Myrte van der Zwet

Biography

Myrte van der Zwet is a PhD candidate at the Department of Political Science at Ghent University. She holds a Master's degree in Political Communication from the University of Amsterdam. Her main research interests are political communication, democratic backsliding, representation, emotions, and music in politics. Per this last topic, she has particularly discussed Taylor Swift (and her political impact) in several media outlets. Within her PhD, she aims to study how elite political communication and hostile rhetoric by political actors affects democratic deconsolidation.

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Research focus

  • Political communication
  • democratic backsliding
  • representation
  • emotions and music in politics

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Contact

Address: Campus UFO - Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, 9000 Ghent

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