Alexander is a researcher on the Norwegian European Social Survey (ESS) team. His work focuses on multilevel governance, with particular interests in political institutions, political parties, electoral behavior, and crisis management.

Alexander obtained his PhD in Comparative Politics from the University of Bergen and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science as well as a Research Master’s degree in Political Science and Public Administration from Leiden University.

Lecture

• Hilmar Mjelde; Gunnar Grendstad; Alexander Verdoes (2022). The US Midterm Election. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Alexander Verdoes; Arjen Boin (2021). Earthquakes in Groningen: Organized Suppression of a Creeping Crisis. (external link)
• Arjan Hille Schakel; Alexander Verdoes (2024). Regional political institutions. (external link)
• Arjan Hille Schakel; Alexander Verdoes (2023). Tracing developments in regional electoral democracy: the impact of regional authority, regional identity, and regional electoral systems on the regional vote. (external link)

Doctoral thesis (PhD)

• Alexander Verdoes (2024). Going Regional: Regional and Multilevel Electoral Democracy in Western Europe in Times of Decentralization (1945-2019). (external link)

Academic article

• Arjan Hille Schakel; Alexander Verdoes (2024). Does executive autonomy reduce second-order election effects?. (external link)
• Alexander Verdoes (2022). Municipal elections in the Netherlands, 13 March 2022. (external link)
• Alexander Verdoes (2026). District expectations and strategic defection in two-tiered proportional systems: The case of the 2021 Norwegian election. (external link)
• Alexander Verdoes (2022). Élections municipales aux Pays-Bas, 13 mars 2022. (external link)
• Alexander Verdoes (2025). Do second-order elections produce second-order governments? How national and regional factors influence the composition of regional governments. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in NVA.

Verdoes, A. (2020). Explaining the Emergence of International Parliamentary Institutions: The Case of the Benelux Interparliamentary Consultative Council. Parliamentary Affairs, 73 (2), pp. 385-407. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsy054