Manuel Alvariño
@manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social
Postdoc Researcher at CBS. Here, academic chatter on: welfare state, political parties, political economy and family policy.
Also comments on Spain/CAT econ & politics.
Membre de @espaizerovuit.bsky.social. Galego.
All my research: www.manuelalvarino.com
Also comments on Spain/CAT econ & politics.
Membre de @espaizerovuit.bsky.social. Galego.
All my research: www.manuelalvarino.com
Pinned
🎓Last Tuesday I defended my PhD dissertation at the @eui-eu.bsky.social!
I am very grateful to my supervisors Anton Hemerijck and @margaleon.bsky.social and to the members of the committee @siljahausermann.bsky.social and Ellen Immergut for their guidance.
Full thesis link: hdl.handle.net/1814/92816
I am very grateful to my supervisors Anton Hemerijck and @margaleon.bsky.social and to the members of the committee @siljahausermann.bsky.social and Ellen Immergut for their guidance.
Full thesis link: hdl.handle.net/1814/92816
Reposted by Manuel Alvariño
El fascismo funciona porque ofrece algo en lugar de la democracia, la paz y la igualdad, algo que es capaz de alejar a la gente de la promesa de la creación y acercarla a la violencia de la destrucción💬
Hannah Leffingwell reseña sobre 'El nuevo cuerpo fascista'📕
Buenísimo👇
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Hannah Leffingwell reseña sobre 'El nuevo cuerpo fascista'📕
Buenísimo👇
ctxt.es/es/20251001/...
Las nuevas derechas y el placer de la crueldad
El autoritarismo neofascista aleja a las personas de la promesa de democracia, paz e igualdad y las lleva hacia la violencia destructiva ofreciéndoles un atractivo clave: la alegría de hacer daño al o...
ctxt.es
October 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
El fascismo funciona porque ofrece algo en lugar de la democracia, la paz y la igualdad, algo que es capaz de alejar a la gente de la promesa de la creación y acercarla a la violencia de la destrucción💬
Hannah Leffingwell reseña sobre 'El nuevo cuerpo fascista'📕
Buenísimo👇
ctxt.es/es/20251001/...
Hannah Leffingwell reseña sobre 'El nuevo cuerpo fascista'📕
Buenísimo👇
ctxt.es/es/20251001/...
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** PhD Opportunity (funded) **
Project: “Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality (UNPACK)” @demosocupf.bsky.social
Deadline Oct 22nd
Further info: drive.google.com/file/d/12vlp...
#jobs #PhD #poverty #policy #Doctor
Project: “Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality (UNPACK)” @demosocupf.bsky.social
Deadline Oct 22nd
Further info: drive.google.com/file/d/12vlp...
#jobs #PhD #poverty #policy #Doctor
CALL_Predoc_UNPACK 2025_F.pdf
drive.google.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
** PhD Opportunity (funded) **
Project: “Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality (UNPACK)” @demosocupf.bsky.social
Deadline Oct 22nd
Further info: drive.google.com/file/d/12vlp...
#jobs #PhD #poverty #policy #Doctor
Project: “Unpacking the Puzzle of Child Poverty: Why Child Poverty Persists Despite Economic Recovery and Declining Inequality (UNPACK)” @demosocupf.bsky.social
Deadline Oct 22nd
Further info: drive.google.com/file/d/12vlp...
#jobs #PhD #poverty #policy #Doctor
👇👇👇
New 📝 out in @reggovjournal.bsky.social
1. Governments are taking a more active role in education and training
2. Linking technical issues to politically salient debates, such as climate change and digitalization, helps open the door to new public policies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
1. Governments are taking a more active role in education and training
2. Linking technical issues to politically salient debates, such as climate change and digitalization, helps open the door to new public policies
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
👇👇👇
Reposted by Manuel Alvariño
Vicente Valentim, Elias Dinas, & I came together to do this paper because we have all long shared an intution: mainstream center-right rhetoric shapes democratic norms. The hard part? Showing it empirically. We make some headway in this new paper. Grateful to @bjpols.bsky.social for publishing.
NEW -
How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD
"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"
- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD
"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"
- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
August 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Vicente Valentim, Elias Dinas, & I came together to do this paper because we have all long shared an intution: mainstream center-right rhetoric shapes democratic norms. The hard part? Showing it empirically. We make some headway in this new paper. Grateful to @bjpols.bsky.social for publishing.
Reposted by Manuel Alvariño
At @epsanet.bsky.social in Madrid I show how new pedestrian areas in Milan may increase votes for the incumbent and reduce those for radical right parties, presenting in an amazing panel with Asya Magazinnik @chknutsen.bsky.social @vheddesheimer.bsky.social @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social!
#epsa
#epsa
June 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
At @epsanet.bsky.social in Madrid I show how new pedestrian areas in Milan may increase votes for the incumbent and reduce those for radical right parties, presenting in an amazing panel with Asya Magazinnik @chknutsen.bsky.social @vheddesheimer.bsky.social @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social!
#epsa
#epsa
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Another must-read from @danielbeland.bsky.social on ideas and policy feedback!
Favorite nugget: policy implementation generates experience from which actors learn, tipping the balance between self-reinforcing and self-undermining feedback.
ideas.repec.org/a/mul/jl9ury...
Favorite nugget: policy implementation generates experience from which actors learn, tipping the balance between self-reinforcing and self-undermining feedback.
ideas.repec.org/a/mul/jl9ury...
Revisiting historical institutionalism: From policy feedback
Historical institutionalism has made a strong contribution to public policy research, including the study of welfare state development, retrenchment, and restructuring. Three decades after the crystal
ideas.repec.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Another must-read from @danielbeland.bsky.social on ideas and policy feedback!
Favorite nugget: policy implementation generates experience from which actors learn, tipping the balance between self-reinforcing and self-undermining feedback.
ideas.repec.org/a/mul/jl9ury...
Favorite nugget: policy implementation generates experience from which actors learn, tipping the balance between self-reinforcing and self-undermining feedback.
ideas.repec.org/a/mul/jl9ury...
Another must-read from @danielbeland.bsky.social on ideas and policy feedback!
Favorite nugget: policy implementation generates experience from which actors learn, tipping the balance between self-reinforcing and self-undermining feedback.
ideas.repec.org/a/mul/jl9ury...
Favorite nugget: policy implementation generates experience from which actors learn, tipping the balance between self-reinforcing and self-undermining feedback.
ideas.repec.org/a/mul/jl9ury...
Revisiting historical institutionalism: From policy feedback
Historical institutionalism has made a strong contribution to public policy research, including the study of welfare state development, retrenchment, and restructuring. Three decades after the crystal
ideas.repec.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Another must-read from @danielbeland.bsky.social on ideas and policy feedback!
Favorite nugget: policy implementation generates experience from which actors learn, tipping the balance between self-reinforcing and self-undermining feedback.
ideas.repec.org/a/mul/jl9ury...
Favorite nugget: policy implementation generates experience from which actors learn, tipping the balance between self-reinforcing and self-undermining feedback.
ideas.repec.org/a/mul/jl9ury...
Reposted by Manuel Alvariño
🎓Last Tuesday I defended my PhD dissertation at the @eui-eu.bsky.social!
I am very grateful to my supervisors Anton Hemerijck and @margaleon.bsky.social and to the members of the committee @siljahausermann.bsky.social and Ellen Immergut for their guidance.
Full thesis link: hdl.handle.net/1814/92816
I am very grateful to my supervisors Anton Hemerijck and @margaleon.bsky.social and to the members of the committee @siljahausermann.bsky.social and Ellen Immergut for their guidance.
Full thesis link: hdl.handle.net/1814/92816
June 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🎓Last Tuesday I defended my PhD dissertation at the @eui-eu.bsky.social!
I am very grateful to my supervisors Anton Hemerijck and @margaleon.bsky.social and to the members of the committee @siljahausermann.bsky.social and Ellen Immergut for their guidance.
Full thesis link: hdl.handle.net/1814/92816
I am very grateful to my supervisors Anton Hemerijck and @margaleon.bsky.social and to the members of the committee @siljahausermann.bsky.social and Ellen Immergut for their guidance.
Full thesis link: hdl.handle.net/1814/92816
🎓Last Tuesday I defended my PhD dissertation at the @eui-eu.bsky.social!
I am very grateful to my supervisors Anton Hemerijck and @margaleon.bsky.social and to the members of the committee @siljahausermann.bsky.social and Ellen Immergut for their guidance.
Full thesis link: hdl.handle.net/1814/92816
I am very grateful to my supervisors Anton Hemerijck and @margaleon.bsky.social and to the members of the committee @siljahausermann.bsky.social and Ellen Immergut for their guidance.
Full thesis link: hdl.handle.net/1814/92816
June 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🎓Last Tuesday I defended my PhD dissertation at the @eui-eu.bsky.social!
I am very grateful to my supervisors Anton Hemerijck and @margaleon.bsky.social and to the members of the committee @siljahausermann.bsky.social and Ellen Immergut for their guidance.
Full thesis link: hdl.handle.net/1814/92816
I am very grateful to my supervisors Anton Hemerijck and @margaleon.bsky.social and to the members of the committee @siljahausermann.bsky.social and Ellen Immergut for their guidance.
Full thesis link: hdl.handle.net/1814/92816
Reposted by Manuel Alvariño
⏰ 📕 New publication out with Francisco Ferraioli in Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy
What makes national-level social policy reforms so hard to deliver in decentralized welfare systems?
Find out here, it's open access!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What makes national-level social policy reforms so hard to deliver in decentralized welfare systems?
Find out here, it's open access!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The nexus between welfare rescaling and administrative burden: The case of minimum income provision in Spain | Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy | Cambridge Core
The nexus between welfare rescaling and administrative burden: The case of minimum income provision in Spain
www.cambridge.org
May 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
⏰ 📕 New publication out with Francisco Ferraioli in Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy
What makes national-level social policy reforms so hard to deliver in decentralized welfare systems?
Find out here, it's open access!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What makes national-level social policy reforms so hard to deliver in decentralized welfare systems?
Find out here, it's open access!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This is a nice video for some context about the Kashmir conflict, in light of the recent terrorist attack. Modi's repression toward Muslims will only fuel a vicious spiral of violence.
youtu.be/cyayif_nla8?...
youtu.be/cyayif_nla8?...
The conflict in Kashmir, explained
YouTube video by Vox
youtu.be
April 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This is a nice video for some context about the Kashmir conflict, in light of the recent terrorist attack. Modi's repression toward Muslims will only fuel a vicious spiral of violence.
youtu.be/cyayif_nla8?...
youtu.be/cyayif_nla8?...
The politics of how Spain solved its absence of minimum income schemes, now published in SPA.
An interesting read for the #politics of #socialpolicy, #inequality and #SouthernEurope!
An interesting read for the #politics of #socialpolicy, #inequality and #SouthernEurope!
Some good news: my second thesis article is out in Journal of Social Policy! 🎉 @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social
I explore how Spain adopted a minimum income scheme in 2020 - despite polarized politics. The twist? (Left) parties, unions, and territorial politics matter.
It's open access:
I explore how Spain adopted a minimum income scheme in 2020 - despite polarized politics. The twist? (Left) parties, unions, and territorial politics matter.
It's open access:
The politics of minimum income reform in Spain: explaining unexpected and consensual path departure | Journal of Social Policy | Cambridge Core
The politics of minimum income reform in Spain: explaining unexpected and consensual path departure
www.cambridge.org
April 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The politics of how Spain solved its absence of minimum income schemes, now published in SPA.
An interesting read for the #politics of #socialpolicy, #inequality and #SouthernEurope!
An interesting read for the #politics of #socialpolicy, #inequality and #SouthernEurope!
Policy feedback effects on public opinion can bridge institutionalism and behaviouralism. However, research often forgets to link 'opinion' back to politics, otherwise there is no 'feedback', only 'effects'.
April 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Policy feedback effects on public opinion can bridge institutionalism and behaviouralism. However, research often forgets to link 'opinion' back to politics, otherwise there is no 'feedback', only 'effects'.
Siempre es un buen momento para recordar esto.
April 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Siempre es un buen momento para recordar esto.
Reposted by Manuel Alvariño
So, it's tax cuts for the wealthiest and tax rises for the poorest, just this time for companies? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Starmer offers big US tech firms tax cuts in return for lower Trump tariffs
Exclusive: UK willing to placate Trump with lower digital services tax rate also encompassing non-US companies
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
So, it's tax cuts for the wealthiest and tax rises for the poorest, just this time for companies? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Reposted by Manuel Alvariño
Let's not forget what these tariffs are really about: raising $4 trillion to make the 2017 tax cuts for the rich permanent. #tradewarsareclasswars
April 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Let's not forget what these tariffs are really about: raising $4 trillion to make the 2017 tax cuts for the rich permanent. #tradewarsareclasswars
Reposted by Manuel Alvariño
La España que crece, la brecha que no se cierra - elpais.com/opinion/2025...
La España que crece, la brecha que no se cierra
El buen momento económico se asienta sobre una desigualdad que dibuja un tejido social cada vez más fragmentado
elpais.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
La España que crece, la brecha que no se cierra - elpais.com/opinion/2025...
Reposted by Manuel Alvariño
¿Qué tienen en común las sanciones a aerolíneas, la retirada de anuncios ilegales de pisos turísticos o la regulación de algoritmos de precios? El Secretario General de Consumo y Juego @andresbarragan.bsky.social en @agendapublica.es explica cómo puede el Ministerio reequilibrar el poder de mercado.
Las políticas de competencia y consumo como nuevas políticas económicas
Andrés Barragán, secretario general de Consumo y Juego en el Ministerio de Derechos Sociales, Consumo y Agenda 2030, analiza el estado actual del libre mercado y los desafíos en la protección del cons...
agendapublica.es
March 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
¿Qué tienen en común las sanciones a aerolíneas, la retirada de anuncios ilegales de pisos turísticos o la regulación de algoritmos de precios? El Secretario General de Consumo y Juego @andresbarragan.bsky.social en @agendapublica.es explica cómo puede el Ministerio reequilibrar el poder de mercado.
Reposted by Manuel Alvariño
En aquest article analitzo els mercats voluntaris de crèdits de carboni i la seva efectivitat en la lluita contra el canvi climàtic.
La conclusió: cal millorar la seva regulació perquè realment contribueixin a la descarbonització i no siguin només una eina de màrqueting.
La conclusió: cal millorar la seva regulació perquè realment contribueixin a la descarbonització i no siguin només una eina de màrqueting.
🌱💸 Quin paper tenen les compensacions de carboni en la descarbonització empresarial? Són una eina real contra el canvi climàtic o només un mecanisme de greenwashing?
La @cristinaferrer.bsky.social analitza els mercats voluntaris de crèdits de carboni aquí 👇
catalunyaplural.cat/ca/trampes-a...
La @cristinaferrer.bsky.social analitza els mercats voluntaris de crèdits de carboni aquí 👇
catalunyaplural.cat/ca/trampes-a...
Trampes a la descarbonització: el negoci dels crèdits de carboni - Catalunya Plural
Davant l’emergència climàtica, està clar que les empreses han de jugar un paper clau en ladescarbonització de l’economia. Algunes han de buscar estratègies per oferir els seus serveis iproductes sense...
catalunyaplural.cat
March 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
En aquest article analitzo els mercats voluntaris de crèdits de carboni i la seva efectivitat en la lluita contra el canvi climàtic.
La conclusió: cal millorar la seva regulació perquè realment contribueixin a la descarbonització i no siguin només una eina de màrqueting.
La conclusió: cal millorar la seva regulació perquè realment contribueixin a la descarbonització i no siguin només una eina de màrqueting.
Reposted by Manuel Alvariño
New interesting piece on parenting leave and gender in Spain, by A Escobedo and P moss in @cwfjournal.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1080/1366...
Check my article below if you are also interested in the political process and rationale of this peculiar leave design!
doi.org/10.1111/polp...
doi.org/10.1080/1366...
Check my article below if you are also interested in the political process and rationale of this peculiar leave design!
doi.org/10.1111/polp...
Politics & Policy | PSO Policy Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Growing attention to “degenderization” reforms that aim to encourage men's caregiving roles may generate opposition from groups advocating to prioritize mothers' right to care. This article seeks to ...
doi.org
March 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
New interesting piece on parenting leave and gender in Spain, by A Escobedo and P moss in @cwfjournal.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1080/1366...
Check my article below if you are also interested in the political process and rationale of this peculiar leave design!
doi.org/10.1111/polp...
doi.org/10.1080/1366...
Check my article below if you are also interested in the political process and rationale of this peculiar leave design!
doi.org/10.1111/polp...
New interesting piece on parenting leave and gender in Spain, by A Escobedo and P moss in @cwfjournal.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1080/1366...
Check my article below if you are also interested in the political process and rationale of this peculiar leave design!
doi.org/10.1111/polp...
doi.org/10.1080/1366...
Check my article below if you are also interested in the political process and rationale of this peculiar leave design!
doi.org/10.1111/polp...
Politics & Policy | PSO Policy Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Growing attention to “degenderization” reforms that aim to encourage men's caregiving roles may generate opposition from groups advocating to prioritize mothers' right to care. This article seeks to ...
doi.org
March 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
New interesting piece on parenting leave and gender in Spain, by A Escobedo and P moss in @cwfjournal.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1080/1366...
Check my article below if you are also interested in the political process and rationale of this peculiar leave design!
doi.org/10.1111/polp...
doi.org/10.1080/1366...
Check my article below if you are also interested in the political process and rationale of this peculiar leave design!
doi.org/10.1111/polp...
Reposted by Manuel Alvariño
🌱💸 Quin paper tenen les compensacions de carboni en la descarbonització empresarial? Són una eina real contra el canvi climàtic o només un mecanisme de greenwashing?
La @cristinaferrer.bsky.social analitza els mercats voluntaris de crèdits de carboni aquí 👇
catalunyaplural.cat/ca/trampes-a...
La @cristinaferrer.bsky.social analitza els mercats voluntaris de crèdits de carboni aquí 👇
catalunyaplural.cat/ca/trampes-a...
Trampes a la descarbonització: el negoci dels crèdits de carboni - Catalunya Plural
Davant l’emergència climàtica, està clar que les empreses han de jugar un paper clau en ladescarbonització de l’economia. Algunes han de buscar estratègies per oferir els seus serveis iproductes sense...
catalunyaplural.cat
March 31, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🌱💸 Quin paper tenen les compensacions de carboni en la descarbonització empresarial? Són una eina real contra el canvi climàtic o només un mecanisme de greenwashing?
La @cristinaferrer.bsky.social analitza els mercats voluntaris de crèdits de carboni aquí 👇
catalunyaplural.cat/ca/trampes-a...
La @cristinaferrer.bsky.social analitza els mercats voluntaris de crèdits de carboni aquí 👇
catalunyaplural.cat/ca/trampes-a...
Reposted by Manuel Alvariño
Esta tarde tenemos una cita con @crendueles.bsky.social online para hablar del nexo entre cooperativas y sector público.
A las 15.30. No te lo pierdas!
Organiza @espaizerovuit.bsky.social
A las 15.30. No te lo pierdas!
Organiza @espaizerovuit.bsky.social
⏳ Queden pocs dies per l'espai de conversa amb @crendueles.bsky.social! Encara ets a temps d’inscriure’t 📢
El 26 de març parlarem de com allò públic i comunitari poden convergir per afrontar els grans reptes socials.
🗓️ 26 de març | ⏰ 15:30h
Inscriu-te:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dee019...
El 26 de març parlarem de com allò públic i comunitari poden convergir per afrontar els grans reptes socials.
🗓️ 26 de març | ⏰ 15:30h
Inscriu-te:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dee019...
March 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Esta tarde tenemos una cita con @crendueles.bsky.social online para hablar del nexo entre cooperativas y sector público.
A las 15.30. No te lo pierdas!
Organiza @espaizerovuit.bsky.social
A las 15.30. No te lo pierdas!
Organiza @espaizerovuit.bsky.social
Esta tarde tenemos una cita con @crendueles.bsky.social online para hablar del nexo entre cooperativas y sector público.
A las 15.30. No te lo pierdas!
Organiza @espaizerovuit.bsky.social
A las 15.30. No te lo pierdas!
Organiza @espaizerovuit.bsky.social
⏳ Queden pocs dies per l'espai de conversa amb @crendueles.bsky.social! Encara ets a temps d’inscriure’t 📢
El 26 de març parlarem de com allò públic i comunitari poden convergir per afrontar els grans reptes socials.
🗓️ 26 de març | ⏰ 15:30h
Inscriu-te:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dee019...
El 26 de març parlarem de com allò públic i comunitari poden convergir per afrontar els grans reptes socials.
🗓️ 26 de març | ⏰ 15:30h
Inscriu-te:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dee019...
March 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Esta tarde tenemos una cita con @crendueles.bsky.social online para hablar del nexo entre cooperativas y sector público.
A las 15.30. No te lo pierdas!
Organiza @espaizerovuit.bsky.social
A las 15.30. No te lo pierdas!
Organiza @espaizerovuit.bsky.social
Reposted by Manuel Alvariño
Take a look at the new @sespjournal.bsky.social collection of articles on Gender & Sexuality in Southern Europe. There are 12 articles open or free access. Introduced by @elombardo.bsky.social, with articles on Turkey, Spain, Greece, Portugal & Italy. More to come www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
Gender and Sexuality in Southern Europe
Explore the article collection: Gender and Sexuality in Southern Europe. Published in South European Society and Politics.
www.tandfonline.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Take a look at the new @sespjournal.bsky.social collection of articles on Gender & Sexuality in Southern Europe. There are 12 articles open or free access. Introduced by @elombardo.bsky.social, with articles on Turkey, Spain, Greece, Portugal & Italy. More to come www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...