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Guillem Rico

@gricoc.bsky.social

political scientist at UAB | gricoc.github.io

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🚨New article🥳

➡️ The Limits of Alarm: How Climate Scenarios Fail to Increase Willingness to Act and Pay for Climate Change Policies, published at @psrjournal.bsky.social co-authored with @mguinjoan.bsky.social & @celiaestruch.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (1/n)

30.12.2025 08:52 — 👍 33    🔁 14    💬 6    📌 1
The Materiality of Socio-Ecological Conflicts: A Revised Interpretation of Marx’s Theory of Metabolic Rift - Marta Vallvé, 2025 In the context of ecological crisis and ecological transitions, socio-ecological conflicts are increasing. While their material causes are often attributed to s...

New publication! I wrote a conceptual paper reflecting on how to study the material roots of socio-ecological conflicts using a metabolic rift approach. This is the story of how this paper came to be 🧵 doi.org/10.1177/0486...

30.12.2025 11:38 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
Which mini-publics do they favour? A European experiment on Politicians’ attitudes towards mini-publics’ design | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Which mini-publics do they favour? A European experiment on Politicians’ attitudes towards mini-publics’ design

Which can of deliberative Minipublics are preferred by political representatives? My colleagues show that they care more about of sits on the table than about being or not binding www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@rodrigoramis.bsky.social

13.11.2025 07:38 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
The Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (12 waves) Scientific Data - The Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (12 waves)

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).

rdcu.be/eIkms

29.09.2025 16:05 — 👍 42    🔁 19    💬 1    📌 4

The gender gap in radical right support isn’t about women versus men, it’s about sexism. Do not miss this great piece of @evaanduiza.bsky.social @gricoc.bsky.social. The insights go well beyond Spain.

25.09.2025 12:45 — 👍 15    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Interesting new study showing that sexism, rather than gender per se, explains gender differences in voting for the radical right in Spain.*

(* although gender, again, is correlated with sexism)

24.09.2025 20:07 — 👍 18    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1

📢New publication alert: "Sexism and the Gender Gap in Support for the Radical Right" by @evaanduiza.bsky.social and @gricoc.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

25.09.2025 09:16 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Sexism and the Gender Gap in Support for the Radical Right Using survey data from Spain we show that the gender gap in the probability of voting for the radical-right party Vox is mainly due to men having higher levels of modern sexism than women. We find ...

We have a new paper out with @gricoc.bsky.social in @jwpp.bsky.social (this time I swear I am going to post the right link): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

24.09.2025 17:14 — 👍 60    🔁 30    💬 2    📌 4
Call for expressions of interest for a PhD scholarship within the project GPOL – Democracy, Elections and Citizenship

🧲 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
🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2

17.09.2025 09:22 — 👍 31    🔁 35    💬 0    📌 4
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Democratic backsliding in the shadow of crises. How pandemics, war and democratic regression impact attitudes towards democracy in Georgia This study explores the impact of crises on democratic support in Georgia by analyzing how external and domestic challenges – including the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and internal democ...

New OA paper🧵 @buzogany.bsky.social
and I just published a paper titled 'Democratic Backsliding in the Shadow of Crises: How Pandemics, War, and Democratic Regression Impact Attitudes towards Democracy in Georgia' Check it out in Contemporary Politics.
doi.org/10.1080/1356...

01.09.2025 08:28 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Unpacking the rural–urban divide: Identities and stereotypes The resurgence of the rural–urban divide as a factor shaping political attitudes has gained increasing attention in both public and academic discourse…

🚨New article🔥

Unpacking the rural–urban divide: Identities and stereotypes, at @electoralstudies.bsky.social with @sofiabrei.bsky.social @griambau.bsky.social @arodilla.bsky.social

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @upf.edu @politiquesupf.bsky.social (1/n)

07.07.2025 08:36 — 👍 26    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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📢 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.

05.07.2025 10:20 — 👍 67    🔁 21    💬 1    📌 1
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3. And a clear (descriptive) underrepresentation of rural areas

02.07.2025 07:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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2. Some variation across party families

02.07.2025 07:59 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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We find:

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

02.07.2025 07:59 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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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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02.07.2025 07:59 — 👍 45    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 2
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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 publication alert: "Rural representation in Europe: The presence of place in national parliaments" by @gricoc.bsky.social, @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social and @ehernandez.bsky.social

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

02.07.2025 08:27 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Should democracies ban parties that threaten democracy?

In the DEMOTRADEOFF project survey we asked people in 15 countries about this.

A short 🧵 with some results

Citizens are deeply divided about this issue

Support for bans is highest in 🇮🇱 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇳🇱 🇵🇹 🇨🇭 🇩🇪

www.dw.com/en/germany-i...

02.05.2025 10:56 — 👍 75    🔁 28    💬 3    📌 4
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Measuring rural and urban consciousness in Europe A rural consciousness, encompassing a rural identity and resentments directed at urban areas and the political elite, has emerged as a key explanation…

Can rural and urban #consciousness be measured in #Europe? New publication in @electoralstudies.bsky.social from our project on the Rural-Urban Divide in Europe #RUDE

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

10.03.2025 14:28 — 👍 17    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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¿Están los ciudadanos realmente comprometidos con la democracia? Los ciudadanos otorgan un valor mucho mayor a las elecciones libres que a otros principios liberales fundamentales, como la libertad de expresión y de manifestación o el control del gobierno por parte...

Hoy seguimos con el tema de moda.
¿Están los ciudadanos realmente comprometidos con la democracia?
Sergi Ferrer y sus coautores examinan qué dimensiones de la democracia son las que realmente nos importan.

www.eldiario.es/piedrasdepap...

13.02.2025 08:05 — 👍 10    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0

🚨 RA Job alert! 🚨
I'm looking for a part-time RA (6 months) to join my project on gender-based violence at UAB. 📊 The RA will develop a unique dataset on GBV indicators in Spain💡

🌍 Remote-friendly
💰 Competitive salary

➡️Full details about the position can be found here: www.leirerincon.com/project

31.01.2025 12:48 — 👍 57    🔁 42    💬 3    📌 3

We are now on Bluesky. Follow us here for information about our research, seminars and updates. We look forward to sharing insights and engaging with the community here too!

30.01.2025 14:49 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 2
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🔮 Feminist mobilisation, sexism, and radical-right support in Spain Eva Anduiza and Guillem Rico argue that sexist attitudinal backlash is partially responsible for the rise of the Spanish radical populist right. The electoral consequences of changes in sexist attitud...

🔮 FutureOfPopulism No.86
In a blog based on @ajpseditor.bsky.social research, Eva Anduiza & @gricoc.bsky.social argue that the rise of the Spanish radical populist right is partly due to sexist attitudinal backlash, but seems to be related more to heightened feminist mobilisation
bit.ly/4d8Y3Kr

18.07.2024 08:42 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

🚜The rural-urban cleavage in the XXI century 🏙️

🔴As part of our research project, we are hosting this workshop on 25-26 April at UPF.

▶️ The line-up of speakers and papers is great. If you are around, do not miss it! sites.google.com/view/rural-u...

08.04.2024 09:34 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Ideological Identification, Type of Threat, and Differences in How Anger and Fear Relate to Anti-Immigrant and Populist Attitudes - Guillem Rico, 2024 Following calls for a clear analytical distinction between populism and the specific ideological projects to which it is attached, the present article examines ...

📢 New paper

How do populist and anti-immigrant attitudes relate to feelings of fear and anger about perceived threats facing the country?

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

05.04.2024 16:07 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Are you interested in democratic backsliding?

With @honoratam.bsky.social and Joep van Lit we are organizing a workshop on "Early Signs of Democratic Recession in Established and Backsliding Democracies"

Join us at the @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions

polisky

ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

07.11.2023 19:21 — 👍 31    🔁 23    💬 0    📌 1

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