Polarization in the Netherlands

Polarization in the Netherlands: System dynamics and data science to get a deeper understanding of public opinions in social groups

Fase, Joep (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management; TU Delft Policy Analysis)

Pruyt, Erik (mentor)
van den Hoven, Jeroen (graduation committee)
Asghari, Hadi (graduation committee)
Struik, Mieke (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Engineering and Policy Analysis

2019-09-23

The Netherlands is becoming increasingly diverse, amongst other things, due to ethnicity, religion, and urbanity. These diverse societies cluster in districts all across the Netherlands. There is an increase in tension between social groups, especially between people with and without migration background. Data analysis is used to measure the public opinion of each district in the Netherlands based on election results. System dynamics is used to model the public opinion over time and the polarizing behavior within districts. Polarization is a thought construct and does not need physical evidence to occur so the public debate plays a large role because it creates fuel for polarization. Even though there are national trends regarding public opinion, it is advised to look at a district in specific to understand why polarization may occur there.

Polarization
System Dynamics
Public Opinion
Migration
Data Science

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Student theses

master thesis

© 2019 Joep Fase