Rubén Ruiz-Rufino
@rubenruizrufino.bsky.social
Political Scientist. Passionately interested in factors explaining democracies under strain. Reader in Comparative Politics at King’s College London. More info: www.rubenruizrufino.com
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My book Democracy Under Strain is finally out, and I couldn’t be happier. 🥳 It’s been a long, challenging journey—but one that’s shaped me deeply as an academic. Here’s what it’s about 🧵 #DemocracyUnderStrain (1/11)
Ha! I see your point now. And I agree that would be a good empirical question. Would be worth checking if some of the usual surveys in Spain are being fielded at the moment.
That’s what makes this a good empirical question.
Is positional accommodation still just about immigration, or are other ‘second dimension’ issues spilling over too? and - if so - does accommodation work? I don’t know the answer but I suspect, based on case of immigration, that it doesn’t.
Is positional accommodation still just about immigration, or are other ‘second dimension’ issues spilling over too? and - if so - does accommodation work? I don’t know the answer but I suspect, based on case of immigration, that it doesn’t.
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Ha! I see your point now. And I agree that would be a good empirical question. Would be worth checking if some of the usual surveys in Spain are being fielded at the moment.
Perhaps. But perhaps not. I would agree if there was evidence of factions within conservative parties across EUP over climate change issues. But I,m not sure if that´s the case. The position of Spain´s PP seems motivated by a domestic agenda, i.e. negotiations with VOX to hold Valencia regional gov.
I get that much of the research on mainstream parties’ positional accommodation of far-right challengers tends to focus on immigration since that is the issue where they have the strongest ownership, but perhaps climate-sceptical turns needs more attention.
‼️ÚLTIMA HORA | El PP se alía en Europa con la ultraderecha a favor del negacionismo climático
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Perhaps. But perhaps not. I would agree if there was evidence of factions within conservative parties across EUP over climate change issues. But I,m not sure if that´s the case. The position of Spain´s PP seems motivated by a domestic agenda, i.e. negotiations with VOX to hold Valencia regional gov.
Fully agree with this observation. It is quite an interesting question to examine in detail what is driving this surge across this particular group. Some claims - housing, econ security…- are logical but thet existed already when I was young (2000) and support for radical-right was unthinkable.
We need to study the turn in public support for VOX (plurality pref. among spanish young) from normal to something ‘cool’ & ‘edgy’. Support for VOX is worn, often *literally* on wrists, as a badge of honour that signals, like a Michael Kors watch, as a symbol of being part of the trendy club
El giro es también visible con los partidos que van a votar los jóvenes 18-29 años:
• Vox primera fuerza (27%)
• La derecha ganaría 52% a 37%
• PP + Vox >>> PP + Cs
• Vox primera fuerza (27%)
• La derecha ganaría 52% a 37%
• PP + Vox >>> PP + Cs
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Fully agree with this observation. It is quite an interesting question to examine in detail what is driving this surge across this particular group. Some claims - housing, econ security…- are logical but thet existed already when I was young (2000) and support for radical-right was unthinkable.
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🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🚨 EPSS Belfast 2026 Call for Papers - One week to go! 🚨
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Don't forget to submit your paper or panel proposal to the European Political Science Society @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 conference - just one week to go before the deadline: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
Ojalá debates tan relevantes como estos dominaran la agenda política. Fantástica como siempre @leire-salazar.bsky.social
Hoy @leire-salazar.bsky.social hace una reflexión muy importante sobre el uso de los servicios públicos.
"Que la clase media utilice los servicios públicos beneficia a los pobres."
www.eldiario.es/132_c279cd?u...
"Que la clase media utilice los servicios públicos beneficia a los pobres."
www.eldiario.es/132_c279cd?u...
Que la clase media utilice los servicios públicos beneficia a los pobres
El relativo abandono (o la expulsión) de las clases medias de los servicios públicos es un problema central que urge revertir.
www.eldiario.es
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Ojalá debates tan relevantes como estos dominaran la agenda política. Fantástica como siempre @leire-salazar.bsky.social
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Hoy escribo en @piedrasdepapel.bsky.social sobre por qué urge volver a atraer a las clases medias a los servicios públicos 👇👇 Si te gusta, difunde.
www.eldiario.es/piedrasdepap...
www.eldiario.es/piedrasdepap...
Que la clase media utilice los servicios públicos beneficia a los pobres
El relativo abandono (o la expulsión) de las clases medias de los servicios públicos es un problema central que urge revertir.
www.eldiario.es
November 7, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Hoy escribo en @piedrasdepapel.bsky.social sobre por qué urge volver a atraer a las clases medias a los servicios públicos 👇👇 Si te gusta, difunde.
www.eldiario.es/piedrasdepap...
www.eldiario.es/piedrasdepap...
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Deadline for EPSS 2026 is this Friday!
Please share!: Last week to apply for @epssnet.bsky.social Belfast 2026
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
really good news is that there's been an amazing response to the call for papers already; now very excited for this meeting
⬇️ We put together a quick FAQ on Qs that have come up on submitting: epssnet.org/conferences/...
EPSS 2026 submissions FAQ - EPSS
Submissions are coming in fast for Belfast 2026 and so are your questions about submissions. Here are answers to the most common questions: Where do I go to submit? For panel submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/75765/symposia/create For paper submission: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79266/submissions/new? How many papers can I submit? We put a constraint of max one presentation per person. This does …
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November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Deadline for EPSS 2026 is this Friday!
This is a really important thread for those considering doing a PhD in the UK. Happy to answer questions about this matter if @kcl-spe.bsky.social is under your radar. Thanks @chanret.bsky.social for your usual clarity on complicated issues!
Time for an explainer on how to get funding for a PhD in the UK (1/n)
October 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This is a really important thread for those considering doing a PhD in the UK. Happy to answer questions about this matter if @kcl-spe.bsky.social is under your radar. Thanks @chanret.bsky.social for your usual clarity on complicated issues!
This is an amazing resource. Congratulations
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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rdcu.be/eIkms
The Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (12 waves)
Scientific Data - The Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (12 waves)
rdcu.be
September 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is an amazing resource. Congratulations
I love this type of work. I have great admiration for the "classics" of modern polisci as they did a lot with limited data. Articles like this one, however, are extremely useful to really consolidate the relevance, or irrelevance, of their findings! Straight to my Comparative Politics Syllabus.
🎯New publication out in @wepsocial.bsky.social
'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇
Read the full article (open access):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
'Lipset and Rokkan meet data': a 🧵on our study (with Bruno Marino) on the electoral structuring of traditional cleavages (1870–1967) across 17 Western European countries 👇
Read the full article (open access):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I love this type of work. I have great admiration for the "classics" of modern polisci as they did a lot with limited data. Articles like this one, however, are extremely useful to really consolidate the relevance, or irrelevance, of their findings! Straight to my Comparative Politics Syllabus.
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Si se bajan los impuestos a los dividendos, ¿aumentará la inversión empresarial?
Sobre esto escribo en @nadaesgratis.bsky.social, resumiendo un artículo de #Laurent_Bach, @antoine-bozio.bsky.social, @leroyclaire.bsky.social y coautores.
Link al paper: parisschoolofeconomics.com/bozio-antoin...
Sobre esto escribo en @nadaesgratis.bsky.social, resumiendo un artículo de #Laurent_Bach, @antoine-bozio.bsky.social, @leroyclaire.bsky.social y coautores.
Link al paper: parisschoolofeconomics.com/bozio-antoin...
Bajar impuestos a los dividendos: Mucho reparto y poca inversión nadaesgratis.es/miguel-almun... Vía @nadaesgratis.bsky.social #Economía
Bajar impuestos a los dividendos: Mucho reparto y poca inversión
Cuando se debate sobre política fiscal, uno de los mantras más repetidos es que reducir los impuestos al capital incentivará la inversión y el crecimiento. El argumento suele presentarse como algo cas...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Si se bajan los impuestos a los dividendos, ¿aumentará la inversión empresarial?
Sobre esto escribo en @nadaesgratis.bsky.social, resumiendo un artículo de #Laurent_Bach, @antoine-bozio.bsky.social, @leroyclaire.bsky.social y coautores.
Link al paper: parisschoolofeconomics.com/bozio-antoin...
Sobre esto escribo en @nadaesgratis.bsky.social, resumiendo un artículo de #Laurent_Bach, @antoine-bozio.bsky.social, @leroyclaire.bsky.social y coautores.
Link al paper: parisschoolofeconomics.com/bozio-antoin...
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What does it mean for democracy when governments have to accept externally imposed policies?
A new book by @rubenruizrufino.bsky.social shows how democracy can come under strain when supranational institutions and national governments fail to work collaboratively. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
A new book by @rubenruizrufino.bsky.social shows how democracy can come under strain when supranational institutions and national governments fail to work collaboratively. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Democracies under strain – the political effects of financial bailouts
The Eurozone crisis shows that governments often have no choice but to accept externally imposed policies, despite their unpopularity.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
What does it mean for democracy when governments have to accept externally imposed policies?
A new book by @rubenruizrufino.bsky.social shows how democracy can come under strain when supranational institutions and national governments fail to work collaboratively. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
A new book by @rubenruizrufino.bsky.social shows how democracy can come under strain when supranational institutions and national governments fail to work collaboratively. blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Very grateful to @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social for their interest my book #DemocracyUnderStrain. The entry also considers contexts beyond the 2010 sovereign debt crisis. What if military assitance from NATO came with political conditionalities? More here blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
September 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Very grateful to @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social for their interest my book #DemocracyUnderStrain. The entry also considers contexts beyond the 2010 sovereign debt crisis. What if military assitance from NATO came with political conditionalities? More here blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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Another busy open day @kcl-spe.bsky.social. As ever, huge thanks to all the Department of Political Economy staff, and especially the wonderful student ambassadors, who gave up their weekend to help.
September 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Another busy open day @kcl-spe.bsky.social. As ever, huge thanks to all the Department of Political Economy staff, and especially the wonderful student ambassadors, who gave up their weekend to help.
On my reading list!
Delighted that my paper with @ethanvporter.bsky.social on democracy and citizen competence is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Rethinking Citizen Competence: A New Theoretical and Empirical Framework | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Rethinking Citizen Competence: A New Theoretical and Empirical Framework - Volume 55
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September 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
On my reading list!
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🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
August 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Join us if you are in London!
Join us at King's College London for a great seminar series in Quantitative Political Economy!
If you're in London and would like to join, let me know
If you're in London and would like to join, let me know
🔥 Excited to share our 2025/26 QPE Seminar lineup!
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
Externals welcome. Please get in touch at bouke.klein_teeselink@kcl.ac.uk or teresa.estebancasanelles@kcl.ac.uk.
📅 Full schedule 👇
August 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Join us if you are in London!
Happy also to be involved in organising Belfast 2026! @epssnet.bsky.social
Fantastic to see so many people offering their time, skills, and support to @epssnet.bsky.social !
Follow @fortunato.bsky.social‘s example and get involved!
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Follow @fortunato.bsky.social‘s example and get involved!
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June 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Happy also to be involved in organising Belfast 2026! @epssnet.bsky.social
Just became a member!
June 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Just became a member!
This is great news for the discipline! Thank you to all committed colleagues who made it happen.
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community.
🔗 epssnet.org
Here’s a thread with everything you need to know.
🧵
June 27, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This is great news for the discipline! Thank you to all committed colleagues who made it happen.
Looks awesome! In my reading list
Do citizens have the capabilities required for democracy? The standard story is that empirical research debunks normative democratic theory. With @ethanvporter.bsky.social, we argue for a better framework and show empirical research supports citizen capacities. Forthcoming in @bjpols.bsky.social
stevenmklein.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Looks awesome! In my reading list
Really looking forward to this!!
June 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Really looking forward to this!!
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June 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
📢 We're hiring! Lecturer in Comparative Politics (Ed Pathway) @ KCL’s Dept of Political Economy.
💼 £44,355–£62,422 incl. London Allowance
📅 Apply by 29 June 2025
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At EPSA in Madrid and want a chat? Email ruben.ruiz_rufino@kcl.ac.uk
💼 £44,355–£62,422 incl. London Allowance
📅 Apply by 29 June 2025
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📩 rod.dacombe@kcl.ac.uk
At EPSA in Madrid and want a chat? Email ruben.ruiz_rufino@kcl.ac.uk
AEP Lecturer in Comparative Politics
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June 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
📢 We're hiring! Lecturer in Comparative Politics (Ed Pathway) @ KCL’s Dept of Political Economy.
💼 £44,355–£62,422 incl. London Allowance
📅 Apply by 29 June 2025
🔗 shorturl.at/Ljm3f
📩 rod.dacombe@kcl.ac.uk
At EPSA in Madrid and want a chat? Email ruben.ruiz_rufino@kcl.ac.uk
💼 £44,355–£62,422 incl. London Allowance
📅 Apply by 29 June 2025
🔗 shorturl.at/Ljm3f
📩 rod.dacombe@kcl.ac.uk
At EPSA in Madrid and want a chat? Email ruben.ruiz_rufino@kcl.ac.uk
Very proud of this new publication. My fantastic co-author, Lea Heyne, and I look at how the management of the COVID19 economic shock affected attitudes towards democracy in the same group of countries that had experienced the 2010 sovereign debt crisis. And we found good news! #DemocracyUnderStrain
A new study co-authored by @rubenruizrufino.bsky.social and Lea Heyne reveals the EU's handling of the COVID-19 economic crisis significantly improved citizens’ satisfaction with democracy, particularly in countries that endured austerity measures post 2010 📈
More ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/flexibl...
More ⬇️
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/flexibl...
Flexible approach to COVID economic recovery improved trust in democracy
A new study co-authored by a King’s academic reveals the European Union’s (EU) handling of the COVID-19 economic crisis significantly improved citizens’ satisfaction with democracy, particularly in co...
www.kcl.ac.uk
June 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Very proud of this new publication. My fantastic co-author, Lea Heyne, and I look at how the management of the COVID19 economic shock affected attitudes towards democracy in the same group of countries that had experienced the 2010 sovereign debt crisis. And we found good news! #DemocracyUnderStrain