IE Political Science
@iepolisci.bsky.social
Promoting the work by political scientists working at IE University in Spain.
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https://www.ie.edu/school-politics-economics-global-affairs/faculty/?FACULTY_CATEGORY=17173&ACADEMIC_AREA=29893%2C29470
Follow for updates about seminars, research, and beyond.
https://www.ie.edu/school-politics-economics-global-affairs/faculty/?FACULTY_CATEGORY=17173&ACADEMIC_AREA=29893%2C29470
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
Sigrid Weber (PhD UCL 2023) joins us from Stanford. She studies how individuals and households make decisions to move, how governments and other actors respond to displacement, and the effects of human mobility in the global south.
Check out her work at www.sigridweber.com
Check out her work at www.sigridweber.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Sigrid Weber (PhD UCL 2023) joins us from Stanford. She studies how individuals and households make decisions to move, how governments and other actors respond to displacement, and the effects of human mobility in the global south.
Check out her work at www.sigridweber.com
Check out her work at www.sigridweber.com
Korhan Koçak (PhD Princeton 2020) joins us from NYUAD. He uses formal and empirical work to study how the political environment interacts with individual preferences and beliefs to shape public opinion and political behavior.
Check out his work at www.korhankocak.com
Check out his work at www.korhankocak.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Korhan Koçak (PhD Princeton 2020) joins us from NYUAD. He uses formal and empirical work to study how the political environment interacts with individual preferences and beliefs to shape public opinion and political behavior.
Check out his work at www.korhankocak.com
Check out his work at www.korhankocak.com
Check out the latest publication by our professor of practice @ilketoygur.bsky.social at the Journal of European Public Policy, on backlash against climate policy and Euroscepticism
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Check out the latest publication by our professor of practice @ilketoygur.bsky.social at the Journal of European Public Policy, on backlash against climate policy and Euroscepticism
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Check out Michael Becher and Irene Menéndez González's new article @iojournal.bsky.social on how international trade shaped the politics of the adoption of political representation.
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
July 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Check out Michael Becher and Irene Menéndez González's new article @iojournal.bsky.social on how international trade shaped the politics of the adoption of political representation.
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
doi.org/10.1017/S002...
🚨 We will be hosting the next edition of the Madrid Empirical Social Sciences conference on October 24-25.
See the call for papers below, and submit your abstract by July 11 here: forms.gle/usBWvFrXeVbK... (open to folks from outside Madrid too!)
See the call for papers below, and submit your abstract by July 11 here: forms.gle/usBWvFrXeVbK... (open to folks from outside Madrid too!)
June 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🚨 We will be hosting the next edition of the Madrid Empirical Social Sciences conference on October 24-25.
See the call for papers below, and submit your abstract by July 11 here: forms.gle/usBWvFrXeVbK... (open to folks from outside Madrid too!)
See the call for papers below, and submit your abstract by July 11 here: forms.gle/usBWvFrXeVbK... (open to folks from outside Madrid too!)
This Friday (20th, at 13h), we are very excited to welcome Erica Owen (University of Pittsburgh) for the last seminar series session of the academic year.
She will present a paper entitled "The Political Economy of Automation and Global Production: Evidence from Mexico".
She will present a paper entitled "The Political Economy of Automation and Global Production: Evidence from Mexico".
June 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This Friday (20th, at 13h), we are very excited to welcome Erica Owen (University of Pittsburgh) for the last seminar series session of the academic year.
She will present a paper entitled "The Political Economy of Automation and Global Production: Evidence from Mexico".
She will present a paper entitled "The Political Economy of Automation and Global Production: Evidence from Mexico".
And, finally, we wrap up with a keynote by Rune Slothuus (Aarhus), sharing a paper on why citizens follow party cues.
June 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
And, finally, we wrap up with a keynote by Rune Slothuus (Aarhus), sharing a paper on why citizens follow party cues.
We continue with Vicente Valentim (IE, @valentimvicente.bsky.social) presenting work on the social costs of expressing far right preferences, with data from a field experiment in Spain 🇪🇸
(joint work with Amalia Álvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social)
(joint work with Amalia Álvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social)
June 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We continue with Vicente Valentim (IE, @valentimvicente.bsky.social) presenting work on the social costs of expressing far right preferences, with data from a field experiment in Spain 🇪🇸
(joint work with Amalia Álvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social)
(joint work with Amalia Álvarez-Benjumea @amaliaab.bsky.social)
Emmy Lindstam (IE, @emmylindstam.bsky.social) is now presenting work on how state-promoted national narratives shape support for undemocratic behavior, with experimental data from India and the United States 🇮🇳🇺🇸
(joint work with Nicholas Haas @nicholashaas.bsky.social)
(joint work with Nicholas Haas @nicholashaas.bsky.social)
June 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Emmy Lindstam (IE, @emmylindstam.bsky.social) is now presenting work on how state-promoted national narratives shape support for undemocratic behavior, with experimental data from India and the United States 🇮🇳🇺🇸
(joint work with Nicholas Haas @nicholashaas.bsky.social)
(joint work with Nicholas Haas @nicholashaas.bsky.social)
We continue with Daphne Halikiopoulou (University of York, @dafnoukos.bsky.social) presenting work on ethnic vs civic nationalism in speeches by far right leaders in Europe and Latin America 🇪🇺🌎
(joint work with Carlos Meléndez @eljorobado.bsky.social and Lisa Zanotti @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social)
(joint work with Carlos Meléndez @eljorobado.bsky.social and Lisa Zanotti @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social)
June 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We continue with Daphne Halikiopoulou (University of York, @dafnoukos.bsky.social) presenting work on ethnic vs civic nationalism in speeches by far right leaders in Europe and Latin America 🇪🇺🌎
(joint work with Carlos Meléndez @eljorobado.bsky.social and Lisa Zanotti @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social)
(joint work with Carlos Meléndez @eljorobado.bsky.social and Lisa Zanotti @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social)
Next up, David Doyle (Oxford) and Nina Wiesehomeier (IE) present experimental work on the psychological effect of presidentialism, with participants in Spain and Argentina 🇪🇸🇦🇷
June 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Next up, David Doyle (Oxford) and Nina Wiesehomeier (IE) present experimental work on the psychological effect of presidentialism, with participants in Spain and Argentina 🇪🇸🇦🇷
We kick off the second day of the workshop with Adam Berinsky (MIT, @adamberinsky.bsky.social) presenting work on using GenAI to increase trust in critical civil society institutions such as doctors, scientists, or schools, with data on US citizens 🇺🇸
June 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
We kick off the second day of the workshop with Adam Berinsky (MIT, @adamberinsky.bsky.social) presenting work on using GenAI to increase trust in critical civil society institutions such as doctors, scientists, or schools, with data on US citizens 🇺🇸
In today's final session, Rodolfo Sarsfield (Autonomous University of Querétaro, @rsarsfield.bsky.social) presents work on affective polarization and ideological divides in Argentina 🇦🇷
(joint work with Ryan E. Carlin)
(joint work with Ryan E. Carlin)
June 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
In today's final session, Rodolfo Sarsfield (Autonomous University of Querétaro, @rsarsfield.bsky.social) presents work on affective polarization and ideological divides in Argentina 🇦🇷
(joint work with Ryan E. Carlin)
(joint work with Ryan E. Carlin)
Next up, Carlos Meléndez (Lisbon University, @eljorobado.bsky.social) presents work on voters' responses to authoritarian stances by political leaders, with survey experimental data from Brazil 🇧🇷.
(joint work with Ezequiel González Ocantos @egocantos.bsky.social)
(joint work with Ezequiel González Ocantos @egocantos.bsky.social)
June 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Next up, Carlos Meléndez (Lisbon University, @eljorobado.bsky.social) presents work on voters' responses to authoritarian stances by political leaders, with survey experimental data from Brazil 🇧🇷.
(joint work with Ezequiel González Ocantos @egocantos.bsky.social)
(joint work with Ezequiel González Ocantos @egocantos.bsky.social)
We continue with Irene Menéndez González (IE) sharing work on how electoral rules and national identity shape political responses to trade wars, with a formal model and a DiD design with data from Switzerland 🇨🇭
(joint work with Michael Becher)
(joint work with Michael Becher)
June 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We continue with Irene Menéndez González (IE) sharing work on how electoral rules and national identity shape political responses to trade wars, with a formal model and a DiD design with data from Switzerland 🇨🇭
(joint work with Michael Becher)
(joint work with Michael Becher)
We now have Lene Aarøe (Aarhus University, @leneaaroe.bsky.social) presenting on how statistical information vs exemplars shape policy opinions, with survey experiments with citizens and politicians in Denmark 🇩🇰
(work joint with Miceal Canavan & Julian Christensen)
(work joint with Miceal Canavan & Julian Christensen)
June 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We now have Lene Aarøe (Aarhus University, @leneaaroe.bsky.social) presenting on how statistical information vs exemplars shape policy opinions, with survey experiments with citizens and politicians in Denmark 🇩🇰
(work joint with Miceal Canavan & Julian Christensen)
(work joint with Miceal Canavan & Julian Christensen)
Next up, Mariana Sendra (Deusto University) presenting on women's support for right-wing populist parties, using survey data from Spain, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark and Hungary.
(joint work with Pablo Ortiz Barquero & Daniel Romero Portillo)
(joint work with Pablo Ortiz Barquero & Daniel Romero Portillo)
June 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Next up, Mariana Sendra (Deusto University) presenting on women's support for right-wing populist parties, using survey data from Spain, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark and Hungary.
(joint work with Pablo Ortiz Barquero & Daniel Romero Portillo)
(joint work with Pablo Ortiz Barquero & Daniel Romero Portillo)
Up next, Patrick Kraft (CSIC) sharing work on citizen preferences for intersectional and substantive representation, with survey experimental data from the United States 🇺🇸
(joint work with Kathy Dolan)
(joint work with Kathy Dolan)
June 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Up next, Patrick Kraft (CSIC) sharing work on citizen preferences for intersectional and substantive representation, with survey experimental data from the United States 🇺🇸
(joint work with Kathy Dolan)
(joint work with Kathy Dolan)
Now on stage Matt Singer (University of Connecticut) presenting work about populist elites' antipathy to the press, with data on Latin American legislators.
(joint work with Nina Wiesehomeier and Saskia Ruth-Lovell)
(joint work with Nina Wiesehomeier and Saskia Ruth-Lovell)
June 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Now on stage Matt Singer (University of Connecticut) presenting work about populist elites' antipathy to the press, with data on Latin American legislators.
(joint work with Nina Wiesehomeier and Saskia Ruth-Lovell)
(joint work with Nina Wiesehomeier and Saskia Ruth-Lovell)
We continue with Pedro Riera (Carlos III University, @priera.bsky.social) presenting work on the effects for mainstream parties of partnering with populist parties, using data on 30 European democracies in 1992-2023.
(joint work with Marco Pastor)
(joint work with Marco Pastor)
June 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
We continue with Pedro Riera (Carlos III University, @priera.bsky.social) presenting work on the effects for mainstream parties of partnering with populist parties, using data on 30 European democracies in 1992-2023.
(joint work with Marco Pastor)
(joint work with Marco Pastor)
Next up, DJ Flynn (IE) presents survey and field experimental work on fighting misinformation among teenagers in Spain 🇪🇸
(joint work with Carlos Lastra)
(joint work with Carlos Lastra)
June 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Next up, DJ Flynn (IE) presents survey and field experimental work on fighting misinformation among teenagers in Spain 🇪🇸
(joint work with Carlos Lastra)
(joint work with Carlos Lastra)
Kevin Arceneaux (@vinarceneaux.bsky.social, Sciences Po) is presenting survey experimental work on young people's motivation to support the far right, with evidence from France, Germany and Italy 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹
(joint work with @catherinedevries.bsky.social and @bogatyrev.bsky.social)
(joint work with @catherinedevries.bsky.social and @bogatyrev.bsky.social)
June 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Kevin Arceneaux (@vinarceneaux.bsky.social, Sciences Po) is presenting survey experimental work on young people's motivation to support the far right, with evidence from France, Germany and Italy 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹
(joint work with @catherinedevries.bsky.social and @bogatyrev.bsky.social)
(joint work with @catherinedevries.bsky.social and @bogatyrev.bsky.social)
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! 🧵
Today in our seminar series our colleagues DJ Flynn and (online from California) Carlos Lastra presented exciting early results from their project on "Digital Literacy among Teens", funded by La Caixa Foundation.
May 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today in our seminar series our colleagues DJ Flynn and (online from California) Carlos Lastra presented exciting early results from their project on "Digital Literacy among Teens", funded by La Caixa Foundation.