Ruud Wouters

Ruud Wouters is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Tilburg University. His research examines how social movements achieve (or fail to achieve) desired outcomes across multiple dimensions, including protest mobilization, media coverage, public opinion shifts, and policy reforms. His current PROVOKE project specifically analyzes political responsiveness to street protests via social media platforms.

Wouters maintains affiliations with The Center for the Study of Social Movements at the University of Notre Dame through the Mobilizing Ideas platform, which hosts scholarly dialogues on social movement research. His work falls within these key areas:

• Dynamics of protest participation and mobilization
• Media framing of social movements
• Public opinion formation regarding activism
• Policy change mechanisms
• Social media's role in political responsiveness