The gender gap in radical right support isn’t about women versus men, it’s about sexism. Do not miss this great piece of @evaanduiza.bsky.social @gricoc.bsky.social. The insights go well beyond Spain.

Interesting new study showing that sexism, rather than gender per se, explains gender differences in voting for the radical right in Spain.* (* although gender, again, is correlated with sexism)

📢New publication alert: "Sexism and the Gender Gap in Support for the Radical Right" by @evaanduiza.bsky.social and @gricoc.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We have a new paper out with @gricoc.bsky.social in @jwpp.bsky.social (this time I swear I am going to post the right link): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🧲 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

New OA paper🧵 @buzogany.bsky.social and I just published a paper titled 'Democratic Backsliding in the Shadow of Crises: How Pandemics, War, and Democratic Regression Impact Attitudes towards Democracy in Georgia' Check it out in Contemporary Politics. doi.org/10.1080/1356...

🚨New article🔥 Unpacking the rural–urban divide: Identities and stereotypes, at @electoralstudies.bsky.social with @sofiabrei.bsky.social @griambau.bsky.social @arodilla.bsky.social 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @upf.edu @politiquesupf.bsky.social (1/n)

📢 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.

3. And a clear (descriptive) underrepresentation of rural areas

2. Some variation across party families

We find: 1. A wide variation in the rural and urban backgrounds of members of parliament.

New paper @electoralstudies.bsky.social With @gricoc.bsky.social and @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social we study the presence of legislators with urban and rural backgrounds in national parliaments www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵

📢 New publication alert: "Rural representation in Europe: The presence of place in national parliaments" by @gricoc.bsky.social, @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social and @ehernandez.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Should democracies ban parties that threaten democracy? In the DEMOTRADEOFF project survey we asked people in 15 countries about this. A short 🧵 with some results Citizens are deeply divided about this issue Support for bans is highest in 🇮🇱 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇳🇱 🇵🇹 🇨🇭 🇩🇪 www.dw.com/en/germany-i...

Can rural and urban #consciousness be measured in #Europe? New publication in @electoralstudies.bsky.social from our project on the Rural-Urban Divide in Europe #RUDE www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hoy seguimos con el tema de moda. ¿Están los ciudadanos realmente comprometidos con la democracia? Sergi Ferrer y sus coautores examinan qué dimensiones de la democracia son las que realmente nos importan. www.eldiario.es/piedrasdepap...

🚨 RA Job alert! 🚨 I'm looking for a part-time RA (6 months) to join my project on gender-based violence at UAB. 📊 The RA will develop a unique dataset on GBV indicators in Spain💡 🌍 Remote-friendly 💰 Competitive salary ➡️Full details about the position can be found here: www.leirerincon.com/project

We are now on Bluesky. Follow us here for information about our research, seminars and updates. We look forward to sharing insights and engaging with the community here too!

🔮 FutureOfPopulism No.86 In a blog based on @ajpseditor.bsky.social research, Eva Anduiza & @gricoc.bsky.social argue that the rise of the Spanish radical populist right is partly due to sexist attitudinal backlash, but seems to be related more to heightened feminist mobilisation bit.ly/4d8Y3Kr

🚜The rural-urban cleavage in the XXI century 🏙️ 🔴As part of our research project, we are hosting this workshop on 25-26 April at UPF. ▶️ The line-up of speakers and papers is great. If you are around, do not miss it! sites.google.com/view/rural-u...

📢 New paper How do populist and anti-immigrant attitudes relate to feelings of fear and anger about perceived threats facing the country? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Are you interested in democratic backsliding? With @honoratam.bsky.social and Joep van Lit we are organizing a workshop on "Early Signs of Democratic Recession in Established and Backsliding Democracies" Join us at the @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions polisky ecpr.eu/Events/Event...