Publications

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Vaccari, C., Smets, K. and O. Heath (2020), ’The United Kingdom 2017 Election: Polarization in a Split Issue Space’, West European Politics, 43 (3), pp. 587-609.
• Neundorf, A., Niemi, R.G., Smets, K. (2016), ’The Compensation Effect of Civic Education on political Engagement: How Civics Classes Make Up for Missing Parental Socialization’, Political Behavior, 38 (4), pp. 921-949.
• Royal Holloway Group PR3710. (2016) “A codified constitution is a massive deal’: young people, deliberative democracy and A new Magna Carta?’; Youth Voice Journal, pp. 1-16.
• Smets, K. (2016) ‘Revisiting the Political Life-Cycle Model: Later Maturation and Turnout Decline Among Young Adults’; European Political Science Review, 8 (2), pp. 225-249.
• Smets, K. and P. Isernia (2014), ‘The Role of Deliberation in Attitude Change: An Empirical Assessment of Three Theoretical Mechanisms’, European Union Politics, 15(3), pp. 389-409.
• Isernia, P. and K. Smets (2014), ‘Revealing Preferences: Does Deliberation Increase Ideological Awareness Among Less Educated Voters?’, European Journal of Political Research, 53(3), pp. 520-540.
• Smets, K. and A. Neundorf (2014), ‘The Hierarchies of Age-Period-Cohort Research: Political Context and the Development of Generational Turnout Patterns’, Electoral Studies, 33(1), pp. 41-51.
• Smets, K. and C. van Ham (2013), ‘The Embarrassment of Riches? A Meta-Analysis of Individual Level Research on Voter Turnout’, Electoral Studies, 32(2), pp. 344–359.
• Smets, K. (2013), ‘De opkomstkloof tussen jong volwassenen en ouderen in nationale verkiezingen: een vergelijkend onderzoek’ (The Age Gap in Voter Turnout Between Young Adults and Older Citizens in National Elections: A Comparative Study), Res Publica, 55(1), pp. 11-36.
• Hooghe, M. and Smets, K. (2013), ‘Inleiding: Jongeren en politiek in verandering’ (Introduction: Youth and Politics in Times of Change ), Res Publica, 55(1), pp. 5-9.
• Stegmaier, M., M. Lewis-Beck and K. Smets (2013), ‘Standing for Parliament: Do Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic Candidates Pay Extra?’, Parliamentary Affairs, 66(2), pp. 268-285.
• Neundorf, A., K. Smets and G. García-Albacete (2013), ‘Homemade Citizens: The Development of Political Interest During Adolescence and Young Adulthood’, Acta Politica, 48(1), pp. 92-116.
• Smets, K. (2012), ‘A Widening Generational Divide? The Age Gap in Voter Turnout Through Time and Space’, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties, 22(4), pp. 407-430.

Peer-reviewed book chapters

• Serra, L. and K. Smets, K. (2022), ’Age and Generation’, in The Oxford Handbook of Political Participation, eds. M. Giugni and M. Grasso, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 545-561.
• Smets, K. (2021), ’Aging and Politics. Age Differences in Political Behavior in Compar- ative Perspective’, in The Handbook of Aging in the Social Sciences, 9th edition, eds. K. Ferraro and D. Carr, London: Academic Press, pp. 287-300.
• Angelucci, D., P. Isernia and K. Smets (2020), ’Representation at Work: Miller and Stokes go to Brussels’, in The EU Through Multiple Crises Representation and Cohesion Dilemmas for a ”sui generis” Polity, eds. M. Cotta and P. Isernia, Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 158-185.
• ’Smets, K. (2019), United Kingdom: European Elections in the run-up to Brexit’, in The European Parliament Elections of 2019, eds. L. de Sio, M. Franklin and L. Russo, Rome: LUISS University Press, pp. 267-272.
• Neundorf, A. and K. Smets (2017), ’Political Socialisation and the Making of Citizens’, Oxford Handbooks Online in Political Science, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Edited volumes

• ‘Jongeren en politiek’ (Youth and Politics), co-edited with Marc Hooghe. Special issue of Res Publica 55(1).

Doctoral Thesis

• ‘A Widening Generational Divide? Assessing the Age Gap in Voter Turnout Between Younger and Older Citizens’, PhD dissertation, Florence: European University Institute, 2010.

Other publications

• ‘The Compensation Effect of Civic Education on Political Engagement: How Civics Classes Make Up for Missing Parental Socialization’ (with Anja Neundorf and Richard G. Niemi), Nuffield’s Working Papers Series in Politics 2015-10, Oxford: Nuffield College, University of Oxford (2015).
• ‘Meta-analysis: Why do people vote (or not) in national elections?’ (with Carolien van Ham) in: SAGE Research Methods Cases, London: Sage, electronic publication (2014).
• ‘The Making of Political Generations: Party Preferences and National Governments across Western Democracies’ (with Anja Neundorf), Nuffield’s Working Papers Series in Politics 2012-02, Oxford: Nuffield College, University of Oxford (2012).
• ‘Belgium’ (with Kris Van Berendoncks and Steven Van Hecke) in: ‘The 2009 Elections to the European Parliament. Country Reports’, edited by Wojciech Gagatek, Florence: European University Institute, electronic publication (2010).
• ‘The Netherlands’ (with Carolien van Ham) in: ‘The 2009 Elections to the European Par- liament. Country Reports’, edited by Wojciech Gagatek, Florence: European University Institute, electronic publication (2010).

Contributions to reports

• Transatlantic Trends – Key Findings Report: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; Transatlantic Trends: Immigration – Key Findings Report: 2009, 2010, 2011; Transatlantic Trends: Leaders – Key Findings Report: 2010. All published by the German Marshall Fund of the United States.