This is a really interesting paper about the role of knowledge claims in rural resentment and urban-rural divides more broadly. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... cc: @svenhegewald.bsky.social @juliusk.bsky.social @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social @pauruh.bsky.social @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social

📰 Escribimos en @agendapublica.es sobre los efectos de la equiparación del permiso del permiso de paternidad sobre la penalización por maternidad. “La ampliación del permiso funciona especialmente bien en hogares donde ya existía una cierta igualdad previa” ⬇️⬇️⬇️ agendapublica.es/noticia/2048...

Great work by my colleagues @martavallve.bsky.social and @evaanduiza.bsky.social about the rural-urban divide in support for green policies and the feeling of being losers of the ecological transitions

🗓️ La XIII edició del Workshop on Empirical Poli. Sci. és aquest dijous! 📢 Quatre doctorands/es de la UB, UPF i UAB presentaran la seva recerca 📍UB, Nou edifici, Planta 4, Aula Maria Soteras Consulta el programa 👉🏻 sites.google.com/view/barcelo... Esperem veure't a @cpoliticaub.bsky.social🎉

📢📢 Happy to announce a new update to the PPEG database! The data now covers - > 3.000 parties - 1.100 parliamentary elections - 402 presidential elections - 2.044 cabinets across 73 countries (1945 - 2025, Oct 31). All info: ppeg.wzb.eu We hope that data is helpful to the community!

@ipp-csic.bsky.social. En un día como el 25N hay que contarlo: La violencia contra las mujeres se esconde en la intimidad de los hogares y se cobra víctimas cada día globalmente con un coste social abrumador: No podemos ignorarlo ni tampoco relativizarlo. @csic.es elpais.com/opinion/2025...

🗓️ New JCPOP date: 10 December 2025 (IBEI/UPF) If it doesn’t rain too much, the next Catalonia Political Behaviour and Public Opinion Workshop will take place on the 10th. ▶️ You can already mark it in your calendar! @ibei.org @politiquesupf.bsky.social

New publication!📢 @jvanslageren.bsky.social and I study political socialization during adolescence in urban and rural areas, using data from @adkspanel.bsky.social Discussing politics with parents and peers is positively related to multiculturalist attitudes in cities, but not in rural places (1/3)

España ya está a la cabeza de Europa en porcentaje de estudiantes en universidades privadas. Solo le superan tres países minúsculos (Chipre, Malta y Montenegro) y dos del Este (Hungría y Polonia). A nadie parece preocuparle la transformación estructural que esta tendencia supone.

Fascinated by the philosophical and theological implications of this

Why do rustbelts vote radical right? Studying the German Ruhr area, @nilsblossey.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social and I show: it’s not just about deindustrialization, but also about the original industrialization. Where coal is buried deeper and mining started later, the AfD is stronger today 1/12

Super relevant and interesting contribution by @asanchezgarcia.es and Iván Llamazares! The takeaway is quite clear: maybe we look too much at the rural areas while ignoring what happens in other contexts Congratulations! ✨

Just out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 🚨 Together with @dschraff.bsky.social, I ask: Is the urban–rural divide in Europe affectively polarised? 👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 1/7 🧵

Un motiu més per celebrar el privilegi de poder comptar amb ell com a co-supervisor de la meva tesi! Enhorabona, @ehernandez.bsky.social !!! 🎉

Great opportunity! @galais.bsky.social and @mguinjoan.bsky.social are hiring. Apply and join the @dec-gr.bsky.social 🤓

From the research group @dec-gr.bsky.social, we are glad to share our new Scientific Data article presenting the release of the first 12 waves of the Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (POLAT). rdcu.be/eIkms

Join our team: We're recruiting 2 x 3-year post doc researchers for the Rural-Spatial-Justice project at Aberystwyth, to undertake fieldwork on rural discontent & support for disruptive politics in the UK, Europe & USA. Closing date: 19 Oct. Details: jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/p...

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....

Mis admiradas @ruizhdezmaria.bsky.social @galais.bsky.social hablan de la relación entre las emociones negativas y el voto a Vox "La tristeza no solo desactiva el impulso de castigo, sino que también puede abrir espacio para respuestas más reflexivas, prosociales y solidarias"

🧲 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

I'm very honored to have received the Frances Rosenbluth Best Paper Prize for the best paper published in @cpsjournal.bsky.social in 2024, together with Jonathan Rodden. Many thanks to the Editorial Board for appreciating our study! Here is the paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🚨My first published article together with @galais.bsky.social is out: “Beyond fear and anger: the demobilizing role of sadness in far right voting in Spain” In this article we address the emotional dynamics behind support for Vox in Spain. 🧵What do we find? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‼️Our new paper with magnificent colleagues @alinazumbrunn.bsky.social @antonialang.bsky.social‬ on how place experience shapes place-based (rural/urban) identity is now out at the Journal of Rural Studies! 👇 (1/5)

📝Why has a Bukele-style far-right party emerged in Spain—even though VOX already exists? In our new paper, @javierpadilla.bsky.social, @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social and I explain the unexpected rise of SALF ("Let the Party Be Over") in the 2024 EP elections: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... 1/3

Does prepaid postage on ballot return envelopes increase voter turnout? In our new paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social @pierre-lue.bsky.social and I analyse all Swiss municipalities (2005 to 2023) and find that the increase in turnout lags several years behind and depends on the municipal context

Very important read by @timbale.bsky.social on the strange (and dangerous) trend among news commentators and media practitioners to use the term "hard right" to categorize far-right parties and politicians. Don't. It sanitizes and normalizes them.

🚨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 Element is out! 🎉 Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms? www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Super important new research on the underrepresentation of rural areas in national parliaments. Check it out! 👇

📢 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...

📢 Our new paper on the rural/urban background of legislators in European national parliaments is now available in @electoralstudies.bsky.social ! 👇

New publication with Wouter van der Brug in Electoral Studies! What is the role of place-based resentment for voting behavior in multiparty systems? We took data from the Dutch parliamentary elections in '17, '21 and '23 to find out. (1/4) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

It was a pleasure to debut at #EPSA2025 chairing, discussing, and presenting my paper "Capital cities in the eye of the storm: Unpacking rural-urban, centre-periphery, and economic divides". All of this, in company of great friends and colleagues and in the wonderful city of Madrid!

Now that #EPSA2025 has begun, I invite you to attend the panel "Understanding the Rural-Urban Cleavage", which I will be pleased to chair next Saturday at 3 p.m. @lawrencemckay.bsky.social and @astroppe.bsky.social will present really interesting papers!

It was a pleasure to present one of my thesis' articles to the undergraduate students of the "Politisches Verhalten in Stadt und Land - Einzelansicht" seminar at @goetheuni.bsky.social Many thanks to Antonia Lang for the opportunity and to the audience for their comments!

🚨New article🔥 🏠UnfAirbnb! The Effect of Short-Term Letting on Electoral Behaviour, with JM Raya & C Llaneza at @polstudies.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... What do we study? (1/n) @upf.edu @politiquesupf.bsky.social

It's been a pleasure to hear all the amazing presentations and to discuss impressive work by @giorgiomalet.bsky.social!

How is regional loss of manufacturing jobs linked to populism? In a new paper in @pvs-journal.bsky.social, @mbayerlein.bsky.social, Anne Metten & I find that industrial decline in Germany shapes electoral support for left-wing rather than far-right populist parties. A thread. 🧵👇 shorturl.at/RIjCr

Cool recent study by Bram van Vulpen. Based on conversations with community leaders and residents of Dutch region northeast Fryslan, illustrating perceptions of regional neglect. Very interesting to anyone studying place-based resentment, or geographic divides www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 New article out at @polstudies.bsky.social! "A Longitudinal Study on the Dynamic Relationship Between Affective Polarization and Radical Right's Emergence: The Case of VOX in Spain", co-authored with @marianotorcal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0032...

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-...

Delighted that my paper with @kevincunning.bsky.social on "Still second-order national elections? Evaluating the classic model after the 2024 European elections" has just been published by @wepsocial.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140... 1/

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...

Very interesting findings about political representation of ruralites in this new paper! 👇

🎉🎉 Excited to share that our paper "The Value of Liberal Democracy: Assessing Citizens’ Commitment to Democratic Principles", co-authored with @ehernandez.bsky.social, Enrique Prada and Damjan Tomic, is now published in the European Journal of Political Research!🎉

Very happy to be at @goetheuni.bsky.social for a research stay! Thanks to Prof Sigrid Roßteutscher and Antonia Lang for hosting me!

What are the political consequences of long-term population loss? In a new paper for German Politics @benjaminhoehne.bsky.social, Hendrik Träger and I find that East German places more affected by depopulation provided stronger support for the AfD in recent state elections.🧵👇 shorturl.at/cujwa

How does employment change differ across German regions & is it all about the urban-rural divide? 🏙️ 🏡 Happy to see the first paper of my PhD now out in Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie and Sozialpsychologie! Read the paper #OpenAccess here doi.org/10.1007/s115... and 🧵👇:

Another success in the second seminar of the BJ-REPS 🧑‍💻! Last Friday we had @klaramueller.bsky.social presenting an awesome joint work with @aleferna.bsky.social on snap elections. Many thanks to the participants and next month more!