🎤 Professor Ian Shapiro’s lecture was a great success today. A full room, an engaging talk, and a lively discussion around “Angry Populist Politics: Why Is It Happening and What to Do About It.” Many thanks to Professor Shapiro and to everyone who joined us. A fantastic session for our faculty.

Marta's colleagues can only say that she has a brilliant mind and a huge heart. Congratulations, Doctor @martavallve.bsky.social ! 🎊♥️

⚠️🚨 LAST CALL! Última semana para enviar vuestras propuestas a nuestro GT “The politics of place: Geographic divides in contemporary democracies” en AECPA (Granada, 9-11 Septiembre).

Really happy to see this piece finally out in @poqjournal.bsky.social. We exploit an unexpected global news event to test exogenous measures of exposure varying in granularity. The results have implications for studies using webtracking data, particularly domain-level measures of news exposure #CSS

"The politics of place: geographic divides in contemporary democracies" Coordinan Rubén García del Horno (@rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social), Juan Pérez Rajó (@juanperezrajo.bsky.social), Álvaro Sánchez-García (@asanchezgarcia.es) y Alberto de León (@aldeleon.bsky.social). www.aecpa.es/es-es/the-po...

‼️📆 Call for papers – The politics of place: geographic divides in contemporary democracies (AECPA, Granada, 9-11 Septiembre) Con @asanchezgarcia.es @aldeleon.bsky.social @juanperezrajo.bsky.social te invitamos a que nos envíes tu propuesta antes del 31/03 👇 www.aecpa.es/es-es/the-po...

📢Next seminar: Next Tuesday (3rd March), Luca Bernardi (@lbernardi.bsky.social) from the University of Liverpool will present his work "Public Perceptions of Politicians with Mental Health Problems in the UK" 📍Sala de Juntes 🕐13:00 Join us!

📢 Study out in Research & Politics! We (@lukasbirkenmai1.bsky.social @wurthmann.bsky.social @msaeltzer.bsky.social) find that directly elected MPs talk more about local & deprived places than list MPs on social media. 🔍 doi.org/10.1177/2053... Some Highlights [1/3]

📝Artículo de @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social en @agendapublica.es que recoge los resultados de su investigación sobre el resentimiento rural. agendapublica.es/noticia/2068...

It has been great to navigate this paper with amazing @gefjonoff.bsky.social . Started expecting angry right-wing men to feel threatened by feminism and found out more than one surprise 👇

Sobre lo de Extremadura, Aragón, Castilla y León... ¿Tiene el resentimiento rural un fundamento real? Sí, las dificultades para acceder a servicios esenciales. Escribo en @agendapublica.es sobre los resultados de mi última investigación 👇 @dec-gr.bsky.social agendapublica.es/noticia/2068...

New paper @jhppl.bsky.social (w/ Michael Shepherd & Alee Lockman) where we find Americans who grew up (socialized) in rural areas are more likely to own guns, support the NRA, & hold more conservative firearm policy attitudes over the lifespan, even after moving away. 1/ doi.org/10.1215/0361...

Excited that this paper is now out! We show that over decades, the demographic predictors of trust in science in the US remain relatively stable, however, the changes in party alignment have made Reps less trusting of science in recent years.

🗞️ From working-class to expert city: How has Berlin's employment structure changed over the past 30 years? I discussed our study on polarized upgrading (with Daniel Oesch and @katymorris.bsky.social ) with @tagesspiegel.de 👉 Full article (in German): www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/von-d...

📢Next seminar: Next Tuesday (17th February) @rdassonneville.bsky.social (@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social) will present "Rural Sympathy rather than In- and Out-Group Dynamics: How Voters Respond to Place-Based" co-authored with Richard Nadeau. 📍Sala de Juntes 🕐13:00 Join us!

🚨New publication! Thrilled to finally see this paper out in @psrm.bsky.social 🎉 📊I study how gender shapes coalition preferences among politicians. Turns out mayors prefer forming governments with women-led parties, perceiving them as better communicators and more competent governors.

📢 New publication alert: “There is nothing here! Unequal access to services and rural resentment in Spain” by @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social in @politicalgeography.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🎉 Really happy to see my first single-authored article published in @politicalgeography.bsky.social ! It analyses how inequalities in access to basic services (healthcare, education, roads, and internet coverage) affect levels of rural resentment 👇 [1/5] www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🎙️ He participat a El Balcó de Cadena SER per presentar el nostre article sobre l’ampliació del permís de paternitat, analitzant-ne l’impacte en la corresponsabilitat, el mercat laboral, la igualtat de gènere i el disseny de polítiques públiques.

Great work by great colleagues! 🙌

What do people in England think about their local area? In this short report I take a look at surveys we conducted with @yougov.co.uk in 2022, 2024 and 2025 to gain some insights... Some key findings...

🎉 Online first: How does owning a home change how people feel about politics? In this article, @mhaslberger.bsky.social and @madselk.bsky.social find that owning a home is linked to feeling more politically included, especially for older people. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0140...

🧭 in our #NewIssue (30.3) The study by @galais.bsky.social & @ruizhdezmaria.bsky.social reveals that sadness can reduce support for far-right parties in Spain, whereas anger—the most studied emotion—shows only a limited reinforcing effect 🔓 Read the article www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢Today a great new book on urban-rural divides got published! 🚜🌇 In 'Rethinking Rural Politics' a large group of experts paints a detailed picture of what rural politics means in the US nowadays, and how to explain geographic political divides. Open access www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

📢Next seminar: Tomorrow Delia Dumitrescu (Heidelberg University) presents"How does War Look Like on the European Mainstream Media Facebook? A Large N Comparison on Media Facebook Posts on Ukraine and Gaza in 24 European Countries in Spring 2024" 🕐 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes @politiquesuab.bsky.social

📢 First seminar of the year : Tomorrow (Jan 13) @javierpadilla.bsky.social (CUNY) will present “When Authoritarians Embrace Democracy :The Hidden Hand of Pre-Existing Oligarchies in Brazil’s Transition” 🕐 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes @politiquesuab.bsky.social Join us!

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.

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