❗️Thank you to Nicolas Fliess (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity) for sharing your work on immigrant-origin politicians in party executive roles in Germany! Find all of our planned seminars on our website: lnkd.in/dTDbHwFk

📢 Upcoming seminar! Nicolas Fliess (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity) will present his paper, "Who gets a seat at the table? Immigrant-origin politicians in party executive roles in Germany". 📅 Monday, November 24, 12:30 📍 Seminari C, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

📢 Upcoming seminar! Nicolas Fliess (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity) will present his paper, "Who gets a seat at the table? Immigrant-origin politicians in party executive roles in Germany". 📅 Monday, November 24, 12:30 📍 Seminari C, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

❗️Thank you to Laurence Go (University of Oslo) for sharing your work on the effects of national elections on the political interest of over five million citizens across the globe! @laurencego.bsky.social Find all of our planned seminars on our website: lnkd.in/dTDbHwFk

🔔 Reminder that our next seminar is coming up on Friday. We hope to see you there!

📢 The next seminar of our 2025/2026 series is coming up soon! Laurence Go (University of Oslo) will present his paper, "Inattentive Citizens: Impact of Elections on Political Interest Across Five Million Citizens Worldwide". 📅 Friday, October 31, 12:30 📍 Seminari C, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

📣 This year's seminar series has officially begun! ❗️Thank you to to Anna Kyriazi (University of Milan), Irina Ciornei and Roberto Pannico (UAB) for kicking it off with a presentation of their work on European social governance and political trust.

📢 We're happy to announce our first seminar of the 2025-2026 series! Anna Kyriazi (University of Milan), alongside Roberto Pannico and Irina Ciornei (UAB), will present "European Social Governance and Political Trust". 📅 Thursday, October 23, 12:30 📍 Seminari C, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

📢 We're happy to announce our first seminar of the 2025-2026 series! Anna Kyriazi (University of Milan), alongside Roberto Pannico and Irina Ciornei (UAB), will present "European Social Governance and Political Trust". 📅 Thursday, October 23, 12:30 📍 Seminari C, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

🎉 Congratulations to Ahmed Kadiri for his excellent defense of his thesis, “Repertoires of political agency among elite return migrants: the case of Morocco”. From all your TransDeM colleagues: well done, Dr. Kadiri! We can’t wait to see what you do next. 👏

The GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology 2025 is underway! 🎉 3 short courses kicked off this morning. Over 3.5 weeks, global participants explore survey methods & more. 👏 Welcome to all, and huge thanks to our sponsors @infas.de & @veriangroup.com for their support! @gesis.org

This paper has been a long time coming, but happy to have a revised draft out. We find that banning political ideologies can open space for new political entrepreneurs who mobilize against that ban. Read Dan's thread for more details:

📢 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...

1.3K followers & counting. Thank you all for your incredible support! The EPSS journey is just getting started & we couldn’t do it without you. Thank you for so many of you who already joined EPSS! If you haven't already, please join: epssnet.org/sign-up/#join Let’s do this together.

🚨 Call for papers 📢 VIII Jornada de Comportament i Opinió Pública de Catalunya / 8th Catalan Political Behavior & Public Opinion Workshop 📅 6 de novembre de 2025 / November 6, 2025 at @IBEI 📩 Deadline: 4 de juliol / July 4. Submission: 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 👇

We are looking to appoint a consultant to provide expert advice on #employment questions asked in self-completion #surveys. Due to higher rates of item nonresponse, a consultant will support a wider review of this section. The deadline for applications is Friday 23 July 2025.

Thrilled to share our new article published in Policy Design and Practice doi.org/10.1080/2574... With Diana Velasco and Alejandra Boni of bsky.app/profile/inge... #TransformativeInnovation #Governance #SustainabilityTransition #PolicyEntrepreneurship #Catalonia #RIS3CAT @tipconsortium.bsky.social

Two Ph.D. positions on transnational retirement at Utrecht University within ERC project RETIREWEL! Deadline for application on 15th of August, 2025. Read more here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat... and www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

🗣️Do not miss out on our seminar tomorrow! Anca Turcu (University of Central Florida) will present "Electorate by Design? Explaining the Effects of Transnational Electoral Engineering on Voter Turnout." 📅Wed, June 11, 13:00 📍Seminari E, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

Last TransDeM seminar of the semester‼️ Anca Turcu (University of Central Florida) will present "Electorate by Design? Explaining the Effects of Transnational Electoral Engineering on Voter Turnout", co-authored with @sumpierrez.bsky.social. 📅Wed, June 11, 13:00 📍Seminari E, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

➡️“Supranational redistribution and support for European integration.” This recent paper by Irina Ciornei explores the potential effect of social policies targeted at European citizens on the support for the EU.

Last Tuesday, we had the pleasure of having @filipkostelka.bsky.social present his work "Change in Migrants’ Political Attitudes: Acculturation and Cosmopolitanization" in our joint seminar with @dec-gr.bsky.social. We thank all the audience for attending and for the engaging discussion.

Do not miss out on our seminar with @filipkostelka.bsky.social tomorrow‼️ 📅Tue May 27, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Fac. CCPP (UAB) Organised with @dec-gr.bsky.social.

🗣️Next TransDeM-DEC seminar: @filipkostelka.bsky.social (European University Institute) will present "Change in Migrants’ Political Attitudes: Acculturation and Cosmopolitanization", co-authored with @evakrejcova.bsky.social and Nicolas Sauger. 📅Tue May 27, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

New publication‼️ Irina Ciornei has just published her latest paper titled "Supranational redistribution and support for European integration" in European Union Politics. You can find it available at: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/YH2P8...

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Next seminar 📢: Next Tuesday (13th May) @sandraleon.bsky.social will present "Disaster in a Distrustful Democracy: Public Reactions to the DANA crisis in Spain" co-authored with @amuitz.bsky.social 📍Sala de Juntes 🕐 13:00 Join us!

📢New publication alert! "The value of Liberal Democracy: Assesing Citizens' Commitment to Democratic Principles", by @sergiferrer.bsky.social @ehernandez.bsky.social , Enrique Prada and Damjan Tomic in European Journal of Political Reserach! ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Very happy to share the program of our workshop on culture, organized with @emmylindstam.bsky.social and @ricarthuguet.bsky.social. It will take place on June 25th, the day before EPSA starts, at @iepolisci.bsky.social (IE Tower). If you'd like to join, feel free to get in touch with one of us!

In yesterday's TransDeM seminar, Lisa Marie Borrelli presented her recent work, "Making migrants deportable: the internationalization of restrictive policies through transferred responsibility and borrowed legitimacy."

➡️ Do not miss out on our seminar with Lisa Marie Borrelli (HES-SO Valais-Wallis)! 📅Wed, April 9, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

🗣️Next TransDeM seminar: Lisa Marie Borrelli (HES-SO Valais-Wallis) will present her paper "Making migrants deportable: the internationalization of restrictive policies through transferred responsibility and borrowed legitimacy." 📅Wed April 9, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

Sixth #EUGOVSeminar of the 2024-2025 course: Austerity and Trust in EU Institutions. Speaker: Merve Biten Butorac (University of Amsterdam). Discussant: Irina Ciornei (UAB). Place and date: April 7th, 13:00, Sala Europa, European Documentation Centre, UAB.

➡️ "The social worker as border guard: how and why British welfare workers are disposed to control immigration." This recent paper by Reinhard Schweitzer and Andreas Streiter explores how social workers in the UK have taken on a central role in implementing migration control policies.

📢 Next seminar: Next Tuesday (25th March) @klaramueller.bsky.social (Universität Mannheim) will present “How Snap Election Calls Shape Vote Intention Uncertainty: Lessons From Germany and Spain” co-authored with @aleferna.bsky.social 📍Sala de Juntes 🕐 13:00

➡️"Bolstering autocracy, hindering democracy: EU migration policies in Morocco." This recent paper by @luisafaustini.bsky.social addresses how EU migration externalisation policies have been reinforcing authoritarianism in Morocco, instead of promoting democratic change.

if you are in Barcelona and interested in democracy issues, come over!

📢Next TransDeM seminar, in collaboration with @eugovresearch.bsky.social: @francesconicoli.bsky.social (Polytechnic University of Turin) will present his work "A functional theory of legitimacy in the EU." 📅Thu 13 Mar, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology (UAB)

REMINDER‼️ We are holding our first seminar of this semester next Monday. Irina Ciornei (UAB) will present her paper "Identity and Social Justice in the EU". 📅Mon 3 Mar, 12:30 📍Seminari B (B1/167), Fac. Political Science UAB

NEW DATE ⚠️ Our first seminar of the second semester has been postponed: Irina Ciornei (UAB) will present her paper "Identity and Social Justice in the EU". 📅Mon 3 March, 12:30 📍Room TBC soon Check the updated programme of our seminars below:

📢 Next seminar: Next Tuesday (18th February) @turnbulldugarte.com (University of Southampton) will present: “Explaining LGBTQ electoral choices: 'Voting for those who vote for us'” 📍Sala de Juntes 🕐 13:00 Join us!

To know more about their findings, check out our latest post on DivulgaUAB: www.uab.cat/web/news-det...

Why do autocracies enfranchise their citizens abroad❓ A recent paper published by @nicolasfliess.bsky.social, @evaostergaard.bsky.social, and Ali Kiani in the scope of the MIGRADEMO project addresses this question, employing a large-N event history analysis.

First seminar of the second semester‼️ Irina Ciornei (UAB) will present her paper "Identity and Social Justice in the EU". 📅Wed 26 Feb, 12:30 📍Seminari C, Fac. CCPP You can check more information about the other seminars we have planned in the programme below:

Please spread the word: Reminder that, together with @emmylindstam.bsky.social and Joan Ricart-Huguet, we are organising a pre-EPSA workshop on Culture on June 25th at IE University. The deadline to submit papers is next week (Feb 15th). More details here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

My school @ucdpolitics.bsky.social has 2 positions (deadline Feb 21) one in Global Governance, one in Environmental Politics. They're called "Ad Astra Fellows" but between you & me they're basically tenure-track posts. It's a good deal. You get a PhD line & annual €5000 research budget for 5 years.

📢Next seminar: Next Tuesday (4th February) (ESADE) Pedro Rey Biel will present his working paper “Ideological Alignment and EvidenceBased Policy Adoption” 📍Sala de Graus (⚠️) 🕐 13:00 Join us!

Do not miss out on our first seminar of the second semester‼️ Irina Ciornei (UAB) will present her paper "Identity and Social Justice in the EU": 📅Wed Feb 26, 12:30-13:30 📍Seminari C, Fac. CCPP

How can migration influence political change in countries of origin? We have a new article out on the topic, which draws on a paper published by Vladimir Bortun, @evaostergaard.bsky.social, and Anatolie Coșciug in the scope of the @migrademo.bsky.social project.

After a highly successful first edition at UAB, the second Doctoral Workshop on Comparative Social and Public Policy, which will take place at @PolitiquesUPF on 8-9 May 2025. Please share and don't miss out – submit your abstract by February 2nd, 2025!