Maxime Vandenberghe is a FWO PhD fellow at the Department of Political Science at Ghent University (2019-2023). He holds a master’s degree in Political Science - Belgian politics (2018, Ghent University). His main research interests are federalism, regionalism, and party politics, with a particular focus on Belgium. The goal of his PhD study is to map and explain communal conflicts and conflict solutions in Belgian politics (1979-2019). He cherishes foggy fields and wagging tails.