Higher levels of pluralism, information, and respect correlate with greater democratic satisfaction, even after controlling for other democratic institutions, various socio-economic factors, and past levels of satisfaction with democracy www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Democratic Satisfaction and the Public Sphere - Volume 56

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Parties increase their attention to core issues in response to severe and persistent losses but do not tend to adopt more extreme core positions journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

When the party is over: How parties respond to electoral decline - Felix Lehmann, 2026

Over the past decades, we have witnessed the severe electoral decline of formerly successful parties. Yet, we know surprisingly little about how these parties h...

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Per què costa tant aconseguir el suport ciutadà per a les polítiques climàtiques? www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-... @mguinjoan.bsky.social @joelardiaca.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social @politiquesupf.bsky.social

Per què costa tant aconseguir el suport ciutadà per a les polítiques climàtiques?

Un estudi liderat pel professor de l’Àrea de Ciència Política i de l’Administració de la UAB Marc Guinjoan, juntament amb els investigadors Toni...

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🗳️Qui abandona Junts? Exploro a l'@ara.cat quins son els perfils juntaires que s'allunyen, quins encara reté i quins és incert que s'estiguin plantejant votar algú altre. www.ara.cat/politica/aba... (1/n) @juntsxcat.bsky.social

Qui abandona Junts?

No gaire sorollosos, però els tambors electorals comencen a sentir-se. Les eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya són encara lluny en el calendari, però el 2027 viurem un primer test en les municipals i,...

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Improvements in press freedom significantly enhance government spending efficiency by reducing corruption, increasing transparency and accountability in the public sector, and strengthening electoral competition link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Press freedom and government spending efficiency - Public Choice

We examine the effect of media freedom on public expenditure efficiency using a panel of 134 advanced and developing countries from 1994 to 2016. Our findings provide robust evidence that greater medi...

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L'enhorabona a @irenerodriguez.bsky.social i @joaquinrozas.bsky.social per la menció especial al Premi Juan Linz 2025. Molt merescut! www.cepc.gob.es/noticias/res... #proudsupervisor @politiquesupf.bsky.social

🚨 New article🔥 with @mguinjoan.bsky.social & @joelardiaca.bsky.social in @wepsocial.bsky.social ➡️Climate action often enjoys broad public support... until governments propose specific measures. The key? Costs, benefits, and who pays 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Public support for climate policies: costs, redistribution, and ideological divides

Securing public support for climate policies remains a major challenge. Citizens’ perceptions of the costs, benefits, and distributive consequences of these policies are key factors shaping their a...

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Belief in magic emerges most strongly among those who are both scientifically oriented and residually religious. Secular rationalism does not erase belief in supernatural mechanisms. It affirms the individual’s agency to decide what they are academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

The magic of secularization

Abstract. Institutional secularization does not necessitate a secular public. In fact, as church memberships decline, more individualized sources of supern

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🚨 The Electoral Atlas of the Spanish Second Republic keeps growing! 🎉 We've expanded the project with new data, new resources, and a few exciting additions @politiquesupf.bsky.social @pauvallprat.bsky.social @diegomartin-916.bsky.social 🔗 tonirodon.cat/second-repub...

🚨Actualització de l'Atles Electoral de la Segona República 🎉 Alguns canvis, menors, però que van ampliant els recursos que oferim. @politiquesupf.bsky.social @pauvallprat.bsky.social @diegomartin-916.bsky.social www.tonirodon.cat/second-repub... (1/n).

Folktales featuring ethnic bogeys legitimize fear toward outsiders and increase the resonance of far-right mobilization journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Cosmopolitan citizens often express more resentment and less empathy toward communitarian citizens than vice versa link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Seeing Divides: Citizens’ Biased Perceptions of Political Cleavages - Political Behavior

Citizens’ perceptions of political divides shape democratic processes, yet we know little about how these divides are mentally represented. This article develops a conceptual framework that integrates...

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☀️ The last BANPS newsletter of the academic year is out before the summer break, brilliantly put together by @bernatpuertas.bsky.social Don't forget to subscribe and keep up with all @bcnpolisci.bsky.social activities. Have a wonderful summer! ☀️ tuit.cat/OWnz3

The unemployed are most likely to mobilize under conditions of high unemployment, particularly in countries with more generous welfare provision journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Bank branch closures in Spain fostered economic pessimism and reduced trust in both the banking sector and national-level institutions, reinforcing perceptions of territorial neglect and institutional abandonment among affected communities journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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In Spain's municipal elections, failing to secure a council seat is associated with a higher likelihood of switching party affiliation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Avui a La Setmana Tràgica del #suplementcatràdio hem tancat temporada. Hem aprofitat per parlar de teoria de jocs i penals www.3cat.cat/3cat/la-porr...

El suplement - La porra de l'estiu, segons Jon Sindreu i Toni Rodon - 3Cat

Amb en Jon Sindreu i en Toni Rodon fem les principals previsions de l'estiu des del punt de vista esportiu, econòmic, polític i musical.

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🚨Final reminder! ⏰ There are still a few hours left to apply to the 8th BANPS-JCPOP Annual Meeting 2026. Submit your proposal before the deadline! Submission link 👉 tuit.cat/690ps More information 👉 banps.cat/jcpop

VIII CONFERÈNCIA ANUAL BANPS-JCPOP 2026

UOC, 19th of November 2026 Submit abstracts of up to 300 words. Abstracts should clearly and comprehensively describe the content of the paper, the methodology used, and, if possible, the main result...

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Another great PhD workshop! Looking forward to hosting the next one at @politiquesupf.bsky.social

Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS)@bcnpolisci.bsky.social · last mo.

The XIV Workshop on Empirical Political Science has come to an end. A day of excellent presentations showcasing the quality of political science research in Catalonia. Next edition will be at @politiquesupf.bsky.social @politiquesuab.bsky.social @cpoliticaub.bsky.social

🫡My watch as @psrm.bsky.social Social Media Editor has ended. It’s been a pleasure reading great papers and a challenge squeezing them into social media! Thanks to the editorial board, especially to John Griffin. The baton now passes to @irenerodriguez.bsky.social. Wishing her all the best! 👏

🥳I am delighted that the BBVA Leonardo Fellowship has decided to fund PRISM (Policing, Representation, Identity, and Social Mandate). The project will be developed with @emanuelemurgolo.bsky.social. I am grateful for the support🎉 www.redleonardo.es/noticias/adj... @politiquesupf.bsky.social

Adjudicadas 59 Becas Leonardo de investigación científica y creación cultural en 11 áreas de la ciencia, la tecnología y la cultura - Red Leonardo

Consulta la lista de beneficiarios de las Becas Leonardo 2026 y descubre los proyectos impulsados por la Fundación BBVA en ciencia, cultura y tecnología.

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Sobre l'onada de calor, si aquestes ens fan obrir els ulls climàtics, i sobre la batalla política dels aires condicionats. Avui a la Setmana Tràgica del #SuplementCatRàdio www.3cat.cat/3cat/els-air...

El suplement - Els aires condicionats són de dretes? - 3Cat

Amb en Toni Rodon analitzem quin efecte polític pot tenir el canvi climàtic i ens explica per què a França ja fa temps que l'aire condicionat es veu com un electrodomèstic de dretes.

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State repression can convert latent criticism into tacit acceptance, showing how people can sometimes "turn a blind eye" to protester violence journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Turning a blind eye? Understanding citizens’ tolerance for protester violence - Sooyeon Kang, Samson Yuen, 2026

When do ordinary citizens find protester violence permissible? Although research shows that public support for protests typically decreases when protesters use ...

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Experiencing an economic recession in early life reduces the ‘willingness to pay’ for environmental protection and weakens other pro-environmental attitudes, with effects being less pronounced when the recession occurs before or after the ages 18 to 25 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Socialising effects of recession and issue salience on environmental attitudes

Despite long-standing predictions derived from post-materialist theory, recent cohorts are not uniformly more supportive of environmental protection t…

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Confrontational protest does not directly reduce support for the policy goals advocated by the respective protesters, at least in the short run. These null effects are consistent across political orientations link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How Confrontational Protest Shapes Public Opinion: Experimental Evidence from Climate Mobilization - Political Behavior

This study examines how different protest forms shape public opinion, distinguishing between support for protest tactics and policy goals. While protest is widely recognized as a legitimate mode of po...

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✈️En route to to the 1st @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast! #EPSS2026! I’ll be presenting joint work with @pisorribas.bsky.social & @mguinjoan.bsky.social on the (negative) effect of door-to-door waste management schemes on voting for mayors epssnet.org/belfast-2026/ See you in a bit!

EPSS 2026 Conference | June 18–20 | ICC Belfast, UK

Join top political scientists for the EPSS 2026 Annual Conference in Belfast. Submit papers, attend panels, and network with fellow researchers.

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🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨 The 8th BANPS–JCPOP Annual Meeting 2026 is now accepting submissions! 🎉 📝 Submit your abstract 👉 tuit.cat/690ps @bcnpolisci.bsky.social ⏳ Deadline: 3 July 2026 📅 19 November 2026 📍 UOC

📊 I'll be teaching an Introduction to R course at the @recsm.bsky.social Summer Methods School. 🎓 A few spots are still available 👇 www.upf.edu/web/survey/r... @politiquesupf.bsky.social

Now @tonirodon.bsky.social presents our work with @cubel.bsky.social and @pauvallprat.bsky.social on the Tragic Week in Barcelona in 1909. #SPEIN

🗞️Happy to attend the I SPEIN conference. 👉 www.tonirodon.cat/spein-confer... I will be presenting "Igniting the Ballots: Political Violence and Its Impact. Lessons from the Tragic Week of 1909 in Catalonia", co-authored with @pauvallprat.bsky.social @sanpages.eurosky.social @cubel.bsky.social