Ingrid van Biezen

Ingrid van Biezen is a Professor of Comparative Politics at Leiden University's Department of Political Science, within the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. She holds a PhD from Leiden University and has held visiting positions at Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, and the University of California, Irvine. Her research focuses on comparative politics, political parties, and democratisation, with emphasis on party regulation and institutional development in post-communist contexts.

Education:

• PhD in Political Science, Leiden University
• Postdoctoral research at Birmingham University

Research Interests:

• Analysis of party systems and membership dynamics
• Political finance and legitimacy in democratic regimes
• Regulatory frameworks shaping party democracy

Her ERC-funded project Re-conceptualising party democracy explores normative and empirical dimensions of party regulation.

Teaching: Supervises PhD students in comparative politics, political parties, and democratisation. Teaches Political Science at both BSc and MSc levels.

Affiliations:

• Centre for the Study of Political Parties and Representation
• Central and East European Studies Centre