Prof. T. (Theresa) Kuhn
Faculty of Humanities
Europese studies
Visiting address
- Kloveniersburgwal 48
- Room number: D2.07A
Postal address
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Postbus 1619
1000 BP Amsterdam
Contact details
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Profile
Theresa Kuhn is Full Professor at the Capacity group European Studies, University of Amsterdam and academic director of the Amsterdam Center of European Studies (ACES). Previously, she was associate professor in political science at UvA and worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Nuffield College at the University of Oxford and at Freie Universitaet Berlin. Theresa Kuhn obtained a PhD from the European University Institute, Florence, in 2011.
Using survey research and experimental methods, Theresa Kuhn studies how citizens react to globalization and European integration in their political attitudes and collective identities. Her research has been recognized with a number of prizes, including the UACES best book prize for her book Experiencing European Integration. Transnational Lives and European Identity (Oxford University Press 2015) and the CES Carolina de Miguel Moyer Young Scholar Award for the most significant contribution to the interdisciplinary study of Europe for a scholar under the age of 40.
For further information including publications, teaching and research projects, please visit Theresa's personal website.
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Publications
2025
- Biten Butorac, M., Kuhn, T., & van der Brug, W. (2025). The diverging effect of austerity policies on trust in the European Central Bank and support for the euro. European Politics and Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2025.2526534
- Herbig, L. J., Unan, A., Kuhn, T., Rodriguez, I., Rodon, T., & Kluever, H. (2025). Closed borders, closed minds? COVID-related border closures, EU support and hostility towards immigrants. European Journal of Political Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.70025
- Meijers, M. J., Bremer, B., Kuhn, T., & Nicoli, F. (2025). Partisan cueing and preferences for fiscal integration in the European Union. West European Politics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2025.2497720
- Milosav, Ð., Dickson, Z., Hobolt, S. B., Klüver, H., Kuhn, T., & Rodon, T. (2025). The youth gender gap in support for the far right. Journal of European Public Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2025.2481181
Rodríguez, I., Rodon, T., Unan, A., Herbig, L., Klüver, H., & Kuhn, T. (2025). Benchmarking pandemic response: How the UK’s COVID-19 vaccine roll-out impacted popular support for the EU. British Journal of Political Science, 55, Article e35. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123424000802 [details]
2024
- Bremer, B., Kuhn, T., Meijers, M. J., & Nicoli, F. (2024). In this together? Support for European fiscal integration in the COVID-19 crisis. Journal of European Public Policy, 31(9), 2582–2610. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2023.2220357 [details]
- Kuhn, T. (2024). Ernst B. Haas, liberal nationalism and the double-edged nature of European identity. Journal of European Public Policy, 31(10), 3443-3464. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2024.2379443 [details]
- Nicoli, F., van der Duin, D., Beetsma, R., Bremer, B., Burgoon, B., Kuhn, T., Meijers, M. J., & de Ruijter, A. (2024). Closer during crises? European identity during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Journal of European Public Policy, 31(10), 3066-3092. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2024.2319346 [details]
2023
- Biten, M., Kuhn, T., & van der Brug, W. (2023). How does fiscal austerity affect trust in the European Union? Analyzing the role of responsibility attribution. Journal of European Public Policy, 30(6), 1033–1050. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2022.2060282 [details]
- Durmuşoğlu, L. R., de Lange, S. L., Kuhn, T., & van der Brug, W. (2023). The Intergenerational Transmission of Party Preferences in Multiparty Contexts: Examining Parental Socialization Processes in the Netherlands". Political Psychology, 44(3), 583-601. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12861 [details]
- Kunst, S., Kuhn, T., & van de Werfhorst, H. G. (2023). As the twig is bent, the tree is inclined? The role of parental versus own education for openness towards globalisation. European Union Politics, 24(2), 264-285. https://doi.org/10.1177/14651165221140230 [details]
- Reinl, A.-K., Nicoli, F., & Kuhn, T. (2023). Regional inequalities and transnational solidarity in the European Union. Political Geography, 104, Article 102903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102903 [details]
- Zeitlin, J., van der Duin, D., Kuhn, T., Weimer, M., & Jensen, M. D. (2023). Governance reforms and public acceptance of regulatory decisions: Cross-national evidence from linked survey experiments on pesticides authorization in the European Union. Regulation & Governance, 17(4), 980-999. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12483 [details]
2022
- Burgoon, B., Kuhn, T., Nicoli, F., & Vandenbroucke, F. (2022). Unemployment Risk Sharing in the EU: How Policy Design Influences Citizen Support for European Unemployment Policy. European Union Politics, 23(2), 282-308. https://doi.org/10.1177/14651165221075251 [details]
2021
- Kuhn, T., & Pardos-Prado, S. (2021). Corruption and support for decentralisation. European Journal of Political Research, 60(3), 625-647. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12420 [details]
- Kuhn, T., Lancee, B., & Sarrasin, O. (2021). Growing Up as a European? Parental Socialization and the Educational Divide in Euroskepticism. Political Psychology, 42(6), 957-975. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12728 [details]
- Negri, F., Nicoli, F., & Kuhn, T. (2021). Common currency, common identity? The impact of the Euro introduction on European identity. European Union Politics, 22(1), 114–132. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116520970286 [details]
2020
- Kuhn, T. (Guest ed.), & Nicoli, F. (Guest ed.) (2020). Collective Identities and the Integration of Core State Powers. Journal of Common Market Studies, 58(1), 1-213. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14685965/2020/58/1 [details]
- Kuhn, T., & Nicoli, F. (2020). Collective Identities and the Integration of Core State Powers: Introduction to the Special Issue. Journal of Common Market Studies, 58(1), 3-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12985 [details]
- Kuhn, T., Nicoli, F., & Vandenbroucke, F. (2020). Preferences for European unemployment insurance: a question of economic ideology or EU support? Journal of European Public Policy, 27(2), 208-226. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2019.1701529 [details]
- Kunst, S., Kuhn, T., & van de Werfhorst, H. G. (2020). Does education decrease Euroscepticism? A regression discontinuity design using compulsory schooling reforms in four European countries. European Union Politics, 21(1), 24–42. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116519877972 [details]
- Nicoli, F., Kuhn, T., & Burgoon, B. (2020). Collective Identities, European Solidarity: Identification patterns and preferences for European social insurance. Journal of Common Market Studies, 58(1), 76-95. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12977 [details]
2019
- Degen, D., Kuhn, T., & van der Brug, W. (2019). Granting immigrants access to social benefits? How self-interest influences support for welfare state restrictiveness. Journal of European Social Policy, 29(2), 148-165. https://doi.org/10.1177/0958928718781293 [details]
- Kuhn, T. (2019). Grand theories of European integration revisited: does identity politics shape the course of European integration? Journal of European Public Policy, 26(8), 1213-1230. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2019.1622588 [details]
- Kuhn, T. (2019). Why Adding Duties to European Citizenship Is Likely to Increase the Gap Between Europhiles and Eurosceptics. In R. Bauböck (Ed.), Debating European Citizenship (pp. 257-260). (Imiscoe Research Series). Springer Open. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89905-3_44 [details]
- Kuhn, T., & Kamm, A. (2019). The national boundaries of solidarity: a survey experiment on solidarity with unemployed people in the European Union. European Political Science Review, 11(2), 179-195. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755773919000067 [details]
2018
- Kuhn, T., Solaz, H., & van Elsas, E. J. (2018). Practising what you preach: How cosmopolitanism promotes willingness to redistribute across the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy, 25(12), 1759-1778 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2017.1370005 [details]
- Lubbers, M., Diehl, C., Kuhn, T., & Larssen, C. A. (2018). Migrants' support for welfare state spending in Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. Social Policy & Administration, 52(4), 895-913. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12404 [details]
- Sarrasin, O., Kuhn, T., & Lancee, B. (2018). What Explains Increasing Euroscepticism in Switzerland? A Longitudinal Analysis. In R. Tillmann, M. Voorpostel, & P. Farago (Eds.), Social Dynamics in Swiss Society: Empirical Studies Based on the Swiss Household Panel (pp. 203-214). (Life Course Research and Social Policies; Vol. 9). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89557-4_14 [details]
- Stoeckel, F., & Kuhn, T. (2018). Mobilizing Citizens for Costly Policies: The Conditional Effect of Party Cues on Support for International Bailouts in the European Union. Journal of Common Market Studies, 56(2), 446–461. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12610 [details]
2016
- Kuhn, T. (2016). The social stratification of European schoolchildren’s transnational experiences: a cross-country analysis of the International Civics and Citizenship Study. European Sociological Review, 32(2), 266-279. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcv097 [details]
- Kuhn, T., van Elsas, E., Hakhverdian, A., & van der Brug, W. (2016). An ever wider gap in an ever closer union: Rising inequalities and euroscepticism in 12 West European democracies, 1975-2009. Socio-Economic Review, 14(1), 27-45. https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwu034 [details]
2015
- Kuhn, T. (2015). Experiencing European integration: transnational lives and European identity. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199688913.001.0001 [details]
2014
- Kuhn, T., & Stoeckel, F. (2014). When European integration becomes costly: the euro crisis and public support for European economic governance. Journal of European Public Policy, 21(4), 624-641. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2013.867892 [details]
2013
- Hakhverdian, A., van Elsas, E., van der Brug, W., & Kuhn, T. (2013). Euroscepticism and education: a longitudinal study of 12 EU member states, 1973-2010. European Union Politics, 14(4), 522-541. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116513489779 [details]
2012
- Kuhn, T. (2012). Europa ante Portas: Border Residence, Transnational Interaction and Euroscepticism in Germany and France. European Union Politics, 13(1), 94-117. https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116511418016
- Kuhn, T. (2012). Why Educational Exchange Programmes Miss their Mark: Cross-border Mobility, Education and European Identity. Journal of Common Market Studies, 50(6), 994-1010. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5965.2012.02286.x
2011
- Kuhn, T. (2011). Individual Transnationalism, Globalization and Euroscepticism: An Empirical Test of Deutsch’s Transactionalist Theory. European Journal of Political Research, 50(6), 811-837.
2017
- Brans, L., Kuhn, T., & van der Meer, T. (2017). Naties, nationalisme, en natiestaat. In P. van Praag (Ed.), Politicologie en de veranderende politiek (pp. 59-76). Amsterdam University Press. [details]
- Brans, L., Kuhn, T., & van der Meer, T. (2017). Nations, Nationalism and the Nation State. In P. van Praag (Ed.), Political Science and Changing Politics (pp. 55-70). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1zqrmq0.6 [details]
2013
- Recchi, E., & Kuhn, T. (2013). Europeans’ Space-Sets and the Political Legitimacy of the EU. In N. Kauppi (Ed.), A Political Sociology of Transnational Europe (pp. 191-222). ECPR Press.
2023
2021
- Zeitlin, J., Weimer, M., van der Duin, D., Kuhn, T., & Jensen, M. D. (2021). Reforming EU Pesticides Regulation, Rebuilding Public Support: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Six Member States: an ACES policy report. (Amsterdam Centre for European Studies Research Paper; No. 2021/03), (SSRN Research Paper). Amsterdam Centre for European Studies. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3862421 [details]
- Zeitlin, J., Weimer, M., van der Duin, D., Kuhn, T., & Jensen, M. D. (2021). EU pesticides regulation: How public support can be rebuilt. Web publication or website, LSE. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2021/06/14/eu-pesticides-regulation-how-public-support-can-be-rebuilt/ [details]
2020
- Bremer, B., Kuhn, T., Maurits, M. J., & Nicoli, F. (2020). The EU can improve the political sustainability of Next Generation EU by making it a long-term structure. Web publication or website, VoxEU. https://voxeu.org/article/improving-political-sustainability-next-generation-eu [details]
- Kunst, S., Kuhn, T., & van de Werfhorst, H. (2020). Verlaagt extra onderwijs euroscepsis? Een regression discontinuity design met leerplichthervormingen in vier Europese landen. Mens en Maatschappij, 95(1), 65-68. https://doi.org/10.5117/MEM2020.1.004.INDE [details]
- Vandenbroucke, F., Andor, L., Beetsma, R., Burgoon, B., Fischer, G., Kuhn, T., Luigjes, C., & Nicoli, F. (2020). The European Commission’s SURE initiative and euro area unemployment re-insurance. Web publication or website, VoxEU. https://voxeu.org/article/european-commission-s-sure-initiative-and-euro-area-unemployment-re-insurance [details]
2018
- Vandenbroucke, F., Burgoon, B., Kuhn, T., Nicoli, F., Sacchi, S., van der Duin, D., & Hegewald, S. (2018). Risk Sharing When Unemployment Hits: How Policy Design Influences Citizen Support For European Unemployment Risk Sharing (EURS): Policy report. (AISSR Policy Report; No. 1). AISSR, University of Amsterdam. https://oa.inapp.org/handle/123456789/321 [details]
2017
- Kuhn, T. (2017). European identity through European experiences? In T. Beck, & G. Underhill (Eds.), Quo vadis? Identity, policy and the future of the European Union (pp. 31-35). CEPR Press. https://voxeu.org/content/quo-vadis-identity-policy-and-future-european-union [details]
Prize / grant
- Kuhn, T. (2022). Carolina de Miguel Moyer Young Scholar Award. https://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/2022-awardee/
- Kuhn, T. (2022). Carolina de Miguel Moyer Young Scholar Award.
- Kuhn, T. & Nicoli, F. (2022). ECPR Public Opinion and Voting Behaviour Best Paper Prize 2022. https://standinggroups.ecpr.eu/povb/2022/11/25/newsletter-november-2022/
- Kuhn, T. (2021). NWO-VIDI Grant "Common institutions, diverging identities?". https://www.nwo.nl/onderzoeksprogrammas/nwo-talentprogramma/projecten-vidi/vidi-2020
- Kuhn, T. (2021). COVIDEU: the impact of the covid-19 crisis on EU support.
- Kuhn, T. (2016). UACES Prize for the best Book in Contemporary European Studies.
- Kuhn, T. (2015). JEPP-Award for best article published in Journal of European Public Policy in 2015 (with Florian Stoeckel).
- Kuhn, T. (2013). Grenzen aan solidariteit? (NWO-Veni Grant).
- Kuhn, T. (2012). THESEUS Award for promising research on European integration.
- Kuhn, T. (2011). EUI’s Linz-Rokkan prize for the best thesis in political sociology 2011.
Media appearance
- Kuhn, T. (04-03-2022). Massale solidariteit met Oekraïne, maar waar komt die saamhorigheid vandaan? [Web] Trouw. Massale solidariteit met Oekraïne, maar waar komt die saamhorigheid vandaan?. https://www.trouw.nl/verdieping/massale-solidariteit-met-oekraine-maar-waar-komt-die-saamhorigheid-vandaan~b286b560/
- Kuhn, T. (03-01-2022). L’arrivée d’une centriste pro-Europe aux Finances est de bon augure pour les projets d’Emmanuel Macron. [Web] Le figaro Media type:. L’arrivée d’une centriste pro-Europe aux Finances est de bon augure pour les projets d’Emmanuel Macron.. https://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/les-pays-bas-tournent-la-page-de-la-frugalite-20220103
- Kuhn, T. (17-11-2021). New Dutch government under Mark Rutte wants to spend more [Web] Euractiv. New Dutch government under Mark Rutte wants to spend more. https://www.euractiv.com/section/economic-governance/news/new-dutch-government-under-mark-rutte-wants-to-spend-more/
- Weimer, M., Zeitlin, J., van der Duin, D., Kuhn, T. & Dybdahl Jensen, M. (11-06-2021). What the EU public think of EU pesticide regulation [Web] EUObserver. What the EU public think of EU pesticide regulation. https://euobserver.com/opinion/152108?utm_source=euobs&utm_medium=email
2025
- Butorac, M. (2025). Austerity and trust in EU institutions: Examining the impact of austerity measures on public trust. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
- Durmuşoğlu, L. R. (2025). Navigating a complex landscape: Parental political socialization in the Netherlands. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
2022
- Kunst, S., Kuhn, T. & van de Werfhorst, H. (2022). sj-dta-2-eup-10.1177_14651165221140230 - Supplemental material for As the twig is bent, the tree is inclined? The role of parental versus own education for openness towards globalisation. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.21614319.v1
- van der Brug, W., Kuhn, T. & Biten, M. (2022). How does fiscal austerity affect trust in the European Union? Analyzing the role of responsibility attribution. figshare Academic Research System. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19603353.v1
- Kunst, S., Kuhn, T. & van de Werfhorst, H. (2022). sj-dta-4-eup-10.1177_14651165221140230 - Supplemental material for As the twig is bent, the tree is inclined? The role of parental versus own education for openness towards globalisation. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.21614325.v1
- Kunst, S., Kuhn, T. & van de Werfhorst, H. (2022). sj-do-1-eup-10.1177_14651165221140230 - Supplemental material for As the twig is bent, the tree is inclined? The role of parental versus own education for openness towards globalisation. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.21614316.v1
- Burgoon, B., Vandenbroucke, F., Kuhn, T. & Nicoli, F. (2022). sj-do-2-eup-10.1177_14651165221075251 - Supplemental material for Unemployment risk-sharing in the EU: How policy design influences citizen support for European unemployment policy. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.19134800.v1
- Burgoon, B., Kuhn, T., Vandenbroucke, F. & Nicoli, F. (2022). sj-dta-3-eup-10.1177_14651165221075251 - Supplemental material for Unemployment risk-sharing in the EU: How policy design influences citizen support for European unemployment policy. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.19134803.v1
- Kuhn, T., Nicoli, F., Burgoon, B. & Vandenbroucke, F. (2022). Unemployment risk-sharing in the EU: How policy design influences citizen support for European unemployment policy. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.c.5829767.v1
2020
- Negri, F., Nicoli, F. & Kuhn, T. (2020). sj-zip-1-eup-10.1177_1465116520970286 - Supplemental material for Common currency, common identity? The impact of the Euro introduction on European identity. SAGE Journals. https://doi.org/10.25384/sage.13187237.v1
2018
- Nicoli, F., Kuhn, T., Vandenbroucke, F. & Burgoon, B. (2018). Experimental survey testing attitudes towards alternative EUBS Schemes by means of Conjoint Analysis. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/2usgrg
- Nicoli, F., Kuhn, T., Vandenbroucke, F. & Burgoon, B. (2018). EUBS Survey Preregistration 18.10.2018.pdf. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/2usgrg/tcdttu
2017
- Kuhn, T., Solaz, H. & van Elsas, E. J. (2017). Practising what you preach: how cosmopolitanism promotes willingness to redistribute across the European Union. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5394739
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Ancillary activities
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EACEA
evaluation of proposals for Jean Monnet Actions in the Erasmus + framework
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EACEA
Rodríguez, I., Rodon, T., Unan, A., Herbig, L., Klüver, H., & Kuhn, T. (2025). Benchmarking pandemic response: How the UK’s COVID-19 vaccine roll-out impacted popular support for the EU. British Journal of Political Science, 55, Article e35.