Enrique Hernández

👋Welcome to the Barcelona Network of Political Science.

▶️We are here to promote research, strengthen ties between institutions, and support young researchers and students in developing their research careers.

An interactive Shiny app on party positions using the CHES (Chapel HIll expert survey dataset).

For my course on Conflict and Representation in the EU, I made an interactive Shiny app that plots CHES party positions, for all countries, years (1999-2024) and (most) dimensions in the dataset. Enjoy!
dimiter.shinyapps.io/ches/

#polsci #Polisky #EUsky #Comparativesky #polbehaviorsky

Gracies Albert!!

Gracias Alina!!

Gracias María!

Gràcies Rubén!!

Gracias!!!

I’m very happy and honored to receive the National Research Award for Young Researchers in Social Sciences. Many thanks to everyone who has supported me along the way

Moltes gràcies Ricard!!

📢 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...

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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🧲 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
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The value of liberal democracy: Assessing citizens' commitment to democratic principles SERGI FERRER, ENRIQUE HERNÁNDEZ, ENRIQUE PRADA, DAMJAN TOMIC

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📊 Citizens strongly resist trading off free elections for income, but show more willingness to compromise on other liberal norms according to @sergiferrer.bsky.social @ehernandez.bsky.social @enprava.bsky.social @damjantomic.bsky.social

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Here, @aarslew.bsky.social and I use the well-demonstrated fact that, in issues where people have incentives to withhold socially undesirable behaviours or opinions, the absence of an interviewer facilitates their expression. (4) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

‼️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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@deeesharp.bsky.social & I are looking for a collaborator on a project w/ @offenegesellschaft.bsky.social on empathy-based interventions against affective polarization @uni-hamburg.de
j0b.de/veca

75% PhD position, 1st yr project funded & can be converted to a position w/ teaching afterwards
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I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word.
stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

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 🧵

Very happy to see this one published at @psrm.bsky.social! This is joint work with @jordimunoz.bsky.social, Andreu Arenas, and Albert Falcó-Gimeno.

New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

📢 Publication alert:
Our paper "Unpacking the rural–urban divide: Identities and stereotypes" - with @tonirodon.bsky.social, @griambau.bsky.social, ‬ and Andreu Rodilla - is now out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social.

📢 Our new paper on the rural/urban background of legislators in European national parliaments is now available in @electoralstudies.bsky.social !

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🆕 EJPR NEWS 📰

Find us here on Bluesky 🦋 @ejprjournal.bsky.social for original, peer-reviewed research on comparative European politics. Stay informed, stay connected. #PoliticalScience #EJPR #PoliSky

Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Attitudes toward Political Authoritarianism in Economically Advanced Democracies

Our Element is out! 🎉

Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms?

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

“Results show that rural areas tend to be underrepresented in national parliaments when compared to urban ones”

3. And a clear (descriptive) underrepresentation of rural areas

2. Some variation across party families

We find:

1. A wide variation in the rural and urban backgrounds of members of parliament.

Rural representation in Europe: The presence of place in national parliaments Recent research shows a growing rural-urban divide in political attitudes and behavior, which has given currency to expressions like “places that don'…

New paper @electoralstudies.bsky.social

With @gricoc.bsky.social and @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social we study the presence of legislators with urban and rural backgrounds in national parliaments

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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New WP w/ @riazsascha.bsky.social: via >42 million placebo tests, we show type I error inflation in Unexpected Event during Survey Designs (UESD), propose an adjustment, implement via new R package uesdRobust, and demonstrate utility by replicating two top UESD studies.

osf.io/preprints/os...

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