Wouter's research interests focus on questions of democracy and the EU, political finance, European integration, legislative studies and political parties.
He studied Contemporary History, Comparative and International Politics, and European Politics and Policies in Leuven and in Budapest.
Wouter has been a visiting fellow at the University of Maastricht, the Party Research Institute of the University of Düsseldorf, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Stockholm and the Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence.
His work has been published among others in the Journal of Common Market Studies, the Journal of European Integration, Politics and Governance, Political Research Exchange, The Journal of Legislative Studies, and International Review Of Administrative Sciences.
European Political Parties and Party Finance Reform: Funding Democracy? Palgrave Macmillan, 2022
