🎓We’re thrilled to welcome a new Doctor to the department. Congratulations to @martavallve.bsky.social for an outstanding thesis defence and an inspiring piece of research.

🗞️📑Hemos hecho estos flyers para tener más difusión !! 📑🗞️We have this flyers for the diffusion !!

Pedro Manuel Bellón@pedromaaa.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 CfP 📄 🌞AECPA Granada · Septiembre 2026 ¿Cómo atraviesa el género a las políticas sociales? Bienvenidas investigaciones sobre bienestar, trabajo, cuidados, salud, vivienda, inclusión social y más, que analicen su diseño, implementación y efectos desde una perspectiva de género. #aecpa

"Género y políticas sociales: bienestar y desigualdades en regímenes de bienestar en transformación". Coordinan Adriana Offredi, Pedro Manuel Bellón (@pedromaaa.bsky.social) y Gabriela de Carvalho aecpa.es/es-es/genero...

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🚨CALL for papers AECPA 2026. 📍Granada: 9 al 11 de septiembre de 2026. Algunos de los grupos de trabajo coordinados por miembros del DEC (🧶)

🗞️📑Hemos hecho estos flyers para tener más difusión !! 📑🗞️We have this flyers for the diffusion !!

Pedro Manuel Bellón@pedromaaa.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 CfP 📄 🌞AECPA Granada · Septiembre 2026 ¿Cómo atraviesa el género a las políticas sociales? Bienvenidas investigaciones sobre bienestar, trabajo, cuidados, salud, vivienda, inclusión social y más, que analicen su diseño, implementación y efectos desde una perspectiva de género. #aecpa

Happy to be spending a few days visiting at the DIFIS in Bremen. Now sunnier than when I arrived ☀️ Grateful for the warm welcome and the great exchange of ideas during this research stay!

Pedro Manuel Bellón@pedromaaa.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Delighted to join the DIFIS Workshop on Public Opinion & Social Policies—legitimacy and acceptance of the welfare state and life-course policies. All set in cozy Bremen, beautifully painted white by the snow ❄️

‼️📆 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...

📢 CfP 📄 🌞AECPA Granada · Septiembre 2026 ¿Cómo atraviesa el género a las políticas sociales? Bienvenidas investigaciones sobre bienestar, trabajo, cuidados, salud, vivienda, inclusión social y más, que analicen su diseño, implementación y efectos desde una perspectiva de género. #aecpa

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...

Sin médico, sin escuela, sin autopista, así surge el resentimiento rural

Las "opciones políticas antisistema, populistas y de derecha radical" suelen recibir "más apoyos" electorales en "entornos rurales", observa el investigador Rubén García del Horno. Tratando de buscar ...

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New publication in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! Who perceives feminism as a threat, and why do a lot of women perceive feminism as threatening? With @evaanduiza.bsky.social, we explore these questions in the context of Spain. We find: ⬇️ doi.org/10.1017/S174...

Delighted to join the DIFIS Workshop on Public Opinion & Social Policies—legitimacy and acceptance of the welfare state and life-course policies. All set in cozy Bremen, beautifully painted white by the snow ❄️

🎉 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...

There is nothing here! Unequal access to services and rural resentment in Spain

The rural-urban divide in political attitudes and behaviour has gained increasing attention in recent years. One of the key unresolved debates in this…

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🎙️ 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.

📢 New dataset for researchers! The new European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset tracks parenting leave regulations over five decades! It provides harmonised data on maternity, co-parent, paid parental, and job-protected leave across 21 countries from 1970 to 2024. 🔗 eplp-dataset.org

📢 Nuevo artículo en @elpais.com que recoge el artículo publicado por @petroleuse-sbd.bsky.social y @pedromaaa.bsky.social elpais.com/economia/202...

Las interrupciones en el empleo de las mujeres persisten pese a la equiparación de las bajas paternales con las maternales

Solo las madres que ganan lo mismo que sus parejas se benefician de la mayor implicación de los hombres en el cuidado de los hijos

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Ens han donat 50 eprints. Aquí el l'enllaç a l'article complet, per a qui li interessi. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PPDF6... Us faig un petit resum del plantejament i els resultats 🧵

The losers of ecological transitions: rural and urban support for green policies in Spain

Green policies can be contentious, with opposition often highlighting rural-urban divides. In this article we measure and analyse the perceptions of harm associated with several green policies (ren...

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Marta Vallvé@martavallve.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Why do rural dwellers show lower support for green policies? Is it because they prioritise the environment less over material goals, or because they perceive higher costs of green policies? Check out our new article! @environmentalpol.bsky.social @evaanduiza.bsky.social tuit.cat/OP6Ph

📢 New publication alert: “Paternity Leave and the Motherhood Penalty: How Within-Couple Inequality Conditions Policy Impact” by @petroleuse-sbd.bsky.social & @pedromaaa.bsky.social in Social Policy and Administration. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Pedro Manuel Bellón@pedromaaa.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🆕📢 New publication alert! Our article is now out in Social Policy & Administration. W/Dani M. Marinova 🌐Paternity leave, motherhood penalty and Spanish reform onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📰 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...

Pedro Manuel Bellón@pedromaaa.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🆕📢 New publication alert! Our article is now out in Social Policy & Administration. W/Dani M. Marinova 🌐Paternity leave, motherhood penalty and Spanish reform onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📢 New publication alert: "The losers of ecological transitions: rural and urban support for green policies in Spain" by @martavallve.bsky.social & @evaanduiza.bsky.social in @environmentalpol.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Marta Vallvé@martavallve.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Why do rural dwellers show lower support for green policies? Is it because they prioritise the environment less over material goals, or because they perceive higher costs of green policies? Check out our new article! @environmentalpol.bsky.social @evaanduiza.bsky.social tuit.cat/OP6Ph

🚀 PhD applications open on 1 Dec! The UOC launches the IN2TIC MSCA COFUND call with 12 predoctoral contracts in digital & social impact research @HorizonEU Apply until 31 Jan 👇

🆕📢 New publication alert! Our article is now out in Social Policy & Administration. W/Dani M. Marinova 🌐Paternity leave, motherhood penalty and Spanish reform onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Paternity Leave and the Motherhood Penalty: How Within‐Couple Inequality–Conditions Policy Impact

Motherhood-related labour market penalties remain a major driver of the gender employment gap. Father-specific paternity leave is often promoted as a policy tool to support maternal employment, yet e...

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We are pleased to announce that the Call for Abstracts for the 3rd Early Career Workshop on Comparative Social and Public Policy (COSPPO) is now open. It will take place on 23–24 April 2026 at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and is organised by @igopbcn.bsky.social Form: acortar.link/6A6JjZ

📢 Call open! We are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher for the EU-funded project TaCT-FoRSED, which studies how conspiracy theories affect democratic attitudes. ℹ️ Info: tauler.seu-e.cat/detall?idEns... 🔗 Application: seleccio.uab.cat/seleccio/log...

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

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....

Sexism and the Gender Gap in Support for the Radical Right

Using survey data from Spain we show that the gender gap in the probability of voting for the radical-right party Vox is mainly due to men having higher levels of modern sexism than women. We find ...

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A raíz de nuestro paper en @sespjournal.bsky.social con @galais.bsky.social escribimos en @ctxt.es sobre el inesperado efecto de la tristeza en el voto a la ultraderecha y sobre el papel no tan movilizador de otras emociones. ctxt.es/es/20250901/...

La tristeza como valor democrático contra la ultraderecha

Frente a la ira, el recurso principal en la evolución de Vox, la tristeza desactiva el impulso de castigo. Las autoras del estudio también sostienen que se ha sobreestimado el papel ‘revolucionario’ d...

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🧲 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 gr.dec@uab.cat 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2

🚨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....

Beyond anger and fear: the demobilizing role of sadness in far-right voting in Spain

This study investigates emotional dynamics behind support for Vox in Spain, offering a case study of far-right support. It addresses prior research’s narrow focus on anger and fear, and its tendenc...

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Excited to be in Milan for the #ESPAnet conference! Lots of inspiring conversations and fresh ideas on social policy 😊

Some good news: my second thesis article is out in Journal of Social Policy! 🎉 @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social I explore how Spain adopted a minimum income scheme in 2020 - despite polarized politics. The twist? (Left) parties, unions, and territorial politics matter. It's open access: