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Guillermo Toral

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Assistant Professor of political science at IE University and Faculty Affiliate at MIT GOV/LAB. Previously faculty at Vanderbilt, staff at the World Bank. PhD from MIT. www.guillermotoral.com

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Congrats, @sarahbrierley.bsky.social ! 🎉

18.09.2025 09:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Excited that @epssnet.bsky.social promotes and supports the small but growing community of PE of development scholars in Europe!

One of the most exciting things about EPSS 2026 @ Belfast.

09.09.2025 10:43 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

📢 We're hiring! 3 lines in CP, IR, and IPE. Come join us in Madrid!

I'm not in the committee but more than happy to answer questions (via DM, email) and/or chat.

05.09.2025 15:02 👍 25 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
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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

04.09.2025 14:31 👍 116 🔁 8 💬 13 📌 3

As the academic year resumes, we are very excited to announce the two new hires who have recently joined the IE University political science faculty: Korhan Koçak and Sigrid Weber (@swebera.bsky.social)

Welcome both to @ieuniversity.bsky.social! 👇

02.09.2025 16:40 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 2

Join us tomorrow Wednesday June 25 at the EPSA Pre-Conference on Political Connections!

📍 UC3M (Puerta de Toledo Campus) — Rooms 0.A.05 and 0.A.06
🕘 9 AM — 6 PM

An exciting set of panels on topics including revolving doors, bureaucracy, courts, lobbying, legislatures, and more.

24.06.2025 20:49 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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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! 🧵

10.06.2025 07:23 👍 25 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1

We'll have 10 panels with 2 papers each, on topics including bureaucrats, legislatures, courts, revolving doors, lobbying, political selection, and government spending.

We'll cover lunch, coffee breaks, and a social event at the end of the day.

30.04.2025 06:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Check out the program of our EPSA Pre-Conference on Political Connections, to be held at @UC3M on June 25.

If you want to join, please fill in this short form: forms.gle/Ei5T4hHtWFFS...

30.04.2025 06:57 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
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Surprised and honored to be co-winner of the AJPS Best Article Award for my article on the benefits of patronage. @mpsa.bsky.social @ajpseditor.bsky.social

Thank you to the committee and the whole community that helped me produce that piece!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

08.04.2025 12:15 👍 32 🔁 1 💬 4 📌 0

Great RA opportunity with the amazing @stuarterussell.bsky.social ⬇️

24.01.2025 20:36 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Only 4 days left to submit papers for consideration for the LAPIS best paper award. Send us your LASA 2024 political institutions paper! @lapislasa.bsky.social @lasabluesky.bsky.social

Info + submissions here: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...

22.01.2025 14:17 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

We start the year by looking back at a productive 2024 for our 14-people team 💪🏼

Last year we got:

⁠⁠📰 21 peer reviewed articles, including 1 in APSR, 3 in AJPS, and 6 in JOP;

📕 1 book with OUP;

🏆 4 article, paper, or book awards;

📊 3 new external grants totaling €385k.

21.01.2025 15:31 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 2

Thank you Bhumi!

18.12.2024 14:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Muchas gracias Rodrigo!

18.12.2024 14:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you, Catherine!!

18.12.2024 14:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks a lot Volha!

18.12.2024 14:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
La Agencia Estatal de Investigación destina más de 120 Millones de euros para nuevos contratos Ramón y Cajal | Agencia Estatal de InvestigaciónBuscar La Agencia Estatal de Investigación ha publicado la primera Resolución de concesión de las Ayudas Ramón y Cajal 2023. Estas ayudas se conceden con el fin de promover la incorporación de personal investigador, español o extranjero, con una trayectoria destacada en centros de I+D españoles, con el fin de que adquieran las competencias y capacidades que les permitan obtener un puesto de carácter estable en un organismo de investigación del Sistema Español de Ciencia, Tecnología y de Innovación

🎉 It's official! Starting January 1 and for the next 5 years, I’ll be a Ramón y Cajal fellow at IE. Grateful to @cienciagob.bsky.social and my colleagues @ieuniversity.bsky.social for this opportunity to advance my research on governance, corruption, and civil servants
www.aei.gob.es/noticias/age...

16.12.2024 17:12 👍 29 🔁 4 💬 5 📌 1
A demonstrator in Brazil holding up a sign with military behind him.

A demonstrator in Brazil holding up a sign with military behind him.

Municipal level corruption weakens governance in #Brazil, but prosecutors are changing that. @guillermotoral.com's research reveals their role in battling corruption, improving hiring, & reducing political abuse.

🤔Learn how in our latest policy brief: bit.ly/3UV6SB0

18.11.2024 08:57 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Los gobiernos salientes que resultan de una derrota electoral alteran la burocracia y dañan la prestación de servicios públicos antes de abandonar el poder Por Guillermo Toral 2024 ha sido descrito por muchos (por ejemplo, la revista Time) como el mayor año electoral de la historia de la humanidad. Lo que define a las democracias no es tanto la celebrac...

Los gobiernos salientes que resultan de una derrota electoral alteran la burocracia y dañan la prestación de servicios públicos antes de abandonar el poder. Vía @nadaesgratis.bsky.social #Economía nadaesgratis.es/admin/los-go...

11.11.2024 06:28 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2

Amazing, congrats! 👏

19.10.2024 09:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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It's been quite the treat to spend the week visiting (and to present at) the Quality of Government Institute at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪. What a great group of scholars doing influential work on issues of governance, bureaucracies, and state capacity. Thank you for having me, QoG!

18.10.2024 16:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0