Jan Erik Kermer is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at Luiss University in Rome. Jan’s Ph.D. project examines to what extent increasing news coverage of EU affairs has fostered the (re-) nationalization of public spheres. His wider research interests include studies on European identity, Euroscepticism, populism, and exploring the effects of mass media and social media on public opinion and voting behaviour. The working title of his thesis is “To what extent increasing news coverage of EU affairs has fostereed the (re-) nationalization of public spheres.”

E-mail: j.kermer@luiss.it

CV

  • Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at Luiss University.
  • Research Assistant in Political Sociology at Luiss University.
  • Researcher at the Centre for Conflict and Participation Studies (CCPS).
  • Former Researcher specializing in youth policy at the Bruno Visentini Foundation.
  • Former Litigation Executive in Litigation and Employment law in the United Kingdom.

Research interests
Political Communication, Europeanization, Transnational Public Spheres, European Identity, Politicization, Democracy and Democratization, Populism, Euroscepticism, Digital Media and Communication, Disinformation, Information Disorder, Cybersecurity, Political Behaviour, Public opinion.

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