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Kees van Kersbergen

Kees van Kersbergen

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
36
Citations
6682
World Ranking
691
National Ranking
11

Kees van Kersbergen publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kees van Kersbergen sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 186 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Kees van Kersbergen D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kees van Kersbergen sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 76 scientists 21 D-Index: 79 scientists 22 D-Index: 84 scientists 23 D-Index: 68 scientists 24 D-Index: 88 scientists 25 D-Index: 82 scientists 26 D-Index: 76 scientists 27 D-Index: 75 scientists 28 D-Index: 99 scientists 29 D-Index: 96 scientists 30 D-Index: 96 scientists 31 D-Index: 81 scientists 32 D-Index: 86 scientists 33 D-Index: 81 scientists 34 D-Index: 84 scientists 35 D-Index: 72 scientists 36 D-Index: 58 scientists 37 D-Index: 53 scientists 38 D-Index: 48 scientists 39 D-Index: 40 scientists 40 D-Index: 40 scientists 41 D-Index: 32 scientists 42 D-Index: 26 scientists 43 D-Index: 25 scientists 44 D-Index: 33 scientists 45 D-Index: 33 scientists 46 D-Index: 17 scientists 47 D-Index: 21 scientists 48 D-Index: 22 scientists 49 D-Index: 18 scientists 50 D-Index: 19 scientists 51 D-Index: 19 scientists 52 D-Index: 15 scientists 53 D-Index: 14 scientists 54 D-Index: 10 scientists 55 D-Index: 13 scientists 56 D-Index: 9 scientists 57 D-Index: 11 scientists 58 D-Index: 12 scientists 59 D-Index: 10 scientists 60 D-Index: 5 scientists 61 D-Index: 7 scientists 62+ D-Index: 100 scientists
20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kees van Kersbergen is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark, focusing primarily on research within the social sciences. Their work emphasizes political science, international relations, and sociology, with additional contributions in economics, communication, and general health professions.

Their research covers key topics including social policy and reform studies, religion and society interactions, social media and politics, employment and welfare studies, taxation and compliance studies, religious freedom and discrimination, and social capital and networks.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Digitalization as a policy response to social acceleration: Comparing democratic problem solving in Denmark and the Netherlands (2022, Government Information Quarterly)
  • Radical alternative conceptualizations of the classical welfare state? Contrasting the United Kingdom and the Netherlands with Norway (2020, Social Policy and Administration)
  • Social trust and public digitalization (2022, AI & Society)

Other frequently cited papers coauthored by collaborators linked to or associated with van Kersbergen include works in Party Politics and Socio-Economic Review, focusing on political parties, social groups, and workfare reforms.

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Alexander Horn
  • Anthony Kevins
  • Philip Manow
  • Marius R. Busemeyer
  • Achim Kemmerling

Published research mostly appears in these venues:

  • Social Policy and Administration
  • Government Information Quarterly
  • Party Politics
  • Socio-Economic Review
  • AI & Society

Throughout their career, van Kersbergen has engaged extensively with social policy topics, exploring the dynamics between democratic problem solving and digitalization. Their investigations include comparative approaches to welfare state models and the intersection of social trust with public digital transformation.

Best Publications

  • Social Capitalism: A Study of Christian Democracy and the Welfare State

    Kees van Kersbergen

  • ‘Governance’ as a bridge between disciplines: Cross-disciplinary inspiration regarding shifts in governance and problems of governability, accountability and legitimacy

    Kees Van Kersbergen;Frans Van Waarden

  • Do mainstream parties adapt to the welfare chauvinism of populist parties

    Gijs Schumacher;Kees van Kersbergen

  • Religion, Class Coalitions, and Welfare States

    Kees van Kersbergen;Philip Manow

  • The Politics of International Norms: Subsidiarity and the Imperfect Competence Regime of the European Union:

    Kees Van Kersbergen;Bertjan Verbeek

  • Gender and Welfare States: Some Theoretical Reflections

    Jet Bussemaker;Kees van Kersbergen

  • Two Decades of Change in Europe: The Emergence of the Social Investment State

    Kees Van Kersbergen;Anton Hemerijck

  • Why and how do Political Actors Pursue Risky Reforms

    Barbara Vis;Kees van Kersbergen

  • The Politics of Subsidiarity in the European Union

    Kees Van Kersbergen;Bertjan Verbeek

  • Neo-liberalism, the 'third way' or what? Recent social democratic welfare policies in Denmark and the Netherlands

    C.J. van Kersbergen;C. Green-Pedersen;A. Hemerijck

  • Christian Democracy

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  • Political allegiance and European integration

    Kees Van Kersbergen

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

    Barbara Vis;Kees van Kersbergen;Thomas H. Hylands

  • CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH ON SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

    Gosta Esping-Andersen;Kees van Kersbergen

  • Interests, Identity and Political Allegiance in the European Union

    Catherine E de Vries;Kees van Kersbergen

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

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

  • Religion and the western welfare state: The theoretical context

    Philip Manow;Kees van Kersbergen

  • Religion, Class Coalitions, and Welfare States: Index

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

    Kees Van Kersbergen;André Krouwel

  • The Christian Democratic Phoenix and Modern Unsecular Politics

    Kees van Kersbergen

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

    Kees van Kersbergen;Barbara Vis;Anton Hemerijck

  • The Politics of the `Third Way': The Transformation of Social Democracy in Denmark and the Netherlands

    Christoffer Green-Pedersen;Kees van Kersbergen

  • The Netherlands: A Passive Social Democratic Welfare State in a Christian Democratic Ruled Society

    Kees Van Kersbergen;Uwe Becker

  • Contemporary Social‐Capitalist Welfare States and Gender Inequality

    Jet Bussemaker;Kees van Kersbergen

  • The declining resistance of welfare states to change

    Kees van Kersbergen

  • Welfare Without Work? Divergent Experiences of Reform in Germany and the Netherlands

    Anton Hemerijck;Philip Manow;Kees van Kersbergen

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

    Barbara Vis;Kees Van Kersbergen

  • Quasi-Messianism and the disenchantment of politics

    Kees van Kersbergen

  • The Politics of Welfare State Reform

    Kees Van Kersbergen

  • Expansion and Fragmentation: Internationalization, Political Change and the Transformation of the Nation-State

    Kees van Kersbergen;Robert H. Lieshout;Grahame Lock

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara Vis
Barbara Vis Utrecht University
Philip Manow
Philip Manow University of Siegen
Anton Hemerijck
Anton Hemerijck European University Institute
Gøsta Esping-Andersen
Gøsta Esping-Andersen Pompeu Fabra University
Theo G. van Tilburg
Theo G. van Tilburg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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