Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

[18] Lingier, Leen, Kern, Anna & Wauters, Bram (forthcoming). Lost but not blown away. How do losers of party leadership contests react? Party Politics, accepted. doi: 10.1177/13540688221126585

[17] Kern, Anna & Kölln, Ann-Kristin (2022). The consequences of repeatedly losing on legitimacy beliefs. European Journal of Political Research, in press. doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12512

[16] Stiers, Dieter & Kern, Anna (2021). Cyclical accountability. Public Choice, 189, 31–49. doi: 1007/s11127-020-00856-9

[15] Wauters, Bram & Kern, Anna (2021). Does It Pay Off? The Effects of Party Leadership Elections on Parties’ Trustworthiness and Appeal to Voters. Political Studies, 69(4),881–899. doi: 10.1177/0032321720932064

[14] van Erkel, Patrick,  Kern, Anna, & Petit, Guillaume (2020). Explaining Vote Choice in the 2019 Belgian Elections: Democratic, Populist and Emotional drivers. Politics of the Low Countries, in press.

[13] Goovaerts, Ine, Kern, Anna, van Haute, Emilie, & Marien, Sofie (2020). Drivers of Support for the Populist Radical Left and Populist Radical Right in Belgium: An Analysis of the VB and the PVDA-PTB Vote at the 2019 Elections. Politics of the Low Countries, in press.

[12] Caluwaerts, Didier, Kern, Anna, Reuchamps, Min & Valcke, Tony (2020). Between Party Democracy and Citizen Democracy: Explaining Attitudes of Flemish Local Chairs Towards Democratic Innovations. Politics of the Low Countries, 2(2), 192–213. doi: 10.5553/plc/258999292020002002005.

[11] van der Meer, Tom & Kern, Anna (2019). Consensualism, democratic satisfaction, political trust and the winner-loser gap: State of the art of two decades of research. Politics of the Low Coutries, 1(1), 63–77.

[10] Kern, Anna (2018). What happens after a local referendum? The effect of direct democratic decision-making on protest intentions. Local Government Studies, 44(2), 183–203. doi:10.1080/03003930.2017.1411809

[9] Kern, Anna, & Hooghe, Marc (2018). The Effect of Direct Democracy on the Social Stratification of Political Participation: Inequality in Democratic Fatigue?. Comparative European Politics, 16(4), 724–744. doi: 10.1057/s41295-017-0093-y

[8] Marien, Sofie, & Kern, Anna (2018). The Winner Takes it All: Revisiting the Effect of Direct Democracy on Citizens’ Political Support. Political Behavior, 40(4), 857–882. doi: 10.1007/s11109-017-9427-3

[7] Hooghe, Marc, & Kern, Anna (2017). The Tipping Point Between Stability and Decline: Trends in Voter Turnout, 1950–1980–2012. European Political Science, 16(4), 535–552. doi: 10.1057/s41304-016-0021-7

[6] Kern, Anna (2017). The Effect of Direct Democratic Participation on Citizens’ Political Attitudes in Switzerland: The Difference between Availability and Use. Politics and Governance, 5(2), 16–26. doi: 10.17645/pag.v5i2.820

[5] Kern, Anna (2017). Identifikation mit politischen Parteien und Demokratiezufriedenheit: Eine Längsschnittanalyse zum Einfluss von Parteiidentifikation in Deutschland. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 58(1), 49–74.

[4] Meeusen, Cecil, & Kern, Anna (2016). The relation between societal factors and different forms of prejudice: a cross-national approach on target-specific and generalized prejudice. Social Science Research, 55, 1–15. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.09.009

[3] Hooghe, Marc, & Kern, Anna (2016). Onderzoek uitgelicht: Partijlidmaatschap, nabijheid bij een politieke partij en politiek vertrouwen: een analyse van de European Social Survey, 2002-2010. Res Publica: Tijdschrift voor Politologie, 58(1), 125–127

[2] Hooghe, Marc, & Kern, Anna (2015). Party Membership and Closeness and the Development of Trust in Political Institutions: An Analysis of the European Social Survey, 2002-2010. Party Politics, 21(6), 944–956. doi: 10.1177/1354068813509519

[1] Kern, Anna, Marien, Sofie, & Hooghe, Marc (2015). Economic Crisis and Levels of Political Participation in Europe (2002-2010): The Role of Resources and Grievances. West European Politics, 38(3), 465–490. doi: 10.1080/01402382.2014.993152

Book Chapters

[7] Goovaerts, Ine, Kern, Anna, van Haute, Emilie & Marien, Sofie (2020). Proteststem of ideologische stem? De determinanten van het stemgedrag tijdens de 2019 verkiezingen in België. In Jean-Benoit Pilet, Pierre Baudewyns, Kris Deschouwer, Anna Kern & Jonas Lefevere (Eds.), De Belgen verheffen hun stem: Een analyse van het stemgedrag op 26 mei 2019 (pp. 57–76). Louvain-la-Neuve: Presses universitaires de Louvain.

[6] van Erkel, Patrick, Lefevere, Jonas, Walgrave, Stefaan, Jennart, Isaïa, Kern, Anna, Marien, Sofie & Baudewyns, Pierre (2020). Verschuivingen voor of tijdens de campagne? Verschuivingen in partijkeuze tijdens de 2019 verkiezingen in België. In Jean-Benoit Pilet, Pierre Baudewyns, Kris Deschouwer, Anna Kern & Jonas Lefevere (Eds.), De Belgen verheffen hun stem: Een analyse van het stemgedrag op 26 mei 2019 (pp. 27–56). Louvain-la-Neuve: Presses universitaires de Louvain.

[5] Pilet, Jean-Benoit, Kern, Anna, Gallina, Marta, Lefevere, Jonas, Deschouwer, Kris & Baudewyns, Pierre (2020). Inleiding: De belangrijkste cijfers en trends van de verkiezingen van 26 mei 2019. In Jean-Benoit Pilet, Pierre Baudewyns, Kris Deschouwer, Anna Kern & Jonas Lefevere (Eds.), De Belgen verheffen hun stem: Een analyse van het stemgedrag op 26 mei 2019 (pp. 9–26). Louvain-la-Neuve: Presses universitaires de Louvain.

[4] Hooghe, Marc, & Kern, Anna (2017). Social Capital and the Development of Political Support in Europe. In Carolien van Ham, Jacques Thomassen, Kees Aarts, & Rudy B. Andeweg (Eds.), Myth and Reality of the Legitimacy Crisis. Explaining Trends and Cross-National Differences in Established Democracies (pp. 59–75). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[3] Kern, Anna, Marien, Sofie, & Hooghe, Marc (2016). Economic crisis and non-institutionalised political participation. In Mălina Voicu, Ingvill C. Mochmann, & Hermann Dülmer (Eds.), Values, Economic Crisis and Democracy (pp. 163–192). Abingdon/ New York: Routledge.

[2] Close, Caroline, Kelbel, Camille, & Kern, Anna (2015). Kiezen voor de verkiezingen. In Kris Deschouwer, Pascal Delwit, Marc Hooghe, Pierre Baudewyns, & Stefaan Walgrave (Eds.), De kiezer ontcijferd : over stemgedrag en stemmotivaties (pp. 232–252). Leuven: LannooCampus.

[1] Close, Caroline, Kelbel, Camille, & Kern, Anna (2015). Choisir avant d’élire. In Kris Deschouwer, Pascal Delwit, Marc Hooghe, Pierre Baudewyns, & Stefaan Walgrave (Eds.), Décrypter l’électeur. Le comportement électoral et les motivations de vote (pp. 251–272). Tielt: Lannoo Campus.

Theses

[3] Kern, Anna (2016). Causes and Consequences of Political Participation in Times of Rapid Social Change in Europe: A re-assessment of classical theories on political participation. Doctoral Thesis.

[2] Kern, Anna (2012). A comparative analysis of political participation patterns in Europe. Master Thesis.

[1] Kern, Anna (2011). Determinanten religiöser Diskriminierung in der Europäischen Union. Bachelor Thesis.