Nik Linders
Radboud Gender & Diversity Studies
Bio
Nik Linders is a published scholar trained in political science, political theory, and gender and diversity studies in the Netherlands. He received his BA in political science and MA (cum laude) in political theory from Radboud University Nijmegen. His main academic interests are critical theory, radicalization, populism, conspiracy theories, and inequality, which were a perfect match for the PhD project he started in 2020 and finished early 2025. As of April 2025, Nik is working as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam. His projects focuses on political masculinity and gender norms in European politics, and interventions to promote gender equality and prevent the radicalization of young men. He loves teaching as much as doing research and is always eager to learn from colleagues and students with different perspectives. Following his academic interests, Nik is deeply committed to epistemic justice, which entails an embeddedness in communities that work towards equality for all and habitually and unapologetically speaking out against fascism, racism, genocide, and misogyny.
Publications
Linders, N., Spierings, N., & Dudink, S. (2026). A vicious cycle: populist radical-right support and conservative attitudes on gender and sexuality in the Dutch case. European Journal of Politics and Gender. 1-25 https://doi.org/10.1332/25151088Y2025D000000123
Linders, N., Spierings, N., & Dudink, S. (2024). How Attitudes on Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Core Populist Radical Right Values Combine in Diverging Ideological Constellations Among Populist Radical Right-Inclined Voters. Political Studies, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217241254711
Linders, N. (2024). Mainstreaming the Great Replacement. The Role of Centrist Discourses in the Mainstreaming of a Far-Right Conspiracy Theory. In S. Bracke & L. M. Hernandez Aguilar (Eds.), The politics of replacement: Demographic fears, conspiracy theories, and race wars (pp. 162–179). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003305927-13
Linders, N., Dudink, S., & Spierings, N. (2023). Masculinity and Sexuality in Populist Radical Right Leadership. Politics & Gender, 19(3), 653–674. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X22000265
Linders, N. (2022, December 5). Sexuality, Masculinity, and Populist Radical Right Leadership. LSE Engenderings. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/gender/2022/12/05/sexuality-masculinity-and-populist-radical-right-leadership/
Spierings, N., Jacobs, K., & Linders, N. (2019). Keeping an Eye on the People: Who Has Access to MPs on Twitter? Social Science Computer Review, 37(2), 160–177. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439318763580