Articles by Joep van Lit

February 25, 2026

What political violence does to citizens

Joep van Lit

Violence against politicians is a part of politics, but experimental studies find that its effect on citizens is muted. Rozemarijn van Dijk and Joep van Lit argue those null results are nevertheless meaningful: they should push scholars to study the conditions under which political violence results in (de)mobilisation

Joep van Lit

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Political Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen

Joep is a comparativist whose research focuses on the resilience and defence of democracy.

He is especially interested in the ways elites and citizens can legitimately and effectively counter incumbent-led autocratisation.

His research has recently been published in Democratization, West European Politics, and the European Political Science Review.

@jmvanlit.bsky.social

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