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Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · 20d

Congrats, @sarahbrierley.bsky.social ! 🎉

Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · 29d

Excited that @epssnet.bsky.social promotes and supports the small but growing community of PE of development scholars in Europe!

One of the most exciting things about EPSS 2026 @ Belfast.

Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · Sep 1

Please share! Call for papers in the political economy of development

@pavisuri.bsky.social and I are delighted to share details for the political economy of development section of
@epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We welcome great work and fresh ideas!

Call for Papers

Call for Papers: Political Economy of Development (PED) Section – EPSS 2026, Belfast We invite submissions of high-quality work on any topic in the political economy of development or comparative pol...

docs.google.com

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Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Sep 5

📢 We're hiring! 3 lines in CP, IR, and IPE. Come join us in Madrid!

I'm not in the committee but more than happy to answer questions (via DM, email) and/or chat.

IE Political Science @iepolisci.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨

We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track.

We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.

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IE Political Science @iepolisci.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are super excited that Catherine de Vries will join IE University as Full Professor of Political Science, Chair of our Department, and Vice Dean at IE's SPEGA in January.

We look forward to having her as a colleague and leader in our growing department!

www.catherinedevries.eu

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IE Political Science @iepolisci.bsky.social · Sep 2

As the academic year resumes, we are very excited to announce the two new hires who have recently joined the IE University political science faculty: Korhan Koçak and Sigrid Weber (@swebera.bsky.social)

Welcome both to @ieuniversity.bsky.social! 👇

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Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Jun 24

Join us tomorrow Wednesday June 25 at the EPSA Pre-Conference on Political Connections!

📍 UC3M (Puerta de Toledo Campus) — Rooms 0.A.05 and 0.A.06
🕘 9 AM — 6 PM

An exciting set of panels on topics including revolving doors, bureaucracy, courts, lobbying, legislatures, and more.

Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Apr 30

Check out the program of our EPSA Pre-Conference on Political Connections, to be held at @UC3M on June 25.

If you want to join, please fill in this short form: forms.gle/Ei5T4hHtWFFS...

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IE Political Science @iepolisci.bsky.social · Jun 10

We're getting started with our two-day Workshop on Public Opinion, Representation, and Democracy. Organized by DJ Flynn and Nina Wiesehomeier, and held in our Segovia campus. @ieuniversity.bsky.social

Great line-up, live updates below! 🧵

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Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Apr 30

We'll have 10 panels with 2 papers each, on topics including bureaucrats, legislatures, courts, revolving doors, lobbying, political selection, and government spending.

We'll cover lunch, coffee breaks, and a social event at the end of the day.

Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Apr 30

Check out the program of our EPSA Pre-Conference on Political Connections, to be held at @UC3M on June 25.

If you want to join, please fill in this short form: forms.gle/Ei5T4hHtWFFS...

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Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Apr 8

Surprised and honored to be co-winner of the AJPS Best Article Award for my article on the benefits of patronage. @mpsa.bsky.social @ajpseditor.bsky.social

Thank you to the committee and the whole community that helped me produce that piece!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Jan 24

Great RA opportunity with the amazing @stuarterussell.bsky.social ⬇️

Stuart Russell @stuarterussell.bsky.social · Jan 24

As part of an ongoing World Bank project, I am hiring a RA to help clean + analyze administrative data from Ghana's public financial management systems. Please see details and apply via DIME's spring recruitment drive here: datanalytics.worldbank.org/dime-applica.... Deadline is January 31. (1/3)

DIME Recruitment Dashboard

datanalytics.worldbank.org

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Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Jan 22

Only 4 days left to submit papers for consideration for the LAPIS best paper award. Send us your LASA 2024 political institutions paper! @lapislasa.bsky.social @lasabluesky.bsky.social

Info + submissions here: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...

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IE Political Science @iepolisci.bsky.social · Jan 21

We start the year by looking back at a productive 2024 for our 14-people team 💪🏼

Last year we got:

⁠⁠📰 21 peer reviewed articles, including 1 in APSR, 3 in AJPS, and 6 in JOP;

📕 1 book with OUP;

🏆 4 article, paper, or book awards;

📊 3 new external grants totaling €385k.

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Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Dec 18

Thank you Bhumi!

Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Dec 18

Muchas gracias Rodrigo!

Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Dec 18

Thank you, Catherine!!

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Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Dec 18

Thanks a lot Volha!

Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Dec 16

🎉 It's official! Starting January 1 and for the next 5 years, I’ll be a Ramón y Cajal fellow at IE. Grateful to @cienciagob.bsky.social and my colleagues @ieuniversity.bsky.social for this opportunity to advance my research on governance, corruption, and civil servants
www.aei.gob.es/noticias/age...

La Agencia Estatal de Investigación destina más de 120 Millones de euros para nuevos contratos Ramón y Cajal | Agencia Estatal de InvestigaciónBuscar

La Agencia Estatal de Investigación ha publicado la primera Resolución de concesión de las Ayudas Ramón y Cajal 2023. Estas ayudas se conceden con el fin de promover la incorporación de personal investigador, español o extranjero, con una trayectoria destacada en centros de I+D españoles, con el fin de que adquieran las competencias y capacidades que les permitan obtener un puesto de carácter estable en un organismo de investigación del Sistema Español de Ciencia, Tecnología y de Innovación

www.aei.gob.es

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Governance and Local Development Institute @gldinstitute.bsky.social · Nov 18

Municipal level corruption weakens governance in #Brazil, but prosecutors are changing that. @guillermotoral.com's research reveals their role in battling corruption, improving hiring, & reducing political abuse.

🤔Learn how in our latest policy brief: bit.ly/3UV6SB0

A demonstrator in Brazil holding up a sign with military behind him.

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Nada es Gratis @nadaesgratis.bsky.social · Nov 11

Los gobiernos salientes que resultan de una derrota electoral alteran la burocracia y dañan la prestación de servicios públicos antes de abandonar el poder. Vía @nadaesgratis.bsky.social #Economía nadaesgratis.es/admin/los-go...

Los gobiernos salientes que resultan de una derrota electoral alteran la burocracia y dañan la prestación de servicios públicos antes de abandonar el poder

Por Guillermo Toral 2024 ha sido descrito por muchos (por ejemplo, la revista Time) como el mayor año electoral de la historia de la humanidad. Lo que define a las democracias no es tanto la celebrac...

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Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Oct 19

Amazing, congrats! 👏

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Guillermo Toral @guillermotoral.com · Oct 18

It's been quite the treat to spend the week visiting (and to present at) the Quality of Government Institute at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪. What a great group of scholars doing influential work on issues of governance, bureaucracies, and state capacity. Thank you for having me, QoG!

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