Burgoon;S. van Noort;M. Rooduijn;G. Underhill

  • Immigration, integration and support for redistribution in Europe

    Brian Burgoon

  • Support for redistribution and the paradox of immigration

    Brian Burgoon;Ferry Koster;Marcel van Egmond

  • Inequality and anti-globalization backlash by political parties

    Brian Burgoon

  • Measuring and Comparing Immigration, Asylum and Naturalization Policies Across Countries: Challenges and Solutions

    Justin Gest;Anna Boucher;Suzanna Challen;Brian Burgoon

  • Globalization and political-economic backlash: Polanyi’s revenge?

    Brian Burgoon

  • Partisan Embedding of Liberalism: How Trade, Investment, and Immigration Affect Party Support for the Welfare State

    Brian Burgoon

  • A market for worker rights: Explaining business support for international private labour regulation

    Luc Fransen;Brian Burgoon

  • Three Worlds of Working Time: The Partisan and Welfare Politics of Work Hours in Industrialized Countries

    Brian Burgoon;Phineas Baxandall

  • The politics of hosting Chinese investment in Europe—an introduction

    Sophie Meunier;Brian Burgoon;Wade Jacoby

  • ‘Immigrationization’ of welfare politics? Anti-immigration and welfare attitudes in context

    Brian Burgoon;Matthijs Rooduijn

  • The Dogs that Sometimes Bark: Globalization and Works Council Bargaining in Germany

    Damian Raess;Brian Burgoon

  • Collective Identities, European Solidarity: Identification patterns and preferences for European social insurance

    Francesco Nicoli;Theresa Kuhn;Brian Burgoon

  • Sources and legitimacy of financial liberalization

    Brian Burgoon;Panicos O. Demetriades;Geoffrey R. D. Underhill

  • Privatizing or socializing corporate responsibility: business participation in voluntary programs

    Luc Fransen;Brian Burgoon

  • Introduction to the Special Issue: Public and Private Labor Standards Policy in the Global Economy

    Luc Fransen;Brian Burgoon

Frequent Co-Authors

Roel M. W. J. Beetsma
Roel M. W. J. Beetsma University of Amsterdam
Hillel Rapoport
Hillel Rapoport Paris School of Economics
Michel Beine
Michel Beine University of Luxembourg
Matthijs Rooduijn
Matthijs Rooduijn University of Amsterdam
Panicos O. Demetriades
Panicos O. Demetriades University of Leicester
Herman G. van de Werfhorst
Herman G. van de Werfhorst University of Amsterdam
Marc Helbling
Marc Helbling University of Mannheim
Giacomo Corneo
Giacomo Corneo Freie Universität Berlin
Anton Hemerijck
Anton Hemerijck European University Institute
Brian Nolan
Brian Nolan University of Oxford

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