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Dr. Marc van de Wardt is an Associate Professor at the School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, within the Department of Ethics, Governance and Society. His research focuses on electoral competition, party emergence/survival, political careers, and political psychology. He holds a PhD in Political Science (University of Amsterdam, 2014) and master’s degrees in Communication Science and Sociology.
Grants & Awards: Recent Vidi Grant (NWO, 2023) for studying political elites’ personality traits. Previously awarded postdoctoral grants from FWO (Flanders) and FNRS (Wallonia). His dissertation was nominated for Best Dissertation (2014) by Dutch/Flemish Political Science Associations.
Teaching: Teaches comparative politics, research methods, business administration, and organizational behavior at all levels, including international classrooms.
Recent Research: Explores how personality traits (e.g., HEXACO, Dark Triad) influence political ambition and survival. Current projects analyze party system dynamics, voter-party incongruence, and Western Europe’s immigration policy responses. Published in top journals like American Journal of Political Science and European Political Science Review.
