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Thijs Heinmaa

Research Assistant

Thijs Heinmaa is a Research Assistant with International IDEA’s Regional Europe Programme in Brussels.

Thijs graduated with an MSc in Political Science and Public Administration from Leiden University in 2018 and is passionate about anti-corruption.

Education
MSc in Political Science and Public Administration (Leiden University)
Languages
English
Location
Brussels

Most recent work

September 17, 2025

Safeguarding Democracy: EU Development at the Nexus of Elections, Information Integrity and Artificial Intelligence
Published September 01, 2025

Safeguarding Democracy: EU Development at the Nexus of Elections, Information Integrity and Artificial Intelligence
English, Українська
Published October 23, 2023

Winning Elections the Right Way: Online Political Advertising Rules in Europe and Selected Countries Globally
English
October 20, 2023

Political Campaigning in the Digital Age: International IDEA Publishes Report on Online Political Advertising Frameworks at the EU’s High-Level Event on Elections
International IDEA’s Regional Europe Team celebrating the 2023 edition of International Democracy Day at the European Committee of the Regions in Brussels, Belgium. Credits: Bryan Proult for International IDEA
September 15, 2023

International Democracy Day Brussels 2023
Published July 05, 2023

Democratic Engagement after Two Summits for Democracy
English
Democratic Engagement after two summits for summits for democracy
July 17, 2023

International IDEA launches Impact Report on Second Summit for Democracy
May 09, 2023

Winning the right way: Virtual roundtable on the oversight and implementation of frameworks on online political advertising in election campaigns
Published March 24, 2023

Summit for Democracy Cohorts
English
Finnish State Secretary Ms Johanna Sumuvuori and Chiara Adamo, Acting Director for Human Development, Migration, Governance and Peace in the Directorate General for International Partnerships, European Commission. Image credit: International IDEA.
July 01, 2022

Post Summit for Democracy Dialogue: Analyzing country commitments and exploring opportunities for engagement - Key Takeaways
Image credit: vectorjuice freepik.com
February 14, 2022

Cybersecurity in Elections: Recent Developments in Europe - Online Discussion
Special Voting Arrangements (SVAs) in Europe. Image credit: International IDEA.
October 19, 2020

Special Voting Arrangements (SVAs) in Europe: In-Country Postal, Early, Mobile and Proxy Arrangements in Individual Countries
Image Credit: Geralt, pixabay.com
July 06, 2020

Exchange of practices regarding the understanding, regulation and oversight of online political advertising and microtargeting
Image Credit: Geralt@Pixabay
February 13, 2020

What to Expect: Digital Technology and Democracy in Europe in 2020
Roundtable on AI and democratic development. Image credit: Elisabeth Fluet-Asselin, International IDEA
December 18, 2019

International IDEA supports the European Commission in unpacking the “Artificial Intelligence and democratic development” suitcase

Image credit: CoR
September 25, 2019

No Democracy Without Accountability: Celebration of the International Day of Democracy 2019
Image credit: rawpixel.com
July 25, 2019

Digital Microtargeting – Challenges for European Regulators

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