About
Gilles Pittoors is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ghent University, Belgium. His research centres on European integration, the Europeanisation of national political parties, and multilevel party organisation in the EU polity.
Education:
- PhD in Political Science, Ghent University (2021) – dissertation: Going above and beyond? A comparative case study of the multilevel organization of national political parties in the EU polity
Research interests:
Pittoors investigates how domestic political parties adapt to European integration, comparing organisational strategies across Flanders, the Netherlands and Denmark. He explores participatory democracy, citizen involvement in local governance, and the legitimacy of EU decision-making. His work combines case-study methods with comparative party-system analysis.
Publication trends:
Recent articles (2023-25) analyse multilevel party structures, local participatory instruments, and EU politicisation effects on party behaviour, published in Journal of Common Market Studies, European Journal of Political Research and Policy & Politics.
Advising & grants:
No doctoral students or funded projects are mentioned in the available sources.
Labs & teams:
He is a recurring co-author in the UGent political-science cluster with Bram Wauters, Kristof Steyvers, Bram Verschuere and Arne Roets, indicating active participation in the university’s research groups on local governance and European politics.
