Hard to believe this is real: My first-ever solo-authored paper got accepted at @AJPS_Editor ⁉️ In this review study, I ask: Does terrorism 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 affect citizens' socio-political attitudes? If yes, to what extent/how/when? Ungated: https://t.co/MTubCyqE7D 🧵(1/12)

As kids head back to school across Belgium today, I’m also stepping into a new classroom — but this time as Assistant Professor in Conflict Management at @IESEG. Grateful and excited for the journey ahead!

🎉 Long overdue announcement: I’m thrilled to join @IESEG as Assistant Professor in Conflict Management! Sad to be leaving @FSW_KULEUVEN but excited to explore new intersections between conflict studies, international negotiation & organizational dynamics 🤝

My dear friend and colleague @chris_dworschak is kicking off #NEPS2025, presenting fascinating work with @KarinaMross on conflict #forecasting using… music data! 🎶📈 “Rhythms to riot” is already setting the tone for a brilliant few days of peace science! @NEPS01

Excited to be at the annual conference of the European Peace Scientists in sunny Barcelona! Looking forward to three days of inspiring research, new ideas, and great conversations on peace and conflict. #PeaceScience #NEPS2025 @NEPS01

And particularly excited for this keynote by @SeverineAR on the importance of listening to local communities and people when designing peace policies! But what peace provisions to people prioritize and why? Find part of the answer here: https://t.co/2KsT02RYFw #ActionPEACE2025

Excited to be at today’s Reimagining PEACE conference bringing together nearly 300 peace researchers from around the world! Grateful to be part of this global exchange of ideas and insights. #ActionPEACE2025 | Organized by @Vredesinstituut

Guess I couldn't stay behind... Fashionably late, but I'm also on BlueSky now. Quick, come say hi before Elon buys that too: 📡

Back from a 1.5-year break (life happened)! Stayed tuned for more updates... ... oh wait, you're all on @bluesky now, aren't you?! 😆

Vanavond strijdt Nina Soudan mee naar de Vlaamse Scriptieprijs met haar thesis “Belonging Beyond Borders”, waarvoor ze enkele weken naar Uganda afreisde! Toi toi toi 💪 Meer info: https://t.co/bYQ8pgepDx @CRPD_KULeuven @FSW_KULEUVEN @KU_Leuven

De longlist van de Vlaamse scriptieprijs 2024 @SciMingo is bekend! Met haar thesis, "Belonging Beyond Borders", haalde Nina Soudan de lijst van 10 sterkste scripties. Well done, Nina! 👏 #proudsupervisor @KU_Leuven @FSW_KULEUVEN Meer info:

No, citizens are smart: Their support for peace provisions follows a careful assessment of the group-based implications of the provision. In the paper, we suggest three patterns. So leave this thread now, and discover these patterns in our paper! ☺️ https://t.co/nBLmS1eTVE (9/9)

The panel study shows that these effects persist for at least six months but also reveals a more nuanced perspective. Support does not automatically decrease when the ingroup bears the cost or increase when the outgroup bears it. (8/9)

Our initial findings confirm that support for monetary compensation and war crime punishment decreases when the ingroup must pay or stand trial. Conversely, support increases when the same burdens fall on the outgroup. The sizes of these effects are remarkable. (7/9)

And six months later, we replicated the original experiments with the sample respondents and included seven other question-wording experiments with more locally relevant provisions. (6/9)

Over 1600 respondents answered questions about the desirability of compensation for war victims and punishment for war crimes and were randomly shown several possible cost carriers. 👇 (5/9)

We study support in post-war Azerbaijan 🇦🇿. Located at the crossroads between the East and the West, Azerbaijan has great geopolitical and economic importance. The paper extensively explains why it is also an instructive case study from which to draw more general lessons. (4/9)

We also explore how an emphasis on burden-sharing or contributions of the International Community shapes support. (3/9)

Based on intergroup attribution theory, we argue that people want to protect their ingroup while holding the outgroup accountable. Therefore, support for peace provisions diminishes when the ingroup pays and increases when the outgroup shoulders the burden. (2/9)

Peace provisions are designed to punish perpetrators and rebuild nations. This inevitably involves certain costs. However, how disclosing information about the party responsible for these costs affects support for peace provisions remains unclear. (1/9)

When academic besties collaborate on an issue very close to both of their hearts ... Now out in @Journal_PoPs: "Bearing the Burden of Peace: Intergroup Attribution Bias and Public Support for Peace Provisions", with @LalaHMur. https://t.co/nBLmS1eTVE -- a thread 🧵--