Henry Maes is a PhD researcher at the the Institut de Sciences Politiques Louvain-Europe at UCLouvain in joint supervision with the Department of Political Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He holds a master’s degree in Political Sciences from UCLouvain. His research interests include polarization, social movements, and gender/LGBTQI+ issues. He is also involved in MethodsNET, a network of social sciences methodologies experts.