Javier Martínez-Cantó
César Nombela Research Fellow at @ipp-csic.bsky.social. Before: @europeatharvard.bsky.social, @ibei.org, @uni-konstanz.de, @uni-bamberg.de. Studying political representation, party politics & legislatures. www.javiermcanto.es
- Joan Romero dio clase a casi todas las promociones de Políticas en la @uv.es... menos a la mía, porque estaba de estancia. Siempre me dio rabia no haberle tenido como profesor, pues todos mis compañeros le admiraban. Y este gesto lo confirma una vez más. elpais.com/educacion/20...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóZotero 8 is out in stable: www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-8/ A bunch of new stuff -- the new citation dialog especially is a huge (and long overdue) improvement; massively speeds up anything I do in Word/GDocs with Zotero
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóIf you're hoping to show students evidence to support your tech rules/interactive pedagogical approach, here's what I use. Decidedly not comprehensive, but makes the key points.
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóFor young, entry-level workers, sharing rent with roommates is a rite of passage. But as living costs continue to rise and as homeownership becomes less achievable for young adults, older adults are making up a growing share of live-in landlords. trib.al/4jvD8Ox
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóNew article! The losers of ecological transitions: rural and urban support for green policies in Spain, by Marta Vallvé @martavallve.bsky.social & Eva Anduiza @evaanduiza.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0964...
- Happy to see my article with @julitudo.bsky.social already as the journal’s second-most-read in 2025, despite being published only in early November. Many excellent pieces in @regfedst.bsky.social in 2025. Do check them out!
- 🎆 The end of 2025 is near, and a very fruitful year has been had by our journal. Below are some suggestions for your reading 👉 www.tandfonline.com/action/showA... Thank you to all the authors and readers around the world. We look forward to the new year ahead!
- Algún día habrá que hablar del extraordinario sistema de captura de rentas que han conseguido ser las agencias de viaje en la administración pública.
- La CNMC multa con 2,9 millones a cuatro agencias de viajes por repartirse contratos del Banco de España y de la UCM dozz.es/8w2mv1
- Make a Bond movie academic: On The Publisher's Secret Service
- Make a Bond movie academic: Sci-Hub: From Russia with Love
- Same procedure as every year... time to share my favorite Christmas-related article. Why American Jews Eat Chinese Food on Christmas? Merry Christmas! www.theatlantic.com/national/arc...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóJust in time for Christmas: a great interview with an absolute legend. Theda Skocpol and Edwin Amenta on her career, US politics, the erosion of democracy, and most of all, what to do about it. sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóNOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! Brand Transformation in #European #Politics: The Rise and Limits of #Nonclassical #Names By @eborbath.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantó“El capital internacional penalizó severamente la incertidumbre institucional del tardofranquismo y la Transición. Solo cuando las reglas del juego se volvieron predecibles —vía Constitución, reformas e integración en Europa— el flujo inversor regresó para quedarse. “
- Coincido. Mala noche para el PSOE, pero buena para Pedro Sánchez.
- Cuidado con extrapolar los resultados de Extremadura a escala nacional. Extremadura es más envejecida, rural, tiene menor renta y un nivel educativo medio inferior al conjunto de España. Representa poco más del 2% de la población. #ExtremaduraDecide
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóNot exactly a Xmas merrymaking post, but I wrote something on the changing environment for international academics in the Netherlands and how it has changed over the last 10 years: open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...
- 🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 @anddreupm.bsky.social y yo buscamos un/a ayudante de investigación para el proyecto Multilevel intra-party politics. Interés en partidos, competición política y federalismo + análisis de datos. Contrato 18 meses (desde 1/2/2026) 👇 selection.uoc.edu/web/offersjo...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantó2️⃣Ambos artículos abordan, desde distintas perspectivas, la organización territorial del poder. Puedes consultarlos aquí: ↪️ El de @javiermcanto.bsky.social y @jmfernandes86.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ↪️ Y el de Sergi Morales-Gálvez: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantó1️⃣ El Premio IEA 2025 al mejor artículo académico, otorgado por el Institut d'Estudis de l'Autogovern, reconoce a nuestros compañeros @javiermcanto.bsky.social y @jmfernandes86.bsky.social, junto a Sergi Morales-Gálvez, profesor de Filosofía en la @uab.cat ¡Enhorabuena a los tres!
- Very happy to receive the prize for the best federalism article, awarded by @autogoverncat.bsky.social . Sharing it with great friends Sergi Morales and Jorge Fernandes makes it even better. Our @jeppjournal.bsky.social article highlights the key gap between legal decentralization and resources.
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóNew paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social. Is descriptive representation good for substantive representation? Why do voters stay loyal to corrupt and poorly governing ethnic parties? I argue that we ought to focus less on patronage and more on dignity concerns. Defiant pride can come at a price. 1/🧵
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóThis is an interesting paper. I continue to sense that we as a field have concluded, either you have an identification strategy as defined here, or you don’t have a valid causal claim. And that is really not true.
- "The Credibility Revolution in Political Science" osf.io/preprints/so...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóLa TV es principal medio para consumir información política. Análisis de informativos en España muestra que La Sexta y TVE están sesgados a la izquierda, y Tele5 y Antena3 a la derecha. Por ello cada cadena promueve noticias positivas de sus partidos y negativas de los otros.
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóJust leaving this here. www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóI take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
- Francia anuncia un servicio militar voluntario, mientras que Alemania se lo está pensando. Y en España seguimos negando que el mundo ha cambiado.
- Hoy @theobjective-es.bsky.social resume muy bien mi artículo sobre Aliança Catalana en @regfedst.bsky.social , junto a @julitudo.bsky.social , y cómo puede convivir con Vox. theobjective.com/espana/polit...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantó
En @theobjective-es.bsky.social has resumido perfectamente el artículo que hicimos con @javiermcanto.bsky.social : theobjective.com/espana/polit... - Very interesting paper! I wouldn't be surprised to find similar results in Spain, or even France or Portugal.
- NEWS - The Politics of Imperial Nostalgia - cup.org/4p1QbRA "right-wing opposition to criticism of the imperial past is stronger than left-wing support" - Christopher Claassen & @danjdevine.bsky.social #OpenAccess
- 50 años después de la muerte de Franco, no hay nada que celebrar. Lo que debemos conmemorar es la democracia: la Ley para la Reforma Política, las primeras elecciones y la Constitución. La libertad no llegó sola. elpais.com/opinion/2025...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóThe Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025. US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom. open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóNot as much of an expert as some commenting on this, but I feel like the "welp, this is the end of online survey research" response is a bit defeatist. Provided that the recommendations made in this paper are followed (!!!), I think a transformation of how surveys are implemented is more likely.
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantónew paper by Sean Westwood: With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantó(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨 In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantó🎖Jorge Miguel Alves, investigador del @ipp-csic.bsky.social en el campo de la democracia participativa, también ha obtenido el Premio de Investigación Julián Marías en la categoría de menores de 40 años.
- La semana pasada, @elconfidencial.bsky.social me entrevistó para este reportaje sobre el creciente malestar político en Europa. Es un artículo muy detallado que examina por qué más de la mitad de los gobiernos europeos perderían hoy unas elecciones. 👉 www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/europa...
- 🎉 Very happy to team up with Andreu Paneque to develop this project funded by the Institut d’Estudis de l’Autogovern. We’ll study how federalism shapes the internal organization of political parties, the leaders they choose, and the issues they emphasize in their electoral platforms. Stay tuned! 📈 📊
- 💥 I’m very happy to announce that our project has been selected by the IEA to receive one of its Research Grants. Together with @javiermcanto.bsky.social and a fantastic research team, we will analyse how federalism influences the policy proposals that parties adopt and the leaders they choose.
- New article out in Regional and Federal Studies with @julitudo.bsky.social. We analyze the rise of Aliança Catalana, comparing its manifesto and voters with those of Vox. 🇪🇸 🏴 “Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation” 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1359...
- 🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨 🇪🇸 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮 and 𝗩𝗼𝘅 in Catalonia: united in nativism, divided by the nation 🔓Read the new #openaccess article by @javiermcanto.bsky.social & @julitudo.bsky.social here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Radicalright #Catalonia #Vox #AliançaCatalana #nationalism
- Catalonia is a unique case in Europe, with two radical right parties appealing to different nationalities. Both parties share views on the economy, immigration, and security. But they diverge on gender & LGBT rights, climate change, and especially, the territorial question.
- What is the key driver of support for both? Immigration. But it’s national identity — whether one feels more Catalan or more Spanish — that decides which radical right party voters choose.
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View full threadAlso, unlike previous parties that vanished once the territorial issue regained prominence (i.e., Plataforma per Catalunya), the distinct national appeals of both Vox and Aliança may allow them to endure even if the independence debate once again dominates Catalan politics.
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantó🎉Now online (open access): "Hidden Majoritarianism and Women’s Career Progression in Proportional Representation Systems" at @apsrjournal.bsky.social. @alicirone.bsky.social, @teele.bsky.social, Gary Cox, @fiva.no. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóNo os perdais esta nueva serie de eventos del @ipp-csic.bsky.social para acercar la investigacion que realizamos al debate publico. Os esperamos!
- Llega #DiálogosMax 👉🏼 un nuevo ciclo para abrir la investigación al debate público. En cada sesión: 🧠 Un investigador presentará un tema de actualidad. 🗨️ Mesa redonda con voces de la sociedad civil. 💬 Participación del público asistente. Muy pronto todos los detalles de la primera sesión.
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantó🚨New paper out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1080/1350... @manuelwagner.bsky.social & I re-conceptualize class representation to take into account social mobility between classes and variation in how individuals enter politics.
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóAnalysis of references between 1990 to 2024 shows that there is a decline in book referencing (52% to 28%) in polsci journals 😮 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantó📣 Nueva #convocatoria de la Beca #postdoc Fundación Ramón Areces-Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies Un año para realizar estudios sobre la #Europa moderna en @europeatharvard.bsky.social Solicitudes hasta el 12 de diciembre 📩 ces.fas.harvard.edu/opportunitie... #Historia #Derecho #UE
- Congrats @jmfernandes86.bsky.social !! 🥳🥳
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóNew article out in @sociusjournal.bsky.social. It shows how closely linked motherhood penalties 🤰📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼💰👩💼 are by studying many local labour markets. Thread 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóPor aquí insisto con este tema. Último barómetro CIS: la vivienda es señalada como el principal problema de España y personal. Este octubre se han alcanzado los niveles de septiembre 2007, el mayor registro de la serie histórica: 37% (principal problema España) y 26,2% (principal problema personal)
- RIP Diane Keaton www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRLd...
- The fact that Macron doesn’t acknowledge that the last legislative election called for a cohabitation, will trigger his early fall. He’s taking sole responsibility of this cluster fuck.
- Breaking news: The French president has reappointed his close ally as prime minister, with the task of forming a government and trying to pass a budget for 2026. on.ft.com/48Wya1B
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóVery excited about the lineup for our #ComparativePolitics & #PoliticalEconomy colloquium in the winter @uni-konstanz.de !! ▶️Hannah Werner @ipz.bsky.social ▶️Fabio Franchino ▶️ @ashelshehawy.bsky.social ▶️Kevin Munger @eui-sps.bsky.social ▶️@rdassonneville.bsky.social ▶️@svenjaahlhaus.bsky.social
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóGreat paper on the state of political science osf.io/preprints/os... by @guygrossman.bsky.social et. al. We have become more diverse, more quantitative, and more collaborative.
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantó🚨 New article out today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social ! 📄 “Strategic Inclusion Without Transformation: How Populist Radical Right Parties Engage With Women’s Interests” With Bonnie Meguid, @hildecoffe.bsky.social & Miki Kittilson 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0010...
- The Strange Death of Conservative England
- Lots on the substack this week: Me on the increasing plausibility of a total Tory collapse, how it would happen and what it would mean for the political landscape: samf.substack.com/p/last-rites...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantó📢 My last PhD paper is out in Legislative Studies Quarterly 📢 📌 Main finding ➡️ Party control of speaking time in parliament limits MPs’ geographical focus ➡️ Open access increases constituency representation 🔗 Read it open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóThis blog and article perhaps raises some interesting questions about how we can think about the Scottish devolution settlement 👇
- New blog! Read @javiermcanto.bsky.social on 'Making Decentralization Work: The Politics of Implementation' 👇 edin.ac/4mstXWG
- Devolving powers on paper is only half the story — the real challenge is implementation. In this post, I discuss my recent @jeppjournal.bsky.social article with @jmfernandes86.bsky.social on when decentralization actually works in practice. Thanks @ccc-research.bsky.social y.social for the invite!
- New blog! Read @javiermcanto.bsky.social on 'Making Decentralization Work: The Politics of Implementation' 👇 edin.ac/4mstXWG
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóWe are hiring! We are looking for a prospective PhD student to work at the Department of Political Science of the University of Barcelona and the Institutions, Politics and Economics Research Center in connection to a research project on Backlash. More details here: sites.google.com/view/jordi-m...
- Hoy me estreno en el blog @piedrasdepapel.bsky.social , analizando entre qué grupos de españoles ha aumentado más la percepción de la inmigración como problema, usando datos del CIS. ¡Gracias por la invitación!
- Hoy tenemos post de @javiermcanto.bsky.social sobre la preocupación por la inmigración. "Los datos del CIS indican que los hombres, los jóvenes, quienes tienen un nivel educativo medio y las personas de clase trabajadora son los más preocupados por la inmigración." www.eldiario.es/132_c068b4?u...
- Today, we lost one of the greats. One of my favorite actors. Rest in peace. youtu.be/Cv8ZahFALTk?...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóThe seat projections are pretty dramatic. Allowing for movement of a few points in many directions: Plaid Cymru ~38 seats, Reform UK ~35 seats, Labour ~11 seats, Conservatives ~6 seats, Lib Dems ~3 seats, Greens ~ 1 🧵
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantó⚠️La política anunciada por el Gobierno de conceder 30.000€ para jóvenes que alquilen vivienda con opción a compra es mera propaganda: sólo aplica a viviendas protegidas, que en los últimos diez años han sido solamente 1.182 viviendas en todo el territorio nacional‼️
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- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóPlease consider signing this petition and supporting the great political science research and teaching at the University of Cologne!
- The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social. Petition (de/en) ⤵️
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóAcademic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóSignage around the Department of Defense offices were quickly changed to “Department of War” to match President Donald Trump’s rebrand of the organization, including Secretary Pete Hegseth’s nameplate.
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantó📣 Manifesto Project Data & Corpus Update 2025 is here! What's new? 🧵:
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóCall For Papers - Special Issue: "War and the State in Latin America" with the Journal of Latin American Studies 📢 please retweet! The deadline for proposals is October 30, 2025. Invited proposals must be submitted next year by January 30.
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóAnke Hoeffler, Tanja Kupisch, and I are happy to announce three doctoral positions in the project "Lifting the Veil of Violence: Inequality and Representation after War” (LiVV) at the Cluster of Excellence @excinequality.bsky.social at @uni-konstanz.de. stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-Cantó🚨 New in Journal of Politics! 🚨 Do radical right parties need to cut ties with old dictatorships to succeed? 👉 @sergipardos.bsky.social and my study of Spain’s VOX says: ❌ Not necessarily.
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóWinning elections is the only curb against strongmen on.ft.com/4mxBcNL | opinion
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóJust got round to watching Mario Draghi's speech in Rimini in the original Italian. It is easily the most important speech on Europe so far this year and I hope someone (@grandcontinent.bsky.social?) publishes it in English and other EU languages soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMME...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóIncredible growth in the scale of devastating Iberian Peninsula #wildfires through mid-August reflected in #CopernicusAtmosphere GFAS estimated fire emissions with Spain reaching it's highest annual total of past 23 years (& Portugal's since 2017) @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int #IIFF
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóIf you can't trust official US data, you can't invest or list there. It's as stark as that. 🇺🇸
- ChatGTP updates starts to feel like an average iPhone update.
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóJust read @adambonica.bsky.social 's latest deep dive into the Democratic Party's campaign finance spamming. Wow! data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...
- Reposted by Javier Martínez-CantóUkraine’s top general, Valeriy Zaluzhny, just gave a hard-hitting interview, and it’s a wake-up call for the West. The war has changed. If NATO doesn’t adapt, Russia could grind on until 2034. Here’s what you need to know:
