Rubén García del Horno
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Rubén García del Horno
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PhD student at UAB | Political Science |
Rural-urban divide

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@ipp-csic.bsky.social. En un día como el 25N hay que contarlo: La violencia contra las mujeres se esconde en la intimidad de los hogares y se cobra víctimas cada día globalmente con un coste social abrumador: No podemos ignorarlo ni tampoco relativizarlo. @csic.es
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November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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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
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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New publication!📢
@jvanslageren.bsky.social and I study political socialization during adolescence in urban and rural areas, using data from @adkspanel.bsky.social

Discussing politics with parents and peers is positively related to multiculturalist attitudes in cities, but not in rural places (1/3)
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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España ya está a la cabeza de Europa en porcentaje de estudiantes en universidades privadas. Solo le superan tres países minúsculos (Chipre, Malta y Montenegro) y dos del Este (Hungría y Polonia).

A nadie parece preocuparle la transformación estructural que esta tendencia supone.
October 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Fascinated by the philosophical and theological implications of this
October 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Why do rustbelts vote radical right? Studying the German Ruhr area, @nilsblossey.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social and I show: it’s not just about deindustrialization, but also about the original industrialization. Where coal is buried deeper and mining started later, the AfD is stronger today 1/12
October 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Super relevant and interesting contribution by @asanchezgarcia.es and Iván Llamazares!

The takeaway is quite clear: maybe we look too much at the rural areas while ignoring what happens in other contexts

Congratulations! ✨
October 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Un motiu més per celebrar el privilegi de poder comptar amb ell com a co-supervisor de la meva tesi! Enhorabona, @ehernandez.bsky.social !!! 🎉
October 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Great opportunity! @galais.bsky.social and @mguinjoan.bsky.social are hiring. Apply and join the @dec-gr.bsky.social 🤓
📢 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...
e-TAULER - Consorci Administració Oberta de Catalunya
e-TAULER - Consorci Administració Oberta de Catalunya
tauler.seu-e.cat
October 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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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
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Join our team: We're recruiting 2 x 3-year post doc researchers for the Rural-Spatial-Justice project at Aberystwyth, to undertake fieldwork on rural discontent & support for disruptive politics in the UK, Europe & USA. Closing date: 19 Oct. Details: jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/p...
Aberystwyth University - : Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Rural-Spatial-Justice) (5874)
jobs.aber.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Mis admiradas @ruizhdezmaria.bsky.social @galais.bsky.social hablan de la relación entre las emociones negativas y el voto a Vox

"La tristeza no solo desactiva el impulso de castigo, sino que también puede abrir espacio para respuestas más reflexivas, prosociales y solidarias"
ctxt.es CTXT @ctxt.es · Sep 20
👉Vox ha sabido movilizar emociones negativas para afianzar su base de apoyo. Sus discursos se caracterizan por apelar al miedo al inmigrante, al resentimiento hacia las élites y a la indignación ante los cambios culturales

Estupendo análisis de Carolina Galais y María Ruiz🖊️
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...
ctxt.es
September 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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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 [email protected]
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2
Call for expressions of interest for a PhD scholarship within the project GPOL – Democracy, Elections and Citizenship
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September 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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I'm very honored to have received the Frances Rosenbluth Best Paper Prize for the best paper published in @cpsjournal.bsky.social in 2024, together with Jonathan Rodden.

Many thanks to the Editorial Board for appreciating our study!

Here is the paper:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The Great Global Divider? A Comparison of Urban-Rural Partisan Polarization in Western Democracies - Twan Huijsmans, Jonathan Rodden, 2025
This study is the first to measure urban-rural electoral divides in a way that facilitates comparisons beyond majoritarian democracies of the UK and North Ameri...
journals.sagepub.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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🚨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...
www.tandfonline.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Finally I would like to say that this is a very special paper! We started working on it as the 3 PhD students of the #RUDE project. Working and learning together with @alinazumbrunn.bsky.social and @antonialang.bsky.social‬ has been one of the greatest experiences during the project! ✨

(5/5)
August 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This paper brings together and expands insights from different disciplines and connect them to the PS literature on the R/U divide: we should delve into this kind of questions if we want to better understand this phenomenon! The whole paper is here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Where does place-based identity come from? The role of place experience
In recent times, there has been an upsurge in research on the rural-urban divide. A consensus is emerging within the academic community, recognizing t…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We analysed survey data from more than 13,000 individuals living in both rural and urban areas of Germany, Great Britain, Spain and Switzerland and found that there are some general patterns (in both rural and urban places and in all the countries) and some specific ones

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August 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Once we knew that place-based identity is a key element when understanding the R/U divide in political attitudes, we asked ourselves: where does this identity come from? how do experiences within the place both in the past and the present shape identity? (2/5)
August 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
‼️Our new paper with magnificent colleagues @alinazumbrunn.bsky.social @antonialang.bsky.social‬ on how place experience shapes place-based (rural/urban) identity is now out at the Journal of Rural Studies!

👇 (1/5)
August 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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📝Why has a Bukele-style far-right party emerged in Spain—even though VOX already exists?

In our new paper, @javierpadilla.bsky.social, @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social and I explain the unexpected rise of SALF ("Let the Party Be Over") in the 2024 EP elections:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

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August 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Does prepaid postage on ballot return envelopes increase voter turnout? In our new paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social @pierre-lue.bsky.social and I analyse all Swiss municipalities (2005 to 2023) and find that the increase in turnout lags several years behind and depends on the municipal context
🚨Thread zu Portokosten und Stimmbeteiligung

Der Effekt von vorfrankierten Stimmcouverts auf die #Stimmbeteiligung sorgt gerade auf lokaler Ebene immer wieder für politische Diskussionen.
In unserem Artikel zeigen @alinazumbrunn.bsky.social und ich, dass die Situation komplexer ist, als gedacht
July 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Tot un fitxatge! Enhorabona! 🙌
July 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM