Abelardo Gómez
@abegomez.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Focused on political behaviour and party politics. De Nuevo León, México 🇲🇽
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Political violence and invalid voting: A case study
This study explores the extent to which political violence influences levels of invalid voting, a common form of electoral protest. It also explores t…
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New from me in @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Across municipalities (🇲🇽), more incidents of political violence lead to more invalid voting — a form of protest. But more so in tight elections, where the protest can be more effective. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New from me in @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Across municipalities (🇲🇽), more incidents of political violence lead to more invalid voting — a form of protest. But more so in tight elections, where the protest can be more effective. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Political violence and invalid voting: A case study
This study explores the extent to which political violence influences levels of invalid voting, a common form of electoral protest. It also explores t…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
New from me in @electoralstudies.bsky.social! Across municipalities (🇲🇽), more incidents of political violence lead to more invalid voting — a form of protest. But more so in tight elections, where the protest can be more effective. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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My first thesis article has been published in @reggovjournal.bsky.social 📢 In this original article, we (Heidi Salomonsen, Anna Pikos, Edoardo Guaschino and I) examine the relationship between contact frequency, media coverage, and stakeholder trust in regulatory agencies.
The Formation of Stakeholders' Trust in Regulatory Agencies: The Relationship Between Contact Frequency, Media Coverage, and Stakeholder Trust in Regulatory Agencies
This article investigates the formation of stakeholders' trust in regulatory agencies, as the extent to which contact frequency and sentiment of media coverage are related to different types of stake...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
My first thesis article has been published in @reggovjournal.bsky.social 📢 In this original article, we (Heidi Salomonsen, Anna Pikos, Edoardo Guaschino and I) examine the relationship between contact frequency, media coverage, and stakeholder trust in regulatory agencies.
Here’s an awesome new paper from @janagomezdiaz.bsky.social et al. in Regulation & Governance: “The Formation of Stakeholders' Trust in Regulatory Agencies.”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Formation of Stakeholders' Trust in Regulatory Agencies: The Relationship Between Contact Frequency, Media Coverage, and Stakeholder Trust in Regulatory Agencies
This article investigates the formation of stakeholders' trust in regulatory agencies, as the extent to which contact frequency and sentiment of media coverage are related to different types of stake...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Here’s an awesome new paper from @janagomezdiaz.bsky.social et al. in Regulation & Governance: “The Formation of Stakeholders' Trust in Regulatory Agencies.”
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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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).
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The Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (12 waves)
Scientific Data - The Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (12 waves)
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September 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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
rdcu.be/eIkms
I’m presenting at #APSA2025 today. In case anyone wants to join our panel “Going the Distance: Electoral Geography, Election Outcomes, and Voter Engagement” 🙂👍 tinyurl.com/ykbtnk4l
September 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I’m presenting at #APSA2025 today. In case anyone wants to join our panel “Going the Distance: Electoral Geography, Election Outcomes, and Voter Engagement” 🙂👍 tinyurl.com/ykbtnk4l
Never thought I’d be invited to speak at a Rotary club in Mexico but hey! 😃
August 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Never thought I’d be invited to speak at a Rotary club in Mexico but hey! 😃
Proud to have been there at the start of Popscope, way back in the Ottawa days 🙂🔭
July 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Proud to have been there at the start of Popscope, way back in the Ottawa days 🙂🔭
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👩🦰Do women politicians address violence against women more effectively?
➡️Using data from Mexico and an RDD, @marco-alcocer.bsky.social R. Skillman & @angietorres.bsky.social find fewer female and young female homicides in municipalities led by women www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
➡️Using data from Mexico and an RDD, @marco-alcocer.bsky.social R. Skillman & @angietorres.bsky.social find fewer female and young female homicides in municipalities led by women www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
July 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
👩🦰Do women politicians address violence against women more effectively?
➡️Using data from Mexico and an RDD, @marco-alcocer.bsky.social R. Skillman & @angietorres.bsky.social find fewer female and young female homicides in municipalities led by women www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
➡️Using data from Mexico and an RDD, @marco-alcocer.bsky.social R. Skillman & @angietorres.bsky.social find fewer female and young female homicides in municipalities led by women www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
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Most people in Mexico and Canada say the United States is their country's greatest threat
www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
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July 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Most people in Mexico and Canada say the United States is their country's greatest threat
www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...
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💥 Happy to share this new paper with Koen Verhoest in Public Management Review @pmreview.bsky.social !
What conditions contribute to building trust in services with high levels of opacity, information asymmetries, and vulnerable users?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What conditions contribute to building trust in services with high levels of opacity, information asymmetries, and vulnerable users?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Trust in nursing home services within weak regulatory regimes: the role of information, control and participation
What conditions contribute to building trust in services with high levels of opacity, information asymmetries, and vulnerable users? This study examines trust in nursing home service providers thro...
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June 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
💥 Happy to share this new paper with Koen Verhoest in Public Management Review @pmreview.bsky.social !
What conditions contribute to building trust in services with high levels of opacity, information asymmetries, and vulnerable users?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What conditions contribute to building trust in services with high levels of opacity, information asymmetries, and vulnerable users?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Also, something awesome from my long time UPF office-mate 😉
❇️ New article!
"Green matters? The effects of green party support, autonomy and capacity on subnational environmental infringements" by Marie-Thérèse Wilhelm
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"Green matters? The effects of green party support, autonomy and capacity on subnational environmental infringements" by Marie-Thérèse Wilhelm
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Green matters? The effects of green party support, autonomy and capacity on subnational environmental infringements
Subnational authorities play a crucial role in implementing European legislation, yet few studies systematically explore how subnational political preferences and capacities shape compliance with E...
www.tandfonline.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Also, something awesome from my long time UPF office-mate 😉
Very much enjoyed this! Congrats, @jonaswschmid.bsky.social!
Ever felt uneasy about how concepts & measures of "grey zone" autocracies are used interchangeably across the literature? Then check out my 🚨new paper🚨 in @democratization.bsky.social and get some substance to back up your gut feeling: tinyurl.com/ypdm2kna Or at least read the main points below ⬇️
Electoral autocracies, hybrid regimes, and multiparty autocracies: same, same but different?
There is a wide range of labels, such as electoral autocracy, hybrid regimes, or multiparty autocracy, and corresponding empirical measures to describe and measure political regimes that combine au...
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April 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Very much enjoyed this! Congrats, @jonaswschmid.bsky.social!
This is great. It is also immediately disappointing that Ovechkin openly supports Putin, and that Gretzky openly supports Trump.
Breaking News from @theathletic.bsky.social: The Capitals star Alex Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky’s record for NHL career goals, scoring No. 895 against the Islanders. www.nytimes.com/athletic/625...
April 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This is great. It is also immediately disappointing that Ovechkin openly supports Putin, and that Gretzky openly supports Trump.
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Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science
As US federal grants remain frozen and budget cuts loom, anxiety and fear grip early-career researchers.
www.nature.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Postdocs and PhD students hit hard by Trump’s crackdown on science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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"Modern societies, as Americans are soon to learn, cannot function without experts in every field, especially the many thousands who work in public service," writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social.
The Death of Government Expertise
Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree
www.theatlantic.com
February 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"Modern societies, as Americans are soon to learn, cannot function without experts in every field, especially the many thousands who work in public service," writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social.