Bernat Puertas
@bernatpuertas.bsky.social
Political scientist, now a PhD candidate at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Comparative politics, autocracies and personalism. https://bernatpuertas.cat/
🚨 New article! 🎉 My first solo paper is now published at @conflictmanagement.bsky.social 📄 'The onset of civil armed conflict and personalization of power in dictatorships' 👉🏻 doi.org/10.1177/0738... 🔎 Do civil conflict onsets influence the degree of personalism of dictators? 🧵👇🏻
📄 Yesterday I had the pleasure of presenting the third chapter of my thesis at #EPSS2026 @epssnet.bsky.social In the paper, I study how elections shape the distribution of power in autocracies 🗳️👑 🎉 Happy to be in Belfast, sharing research and meeting old colleagues and new people!
🎉🎉 VIII CONFERÈNCIA ANUAL BANPS-JCPOP 2026! 🎉🎉 🚨CALL FOR PAPERS! Envia la teva proposta 👉 tuit.cat/690ps 🏁Teniu temps fins el 3 de juliol! 📅 19 de novembre, 2026 📍UOC Més informació a la nostra web 👉 www.banps.cat/jcpop
📢 XIV Barcelona PhD Workshop on Empirical PoliSci 🎉 Save the date for a day of discussion in political science by PhD researchers! Registration 👉 tuit.cat/4wFkI More info 👉 tuit.cat/25omg 📅 3 July 📍UAB @politiquesuab.bsky.social @politiquesupf.bsky.social @cpoliticaub.bsky.social
XIV Barcelona PhD Workshop on Empirical Political Science
The XIV Barcelona PhD Workshop will take place on July 3rd at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The workshop is open to all PhD students in political science and related disciplines conducting em...
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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS)@bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 2mo ago📢 IPA Research Seminar | Jun 3, 3 PM 🎤 Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social presents 📄 Ballots for the boss? Semi competitive and non competitive elections and personalization of power in autocracies 📍 UPF, Room 20.137 www.upf.edu/web/instituc... @politiquesupf.bsky.social
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My research stay at the GIGA Hamburg @giga-hamburg.de is coming to an end! 🏛️ It has been a fantastic experience to be here and meet all these great people. The cold winter helped me finish two articles and my dissertation 📚🎓, but I also had time to enjoy the lovely spring in Hamburg! 😜🌹
📣My first solo paper is now published Open Access in @electoralstudies.bsky.social ! 🎉 Through a DiD, it studies what happens to expressed immigration concern after a radical right party achieves its first major institutional breakthrough 🧵 Read it here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Legitimising prejudice? The impact of radical right party presence on anti-immigration attitude expression
Are citizens hiding their true preferences? The entry of nativist and nationalist radical right parties can help normalise certain attitudes considere…
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🎉 Our May 2026 BANPS Newsletter is cooking! 🧑🍳🍳 📢 We have big announcements! 👀 You don't want to miss it! 👉 Subscribe tuit.cat/v20FM
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Bona diada de Sant Jordi 🌹📚 Des de la xarxa BANPS us volem desitjar a tota la comunitat de ciències polítiques una bona diada de Sant Jordi, patró de Catalunya! www.banps.cat
🚨New article🔥 ▶️Conditional hospitality? How applicants’ backgrounds shape host support for refugees, at @migrationjrnl.bsky.social with Raül Tormos. We examine when and why citizens support hosting refugees in Catalonia doi.org/10.1093/migr... @politiquesupf.bsky.social
Conditional hospitality? How applicants’ backgrounds shape host support for refugees
Abstract. Public attitudes toward hosting foreign populations are shaped by a complex interplay of legal status, ethnic-religious background, and geographi
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Ei! La segona newsletter ja ha sortit (tot i que l'assumpte posi que és la primera 😜) 🎉
Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS)@bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 5mo ago📬 El butlletí de març de 2026 de BANPS ja és aquí! 🏆 Premi al millor JCPOP Junior Paper. 📢 Properes xerrades i activitats. 🎓 Notícies i oportunitats de la comunitat. 📩 Subscriu-t’hi www.banps.cat/network
La pròxima newsletter de @bcnpolisci.bsky.social és al forn! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS)@bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 5mo ago⏰ Don’t forget! The BANPS newsletter is live 🎉 Get regular updates on Political Science seminars and activities across our network. 👉 Sign up here: tuit.cat/mVnFa
Thesis defended!🎓🎉 Very grateful for the excellent committee I had with me today, @kgattermann.bsky.social, @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social and Albert Falcó-Gimeno, and their thoughtful and generous feedback. And as always, forever grateful to @tonirodon.bsky.social for being the best supervisor.
🎓 Una nova doctora amb una excel·lent tesi doctoral i una gran defensa! 🎉 L'enhorabona per aquesta gran fita, @irenerodriguez.bsky.social!
Irene Rodríguez@irenerodriguez.bsky.social · 5mo agoThesis defended!🎓🎉 Very grateful for the excellent committee I had with me today, @kgattermann.bsky.social, @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social and Albert Falcó-Gimeno, and their thoughtful and generous feedback. And as always, forever grateful to @tonirodon.bsky.social for being the best supervisor.
🎓 PhD Thesis Defence | Feb 27, 11:00 🎤 Irene Rodríguez @irenerodriguez.bsky.social (UPF) defends her thesis 📜 Crisis, Competition, and Campaigning: Citizens and Parties in 21st Century Politics 📍Campus Ciutadella, UPF, Sala Paco Fernández Buey @politiquesupf.bsky.social tuit.cat/w2egV
27/02/2026 Irene Rodríguez's PhD Thesis Defence - PhD Programme in Political and Social Sciences - UPF
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Well... Apparently this is happening in three days. If you're in Barcelona and feel like hearing a bit about political behaviour, see you Friday at 11.00 am at UPF 🎉
🏛️ IV Catalonia Workshop in Political Theory 📢 Crida a propostes (Call for Abstracts) 📍 Universitat de Girona (UdG) @univgirona.bsky.social 🗓 11 de juny de 2026 ⏳ Data límit per enviar abstract: 31 de març de 2026 www.banps.cat/cwpt
🎉 Congratulations to Erick Padilla @erickpadilla.bsky.social (UB) @cpoliticaub.bsky.social 🏆🥇Winner of the 1st Edition of the Best JCPOP Junior Paper Award for his paper "Working Alone? Working from Home and Political Participation" 📜✒️ 👏🏻 Well deserved!
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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS)@bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 6mo ago📣 Big news! We are about to launch our first newsletter 🎉 Want to stay up to date with Political Science seminars, events and opportunities across the BANPS network? 👉 Subscribe here: tuit.cat/mVnFa @politiquesupf.bsky.social @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @politiquesuab.bsky.social @ibei.org
First day of my research stay at the @giga-hamburg.de 🏛️ Even though it's freezing outside 🥶❄️ I'm very grateful for the warm welcome from my host David Kuehn and everyone at GIGA and the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies! Looking forward to the months ahead and to finishing the PhD in Hamburg! 📚⌛
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The XIII edition of the PhD Workshop on Empirical Political Science is over 🎉 Thanks everyone for coming and @cpoliticaub.bsky.social for the organisation! 👀 See you in June at @politiquesuab.bsky.social Stay updated 👉🏻 www.banps.cat
Amb les piles carregades després de l'esmorzar🔋🥐 📢 Comencen les següents presentacions! Consulta el programa 👉🏻 sites.google.com/view/barcelo...
☀️Good morning from @cpoliticaub.bsky.social A new edition of the PhD Workshop on Empirical Political Science has kicked off 🎉 📢 Papers from @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @politiquesupf.bsky.social & @politiquesuab.bsky.social Check out the programme 👉🏻 share.google/5cmM69EIjk2B...
🗓️ 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🎉
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