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María Ruiz

@ruizhdezmaria

Dr(c) Political Science at UAB at @dec-gr.bsky.social research group. Populism life transitions and emotions. https://sites.google.com/view/mariaruizhernandez/main

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Congratulations, Doctor 🥳 So well deserved ! What a wonderful defence!

27.02.2026 20:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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There is nothing here! Unequal access to services and rural resentment in Spain The rural-urban divide in political attitudes and behaviour has gained increasing attention in recent years. One of the key unresolved debates in this…

🎉 Really happy to see my first single-authored article published in @politicalgeography.bsky.social !

It analyses how inequalities in access to basic services (healthcare, education, roads, and internet coverage) affect levels of rural resentment

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

03.02.2026 11:16 👍 50 🔁 22 💬 4 📌 1

Enhorabuena 🥳✨súper interesante !!

03.02.2026 11:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Em va encantar escoltar-te ahir parlant d’un tema tan interessant i necessari ✨

03.02.2026 09:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🧭 in our #NewIssue (30.3)
The study by @galais.bsky.social & @ruizhdezmaria.bsky.social reveals that sadness can reduce support for far-right parties in Spain, whereas anger—the most studied emotion—shows only a limited reinforcing effect

🔓 Read the article
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

21.01.2026 15:58 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Sadly, my research stay at the @socfub.bsky.social, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social has come to an end

Very grateful to prof. @bcastanho.bsky.social for hosting me and to @vivifabrien.bsky.social and @francescafeo.bsky.social for making this such a special experience.

Hope to be back soon ✨

13.01.2026 10:31 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Very delighted to have presented my paper “When Work Fails Men: Labour Market Insecurity and Populist Attitudes in Spain” today at the @socfub.bsky.social Coffee and Talks seminars.

Also to enjoy beautiful sunsets from my temporary office here.

Thank you all for your feedback and comments!

17.12.2025 15:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Enhorabuena, Alejandro! Nos vemos pronto!

01.12.2025 13:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Paternity Leave and the Motherhood Penalty: How Within‐Couple Inequality–Conditions Policy Impact Motherhood-related labour market penalties remain a major driver of the gender employment gap. Father-specific paternity leave is often promoted as a policy tool to support maternal employment, yet e...

🆕📢 New publication alert! Our article is now out in Social Policy & Administration.
W/Dani M. Marinova

🌐Paternity leave, motherhood penalty and Spanish reform
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

24.11.2025 10:54 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 3
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We are pleased to announce that the Call for Abstracts for the 3rd Early Career Workshop on Comparative Social and Public Policy (COSPPO) is now open. It will take place on 23–24 April 2026 at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and is organised by @igopbcn.bsky.social

Form: acortar.link/6A6JjZ

30.10.2025 07:18 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

A must-read piece, especially for us early-career researchers.

14.10.2025 11:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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✨ Delighted to begin my visiting research stay at the @socfub.bsky.social, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social.

Deeply grateful to Prof. @bcastanho.bsky.social for hosting me.

Looking forward to advancing,and hopefully completing my thesis here. Also for discussions and collaborations.

09.10.2025 13:38 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

Otra razón más para celebrar el honor y privilegio de contar con @ehernandez.bsky.social como co-supervisor de mi tesis.

¡Enhorabuena, Quique! 🥳

02.10.2025 11:49 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

See you there!! ✨

02.10.2025 11:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🚨Fantastic opportunity! @galais.bsky.social and @mguinjoan.bsky.social are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher. Also a great chance to work at @dec-gr.bsky.social 🥳

All the info here:

02.10.2025 08:47 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
e-TAULER - Consorci Administració Oberta de Catalunya e-TAULER - Consorci Administració Oberta de Catalunya

📢 Convocatòria oberta! Busquem un Tècnic especialista de Suport a la Recerca per al projecte europeu TaCT-FoRSED, finançat per
@EU_H2020
, sobre conspiracions i democràcia.

ℹ️ Informació: tauler.seu-e.cat/detall?idEns...
🔗 Sol·licituds: seleccio.uab.cat

30.09.2025 20:50 👍 4 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1

🚨 The Spanish Political Attitudes Panel (POLAT) is now released!

A unique resource to explore political attitudes in Spain.

As the core of my thesis honestly, I couldn’t recommend it enough!

29.09.2025 17:38 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

📢 Amazing news: now our article in @sespjournal.bsky.social is free to access for a limited time — don’t miss it!

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

26.09.2025 14:35 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Admirado tú! Muchas gracias ✨🫶🏻

21.09.2025 11:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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La tristeza como valor democrático contra la ultraderecha Frente a la ira, el recurso principal en la evolución de Vox, la tristeza desactiva el impulso de castigo. Las autoras del estudio también sostienen que se ha sobreestimado el papel ‘revolucionario’ d...

A raíz de nuestro paper en @sespjournal.bsky.social con @galais.bsky.social escribimos en @ctxt.es sobre el inesperado efecto de la tristeza en el voto a la ultraderecha y sobre el papel no tan movilizador de otras emociones.

ctxt.es/es/20250901/...

20.09.2025 10:03 👍 16 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0

This article is a must-read to understand what is happening with the far-right. Very interesting!

19.09.2025 12:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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Back from @psaepop.bsky.social at @universityofexeter.bsky.social still buzzing⚡️

Got the chance to present my work on moving out and populist attitudes, and learned so much from inspiring research.

Wonderful people and discussions, such a boost to start my last PhD year in my second home 🇬🇧

08.09.2025 10:48 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

And finally, a special thanks to my supervisor @galais.bsky.social for her guidance and support throughout this project 💙

02.09.2025 10:41 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Beyond anger and fear: the demobilizing role of sadness in far-right voting in Spain This study investigates emotional dynamics behind support for Vox in Spain, offering a case study of far-right support. It addresses prior research’s narrow focus on anger and fear, and its tendenc...

Therefore, our results nuance the conventional view of emotions in far-right voting.

Long term analysis are important as well as taking into account all the emotions. Sadness matters!

Full article here : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

02.09.2025 10:36 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
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Using 4-wave POLAT panel (2020-2023), we examine how emotions tied to the “Most Important problem” (MIP) shape far-right support.

Our Main findings :

🔥Anger has a limited reinforcing effect.

😭Sadness reduces the vote to far-right parties over time.

02.09.2025 10:32 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Anger has long been the main emotion studied in relation to the far-right, especially in the short term.

But what about sadness? Can also influence?

02.09.2025 10:27 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Beyond anger and fear: the demobilizing role of sadness in far-right voting in Spain This study investigates emotional dynamics behind support for Vox in Spain, offering a case study of far-right support. It addresses prior research’s narrow focus on anger and fear, and its tendenc...

🚨My first published article together with @galais.bsky.social is out:

“Beyond fear and anger: the demobilizing role of sadness in far right voting in Spain”

In this article we address the emotional dynamics behind support for Vox in Spain.

🧵What do we find?

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

02.09.2025 10:25 👍 39 🔁 19 💬 2 📌 1

Allí nos vemos! Buen viaje!

02.09.2025 07:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thrilled to take part in @psaepop.bsky.social #EPOP2025 from Thursday to Saturday in @universityofexeter.bsky.social

I will present my paper “Navigating Uncertainty: The Impact of Moving Out on Populist Attitudes”

I look forward to the debates, discussions and presentations.

See you there!

01.09.2025 09:19 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0