Highly recommend this excellent contribution to welfare politics by @ewanrobo.bsky.social! A timely reminder that elites and political organisations often decide on social policy — and rights — regardless of public opinion.

El Gobierno catalán anuncia préstamos a jóvenes para pagar la entrada de su primera vivienda (incentivar la demanda). Cuando hicieron una política similar en Reino Unido (help-to-buy): ❌Aumentaron 8% precios. ❌No aumentó la oferta. ❌Los promotores se apropiaron de toda la ayuda.

A meta-analysis of 115 studies shows that unconditional cash transfers have positive impacts on a range of key economic and social outcomes, including consumption, income, labour supply, and child health and education. voxdev.org/topic/social...

⏰ 📕 New publication out with Francisco Ferraioli in Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy What makes national-level social policy reforms so hard to deliver in decentralized welfare systems? Find out here, it's open access! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This is an important paper showing how access to safety net benefits is directly related to mortality. Cuts to services, even in the guise of work requirements, will lead to unnecessary deaths!

Un gran pèrdua pel mallorquinisme polític i l'esquerra en general. En pau descansis, Pere.

Some good news: my second thesis article is out in Journal of Social Policy! 🎉 @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social I explore how Spain adopted a minimum income scheme in 2020 - despite polarized politics. The twist? (Left) parties, unions, and territorial politics matter. It's open access:

Des de la @uab.cat em publiquen aquest article en format divulgatiu, on explico els principals resultats de l'estudi i on hi faig una petita reflexió sobre les polítiques de renda mínima i la condicionalitat laboral. Podeu trobar el resum aquí: ddd.uab.cat/record/310257

“Crecemos porque somos más, no porque vivamos o trabajemos mejor.” Sobre creixememt econòmic i desigualtat social:

Entrevista molt interessant amb @josenoguerauab.bsky.social Tan important és la materialitat d’una herència universal (un pagament incondicional al arribar a ser adult) com la forma de finançar-la: una redistribució general (parcial) de les herències. naciodigital.cat/societat/jos...

New article: Navigating Digital Welfare: A Multi-Level Maze? In Social Policy & Administration. I argue that greater conceptual and empirical engagement with welfare state complexity is needed in studies of digital welfare. (OPEN ACCESS) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Debatim moltíssim sobre quines polítiques públiques hem de fer i quines no. Sobre qui mereix ajudes i qui no. Però les ajudes més grans en aquest país les reben les persones amb més renda. Això, priomordial, sobre la necessitat d'una reforma fiscal que ens pugui permetre viure millor:

Resultats preliminars d'una investigació amb @alessandrapafu.bsky.social i @espaizerovuit.bsky.social Les rendes del capital es concentren en el 0,01% més ric. No obstant la seva baixa tributació fa que l'IRPF no sigui progressiu. És hora de corregir-ho. @elmondiari.bsky.social

Happy to see our paper on how territorial politics shapes gender-friendly legislation (2022) featured in this awesome Collection on Gender & Sexuality in Southern Europe! 🎉 Check out the entire collection on this increasingly relevant research agenda:

📢Difusión pls! 🧑‍🎓Investigación UAB Si eres padre (♂️) de niños menores de 5 años, queremos conocer tu experiencia sobre conciliación laboral y familiar. 🗓️ 1 hora | 🌐 Virtual | 🤝 Voluntario 💬 Grupos de discusión 👉 Inscríbete: forms.office.com/e/gNUEF0aFRC ¡Gracias! 🙌

I wonder if we'll hear more about young female voters or young male voters.

Muy de acuerdo con lo que aquí dice @unaisordo.bsky.social

🚨 #Data alert 📣 We just released #ParlLawSpeech – full texts of more than 40k bills, 28k laws, and 3 mio. parliamentary speeches from 7 countries (AT, CZ, DE, DK, ES, HR, HU) and the EU! If you study democracy with #TextAsData / #NLP methods, this is for you! A short 🧵 (1/3) #PoliSkyData #polisky

Publication alert! 🚨 Care at the Crossroads: How Policy Feedback Shaped Competing Feminist Advocacy for Parental Leave Reform in Spain? I promise a fascinating thread on the politics of gender and work in Spain. Don't miss it! 🧵 1/9 doi.org/10.1111/polp...

EL PAÍS elpais.com/economia/202...

Deadline extended to February 10 :)

Last week to send your abstract to the second Doctoral Workshop on Comparative Social and Public Policy (aka COSPPO). UPF, 8-9 May 2025. Submissions through this forms: forms.gle/NfzQecFrZFhU... Here is the video from last year 😁: www.youtube.com/watch?v=chk8...

My second bsky 😅: 📣with Dani Marinova we have just published this exciting paper on the impact of extended paternity leave to 16 weeks full paid and non-transferable 👇🏽👇🏽‼️

Aquí va mi primer bski: @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social y yo misma tenemos este interesante panel sobre juegos políticos detrás de las políticas en el próximo congreso #REPS2025. Últimos días para enviar propuestas! 👇🏽

Última semana para enviar abstract al panel que coordino con @margaleon.bsky.social sobre los procesos políticos detrás de las reformas en política social! La #REPS2025 será en Logroño entre el 22 y el 24 de octubre: reps2025.unirioja.es/es #PolíticaSocial #SocialPolicy #ESPAnet

Only 10 days left to submit your abstract for this exceptional social policy workshop in Barcelona this sunny May! ☀️

Thrilled to share my new paper, “Does the Background of the Regulator Matter? ”, coauthored with Yannis Papadopoulus, @bastiaanredert.bsky.social and @juancarlos-trivino.bsky.social, published in Regulation & Governance. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Key findings:

Join us on February 11 for an online seminar where I’ll present a paper from my dissertation on the multidimensional politics of minimum income reform Please let me know if you'd like me to share the paper; happy to circulate it to participants😊 Thanks @bonniefield.bsky.social for organizing this!

Hi everyone! I’m a PhD fellow from @UABBarcelona looking for a room to rent in Edinburgh from March 1st to May 1st during my visiting fellowship at @Uni_Edinburgh (Social Policy). Any tips & RTs are appreciated! 🙏 @ewanrobo.bsky.social @davidevampa.bsky.social l @philiprathgeb.bsky.social

Working on comparative welfare politics? Only two weeks left to submit your abstract for the 2025 REPS Conference in Logroño!🍷 Send your proposal to panel n7 (and share widely): reps2025.unirioja.es/es/pages/com...

Applications are now open for the Master in Institutions and Political Economy at the University of Barcelona for the 2025–26 academic year. 👉 Program Website: www.ub.edu/mipe/

This inspires me to think that the growing focus on 'resilience' risks normalizing precariousness and poverty, moving the focus away from actually changing material conditions towards how individual heroes manage to survive and upgrade their lives. I am sure I am not the only one.

Happy to share this publication with Miriam Acebillo and Josep Comellas at TPA. We describe four educational game scenarios for teaching public policy and public administration. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Con @margaleon.bsky.social estamos coordinando un panel para el próximo congreso de la REPS sobre actores políticos y reformas en política social. Comparte! Se aceptan abstracts hasta el 31 de enero: reps2025.unirioja.es/es #PolíticaSocial #SocialPolicy #ESPAnet

📢 🚨 Call for Papers for Espanet Spain (REPS) 2025 in Logroño, La Rioja, 22-24 Oct! Join our panel (cc Stefano Ronchi) on Comparative Politics of Welfare State Reform in Europe. We're especially keen on papers on comparative social policy & welfare politics featuring Southern countries 🌍

Dels 75.000 pisos de protecció oficial que hi ha a la demarcació de Barcelona, el 75% perdran la qualificació abans del 2040. La construcció i d’adquisició de nou HPO no compensarà aquestes pèrdues https://www.elcritic.cat/dades/10-mapes-i-grafics-per-entendre-per-que-tapujaran-el-lloguer-214739

After a highly successful first edition at UAB, the second Doctoral Workshop on Comparative Social and Public Policy, which will take place at @PolitiquesUPF on 8-9 May 2025. Please share and don't miss out – submit your abstract by February 2nd, 2025!

Right-wingers have given up on democracy, except when they win. Trump is going to fuel this everywhere.

Con los datos de perceptores mensuales (titulares) de renta mínima y/o IMV por comunidades recopilados por la AIReF (enero 2019), junto con @anaarriba.bsky.social hemos hecho esta aproximación gráfica al panorama.

Quines polítiques d'habitatge vol prioritzar la gent? La regulació dels lloguers "guanya" en tots els emparellaments, i facilitar la construcció d'habitatge és la menys preferida. El consens social és bastant clar.

Hilo imprescindible. Añadiría recuperar condiciones en la protección del empleo que se perdieron en los 90 y primera década del 2000, y que no se han vuelto a recuperar (e.g., una indemnización por despido digna para todos, y re-regular sus causas)

Folks, there are many journals on here. If you are interested in southern European, comparative politics, please consider following South European Society and Politics @sespjournal.bsky.social . Thanks to @elizabethbitmeehan.com for the pack

It's here! 🚨 If you're not on the list yet, make sure to ask to be added to the starter pack on comparative social policy & welfare state research :)

Since a lot of people seem to be joining Bluesky, here again is my Spanish politics (aspirational) starter pact. I hope to make a new one soon with additional accounts go.bsky.app/7VqvEEz

New on @bsky.app! I'm here mainly to share and discover research. Recently, I published a paper in Social Policy & Administration. I measure & interpret how minimum income schemes have evolved in the EU over time, testing the hypothesis of a 'workfare shift' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...