Josep M. Comellas
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Josep M. Comellas
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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...

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📰 Escribimos en @agendapublica.es sobre los efectos de la equiparación del permiso del permiso de paternidad sobre la penalización por maternidad.

“La ampliación del permiso funciona especialmente bien en hogares donde ya existía una cierta igualdad previa”

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agendapublica.es/noticia/2048...

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Vols entendre com el federalisme canvia els partits polítics per dins? 🏛️🔎

Amb @javiermcanto busquem Research Assistant pel projecte "Multilevel intra-party".

Si t'interessen els partits polítics i la recerca, t'estem buscant! 🚀

👇 Tota la info: selection.uoc.edu/web/offersjo...

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Ajudant de recerca pel projecte “Multilevel intra-party” del grup de recerca GADE (temporal)
Endalia Web Portal de selección
selection.uoc.edu

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☀️Good morning from @cpoliticaub.bsky.social

A new edition of the PhD Workshop on Empirical Political Science has kicked off 🎉

📢 Papers from @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @politiquesupf.bsky.social & @politiquesuab.bsky.social

Check out the programme 👉🏻 share.google/5cmM69EIjk2B...
Why do rural dwellers show lower support for green policies? Is it because they prioritise the environment less over material goals, or because they perceive higher costs of green policies? Check out our new article! @environmentalpol.bsky.social @evaanduiza.bsky.social tuit.cat/OP6Ph
The losers of ecological transitions: rural and urban support for green policies in Spain
Green policies can be contentious, with opposition often highlighting rural-urban divides. In this article we measure and analyse the perceptions of harm associated with several green policies (ren...
www.tandfonline.com

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🗓️ La XIII edició del Workshop on Empirical Poli. Sci. és aquest dijous!

📢 Quatre doctorands/es de la UB, UPF i UAB presentaran la seva recerca

📍UB, Nou edifici, Planta 4, Aula Maria Soteras

Consulta el programa 👉🏻 sites.google.com/view/barcelo...

Esperem veure't a @cpoliticaub.bsky.social🎉
Barcelona PhD Workshop
Who is it for?
sites.google.com

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Fins aquí el JCPOP 2025! 🎉

Moltes gràcies als presentadors, discussants i chairs per una gran jornada, a @evaanduiza.bsky.social per una gran keynote, i a @politiquesupf.bsky.social i @ibei.org per organitzar-ho.

Atents a les xarxes per futures novetats de BaNPS! 👀

Fina l'any que ve! 👋🏻🎆

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We are excited to announce that Winter School 2026 is officially open!

Ready to learn from experts in research methods? Head to our website using the link in our bio for more information and to sign up for classes.

#research #methods #socialscience #upf #quantitative #winterschool

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🆕📢 New publication alert! Our article is now out in Social Policy & Administration.
W/Dani M. Marinova

🌐Paternity leave, motherhood penalty and Spanish reform
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Paternity Leave and the Motherhood Penalty: How Within‐Couple Inequality–Conditions Policy Impact
Motherhood-related labour market penalties remain a major driver of the gender employment gap. Father-specific paternity leave is often promoted as a policy tool to support maternal employment, yet e...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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🗓️ Nova data JCPOP: 10 de desembre 2025 (IBEI/UPF).

Si no plou molt, el dia 10 tindrà lloc la propera edició de la Jornada de Comportament Polític i Opinió Pública de Catalunya.

▶️Ja la podeu marcar al calendari! @ibei.org @politiquesupf.bsky.social
The ‘polarisation narrative’ simplifies complex issues by constructing a spectrum where good should be found in the middle of diametrically opposed political positions

New preprint article by @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I

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www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) A critique of the polarisation narrative: Expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation
PDF | To cite: Roch J, Balinhas, D and Mondon A (2025) 'A critique of the polarisation narrative: Expanding the limits of democracy, parties and... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...
www.researchgate.net
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
tinyurl.com

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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
buff.ly

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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 🧵