Nik Linders
Radboud Gender & Diversity Studies
Bio
I am currently working on a PhD project in the Gender & Diversity Studies department at Radboud University Nijmegen. My PhD project is about gender (and masculinity in particular), sexuality, and the Dutch Populist Radical Right. Additionally, I am working on several projects concerning the mainstreaming of radical/extreme idealogies, esotericism and conspiracy theories, tradwives, and diversity & inclusion in academia.
I work primarily as a researcher, but my contract also includes teaching and supervision responsibilities. I am also active in organizing community events, seminars and lectures. Academically, I am mostly interested in critical theory, radicalization, populism, esotericism, conspiracy theories, social inequality, and climate justice.
Publications
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