Peter Verpoorten 🌻 🌍 🇧🇪
@peterverpoorten
Proud dad of 4. Criminal defense lawyer, focused on mental health and human rights. MSc Pol Sci KULeuven. PhD student Political Theory @weareCEU.bsky.social studying Militant Democracy, justice & oppression, apathy, conflict & stability.
Spending some time in South Africa for the first time in 2 decades. So far impressed with the social progress, but dissappointed by the car centric evolution of the infrastructure. Very close to being completely saturated in and around Cape Town.
At that moment, Spain - Belgium was 1-1 tied. And way more balanced.
Reading Italo Calvino and for one reason or another I keep slipping into a Matthew McConaughey drawl in my head that suits the cadence of the text incredibly well so far.
Santorini, dusk. Orthodox Good Friday. No sound but the wind.
A bit challenging to find my way around as I can't yet read Cyrillic and being outside the EU makes roaming prohibitively expensive. But the city buses are free and the Old Town vibe is excellent so far.
First time in Belgrade for the Elections - Democracy - Crisis 2026 Conference organized by the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, and the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw.
Well, I've narrowed it down to two options. Either I am on Vienna's U1 metroline or I've accidentally wandered into 2001: A space Odyssey. 🤔
The nice thing about political theory as a research field, is that you can do it while swimming in the Donau.
A bit of spare time, so sitting in Erszébet Square in central Budapest wearing a @weareceu.bsky.social lanyard on the off chance Orban walks his dog here.
Back in Budapest to present a paper at the @ceudeminst.bsky.social workshop 'Who are the enemies of democracy?'
Graduate Conference on Authority in beautiful Utrecht.
The US government is in the hands of what one can only describe as an informal Fascist Internationale. Karl Loewenstein warned for the risk of Authoritarian Regimes supporting each other internationally in his 1937 articles laying the groundwork for Militant Democracy.
Russian sponsored right wingers threatening to win elections in your country too? Here is some solid advice.