Josep M. Comellas
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Josep M. Comellas
@pepcomellas.bsky.social

Politòleg. Public opinion, political behavior, polarization. Postdoc at @dec-gr.bsky.social @uab.cat

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7-ZIUKIAAAAJ&hl=es&authuser=2

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🚨 New article out at @polstudies.bsky.social!

"A Longitudinal Study on the Dynamic Relationship Between Affective Polarization and Radical Right's Emergence: The Case of VOX in Spain", co-authored with @marianotorcal.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1177/0032...
How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations?

In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.

tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - Volume 55
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⚠️ Update: Following @upf.edu 's guidance on today’s weather conditions, all #JCPOP sessions are cancelled for today.

😔 We are truly sorry for the disruption and will share rescheduling details as soon as possible. Stay safe, and thank you for your understanding.

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⚠️ Due to heavy rain warnings, @upf.edu has suspended all academic activity until 1:00 pm tomorrow.

👉 Morning #JCPOP sessions are cancelled until 1 pm. More information about afternoon activities, if they are possible, will be shared tomorrow morning. Thank you for your understanding!
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📊 How does political #Polarization shape #Participation?
@mkolczynska.bsky.social reviews 25 studies to examine how individual and system-level polarization relate to electoral and non-electoral engagement, revealing key trends and research gaps
Does polarization increase participation? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Does polarization increase participation? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis - Volume 17 Issue 4
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👋Benvinguts/des al Barcelona Network of Political Science.

▶️Som aquí amb objectiu fomentar la recerca, enfortir els vincles entre institucions i donar suport als investigadors joves i als estudiants en el desenvolupament de les seves carreres de recerca.
New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
🚨 New paper: Who climbs the Ivory Tower? 🏛️ Together with Nicolai Borgen and Astrid Sandsør (@astridsandsor.bsky.social), we find that the chances of becoming a professor differ enormously by family background. Here’s what we find 👇

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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📢 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

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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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We are hiring! We are looking for a prospective PhD student to work at the Department of Political Science of the University of Barcelona and the Institutions, Politics and Economics Research Center in connection to a research project on Backlash. More details here: sites.google.com/view/jordi-m...
Jordi Muñoz - Calls
PhD fellowship in Political Science at the University of Barcelona
sites.google.com
The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization.

This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
Kamermeerderheid vindt Antifa terroristische organisatie
Een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer wil dat Nederland, in navolging van de Verenigde Staten, de extreemlinkse beweging Antifa aanmerkt als terroristische organisatie. Een motie daartoe van Lidewij de V...
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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 gr.dec@uab.cat
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2
Call for expressions of interest for a PhD scholarship within the project GPOL – Democracy, Elections and Citizenship
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Colleagues have backed up the point with data and infographics. The answer is no: political violence in the US is if anything declining, not rising. The far right commits more than the far left, but both are rare, and fewer than 10% of Americans endorse violence for political goals.
Long ago, in a study of the democratic attitudes in Germany, Dalton raised the possibility of “Fragebogendemokraten” (questionnaire democrats): people who hesitate to express their sincere dislike for “democracy” in surveys, providing instead the “socially desirable” response (1)
🚨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
‼️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!

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EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵
🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 Are police more right-wing and biased against marginalized groups than the general public? If so, why? My new article in
@pnas.org w/ @tylerreny.bsky.social, Newman, and Sears provides some answers. 🧵1/n

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🧐 Les actituds contràries a la immigració van a l'alça, però és el moment de més racisme a Catalunya?

No, l'any 2010 també hi era molt present i, de fet, ara les opinions són més positives a les enquestes, encara que el racisme tingui més presència institucional 👇
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First paper of my dissertation now out in EJPR with @bnbakker.bsky.social & @gijsschumacher.bsky.social

Can we measure affective polarization in systems with 6, 10, or even more parties without overburdening respondents or compromising validity? We show how.

Paper: doi.org/10.1111/1475...
Establishing the construct and predictive validity of brief measures of affective polarization
Measuring affective polarization, defined as the liking for one's political ingroup and the dislike for political outgroups, poses methodological challenges in multiparty systems: evaluations of seve...
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📢 Out now! The Handbook of Affective Polarization is officially published 🎉

📖 Open Access & packed with 30 great chapters thanks to amazing authors. Huge thanks to everyone, and in particular to @marianotorcal.bsky.social for the great (and fun) collaboration! 💙

Link below for the e-book 👇
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It has been a pleasure to contribute to the Handbook of Affective Polarization, edited by @marianotorcal.bsky.social and @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social

I co-authored a chapter with @marianotorcal.bsky.social on the operationalization of affective polarization in multiparty systems 👇
It is OUT the last (printed) version of Handbook of Affective Polarization doi.org/10.4337/9781...
It is open Access!!!
doi.org
It is OUT the last (printed) version of Handbook of Affective Polarization doi.org/10.4337/9781...
It is open Access!!!
doi.org

Moltes felicitats, Sergi!

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Ho vam dir. Es va negar. Però hi som de ple.

França proposa reduir radicalment la despesa pública en tots els àmbits... menys en la despesa militar!

Va començar Gran Bretanya, continua França i ho farà la resta.

I cal dir-ho: és un despropòsit, irracional i antisocial.
elpais.com/internaciona...
Bayrou lanza un plan radical de recortes de 44.000 millones de euros para frenar la deuda francesa
En un discurso dramático con menciones a la Grecia rescatada, el primer ministro anuncia que se congelará el Presupuesto y se suprimirán 3.000 empleos públicos
elpais.com

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📢 Publication alert:
Our paper "Unpacking the rural–urban divide: Identities and stereotypes" - with @tonirodon.bsky.social, @griambau.bsky.social, ‬ and Andreu Rodilla - is now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social.
Our Element is out! 🎉

Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?

www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies
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