Dave Sinardet
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Dave Sinardet is a Belgian political scientist, author
and columnist
.
Dave Sinardet is a political scientist, professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
and at the University of Antwerp
, post-doctoral research fellow of the FWO (National Fund for Scientific Research) and part-time professor at the Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis
in Brussels.
He is also an op-ed
columnist
for the Dutch-speaking newspaper De Standaard
and the French-speaking newspaper Le Soir
.
, language politics
, consociational democracy, multi-level governance
, democratic legitimacy and political communication
. He has published many contributions on these issues in international refereed journals and books, as well as presented numerous papers on them at international conferences. His phd dealt with the (political) role of media in federal multilingual Belgium.
He is also very active in the Belgian public debate on these issues, and specifically on the issue of Belgium's community issues, and he is one of the rare opinion makers doing this on both sides of the language frontier.
Author
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and columnist
Columnist
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.
Dave Sinardet is a political scientist, professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Free University of Brussels
The Free University of Brussels was a university in Brussels, Belgium. In 1969, it split into the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel....
and at the University of Antwerp
University of Antwerp
The University of Antwerp is one of the major Belgian universities located in the city of Antwerp. The name is sometimes abbreviated as UA.-History:...
, post-doctoral research fellow of the FWO (National Fund for Scientific Research) and part-time professor at the Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis
Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis
The Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis in Brussels, Belgium is a public university in the French Community of Belgium. Its official language is French...
in Brussels.
He is also an op-ed
Op-ed
An op-ed, abbreviated from opposite the editorial page , is a newspaper article that expresses the opinions of a named writer who is usually unaffiliated with the newspaper's editorial board...
columnist
Columnist
A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....
for the Dutch-speaking newspaper De Standaard
De Standaard
De Standaard is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Corelio . Circulation was about 102.280 in 2007. It was traditionally a Christian-Democratic paper, associated with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish Party, and in opposition to the Socialist Flemish daily De Morgen...
and the French-speaking newspaper Le Soir
Le Soir
Le Soir is a Berliner Format Belgian newspaper. Le Soir was founded in 1887 by Emile Rossel. It is the most popular Francophone newspaper in Belgium, and considered a newspaper of record.-Editorial stance:...
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Research themes
Dave Sinardet's research mostly concentrates on comparative federalism, nationalismNationalism
Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...
, language politics
Language politics
Language politics is a term used to describe political consequences of linguistic differences between people, or on occasion the political consequences of the way a language is spoken and what words are used. It means language can express some authority. Examples include:*Recognition of a...
, consociational democracy, multi-level governance
Multi-level governance
Multi-level governance is a public administration theory that originated from studies on European integration. The authors Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks were the first to develop the concept of multi-level governance in the early 1990s. Their theory resulted from the study of the new structures...
, democratic legitimacy and political communication
Political communication
Political communication is a sub-field of political science and communication that deals with the production, dissemination, procession and effects of information, both through media and interpersonally, within a political context...
. He has published many contributions on these issues in international refereed journals and books, as well as presented numerous papers on them at international conferences. His phd dealt with the (political) role of media in federal multilingual Belgium.
He is also very active in the Belgian public debate on these issues, and specifically on the issue of Belgium's community issues, and he is one of the rare opinion makers doing this on both sides of the language frontier.