We are hiring! We are looking for a prospective PhD student to work at the Department of Political Science of the University of Barcelona and the Institutions, Politics and Economics Research Center in connection to a research project on Backlash. More details here: sites.google.com/view/jordi-m...

🧲 We are hiring! ✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social 🏁 4-year FPI contract 🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English 📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected] 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2

Starting in September, Kilian Jornet will attempt to summit all of the tallest peaks in the contiguous U.S. — a series of 60-plus mountains in Colorado, California and Washington. “I’m interested to see how we can optimize our performance as humans,” he said. nyti.ms/47mPpZl

M’agrada molt que l’1 de setmebre siga dilluns, un any endreçat. Hauria de ser sempre així

Escric a l’Ara sobre homes joves i backlash www.ara.cat/opinio/passa...

Here is the chart showing the growth of reported protest over time, 2025 vs. 2017, referenced in the piece below.

Un grupo de activistas irrumpe durante la emisión de Gran Hermano en Israel para pedir el fin del exterminio en Gaza www.eldiario.es/rastreador/g...

New publication in @wepsocial.bsky.social! Are young men becoming more conservative? This debate requires a) more nuance and b) theoretical explanations for often descriptive results. With Amy Alexander and Nicholas Charron, we try addressing both. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Please share this thread. It is important that political scientists, in Europe and across the world, understand why EPSS exists and why we are encouraging people to attend our inaugural conference, in Belfast next June.

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵

Israeli political scientist Lihi Ben Shitrit: "The more I learn about genocide, the more shocked and embarrassed I am by my own ignorance. Once I actively tried to be better informed about genocide, the picture in Gaza became terrifyingly clear." forward.com/opinion/7598...

🧪How did COVID-19 affect citizens’ democratic preferences? ➡️ @cescamat.bsky.social A.Arenas A.Falcó & @jordimunoz.bsky.social find a lasting rise in technocratic preferences and a temporary bump in the willingness to sacrifice civil rights and freedoms www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

Congratulations to the MIPE Third Cohort Graduates! 🎉 We’re very proud of each of you and excited to watch your next chapters unfold. The future is bright, and it’s yours for the taking! 🌟 @economiaempresaub.bsky.social @ubeconomics.bsky.social

60+ people desperate for food killed by Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/w...

Our paper on the effects of the pandemic shock on democratic preferences is finally out at @psrm.bsky.social!

Very happy to see this one published at @psrm.bsky.social! This is joint work with @jordimunoz.bsky.social, Andreu Arenas, and Albert Falcó-Gimeno.

Congratulations to our MIPE students on successfully presenting your Master Theses last week! 🎉 Your research tackled highly relevant topics, and the quality of your work was truly impressive!!! @ubeconomics.bsky.social @economiaempresaub.bsky.social

📢 Publication alert: Our paper "Unpacking the rural–urban divide: Identities and stereotypes" - with @tonirodon.bsky.social, @griambau.bsky.social, ‬ and Andreu Rodilla - is now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social.

Yesterday we had a great kick-off meeting of the Institutions, Politics and Economics Research Center (IPERC) -such a vibrant community! @ub.edu @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @ubeconomics.bsky.social @econhistub.bsky.social @ubmipe.bsky.social

So happy to see this finally published!

It’s been a pleasure to host Dídac Queralt from Yale University in our master’s program. His course on the Political Economy of Public Policies has just wrapped up, leaving our students with a truly enriching learning experience!

In the top affiliations, we see some changes with Gothenburg gaining momentum, and the LSE losing its first place from last year. Happy to see Humboldt making it into the top 10! (All figures are based on the number of (co-)authorships.)

El estado de derecha

Belfast 2026!

Happy to be in Madrid for #EPSA2025 I’ll be presenting Saturday at 9:30 on joint work with @jordimunoz.bsky.social and Raül Tormos on Adaptive Survey Design in the Catalan Citizen Panel. Hope to see you there — and enjoy the conference!

After a long time in the making, so happy to finally see this paper out at @psrm.bsky.social, with Albert Falcó and @robpannico.bsky.social- www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

3rd joint MA workshop @ubmipe.bsky.social @ub.edu @ic3jm.bsky.social @uc3m.es

When disadvantaged individuals receive basic income, they take time off work, address health needs, and, subsequently, reintegrate into employment, from Jorge Luis García, Patrick L. Warren, and L. Reed Watson https://www.nber.org/papers/w33891

when looking at contemporary politics, I think often about what Hannah Arendt so insightfully characterised as the phenomenon of people being "unable to pit their own judgment against the verdict of History, as they read it"

Perhaps Juan Linz was right, after all, with the Perils of Presidentialism

📢 Job Alert | Political Science The Social Sciences Dept. at @uc3m.es is hiring a *2-year fixed-term faculty position* in Political Science. 📅 Deadline: June 14, 2025 🚀 Start date: Jan 1, 2026 📬 Questions? [email protected] 🔗 Full call & application: www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite...

Israel desmantela el último hospital del norte de Gaza y obliga a huir a todo el personal sanitario. “El Ejército israelí nos amenazó con matarnos a todos si no nos íbamos”, cuenta a elDiario.es el director del hospital Al Awda, obligado a huir hacia el sur con sanitarios, heridos y enfermos

Israel desmantela el último hospital del norte de Gaza y obliga a huir a todo el personal sanitario eldiario.es/internaciona...

📢 Design powerful survey experiments at the #RECSM #Summer #School! 🔎 Prof. @jordimunoz.bsky.social 's course teaches cutting-edge experimental techniques for survey research. What are you waiting for? 😉 🔗 www.upf.edu/web/survey/2... #SurveyExperiments #ResearchMethods #DataScience #Barcelona

Check out our paper on gender norms and female turnout in Sweden 1921-1969

🚨 Survey Tender Call Now Open! We're looking for a company to provide online samples for 15 European countries as part of the @tact-forsed.bsky.social project (Horizon) 📝 Public tender details: 🔗 contractaciopublica.cat/ca/detall-pu... 📅 Deadline for proposals: June 12, 2025,13:00 CEST

Using unique data from #Sweden (1921-1960), April @worldpolitics.bsky.social authors Carles Boix, Zsuzsanna Magyar, & @jordimunoz.bsky.social show how changing gender norms helped to increase female voter turnout, especially among unmarried women. #VotingRights #women muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Avui, i fins al 15 de juny, hem obert les inscripcions per la novena edició del postgrau d'analista de dades per l'anàlisi política i la gestió pública que fem a @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @ub.edu www.ub.edu/analista-de-...

📣 Tomorrow, John Ahlquist (UC San Diego) will be giving an IPERG Seminar at the University of Barcelona @ub.edu Don’t miss it! Details here: 🔗 www.ub.edu/iperg/events... @ubeconomics.bsky.social @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @econhistub.bsky.social @ubmipe.bsky.social @economiaempresaub.bsky.social

‼️ÚLTIMA HORA | Fuerzas israelíes disparan contra una delegación de diplomáticos en el norte de la Cisjordania ocupada

We're thrilled to welcome Maria José Hierro from Yale University to our master's program, where she's teaching Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics. Students are loving the experience!

La caiguda de la participació entre els joves de baix nivell educatiu des de la crisi és impactant

Read "Turnout, Family, and Gender Norms: The Political Incorporation of Women in Sweden, 1921–1960" by Carles Boix, Zsuzsanna Magyar, and Jordi Muñoz in the new issue of @worldpolitics.bsky.social via @projectmuse.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social ❓Political implications of labor market transformation Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city. Deadline: May 18, 2025. tinyurl.com/postdoczurich #polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

Happy to see our paper on the political incorporation of women finally out in @worldpolitics.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

The April issue of @worldpolitics.bsky.social is live! Contributors include Margarita Gelepithis, @mgiani.bsky.social, Carles Boix, @jordimunoz.bsky.social, @ascharpf.bsky.social, Jesse Dillon Savage, Minh D. Trinh, Mai T. Truong, Minju Kim, & Shu Fu. muse.jhu.edu/issue/54659 #authoritarian #gender

Herbert P. Kitschelt is the winner of the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. 🏆 He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."

El primer cop que van arribar als cines pel·lícules en català d'èxit comercial (p.ex. "Pa negre") va ser amb Joan Manuel Tresserras (ERC) a la conselleria de Cultura. Aquesta segona onada arriba després de l'impuls de Natàlia Garriga (ERC) des de la conselleria de Cultura.

So proud!

Publico en @theconversation.com sobre jóvenes y apoyo a la democracia theconversation.com/por-que-algu...