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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · 6d

🎉 Huge congrats to @ehernandez.bsky.social for winning the 2025 National Research Award for Young Researchers in Social Sciences! 🏆✨

Thrilled and proud to celebrate your achievement!

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona @uab.cat · 7d

🏆 El professor de la #UAB Enrique Hernández, Premi Nacional de Recerca per a Joves 2025

- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - UAB Barcelona

Enrique Hernández, Premi Nacional de Recerca per a Joves 2025 29 set. 2025 null Bluesky Compartir a Facebook Compartir per WhatsApp Compartir per e-mail Enrique Hernández Pérez, professor del Departament de Ciència Política i de Dret Públic de la UAB, ha estat distingit pel Ministeri de Ciènc...

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · 6d

📢 New job alert! @galais.bsky.social & @mguinjoan.bsky.social are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher for the EU-funded project TaCT-ForSED, which studies how conspiracy theories affect democratic attitudes.

⬇️ Here is all the information to apply:

Carol Galais @galais.bsky.social · 7d

📢 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

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · 9d

📢Next seminar: Tomorrow (29th of September) Ana Sofía Cardenal will present “Trusting the Label? The Role of Partisanship and Labeling Source in News Credibility Cues”, co-authored with Albert Martínez, Silvia Majó-Vázquez, @sofiabrei.bsky.social and Albert Batlle.

📍Sala de Juntes

🕐13:00

dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · 12d

📢New publication alert: “Beyond fear and anger: the demobilizing role of sadness in far right voting in Spain” by @galais.bsky.social and @ruizhdezmaria.bsky.social in @sespjournal.bsky.social

María Ruiz @ruizhdezmaria.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨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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igopbcn.bsky.social @igopbcn.bsky.social · 16d

Full room to listen to Cecília Josefsson (Uppsala University, Sweden) in the joint DEC-IGOP seminar “Speaking of Women: Tracing the Evolution of Women’s Rights Norms in UN General Debate Speeches”.

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · 13d

📢New publication alert: "Sexism and the Gender Gap in Support for the Radical Right" by @evaanduiza.bsky.social and @gricoc.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · 21d

📢We are hiring!

Eva Anduiza @evaanduiza.bsky.social · 21d

🧲 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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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Jul 2

📢 New publication alert: "Rural representation in Europe: The presence of place in national parliaments" by @gricoc.bsky.social, @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social and @ehernandez.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Rural representation in Europe: The presence of place in national parliaments

Recent research shows a growing rural-urban divide in political attitudes and behavior, which has given currency to expressions like “places that don'…

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Marc Guinjoan @mguinjoan.bsky.social · Jun 27

🚨 Call for papers

📢 VIII Jornada de Comportament i Opinió Pública de Catalunya / 8th Catalan Political Behavior & Public Opinion Workshop

📅 6 de novembre de 2025 / November 6, 2025 at
@IBEI

📩 Deadline: 4 de juliol / July 4.

Submission: 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

👇

VIII Jornada de Comportament i Opinió Pública de Catalunya

IBEI, 6th of November 2025 Submission form

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Jun 6

@svenhegewald.bsky.social @laurakettel.bsky.social @ezgielci.bsky.social @sgarritzmann.bsky.social @djordjemilosav.bsky.social Marta Antonetti @marietheresemeye.bsky.social @krausewe.bsky.social @tommaso-fonti.bsky.social @giorgiomalet.bsky.social

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Jun 6

Today, we concluded our two-day workshop on Political Behaviour and Public Opinion. Many thanks to all presenters and participants for the inspiring discussions and contributions!

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · May 26

Do not miss out on our seminar with @filipkostelka.bsky.social tomorrow!

🕐13:00

📍Sala de Juntes

Organised with @transdem.bsky.social

TransDeM @transdem.bsky.social · May 20

🗣️Next TransDeM-DEC seminar:
@filipkostelka.bsky.social (European University Institute) will present "Change in Migrants’ Political Attitudes: Acculturation and Cosmopolitanization", co-authored with @evakrejcova.bsky.social and Nicolas Sauger.

📅Tue May 27, 13:00
📍Sala de Juntes, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · May 9

Next seminar 📢: Next Tuesday (13th May) @sandraleon.bsky.social will present "Disaster in a Distrustful Democracy: Public Reactions to the DANA crisis in Spain" co-authored with @amuitz.bsky.social

📍Sala de Juntes

🕐 13:00

Join us!

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Apr 28

📢New publication alert! "The value of Liberal Democracy: Assesing Citizens' Commitment to Democratic Principles", by @sergiferrer.bsky.social @ehernandez.bsky.social , Enrique Prada and Damjan Tomic in European Journal of Political Reserach! ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Apr 22

Más información en el artículo publicado en Journal of European Social Policy : "Paternity leave take-up in a segmented labor market: A cautionary tale of rapid policy expansion in Spain" por @petroleuse-sbd.bsky.social y @margaleon.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Apr 22

📢 Nuevo estudio @petroleuse-sbd.bsky.social y @margaleon.bsky.social analizan cómo cómo la segmentación del mercado laboral impide que todos los padres accedan por igual al permiso de paternidad en España.

agendapublica.es/noticia/1978...

El permiso de paternidad agranda la brecha laboral en España

España ha logrado en tiempo récord permisos de paternidad iguales e intransferibles, un avance celebrado, pero que esconde una realidad desigual. Las investigadoras Dani Marinova y Marga León analizan...

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Mar 31

⚠️Due to an unforeseen last-minute issue, the seminar scheduled for tomorrow with Sandra León has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience and will update you on its rescheduling soon.

dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Mar 31

📢Next seminar: Tomorrow (1st April) @sandraleon.bsky.social will present “Polarization and Cooperation” co-authored with Albert Falcó and @jurado.bsky.social

📍Sala de Juntes

🕐13:00

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Mar 31

📢Next seminar: Tomorrow (1st April) @sandraleon.bsky.social will present “Polarization and Cooperation” co-authored with Albert Falcó and @jurado.bsky.social

📍Sala de Juntes

🕐13:00

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Mar 31

📢¡Nuevo estudio! Dani Marinova @petroleuse-sbd.bsky.social y Julia Cañero presentan el primer estudio que analiza las preferencias de las familias sobre los permisos iguales e intransferibles de maternidad y paternidad de 16 semanas.

elpais.com/mamas-papas/...

¿Qué opinan los padres y madres recientes de los permisos iguales e intransferibles?

Una investigación de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona revela que el 89,6 % de las familias considera necesario un sistema que se ajuste mejor a cada contexto. La mayoría opta por uno mixto, con al...

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Carol Galais @galais.bsky.social · Mar 27

Joventut i participació: desmotivació, gir a la dreta i
fractura de gènere emergent.

Una anàlisi de la EGP 2023 a càrrec de @dec-gr.bsky.social resumit a l'últim número de Papers de Joventut

drive.google.com/file/d/1u02n...

Papers 153_OK-8-9.pdf

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Mar 21

📢 Next seminar: Next Tuesday (25th March) @klaramueller.bsky.social (Universität Mannheim) will present “How Snap Election Calls Shape Vote Intention Uncertainty: Lessons From Germany and Spain” co-authored with @aleferna.bsky.social

📍Sala de Juntes

🕐 13:00

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Mar 17

📢 New publication alert! "Affective polarization in the the face of crisis : the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and de-escalation policies in Spain" academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl... by @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social & @galais.bsky.social

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Mar 17

📢Next seminar: Tomorrow (18th March) Xavier Romero-Vidal (Department of Public Policy, Cabinet of the Prime Minister's Office) will present: "How far-right protests change satisfaction with democracy"

📍Sala de Juntes

🕑13:00

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Feb 19

📢New publication alert! "Electoral and partisan consequences of sovereignty referendum outcomes: A comparative analysis" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... by @tonirodon.bsky.social @mguinjoan.bsky.social & N.Ioannidis

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dec-gr.bsky.social @dec-gr.bsky.social · Feb 19

Yesterday @turnbulldugarte.com presented “Explaining LGBTQ electoral choices: 'Voting for those who vote for us'”.

Thank you for such an interesting research and presentation!

Hope to see you soon!

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