Cynthia van Vonno
Assistant Professor
- Name
- Dr. C.M.C. van Vonno
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- vonnocmcvan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Cynthia van Vonno is assistant professor at Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science
Cynthia van Vonno is assistant professor at the Institute of Political Science. She is the 2013 winner of the Casimirprijs, the Leiden University Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences prize for teaching excellence.
Cynthia is the coordinator of the 2017 Dutch Parliamentary Study, for which all 225 members of the First and Second Chamber are approached for a personal interview about their views on democratic representation and the functioning of parliament. The Dutch Parliamentary Survey was conducted earlier in 1968, 1972, 1978, 1990, 2001 and 2006 by Leiden University. The current project is made possible by a subsidy from the Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations, and serves as background information for the State Commission on the Parliamentary System.
Her PhD dissertation (2016) concerns representation studies, specifically focusing on the pathways to parliamentary party unity, for which she developed and tested a sequential decision-making model that MPs apply when determining whether to vote according to the party line. Her research includes an analysis of the determinants of party unity and voting behavior in the Dutch Parliament through time, a comparison of the determinants of party unity at the national, provincial and municipal level in the Netherlands, and a comparative analysis of the effects of institutions on MPs’ decision making in 15 parliamentary democracies. Cynthia’s dissertation was shortlisted for the 2016 ECPR Jean Blondel PhD prize.
She is a member of international PartiRep project, for which she organized and executed the data-collection of the Comparative MP Survey in the Netherlands in 2010 at the national, provincial and municipal level.
› Curriculum vitae Cynthia van Vonno
PhD supervision
Cynthia van Vonno is available to supervise PhD students and invites PhD research proposals in the areas of:
- Parliaments, parliamentary party groups and Members of Parliaments (MPs)
- Theory and practice of political representation in Western (European) democracies
See for more information on PhD positions:
Assistant Professor
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Politieke Wetenschap
- Louwerse T.P. & Vonno C.M.C. van (2021), Moving up or down: parliamentary activity and candidate selection, Journal of Legislative Studies : .
- Louwerse T., Otjes S. & Vonno C. van (2018), The Dutch Parliamentary Behaviour Dataset, Acta Politica 53(1): 149-166.
- Andeweg R.B. & Van Vonno C.M.C. (2018), Kamervragen. Een enquête onder Leden van Eerste en Tweede Kamer. Parlementsonderzoek 2017: Verslag aan de Staatscommissie Parlementair Stelsel. Universiteit Leiden: Staatscommissie Universitair Stelsel.
- Andeweg R.B. & Van Vonno C.M.C. (2018), Kamerleden over regionale vertegenwoordiging. Enkele cijfers uit het Parlementsonderzoek. In: Bos A., Brouwer J.W., Goslinga H., Merriënboer J. van, Oddens J. & Ramakers J. (Eds.), Jaarboek Parlementaire Geschiedenis 2018: Regio versus Randstad. Jaarboek Parlementaire Geschiedenis 66-67.
- Van Vonno C.M.C. (2017), Party Cohesion at Three Levels of Dutch Government. 2017 ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of Nottingham, UK, Workshop title: Rethinking Intra-Party Cohesion in Times of Party Transformation, Nottingham. 2017 ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of Nottingham, UK, Workshop title: Rethinking Intra-Party Cohesion in Times of Party Transformation. 25 April 2017 - 25 April 2017.
- Louwerse T. & Van Vonno C. (2017), Naar nieuwe verhoudingen tussen Kamer en kabinet?. In: Andeweg R.B. & Leyenaar M. (Eds.), Alle Stemmen Tellen. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
- Vonno C.M.C. van (2 March 2016), Achieving party unity : a sequential approach to why MPs act in concert (Dissertatie. Political Science, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University). Supervisor(s): Andeweg R.B.
- Pohl B., Van Willigen N. & Van Vonno C.M. (2015), Governmental interest, new liberalism, and the CSDP. In: Cladi L. & Locatelli A. (Eds.), International Relations Theory and European Security: We thought we knew. London: Routledge. 65-82.
- Van Willigen N.J.G. & Van Vonno C.M.C. (2014), Coalition government politics and Foreign Policy Analysis; Towards a new research program? Paper for the annual ISA Convention, 25-29 March 2014, Toronto. 55th Annual ISA Convention 25 March 2014 - 29 March 2014.
- Van Vonno C.M.C., Itzkovitch-Malka R., Depauw S., Hazan R.Y. & Andeweg R.B. (2014), Agreement, loyalty, and discipline: A sequential approach to party unity. In: Deschouwer K. & Depauw S. (Eds.), Representing the people; A survey among members of statewide and sub-state parliaments. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 110-136.
- Van Vonno C.M.C. & Andeweg R.B. (2014), Fractiediscipline: Van de bok dromen?. In: Lange S.L. de, Leyenaar M. & Jong P. de (Eds.), Politieke Partijen: Overbodig of Nodig?. Den Haag: Raad voor het Openbaar Bestuur. 111-124.
- Louwerse T.P. & Vonno C.M.C. van (2012), Candidate selection, parliamentary activity and party orientation. Paper presented at the Politicologenetmaal, Amsterdam, 31 May-1 June 2012. [other].
- Van Vonno C.M.C. (2012), Role-Switching in the Dutch Parliament: Reinvigorating Role Theory?, Journal of Legislative Studies 18(2): 119-136.
- Van Vonno C.M.C. (2011), Representational Roles in Unitary Systems – The Case of the Netherlands. [other].
- Van Vonno C.M.C. (2011), Party agreement, party loyalty and party discipline: an exploration of the comparative process approach. [other].
- Van Vonno C.M.C. (2010), Party Unity – Afraid of the Consequences? Parliamentary Party Group Voting Unity and Members’ Perception of Disciplinary Measures. [other].
- Van Vonno C.M.C. (2007), Extreme Parties and European Integration – The Inverted U-Curve. [other].