Louise Knops

Louise Knops is a post-doctoral researcher and guest lecturer in political science at the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) and the Vrij Universiteit Brussel.  Her current research takes place in the context of a Belgian-wide inter-university project (the Excellence of Science project NotLikeUs, funded by the FNRS and FWO) where she studies affective polarization and ongoing climate and social movements. In her PhD research, Louise Knops studied the concept of ‘political indignation’ in four movements: the Youth for Climate movement, the Yellow Vests, the Citizen Platform for Refugee Support and the radical-right movement Schild & Vrienden. She has published in leading international journals such as Mobilization, Representation, South Atlantic Quarterly, Politics and Governance and Political Research Exchange. Her research interests cover climate and ecological transformations, democratic theory, social movements, affects and emotions. 

Louise Knops is a post-doctoral researcher and guest lecturer in political science at the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) and the Vrij Universiteit Brussel.  Her current research takes place in the context of a Belgian-wide inter-university project (the Excellence of Science project NotLikeUs, funded by the FNRS and FWO) where she studies affective polarization and ongoing climate and social movements. In her PhD research, Louise Knops studied the concept of ‘political indignation’ in four movements: the Youth for Climate movement, the Yellow Vests, the Citizen Platform for Refugee Support and the radical-right movement Schild & Vrienden. She has published in leading international journals such as Mobilization, Representation, South Atlantic Quarterly, Politics and Governance and Political Research Exchange. Her research interests cover climate and ecological transformations, democratic theory, social movements, affects and emotions.