Sergi Ferrer
@sergiferrer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Open University of Catalonia. Research Fellow at the ERC Stg Demotradeoff project. Political behavior | Democratic attitudes | Accountability www.sergiferrer.org
🚨 I'm recruiting 2 postdoctoral researchers for the @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social, to be based at the University of Oxford (@ox.ac.uk). These are both full-time positions for 2 years. Deadline for applications: June 23. Expected start date: September 2026. 🔁 Please share and help me spread the word! 🚀
Suspending elections is not a thing that happens in democratic countries.
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 3mo agoWaPo reports Louisiana’s governor will announce on Friday that he is suspending the House primaries where people have already started voting and redraw the map; I’d expect them to go for an all-Republican map and eliminate both majority-Black districts, not just one.
"Support for democracy and democratic backsliding". Coordinan Sergi Ferrer (@sergiferrer.bsky.social), Enrique Prada y Álvaro Canalejo-Molero (@canalejoalvaro.bsky.social). www.aecpa.es/es-es/suppor...
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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 (🧶)
📝Escriben en @piedrasdepapel.bsky.social @damjantomic.bsky.social @sergiferrer.bsky.social Enrique Prada y @ehernandez.bsky.social sobre su investigación publicada en @cpsjournal.bsky.social. ¿Aceptan igual la democracia los ganadores y perdedores de elecciones? www.eldiario.es/piedrasdepap...
¿Aceptan igual la democracia quienes ganan y quienes pierden las elecciones?
El aumento de la polarización y de opciones políticas autoritarias podría generar una brecha en el compromiso democrático entre ganadores y perdedores electorales. No obstante, datos de elecciones rec...
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🏛️ IV Catalonia Workshop in Political Theory 📢 Call for Abstracts 📍 University of Girona (UdG) @univgirona.bsky.social 🗓 11 June 2026 📚 Identity, self determination, justice, crisis, solidarity, equality, freedom, protest, conflict, war... ⏳ Deadline to submit an abstract: 31 March 2026
Interested in democratic attitudes, democratic support, and backsliding? 📊🗳️ At the Spanish Political Science Association (AECPA) 2026 conference in Granada 🇪🇸🌞 (Sept 2026), I’m co-coordinating the panel “Support for Democracy & Democratic Backsliding” with @sergiferrer.bsky.social and Enrique Prada.
‼️ Vols estar informat dels esdeveniments de Ciència Política de: @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @politiquesuab.bsky.social @politiquesupf.bsky.social @ibei.org Seminaris, xerrades... tot aplegat en un únic espai 👇 www.banps.cat/seminars
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📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌 🇪🇸 What shapes Spain’s regional 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀? Read the article by @anddreupm.bsky.social @msanjaume.bsky.social and @marinampuig.bsky.social here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Spain #power #federalism #decentralization
🔥🎉 very happy to see this paper finally out at @cpsjournal.bsky.social! Together with @damjantomic.bsky.social, Enrique Prada, and @ehernandez.bsky.social, we analyze how winner-loser dynamics may shape citizens' support for norms of restraint and consent!
Damjan Tomic@damjantomic.bsky.social · 6mo ago🎉 We're excited to share that "Winners’ Restraint or Affective Majoritarianism? Elections, Polarization and Political Support," co-authored with @sergiferrer.bsky.social, Enrique Prada and @ehernandez.bsky.social, is now published in CPS! You can access it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🎉 We're excited to share that "Winners’ Restraint or Affective Majoritarianism? Elections, Polarization and Political Support," co-authored with @sergiferrer.bsky.social, Enrique Prada and @ehernandez.bsky.social, is now published in CPS! You can access it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Arrancamos el nuevo año con una entrada de @damjantomic.bsky.social, @sergiferrer.bsky.social, Enrique Prada y @ehernandez.bsky.social. Muestran que, contrario a lo que podíamos esperar, los ciudadanos siguen bastante comprometidos con las reglas democráticas. www.eldiario.es/piedrasdepap...
¿Aceptan igual la democracia quienes ganan y quienes pierden las elecciones?
El aumento de la polarización y de opciones políticas autoritarias podría generar una brecha en el compromiso democrático entre ganadores y perdedores electorales. No obstante, datos de elecciones rec...
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🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 @anddreupm.bsky.social y yo buscamos un/a ayudante de investigación para el proyecto Multilevel intra-party politics. Interés en partidos, competición política y federalismo + análisis de datos. Contrato 18 meses (desde 1/2/2026) 👇 selection.uoc.edu/web/offersjo...
Ajudant de recerca pel projecte “Multilevel intra-party” del grup de recerca GADE (temporal)
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#OpenAccess from @psrm.bsky.social - Selectively (il)liberal: theory and evidence on nativist disidentification - https://cup.org/459gltz - @bertous.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com #FirstView
Amb les piles carregades després de l'esmorzar🔋🥐 📢 Comencen les següents presentacions! Consulta el programa 👉🏻 sites.google.com/view/barcelo...
🎓 Publiquem aquesta recerca a @ejprjournal.bsky.social sobre el TC espanyol. Observem biaixos centralistes i ideològics mitjançant l'anàlisi de les deicisions judicials des del 1981 @pepvallbe.bsky.social @danicetra.bsky.social @politiquesupf.bsky.social 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Judicial review and territorial conflicts: Evidence from Spain | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Judicial review and territorial conflicts: Evidence from Spain
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☀️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...
📢 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 agoWhy 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
Una iniciativa excel.lent que reuneix el futur (i present) de la ciència política empírica a BCN, i que ja va per la 13a edició 😊 amb moltes ganes de ser-hi demà!
Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS)@bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 8mo ago🗓️ 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🎉
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
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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The @bcnpolisci.bsky.social officially went public yesterday at #jcpop25! 🎉 ▶️We have the mission to foster collaboration in research, strengthen institutional ties, and above all, support junior scholars and students in developing their academic careers. www.banps.cat 🔴What will we do?
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The Barcelona Network of Political Science brings together researchers from several institutions across Catalonia, including Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and Universita...
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Fins aquí el JCPOP 2025! 🎉 Moltes gràcies als presentadors, discussants i chairs per una gran jornada, a @evaanduiza.bsky.social per una gran keynote, i a @politiquesupf.bsky.social i @ibei.org per organitzar-ho. Atents a les xarxes per futures novetats de BaNPS! 👀 Fina l'any que ve! 👋🏻🎆
L'aula plena per la presentació de la Barcelona Network of Political Science (BaNPS) per part de Jordi Muñoz @jordimunoz.bsky.social i Marc Guinjoan @mguinjoan.bsky.social 👉🏻 www.banps.cat
Morning panels! 🔔 Join us in room 24.019 for a panel on Autocratic Regimes and in room 24.021 for one on Polarisation 👥🧠
Hoy @evaanduiza.bsky.social nos muestra que sigue existiendo un amplio consenso sobre que el reconocimiento de la violencia de género es algo necesario para la protección de las mujeres. www.eldiario.es/132_c33b1f?u...
El apoyo social al reconocimiento de la violencia de género
No parece haber polarización en la opinión pública. Se sigue percibiendo de manera muy mayoritaria e incluso más trasversal que en 2018, que el reconocimiento de la violencia de género es algo necesar...
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🆕📢 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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Postdoc call‼️ I am opening a call for a postdoctoral position within my ERC project CONSENT. Come to Madrid to be part of my research team and more broadly of the @ipp-csic.bsky.social community. Application deadline: December 10th. Call details: tinyurl.com/yfu83p9m
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🎉Excited to share our new @regfedst.bsky.social on vertical power transfers in Spain with my co-authors @msanjaume.bsky.social and @marinampuig.bsky.social We find economic dependence, more than political distinctiveness, drives power transfers from the centre www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Beyond exit threats: the politics of vertical power transfers in Spain's decentralized territorial system
This article investigates the politics of vertical power transfers in Spain's decentralized territorial system using a dataset of transfers of powers granted between 1978 and 2022. The analysis cha...
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🗓️ 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
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna! ⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025 wratil.eu/files/MULTIR... 1/4 🧵
