Guillermo Toral
@guillermotoral.com
Assistant Professor of political science at IE University and Faculty Affiliate at MIT GOV/LAB. Previously faculty at Vanderbilt, staff at the World Bank. PhD from MIT. www.guillermotoral.com
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.
One of the most exciting things about EPSS 2026 @ Belfast.
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!
@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...
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September 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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.
One of the most exciting things about EPSS 2026 @ Belfast.
📢 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.
I'm not in the committee but more than happy to answer questions (via DM, email) and/or chat.
🚨🚨 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.
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.
September 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📢 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.
I'm not in the committee but more than happy to answer questions (via DM, email) and/or chat.
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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
We look forward to having her as a colleague and leader in our growing department!
www.catherinedevries.eu
September 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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
We look forward to having her as a colleague and leader in our growing department!
www.catherinedevries.eu
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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! 👇
Welcome both to @ieuniversity.bsky.social! 👇
September 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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! 👇
Welcome both to @ieuniversity.bsky.social! 👇
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.
📍 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.
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...
If you want to join, please fill in this short form: forms.gle/Ei5T4hHtWFFS...
June 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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.
📍 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.
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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! 🧵
Great line-up, live updates below! 🧵
June 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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! 🧵
Great line-up, live updates below! 🧵
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...
If you want to join, please fill in this short form: forms.gle/Ei5T4hHtWFFS...
April 30, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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...
If you want to join, please fill in this short form: forms.gle/Ei5T4hHtWFFS...
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....
Thank you to the committee and the whole community that helped me produce that piece!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
April 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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....
Thank you to the committee and the whole community that helped me produce that piece!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Great RA opportunity with the amazing @stuarterussell.bsky.social ⬇️
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
January 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Great RA opportunity with the amazing @stuarterussell.bsky.social ⬇️
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...
Info + submissions here: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
January 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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...
Info + submissions here: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
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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.
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.
January 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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.
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.
🎉 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...
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
December 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM
🎉 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...
www.aei.gob.es/noticias/age...
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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
🤔Learn how in our latest policy brief: bit.ly/3UV6SB0
November 18, 2024 at 8:57 AM
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
🤔Learn how in our latest policy brief: bit.ly/3UV6SB0
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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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November 11, 2024 at 6:28 AM
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...
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!
October 18, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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!