Jakob Frateur is a doctoral researcher at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, where he is affiliated to both the Faculty of Law and the Department of Political Science. He currently works on the LEGITIMULT project. His interdisciplinary PhD research focuses on the determinants of citizens’ trust in different levels of government in times of crisis. His research interests revolve around multilevel (federal) systems, with specific attention for representation, intergovernmental interaction and trust dynamics between levels of government. The Belgian federal system in particular intrigues him as well.