The Transnational Divide: Local Triggers, Social Networks, and Group Identities

Project Information

TRANSNATIONAL

Grant agreement ID: 885026

DOI

10.3030/885026

Project closed

EC signature date 14 July 2020

Start date 1 January 2021

End date 30 June 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 498 412,00

EU contribution

€ 2 498 412,00

Coordinated by

EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE
Italy

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (35)

Cleavage size and stability in turbulent times: introducing the bloc volatility and fragmentation dataset

Author(s): Jacob R. Gunderson
Published in: West European Politics, Issue 49, 2026, Page(s) 785-811, ISSN 0140-2382
Publisher: Frank Cass Publishers
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2025.2564030

The Social Bases of Political Parties: A New Measure and Survey

Author(s): Gary Marks; David Attewell; Liesbet Hooghe; Jan Rovny; Marco Steenbergen
Published in: ISSN: 0007-1234, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 0304-4130
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12590

The universalist divide: cleavages, identities, and party preferences in the EU

Author(s): Marco R. Steenbergen, Delia Zollinger, Silja Häusermann, Simon Bornschier, Lukas Haffert
Published in: Journal of European Public Policy, Issue 33, 2025, Page(s) 495-527, ISSN 1350-1763
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2025.2561059

Ernst B. Haas, liberal nationalism and the double-edged nature of European identity

Author(s): Theresa Kuhn
Published in: Journal of European Public Policy, Issue 31, 2025, Page(s) 3443-3464, ISSN 1350-1763
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2024.2379443

The 2024 Chapel Hill Expert Survey on political party positioning in Europe: Twenty-five years of party positional data

Author(s): Jan Rovny, Jonathan Polk, Ryan Bakker, Liesbet Hooghe, Seth Jolly, Gary Marks, Marco Steenbergen, Milada Anna Vachudova
Published in: Electoral Studies, Issue 97, 2026, Page(s) 102981, ISSN 0261-3794
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102981

Local Candidates, Place-Based Identities, and Electoral Success

Author(s): Julia Schulte-Cloos, Paul C. Bauer
Published in: Political Behavior, Issue 45, 2023, Page(s) 679-698, ISSN 0190-9320
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-021-09712-y

Priming common European and democratic values does not reduce affective polarization

Author(s): Álvaro Canalejo-Molero, Lorenzo Cicchi, Frederico Ferreira da Silva, Diego Garzia, Andres Reiljan, Alexander Harald Trechsel
Published in: European Political Science Review, 2026, Page(s) 1-20, ISSN 1755-7739
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s1755773926100496

EU issue voting in European member states: the return of the pro-EU voter

Author(s): Luca Carrieri, Nicolò Conti, Matthew Loveless
Published in: West European Politics, Issue 48, 2025, Page(s) 479-506, ISSN 0140-2382
Publisher: Frank Cass Publishers
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2024.2370121

Differentiation in the European Union and beyond

Author(s): Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks
Published in: European Union Politics, Issue 24, 2026, Page(s) 225-235, ISSN 1465-1165
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/14651165221127885

Contesting Covid: The ideological bases of partisan responses to the Covid‐19 pandemic

Author(s): Jan Rovny, Ryan Bakker, Liesbet Hooghe, Seth Jolly, Gary Marks, Jonathan Polk, Marco Steenbergen, Milada Anna Vachudova
Published in: European Journal of Political Research, Issue 61, 2026, Page(s) 1155-1164, ISSN 0304-4130
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12510

The relevance of meritocratic beliefs for redistributive preferences increases with income

Author(s): Irene Pañeda-Fernández, Jonne Kamphorst, Arnout van de Rijt, Balaraju Battu
Published in: Social Science Research, Issue 134, 2026, Page(s) 103294, ISSN 0049-089X
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103294

Place, education, and voting along the transnational cleavage in Europe

Author(s): Twan Huijsmans, Theresa Kuhn, Bram Lancee
Published in: European Journal of Political Research, 2026, Page(s) 1-31, ISSN 0304-4130
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1017/s1475676526101510

Division on the Christian right: Republican pastors and the use of force

Author(s): Stephanie N. Shady, Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks
Published in: Politics and Religion, Issue 17, 2024, Page(s) 367-388, ISSN 1755-0483
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1017/s1755048324000191

Prominence over proximity? Terror attacks’ impact on party preferences

Author(s): Emma Hoes, Jonne Kamphorst, André Krouwel
Published in: European Political Science Review, Issue 16, 2024, Page(s) 112-130, ISSN 1755-7739
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s175577392300019x

Discovering cooperation: Endogenous change in international organizations

Author(s): Tobias Lenz, Besir Ceka, Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, Alexandr Burilkov
Published in: The Review of International Organizations, Issue 18, 2023, Page(s) 631-666, ISSN 1559-7431
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11558-022-09482-0

Party-Based Sovereignism in EU Countries: Main Patterns and Their Justification

Author(s): Davide Angelucci, Luca Carrieri, Nicolò Conti
Published in: Government and Opposition, Issue 60, 2025, Page(s) 246-270, ISSN 0017-257X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1017/gov.2023.47

Separated by Degrees: Social Closure by Education Levels Strengthens Contemporary Political Divides

Author(s): Jona de Jong, Jonne Kamphorst
Published in: Comparative Political Studies, Issue 58, 2026, Page(s) 1533-1568, ISSN 0010-4140
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/00104140241271104

The Russian threat and the consolidation of the West: How populism and EU-skepticism shape party support for Ukraine

Author(s): Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, Ryan Bakker, Seth Jolly, Jonathan Polk, Jan Rovny, Marco Steenbergen, Milada Anna Vachudova
Published in: European Union Politics, Issue 25, 2026, Page(s) 459-482, ISSN 1465-1165
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/14651165241237136

Correcting misperceptions of the material benefits associated with union membership increases Americans’ interest in joining unions

Author(s): Jonne Kamphorst, Robb Willer
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 121, 2024, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2321025121

Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization

Author(s): David Attewell, Delia Zollinger
Published in: British Journal of Political Science, Issue 55, 2025, ISSN 0007-1234
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s000712342510080x

The Social Bases of Political Parties: A New Measure and Survey

Author(s): Gary Marks, David Attewell, Liesbet Hooghe, Jan Rovny and Marco Steenbergen
Published in: British Journal of Political Science, Issue 53, 2023, Page(s) 249-260, ISSN 0007-1234
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s0007123421000740

Field of Education and Political Behavior: Predicting GAL/TAN Voting

Author(s): LIESBET HOOGHE, GARY MARKS, JONNE KAMPHORST
Published in: American Political Science Review, Issue 119, 2025, Page(s) 794-811, ISSN 0003-0554
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s0003055424000583

Updating cleavage theory for the twenty-first century

Author(s): Delia Zollinger, David Attewell
Published in: West European Politics, Issue 49, 2026, Page(s) 591-616, ISSN 0140-2382
Publisher: Frank Cass Publishers
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2025.2560781

How does the education cleavage stack up against the classic cleavages of the past?

Author(s): Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks
Published in: West European Politics, Issue 49, 2026, Page(s) 636-668, ISSN 0140-2382
Publisher: Frank Cass Publishers
DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2025.2452789

Right-Wing Authoritarian Attitudes, Fast-Paced Decision-Making, and the Spread of Misinformation About COVID-19 Vaccines

Author(s): Julia Schulte-Cloos, Veronica Anghel
Published in: Political Communication, Issue 41, 2026, Page(s) 608-626, ISSN 1058-4609
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2023.2291538

COVID‐19‐related anxieties do not decrease support for liberal democracy

Author(s): Veronica Anghel, Julia Schulte‐Cloos
Published in: European Journal of Political Research, Issue 62, 2026, Page(s) 660-673, ISSN 0304-4130
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12554

Revisiting party system structuration in Latin America and Europe: Economic and socio-cultural dimensions

Author(s): Cecilia Martínez-Gallardo, Nicolás de la Cerda, Jonathan Hartlyn, Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, Ryan Bakker
Published in: Party Politics, Issue 29, 2026, Page(s) 780-792, ISSN 1354-0688
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/13540688221090604

The Social Roots of the Transnational Cleavage: Education, Occupation, and Sex

Author(s): Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks
Published in: SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023, ISSN 1556-5068
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4171743

Chapel Hill Expert Survey trend file, 1999–2019

Author(s): Seth Jolly, Ryan Bakker, Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, Jonathan Polk, Jan Rovny, Marco Steenbergen, Milada Anna Vachudova
Published in: Electoral Studies, Issue 75, 2025, Page(s) 102420, ISSN 0261-3794
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102420

Narratives of Backlash? Perceptions of Changing Status Hierarchies in Open-Ended Survey Responses

Author(s): Magdalena Breyer, Tabea Palmtag, Delia Zollinger
Published in: Comparative Political Studies, 2026, ISSN 0010-4140
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/00104140251392533

Too Important to Ignore? Why Ambiguity and Broad Appeals Fail with Rising Issue Salience

Author(s): Jonne Kamphorst
Published in: The Journal of Politics, Issue 86, 2024, Page(s) 1574-1590, ISSN 0022-3816
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1086/729956

Transformation of the political space: A citizens’ perspective.

Author(s): Ruth Dassonneville*, Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks
Published in: European Journal of Political Research, Issue 63(1), 2024, Page(s) 45-65, ISSN 1475-6765
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12590

Education and Political Attitudes: The Power and Limits of Field Theory

Author(s): Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, Jonne Kamphorst, Julia Schulte-Cloos
Published in: Perspectives on Politics, 2026, Page(s) 1-16, ISSN 1537-5927
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s1537592726104824

How Crises Shape Circles of Solidarity: Evidence From the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy

Author(s): Jeremy Ferwerda, Gabriele Magni, Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks
Published in: Comparative Political Studies, Issue 57, Issue 2, 2023, ISSN 0010-4140
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/00104140231169028

Electoral mobilization, party support and EU issue voting: an analysis of five countries

Author(s): Luca Carrieri, Nicolò Conti, Marco Morini
Published in: Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, Issue 53, 2023, Page(s) 220-238, ISSN 0048-8402
Publisher: Societa Editrice il Mulino
DOI: 10.1017/ipo.2023.1

Other (4)

Shared identity in crisis : a comparative study of support for the EU in the face of the Russian threat.

Author(s): Julia Schulte-Cloos and Lenka Drazanova
Published in: EUI, RSC, Working Paper, 2023/48., 2023, ISSN 1028-3625
Publisher: EUI

"Heated Opinions. Issue-Based Affective Polarization over Climate Change,"" SocArXiv pm3qd_v1, Center for Open Science.Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:pm3qd_v1"

Author(s): Mundschenk, Lovisa & Janssen, Lisa & Werner, Hannah & Reiljan, Andres & Cicchi, Lorenzo,
Published in: SocArxiv, Issue Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:pm3qd_v1, 2026
Publisher: University of Maryland Libraries

How is Voter Movement Among Parties Structured? A Gravity Model of Voter Flow

Author(s): Jacob Gunderson, Gary Marks
Published in: SSRN, 2026
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6837280

The Gender Gap on the Socio-cultural Cleavage

Author(s): Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, Jonne Kamphorst, Ye Wang
Published in: SSRN, 2026
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6802344

Book chapters (2)

Understanding How Political Economies Change.” In Marino Regini, ed. Handbook of Comparative Political Economy. Edward Elgar: 119-135.

Author(s): Peter A. Hall
Published in: Handbook of Comparative Political Economy., 2025, Page(s) 119-135
Publisher: Edward Elgar

Multilevel governance

Author(s): Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, Arjan H. Schakel.
Published in: Comparative Politics, 2023, Page(s) 193-210
Publisher: Oxford university Press