Andreu Rodilla Lázaro shows that ideological polarization on the Spanish Constitutional Court has increased over time and that this has important consequences for the decision making of the Court! #ecprgc25

🚨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.

Our final panels are starting now! #sgop25

Our 9th ECPR Parliaments Conference begins tomorrow! We hope all participants are arriving or have arrived safely! 🥳 #sgop25

📢 Publication alert: Not just about the ruling: when does the opposition challenge a law in the Spanish Constitutional Court? 📄 [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13608746.2025.2475019]

📢 #BSCTalks: What-if: Advanced Simulations for Testing the Effects of the Information on Democracy 🗣 By BSC researcher @arodilla.bsky.social @what-if-horizon.bsky.social 🤔💭“Imagine if we could understand how missinformation works in orther to make policies to mitigate it” youtu.be/yFJyXaqIT7Y

📢 New Preprint Alert! 📢 I am excited to share the preprint summarizing the results of research conducted with my excellent colleague and host Athur Dyevre (KU Leuven): "Ideological Polarization on Constitutional Courts: Evidence from Spain" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Full room of young political scientists yesterday in the first session of the BJ-REPS 🧑‍💻 at the UB. Thanks a lot to @ruizhdezmaria.bsky.social for presenting an awesome project! Also many thanks to Damjan Tomic for this amazing idea and to all the participants. Next month more!

Are you a junior scholar studying law and politics looking for a friendly place to receive feedback on your work? Apply to present at the Junior Law and Politics Research Community's spring seminar series! Submit by January 24 for full consideration: tinyurl.com/16ixldoz

Join us at CEISAL 2025!

Join our session with @pablopizarro.bsky.social at CEISAL 2025 in Paris: "Protecting Rights in Crisis: The Crucial Role of Courts" (2-4 June). Submit abstracts by Dec 15. 🔗 Details: [https://www.ceisal2025.com/en/call-for-abstracts/#] 📌Session Ref: 04.13

New publication with Luz Muñoz: How partisan preferences and strategic behaviour related to the composition of the court explain the constitutional challenges of regional laws. A game of tug-of-war: regional laws before the Spanish Constitutional Court @RSA_TPG www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....