CURRICULUM VITAE LAURA MORALES
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Laura MORALES Date and place of birth: Dec./5/1973, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain)
CONTACT INFORMATION
Prof Laura Morales Sciences Po E-mail: [email protected] Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée Tel (office): (+33) (0) 145 49 56 21 Office A204 28 Rue des Saints-Pères 75007 Paris, France
SOCIAL MEDIA AND ONLINE PRESENCE DETAILS
Twitter: @lauramdu (approx. 1,240 followers)
Web: https://sciences-po.academia.edu/LauraMorales (top 3% in Academia.edu by page views)
ORCID number: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6688-6508
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=hSwX2p4AAAAJ&hl=en
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EDUCATION
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Department of Political Science Ph.D. in Political Science, 14 May 2004 (Magna cum Laude and Honourable Mention of “European Doctor”). Dissertation title: Institutions, Mobilisation and Political Participation: Political Membership in Western Countries. Supervisor: Prof. José Ramón Montero (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid & Juan March Institute). Examining committee: Prof. Eva Anduiza (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona), Prof. Joan Font (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona), Prof. Hanspeter Kriesi (University of Zurich), Prof. José María Maravall (Universidad Complutense de Madrid & Juan March Institute), Prof. Mariano Torcal (Universidad Pompeu Fabra). Dissertation awarded two prizes (see section on Awards).
London School of Economics and Political Science, Methodology Institute (United Kingdom) MSc in Social Research Methods (Statistics), September 2000 (with Distinction).
Center for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Juan March Institute (Madrid, Spain). MA in Social Sciences, September 1998 (only pass/fail system, not graded). Courses in Political Sociology, Political Science, Political Economy, and Research Methods by Spanish and International scholars such as Prof. José María Maravall (Univ. Complutense), Prof. Vincent Wright (Univ. Oxford), Prof. José Ramón Montero (Univ. Autónoma de Madrid), Prof. Nikiforos Diamandouros (Univ. Athens), Prof. Gøsta Esping-Andersen (Univ. Pompeu Fabra), Prof. Adam Przeworski (NYU), Prof. Steven Rosenstone (Univ. Minnesota), Prof. Guillermo O’Donnell (Univ. Notre Dame), and Prof.
1 Wolfgang Merkel (Univ. Heidelberg).
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology 5-years BA Degree in Political Science and Sociology, June 1996 (with Merits+: 2.97 grade in scale 0-4), major in Political Science and Government, minor in Political Sociology.
EMPLOYMENT
Academic Positions
Sciences Po (France), 1st October 2017 - Currently. Full Professor /Professeure in Political Science, Centre d'Études européennes and Department of Political Science. University of Leicester (UK), 1st April 2014 – 30th September 2017. Professor (Personal Chair/Full Professor) in Comparative Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations.
University of Leicester (UK), 16th May 2011 – 31st March 2014. Reader in Comparative Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations.
University of Manchester (UK), September 2007-15th May 2011. Research Fellow (grade 7 of the research track, equivalent to Lecturer B in the British teaching track), Institute for Social Change. Affiliated with Politics for Research Evaluation purposes.
University of Murcia (Spain), 2003- August 2007. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), 2003. Assistant Lecturer, Department of Sociology IV-Methods of Research and Communication Theory.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), 2001-2003. Associate Lecturer, Department of Political Science and International Relations.
University of Essex (United Kingdom), 6-17 August 2001. Teaching Fellow, Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, course Multivariate Statistics Applied to Politics.
Other Academic Appointments
Sciences Po Grenoble Visiting Professor, IEP, Sciences Po, Grenoble, 20 October-20 December 2014.
Harvard-Manchester Exchange Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, Harvard University, 15 October-30 November 2009.
Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, Columbia University, April 2006-March 2007.
Visiting researcher at the Amsterdam School for Social Research of the University of Amsterdam, carrying out doctoral research with a Huygens scholarship, September 2000-February 2001.
Visiting researcher at the European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences (ECASS) of the University of Essex with a grant from the EU Commission’s Training and Mobility of Researchers (TMR) Programme, to carry out research on The Gender Gap in Electoral Behaviour in Europe, 5 July-20 August 1999.
Visiting researcher at the Centre d’études de la vie politique française (CEVIPOF), Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris, March 1999.
2 Visiting researcher at the Department of Political Science and Sociology of the University of Florence carrying out doctoral research, October 1998-June 1999.
Visiting researcher at the European Centre for Analysis in the Social Sciences (ECASS) of the University of Essex with a grant from the EU Commission’s Training and Mobility of Researchers (TMR) Programme, to carry out research on The Gender Gap in Electoral Behaviour. The European Elections of 1989 and 1994, 19 July – 18 August 1997.
Policy Advisory and Consultancy Appointments
Expert on contract for ‘Providing advice on the methodologies for designing, implementing and monitoring a survey of asylum seekers’, European Asylum Support Office, January-February 2016.
Expert for the Expert Group on ‘Trust at Risk’, European Commission DG Research and Innovation, September 2014-May 2015.
Expert advisor for the EU-MIDIS II survey of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency, January 2015.
Expert on migrants’ civic engagement for the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Organisation for the Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), September-November 2009. Speaker and rapporteur for the Forum for the Future of Democracy, Council of Europe, Sweden, June 2007.
Consultant, RISC International (Paris), report on social trends in Spain 2002.
Country expert, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, coding of Spanish electoral party manifestos for the 1996 and 2000 general elections (Comparative Manifestos Project).
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2014 Sciences Po Grenoble Visiting Professorship Award, granted for a research visit of 2 months at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, 20 October-20 December. 2009 Harvard-Manchester Exchange Programme Fellowship granted for a research visit of 6 weeks at Harvard University, 15 October-30 November. 2009 British Political Studies Association Overseas Travel Grant to attend the IPSA World Congress in Santiago de Chile (£ 750). 2009 British Academy Overseas Conference Grant to attend the IPSA World Congress in Santiago de Chile (£ 700). 2006 Fulbright/MEC postdoctoral fellowship, granted by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science and the Fulbright Commission, Department of Political Science, Columbia University, April 2006-March 2007. 2005 European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Ph.D. Thesis Prize to the best doctoral dissertation in the field of Political Science awarded in 2004 in any full ECPR member institution (more than 300 in Europe). 2005 Spanish Political Science Association (AECPA) Ph.D. dissertation award to the best thesis in the field of Political Science awarded in 2004 in any Spanish university. 2000 Huygens scholarship granted by the Dutch Government for a research stay in the Netherlands, 2000-2001.
Postgraduate scholarship granted by The British Council and La Caixa for the completion of an MSc in Social Research Methods at the LSE in the United Kingdom, 1999-2000. Postgraduate scholarship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences (CEACS), Juan
3 March Institute, October 1996-September 1999, and October 2000-September 2001. Research Scholarship in the Department of Sociology I -Social Change, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, October 1995- September1996.
RESEARCH SUBFIELDS AND INTERESTS
Comparative politics: Political institutions, governmental responsiveness and public opinion Comparative political behaviour and political organisations (both cross-national and focusing on the Spanish case): Associational involvement, social capital, and political participation Electoral behaviour Social movements Political parties The gender gap in political behaviour Migrant/Ethnic studies (both comparative and focusing on the Spanish case): Local policies on migration/ethnic issues Local democracy and political participation of migrant/ethnic minorities Organisational networks and social capital of migrant/ethnic minorities Survey design and methods
4 PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH
Books and Special Issues of Journals
2017 (forthcoming) L. Morales & T. Saalfeld (Eds), Pathways to Power: The Political Representation of Citizens of Immigrant Origin in Europe. [Edited volume, consisting of 15 chapters resulting from the Pathways project, pre-contract signed with Oxford University Press in October 2016. Expected completion, Spring 2017.]
2017 (forthcoming) L. Morales, T. Saalfeld & M. Sobolewska (Eds), Understanding the Patterns of Political Representation of Citizens of Immigrant Origin in Europe. [Edited volume, consisting of 12 chapters resulting from the Pathways project, pre-contract signed with Oxford University Press alongside the one above in October 2016. Expected completion, Autumn-Winter 2017.]
2013 L. Morales (Guest Editor), ‘Assessing the Effects of Immigration and Diversity in Europe', Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, vol. 23(3).
2011 L. Morales & M. Giugni (Eds.), Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe. Making Multicultural Democracy Work? Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. See: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=392062
2010 M. Wolf, L. Morales & K. Ikeda, (Eds.), Political Discussion in Modern Democracies in a Comparative Perspective. London: Routledge. See: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415548458/
2009 L. Morales. Joining Political Organisations. Institutions, Mobilisation and Participation in Western Democracies. Colchester: ECPR Press. See: http://www.ecprnet.eu/ecprpress/book_details.asp?bookTitleID=13
Journal articles
2017 L. Bernardi, L. Morales, M. Lühiste & D. Bischof, 'The Effects of the Fukushima Disaster on Nuclear Energy Debates and Policies: A Two-Step Comparative Examination', Environmental Politics, online advance publication, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2017.1383007
2017 D. Ruedin & L. Morales, 'Estimating Party Positions on Immigration. Assessing the Reliability and Validity of Different Methods', Party Politics, online advance publication, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354068817713122
2017 D. Reichel & L. Morales, 'Surveying Immigrants without Sampling Frames – Evaluating the Success of Alternative Field Methods', Comparative Migration Studies, 5(1), Open Access Online Journal (no paging), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40878-016-0044-9
2016 K. Pilati & L. Morales, ‘Ethnic and immigrant politics vs mainstream politics: the role of ethnic organizations in shaping the political participation of immigrant-origin individuals in Europe’, Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 39(15): 2796-2817; http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1080/01419870.2016.1181270 [Number 2 journal in Human Migration and top-20 journal in Sociology by h-index, according to Google Scholar metrics; 2014 Impact Factor: 0.956 / 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.499].
2016 R. Gomez, L. Morales and L. Ramiro, “Varieties of Radicalism. Examining the Diversity of Radical Left Parties and Voters in Western Europe”, West European Politics, vol. 39(2): 351-379;; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2015.1064245 [Top-10 journal in Political Science by h-index,
5 according to Google Scholar metrics; 2014 Impact Factor: 1.576 / 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.692]
2015 L. Morales, J.B. Pilet and D. Ruedin, ‘The gap between public preferences and policies on immigration: A comparative examination of the effect of politicisation on policy congruence’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 41(9): 1495-1516. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2015.1021598 [Article included in the special issue ‘The Public and the Politics of Immigration Control’, edited by Chris Gilligan. (Number 1 journal in Human Migration and top-15 journal in Sociology by h-index, according to Google Scholar metrics; 2014 Impact Factor: 1.228 / 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.593)].
2015 L. Morales, S. Pardos-Prado & V. Ros, ‘Issue emergence and the dynamics of electoral competition around immigration in Spain’, Acta Politica, vol. 50(4) 461-485. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/ap.2014.33 [Article included in the special issue Immigration into the Mainstream: Conflicting Ideological Streams, Strategic Reasoning and Party Competition, edited by Pontus Odmalm and Tim Bale. (2014 Impact Factor: 1.025 / 5-Year Impact Factor: 1.269)].
2013 L. Morales & A. Echazarra, ‘Will we all hunker down? The impact of immigration and diversity on local communities in Spain’, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, vol. 23(3): 343-366. [Article included in a special issue on “Assessing the Effects of Immigration and Diversity in Europe”, of which I was the guest-editor]
2013 L. Morales, ‘Assessing the Effects of Immigration and Diversity in Europe. Introduction to the Special Issue’, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, vol. 23(3): 241-254.
2013 A. González & L. Morales, ‘Do citizenship regimes shape political incorporation? Evidence from four European cities’. European Political Science (EPS), special issue (Symposium) on Immigrant Incorporation in Urban Politics [edited by K. Schönwälder (Max Planck Institute) and Irene Bloemraad (UC Berkeley)], 12, 455-466 (December 2013).
2013 L. Morales & K. Pilati, ‘The political transnationalism of Ecuadorians in Barcelona, Madrid and Milan: The role of individual resources, organizational engagement, and the mobilization context.’ Global Networks, vol. 14(1), 80-102, 2014; electronic version available since 12 February 2013 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/glob.12018). [1st quartile journal in the Social Sciences Citation Index for Anthropology & 2nd quartile for Sociology]
2013 L. Ramiro & L. Morales, “Examining the 'demand' side of the market for political activism. Party and civil society grassroots activists in Spain”. Party Politics, vol. 20(4), 506-520, 2014; electronic version available since 9 April 2012 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354068811436057). [2nd quartile of the Social Sciences Citation Index for Political Science]
2011 L. Morales & L. Ramiro, “Gaining Political Capital through Social Capital. Inclusion in Policy Making and Network Embeddedness of Immigrants’ Associations in Spain”, Mobilization, vol 16(2), June 2011: 147-164. [2nd quartile in the Social Sciences Citation Index for Sociology]
2002 L. Morales, “Associational Membership and Social Capital in Comparative Perspective: A Note on the Problems of Measurement”, Politics & Society, vol. 30 (3), 2002: 497-523. [Top 20 in the Social Sciences Citation Index for Politics]
2000 L. Morales, “Political Participation: Exploring the Gender Gap in Spain”, South European Society & Politics, Special Issue on “Understanding Gender Inequalities in Southern Europe” no.4 (1), 2000: 223-247. [Included in the Social Sciences Citation Index]
Journal articles submitted and under review
K. Pilati, G. Myrberg, L. Morales & N. Eggert, ‘Service-delivery and political organizations. Assessing migrants’ engagement in voluntary organizations across European cities’ [Article submitted to International
6 Political Sociology, under peer review]
Chapters in books
2017 K. Pilati & L. Morales, 'Civic and political engagement by immigrant-background minorities in old and new destination European cities', in S. Chambers, D. Evans, A. Messina A. Fisher Williamson (eds.), Transatlantic Perspectives on New Immigrant Destinations, Philadelphia: Temple University Press (forthcoming, in press).
2017 P. Castelli-Gattinara & L. Morales, ‘The politicization and securitization of migration in Western Europe: Public opinion, political parties and the immigration issue’ in P. Bourbeau (ed.), Handbook on Migration and Security, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Press.
2015 V. Ros & L. Morales, ‘The politicization of immigration in Spain’ in W. van der Broug, G. D’Amato, J. Berkhout and D. Ruedin (eds.), The politicisation of immigration, London: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138852792/
2013 L. Morales & V. Ros, ‘Comparing the response rates of autochthonous and migrant populations in nominal sampling surveys: the LOCALMULTIDEM study in Madrid’ in J. Font and M. Méndez (eds.), Surveying ethnic minorities and immigrant populations: methodological challenges and research strategies, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press/IMISCOE series.
2011 L. Morales & M. Giugni, ‘Political Opportunities, Social Capital, and the Political Inclusion of Immigrants in European Cities’ in L. Morales & M. Giugni (eds.), Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe. Making Multicultural Democracy Work?, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
2011 L. Morales, ‘Conceptualising and Measuring Migrants’ Political Inclusion’, in L. Morales & M. Giugni (eds.), Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe. Making Multicultural Democracy Work?, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
2011 L. Morales & K. Pilati ‘The role of social capital in migrants’ engagement in local politics in European cities”, in L. Morales & M. Giugni (eds.), Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe. Making Multicultural Democracy Work?, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
2011 L. Morales & M. Morariu ‘Is ‘home’ a distraction? The role of migrants’ transnational practices in their political integration to host politics’, in L. Morales & M. Giugni (eds.), Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe. Making Multicultural Democracy Work?, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
2011 M. Giugni & L. Morales, ‘Conclusion. Towards an integrated approach to the political inclusion of migrants’, in L. Morales & M. Giugni (eds.), Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe. Making Multicultural Democracy Work?, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
2010 L. Morales, ‘Getting a Single Message? The Impact of Homogeneous Political Communication Contexts in Spain in a Comparative Perspective’, in Michael Wolf, Laura Morales, & Ken’ichi Ikeda (eds.), Political Discussion in Modern Democracies in a Comparative Perspective, London: Routledge, 2010.
2010 K. Ikeda & L. Morales, ‘Conclusion. Assessing the Role of Political Discussion in Democratic Politics in Comparative Perspective.’, in Michael Wolf, Laura Morales, & Ken’ichi Ikeda (eds.), Political Discussion in Modern Democracies in a Comparative Perspective, London: Routledge , 2010.
2010 L. Ramiro & L. Morales, ‘Spanish Parties and Democracy: Weak Party-Society Linkage and Intense
7 Party-State Symbiosis’, in K. Lawson (ed.) Political Parties and Democracy [Five Volumes], Westport: Praeger/Greenwood Publishing Group, 2010.
2010 L. Morales & L. Jorba, ‘The Transnational Practices of Immigrants’ Associations in Spain’, in R. Bauböck & T. Faist (eds.) Diaspora and Transnationalism: Concepts, Theories and Methods, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2010.
2007 L. Ramiro & L. Morales, “European Integration and Spanish Parties: Elite Empowerment amidst Limited Adaptation”, in Thomas Poguntke, Nicholas Aylott, Elisabeth Carter, Robert Ladrech and Richard Luther (eds.), The Europeanization of National Political Parties: Power and Organizational Adaptation, London: Routledge, 2007.
2007 N. Aylott, L. Morales & L. Ramiro “Some Things Change, a Lot Stays the Same. Comparing the Country Studies”, in Thomas Poguntke, Nicholas Aylott, Elisabeth Carter, Robert Ladrech and Richard Luther (eds.), The Europeanization of National Political Parties: Power and Organizational Adaptation, London: Routledge, 2007.
2007 Simone Baglioni, Bas Denters, L. Morales & Angelika Vetter, “City Size and the Nature of Associational Ecologies” in Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies: A Comparative Analysis. William A. Maloney y S Roßteutscher (eds.). London: Routledge, 2007.
2007 Hanspeter Kriesi, L. Morales & Melanie Walters “The Political and cultural context of associational life” in Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies: A Comparative Analysis. William A. Maloney and S Roßteutscher (eds.). London: Routledge, 2007.
2007 L. Morales & Peter Geurts “Associational Involvement” in Citizenship and Involvement in European Democracies: A Comparative Analysis. van Deth, Jan W., José Ramón Montero, and Anders Westholm (eds). London: Routledge, 2007. 2005 C. Valiente, L. Ramiro & L. Morales “Spain” (with), in Yvonne Galligan and Manon Tremblay (eds.), Sharing Power: Women, Parliament and Democracy. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005.
2004 L. Ramiro & L. Morales, “Latecomers but ‘Early-Adapters’. The Adaptation and Response of Spanish Parties to Social Changes”, in Kay Lawson and Thomas Poguntke (eds.), How Parties Respond to Voters. Interest Aggregation Revisited. London: Routledge, 2004: 198-226.
2000 L. Morales, “Political Participation: Exploring the Gender Gap in Spain”, in Gender Inequalities in Southern Europe. Women, Work and Welfare in the 1990s, María José González, Teresa Jurado and Manuela Naldini (eds.), London: Frank Cass, 2000: 223-247.
Working papers L. Morales, “Attitudes, Resources, Opportunities, and Mobilisation: A Multilevel Model of Political Membership” Working Papers Online Series nº 40, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2005. Available at: http://www.uam.es/centros/derecho/cpolitica/investigación/papers/40_2005.pdf
L. Morales, “Ever less engaged citizens? Associational membership and political participation in Spain”, Working Paper nº 220, ICPS, 2003. http://www.icps.es/archivos/WorkingPapers/wp220.pdf
L. Morales, “Citizens in Polities: the Individual and Contextual Determinants of Political Membership in Western Countries”, Estudios/Working Papers nº 2001/164. (Madrid: Instituto Juan March de Estudios e Investigaciones, February 2001).
Book reviews
Review of Eva Anduiza’s, ¿Individuos o sistemas? Las razones de la abstención en Europa Occidental, International Sociology, 16 (3), 2001. [Included in the Social Sciences Citation Index]
8 MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS
L. Morales, N. Eggert, K. Pilati & G. Myrberg, ‘Ethnicity, socialization, policy preferences or social structure? Disentangling and comparing the sources of migrants’ political preferences across Europe’. [Article to be submitted to the Journal of Politics.]
L. Morales, ‘Studying governmental responsiveness between elections. A proposal to tackle the conceptual and analytical challenges’ [Article to be submitted to the Journal of Politics.]
L. Morales, D. Bischof, L. Bernardi and M. Lühiste, ‘External shocks and governmental responsiveness to public opinion. A case study of nuclear energy policy after the Fukushima disaster’ [Article to be submitted to the British Journal of Political Science.]
D. Ruedin, L. Morales and J-B. Pilet, ‘Immigration in the Party Political Agenda: A Comparative Analysis of Party Manifestos in Six European Countries’ [Article to be submitted to the European Journal of Political Research.]
L. Parks, L. Bernardi and L. Morales, ‘Is online protest effective? The impact of offline and online protest against ACTA’ [Article to be submitted to Comparative Political Studies.]
L. Ramiro, L. Morales & M. Jiménez-Buedo. ‘Assessing the electoral payoffs of partisan mobilization. A field experimental study of the 2011 Spanish local elections’. [Article to be submitted to the journal Party Politics.]
A. Chadaury, A. González & L. Morales, ‘Does the citizenship model matter? The electoral participation of immigrants and their children in local and national elections in Europe’ [Article to be submitted to the European Journal of Political Research]
L. Morales, S. Pérez-Nievas and Daniela C. Vintila, ‘Residential concentration, ethnicity, political opportunities and the representation of immigrant-origin minorities”. [Draft in progress for submission to Ethnic and Racial Studies.]
L. Morales & L. Ramiro, ‘Mobilizing the Vote: Comparing the Effectiveness of Partisan and Non-Partisan Get Out the Vote Campaigns in Spain’. [Article to be submitted to the American Journal of Political Science]
L. Morales, V. Ros, L. Chaqués, A. Palau & J.M. Pavía, ‘Leading or following? The dynamics between the political elites and public opinion in the emergence of the immigration issue in Spain’ [Article to be submitted to Political Studies]
L. Morales, H-P. Kriesi, E. Bonet and S. Keil, ‘Unravelling the political mobilization effects of voluntary associations. A comparison of Germany, Spain and Switzerland’. [Draft in progress for submission to the European Political Science Review.]
PUBLICATIONS IN SPANISH OR OTHER LANGUAGES
Books
2014 S. Pérez-Nievas, D. Vintila, M. Paradés & L. Morales, La representación política de los inmigrantes en elecciones municipales. Un análisis empírico, (The political representation of immigrants in local elections. An empirical analysis), Madrid: CIS. [Available at: http://libreria.cis.es/libros/la- representacion-politica-de-los-inmigrantes-en-elecciones-municipales/9788474766363/]
2009 E. Anduiza, A. González, L. Jorba, J. San Martín & L. Morales, Actituds, comportament polític i
9 xarxes organitzatives dels immigrants a la ciutat de Barcelona, (Attitudes, political behaviour and organisational networks of immigrants in the city of Barcelona, published in Catalan), Barcelona: Fundación Jaume Bofill.
2006 L. Morales Instituciones, movilización y participación política. El asociacionismo político en las democracias occidentales. (Institutions, Mobilisation, and Political Participation: Political Membership in Western Democracies) Madrid: CEPC, 2006.
2005 Mariano Torcal, L. Morales, and Santiago Pérez-Nievas (eds.) España: sociedad y política en perspectiva comparada. Un análisis de la primera ola de la Encuesta Social Europea. (Spain: Society and Politics in Comparative Perspective. An Analysis of the First Round of the European Social Survey). Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch.
Journal articles
2012 A. Echazarra & L. Morales “El efecto de la diversidad en la cultura cívica en España a examen” (An Assessment of the Effect of Diversity on Civic Culture in Spain), Revista Española de Sociología, vol. 17: 133-149.
2010 L. Morales, A. González & L. Jorba “Políticas Locais e Associativismo Imigrante em Espanha”, Migrações- Revista do Observatório da Imigração, vol. 6, special issue on Immigrant Associations, April, http://www.oi.acidi.gov.pt/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=104 [Translation of a book chapter published previously in Spanish, see below].
2010 C. Riba, M. Torcal & L. Morales, “Estrategias para aumentar la tasa de respuesta y sus resultados en la Encuesta Social Europea en España” (Strategies to increase the response rate and its results in the European Social Survey in Spain), Revista Internacional de Sociología, vol. 68(3). [Included in the Social Sciences Citation Index]
2008 L. Morales, E. Anduiza, E. Rodríguez & J. San Martín “Capital social, pautas identitarias y actitudes hacia ‘los otros’: la incorporación cívica de la población de origen inmigrante en Barcelona y Madrid” (Social capital, identity patterns and attitudes towards ‘the other’: the civic incorporation of migrant populations in Barcelona and Madrid), Panorama Social, vol. 8: 119-142
2006 L. Morales & A. González, “Las asociaciones de inmigrantes en Madrid. Una nota de investigación sobre su grado de integración política” (The associations of immigrants in Madrid. A research note on their degree of political integration), Revista Española del Tercer Sector, nº 4 (October- December): 99-144.
2005 L. Morales, “¿Existe una crisis participativa? La evolución de la participación política y el asociacionismo en España” (Is there a participatory crisis? The evolution of political participation and associational membership in Spain), Revista Española de Ciencia Política, nº 13, October: 51- 87.
2004 M. Méndez, L. Ramiro & L. Morales, “Los afiliados y su papel en los partidos politicos” (Members and their role in political parties), Zona Abierta no. 108-109: 153-207.
2004 L. Morales, “El asociacionismo político en Europa. Recursos, situación socioeconómica e integración en la comunidad como factores de desigualdad política” (Political membership in Europe. Resources, SES and community integration as factors of political inequality), Zona Abierta no. 106-107: 7-63.
2003 C. Valiente, L. Ramiro & L. Morales, “Mujeres en el Parlamento: un análisis de las desigualdades de género en el Congreso de los Diputados” (Women in Parliament: An Analysis of Gender Inequalities in the Spanish Parliament), Revista de Estudios Políticos, nº 121, July-September: 133- 162.
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2001 L. Morales, “Participación política y pertenencia a grupos políticos: los límites de las explicaciones individuales y la necesidad de considerar el contexto político” (“Political Participation and Membership of Political Groups: the Limitations of Individual Explanations and the Need to Consider the Political Context”), Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, no. 94, 2001: 153-184. [Included in the Social Sciences Citation Index]
2000 L. Morales, “El efecto de la no respuesta parcial en el análisis de datos de encuesta: una comparación entre la eliminación de observaciones incompletas y la imputación múltiple” (“The Impact of Item Non-Response on the Analysis of Survey Data: a Comparison Between Listwise Deletion and Multiple Imputation”), Metodología de Encuestas, no. 2 (2), 2000: 217-238.
Chapters in books
2015 L. Morales & A. Echazarra “Participación de los inmigrantes” (The political participation of immigrants) in Anuario Social 2015, pp. 243-250, Madrid: CIS. [Book awarded the 2015 Spanish National Award of University Presses in the category 'Best Monograph in the Legal and Social Sciences'.]
2010 L. Morales, E. Anduiza, E. Rodríguez & J. San Martín “La participación política de los inmigrantes en Barcelona y Madrid: comportamiento electoral y acción política” (The political participation of immigrants in Barcelona and Madrid: electoral behaviour and political action) in David Moya & Alba Viñas (eds.) Sufragio y participación política de los extranjeros extracomunitarios en Europa, Barcelona: Fundació Carles Pi i Sunyer.
2010 L. Morales, A. González & L. Jorba, “Políticas de incorporación y asociacionismo de la población de origen inmigrante a nivel local” (Local policies of incorporation and associational engagement for the immigrant population), in Ricard Zapata-Barrero (ed.), Políticas de gobernabilidad de la inmigración en España, Barcelona: Ariel, 2009. [Translated into Portuguese as: “Políticas Locais e Associativismo Imigrante em Espanha” Migrações- Revista do Observatório da Imigração, vol. 6, special issue on Immigrant Associations, April 2010]
2007 L. Morales & F. Mota “El asociacionismo en España” (Associational involvement in Spain) in Joan Font, José Ramón Montero & Mariano Torcal (Eds.), Ciudadanos, asociaciones y participación en España. Madrid: CIS-S.XXI.
2007 L. Morales, F. Mota & S. Pérez-Nievas, “La participación en asociaciones: factores individuales” (Participation in associations: individual determinants) in Joan Font, José Ramón Montero & Mariano Torcal (Eds.), Ciudadanos, asociaciones y participación en España. Madrid: CIS-S.XXI.
2007 E. Anduiza, E. Bonet & L. Morales, “La participación en las asociaciones: niveles, perfiles y efectos” (Participation in associations: levels, profiles and effects) in Joan Font, José Ramón Montero & Mariano Torcal (Eds.), Ciudadanos, asociaciones y participación en España. Madrid: CIS-S.XXI.
2007 L. Morales, “Comportamiento electoral y género: España en perspectiva comparada” (Electoral behaviour and the gender gap: Spain in comparative perspective) in Isabel Diz & Marta Lois (eds.), Mujeres, instituciones y política, 47-77. Barcelona: Edicions Bellaterra.
2005 L. Morales, “Introducción a la segunda parte” (Introduction to the 2nd part) in Mariano Torcal, Laura Morales & Santiago Pérez-Nievas (Eds.), España: sociedad y política en perspectiva comparada. Un análisis de la primera ola de la Encuesta Social Europea, 217-220. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch.
2005 L. Morales, “La participación en asociaciones” (Participation in Associations) in Mariano Torcal, Laura Morales and Santiago Pérez-Nievas (Eds.), España: sociedad y política en perspectiva
11 comparada. Un análisis de la primera ola de la Encuesta Social Europea, 237-257. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch.
2005 L. Morales, “Apéndice 3: Cómo descargar los datos de la Encuesta Social Europea, 2002-2003” (Appendix 3: How to download the data from the European Social Survey) in Mariano Torcal, Laura Morales and Santiago Pérez-Nievas (Eds.), España: sociedad y política en perspectiva comparada. Un análisis de la primera ola de la Encuesta Social Europea, 427-440. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch.
1999 L. Morales, “Participación política en España: un análisis de las diferencias de género” (“Political Participation in Spain: an analysis of gender differences”) in Margarita Ortega, Cristina Sánchez and Celia Valiente (Eds.), Género y ciudadanía. Revisiones desde el ámbito privado, 423-448. Madrid: Ediciones de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Working papers & think-tank pamphlets
L. Morales & V. Ros, “La politización de la inmigración en España en perspectiva comparada” (The politicization of immigration in Spain in comparative perspective), Documentos CIDOB Migraciones, vol. 25, CIDOB, 2012. Available at: http://www.cidob.org/ca/publicacions/documentos/migracions/la_politizacion_de_la_inmigracion_en_espan a_en_perspectiva_comparada
L. Morales, E. Anduiza & E. Bonet “Los activistas en España” (“Activists in Spain”), Working Papers Online Series nº 37, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2004. Available at: http://www.uam.es/centros/derecho/cpolitica/investigación/papers/37_2004.pdf
Translations
Translation into Spanish of chapters 21-24 of the book by John J. Macionis and Ken Plummer, Sociology (Prentice Hall, 1998).
Book reviews
Review of Arend Lijphart’s, Patterns of Democracy. Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries, Revista de Estudios Políticos 109, 2000, pp. 374-379.
12 RESEARCH GRANTS
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND OTHER GRANTS FUNDED (as the Principal Investigator or co-PI)
As Principal Investigator
COST Action "International Ethnic and Immigrant Minorities' Survey Data Network" (ETHMIGSURVEYDATA), grant CA16111, funded by the COST Association and Horizon 2020. I am the international PI of this award, due to start in May 2017 for a period of 4 years (2017-2021). The total final budget depends on the number of countries that enter the grant agreement. By 1 October 2017, 34 countries had signed the agreement, and thus the estimated budget is of approximately €650,000 in total. Website: http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA16111
Project “Pathways to Power: The Political Representation of Citizens of Immigrant Origin in Seven European Democracies”, funded by the British Economic and Social Research Council under the Open Research Area scheme, jointly with the Dutch NWO, French ANR, and German DFG. I am the PI of the British team, and the overall international coordinator is Prof. Thomas Saalfeld (University of Bamberg). I co-ordinate a team of 3 Research Assistants and 6 other co-Investigators in the British team. Grant for the British team: £681,639. 1st May 2014 – 31st October 2017. The grant covers 14% FTE of my salary over the 3 years initially awarded (until 30th April 2017). Website: http://www.pathways.eu/
Project “Democratic Responsiveness in Comparative Perspective: How Do Democratic Governments Respond to Different Expressions of Public Opinion? (RESPONSIVEGOV)”, funded by the European Research Council Starting Grants Programme. I am the sole PI of this project and co-ordinate a team of 3 researchers and 1 50% FTE administrator, as well as a varying number of coding research assistants. Grant: €1,440,622. 1st December 2011-28th February 2018 (75 months). The grant covers 80% FTE of my salary over the first 5 years, plus a no-extra cost extension of 15 months (from 1st December 2016). Website: http://www.responsivegov.eu/
Project “Support and Opposition to Migration. A cross national comparison of the politicization of migration”, funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the EC. I was the PI of the University of Manchester partner team (overall consortium coordinated by the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland). Grant: € 1,496,013 (of which € 205,594 for my team at Manchester). 1st October 2009-30th September 2012. Website: http://www.som-project.eu/
Project “Do Traditional “Get Out the Vote” Campaing Methods Work in Spain? A Pilot Experiment on Non- Partisan Mobilisation of Immigrant and Native Voters”, funded by the Juan March Institute (Spain). Grant: € 13,480. 1st January 2011-31st December 2011.
Project “Grassroots activism, social capital and democracy. A comparative study of Germany, Spain and Switzerland”, funded by the British Academy Small Grants Scheme. Co-Investigators: Prof. Hanspeter Kriesi (University of Zurich), Dr. Angelika Vetter (University of Stuttgart). Grant: £ 6,950. Period: October 2008-September 2010. Website: https://sites.google.com/site/grassrootsactivismproject/
Project “Multicultural Democracy and Immigrants’ Social Capital in Europe: Participation, Organisational Networks, and Public Policies at the Local Level (LOCALMULTIDEM)”, STREP project funded by the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission (contract no. CIT5-CT-2005-028802 with the European Commission). Grant: € 1,199,774. Period: 1 February 2006-31 January 2009. I was the overall international coordinator and PI of this project. Project consortium (team director): University of Murcia, Spain (Laura Morales, also Consortium Director); Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, France (Manlio Cinalli); University of Geneva, Switzerland (Marco Giugni); University of Trento, Italy (Mario Diani); University of Bristol (Paul Statham); MTAKI, Hungary (Endre Sik). More information at: http://www.um.es/localmultidem
Project “Immigration, Diversity and Civic Culture in Spain: A Longitudinal Analysis (2000-2008)”, funded by the Spanish Centre for Sociological Research (Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas). Grant: € 12,000 for data retrieval and analysis. Period: 2009.
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Small Grant awarded by the School of Social Sciences of the University of Manchester for the organisation of an international workshop and symposium on "Migrants’ social capital and political integration in Europe". Grant: £ 1.350. October-December 2008.
Project "Democracia multicultural y capital social de los inmigrantes en España: participación, redes organizativas y políticas públicas en el ámbito municipal" (Multicultural Democracy and Immigrants’ Social Capital in Spain: Participation, Organisational Networks, and Public Policies at the Local Level, SEJ2005- 07733/CPOL), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. Grant: 29,000€ Period: 2006- 2008. More information at: http://www.um.es/capsocinmig
Project “Participación sociopolítica e integración de los inmigrantes en la Región de Murcia. Un estudio sobre el papel de las estructuras de oportunidad política y de las asociaciones”, (Socio-political participation and immigrants’ integration in the region of Murcia. A study of the role of political opportunity structures and associations, 03007/PHCS/05), funded by the Seneca Foundation (the Regional Science Foundation in Murcia). Grant: 18,200€. Period: 2006-2008.
As Co-Investigator
Project "Le donne migranti forzate: politiche di accoglienza e interventi di integrazione a confronto in Europa" (Forced migrant women: assistance and integration policies compared across Europe). PI: Dr Micol Pizzolati (University of Molise, Italy). Co-Investigators: Laura Morales and several other European teams. Funder: Italian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Budget: Approx. €167,318.89 for the whole project; €32,092 to cover the participation of my University of Leicester-based team, including my time dedication. Period: December 2016-June 2018.
Project "¿Ayuntamientos plurales? La representación política de los inmigrantes en España" (Plural local councils? The political representation of immigrants in Spain). PI: Dr Santiago Pérez-Nievas (Autonomous University of Madrid). Co-Investigators: Laura Morales and several other Spanish scholars. Funder: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Budget: €48,000 for the whole project. Period: January 2017- December 2019.
Contract “The European Immigrants Citizen Survey”. PIs: Migration Policy Group (Brussels) and King Baudoin Foundation (Brussels). Co-Investigators: Laura Morales and several other European teams. Funder: European Integration Fund. Budget: Approx. €1 million, budget related to me € 13,406 to cover my time dedication. Period: January 2011-June 2012.
Project “The effects of members’ mobilization on the electoral results. An experimental study of the 2011 Spanish local elections” funded by the Ideas Foundation (Madrid, Spain). Grant: €10,000. Period: 2011. PI: Luis Ramiro (University of Murcia). Co-Is: Laura Morales (University of Leicester), María Jiménez (UNED, Spain).
Seminar Series Grant “The Political Representation of Ethnic Minorities in the UK in Comparative Perspective”, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK (RES-451-26-0665), Prof. Edward Fieldhouse (PI), Co-PIs: Prof. Rachel Gibson, Dr. Matthew Goodwin, Dr. Robert Ford, Dr. Laura Morales, Dr. Maria Sobolewska. Grant: £ 17,914. Awarded to the University of Manchester. Period: 2009- 2011 (24 months).
Project “EHRC evidence gathering Triennial Review: Civic Life”, EHRC Consultancy funding, Prof. Ed Fieldhouse (PI), other investigators: Paul Widdop, Laura Morales, Yaojun Li, David Cutts, and Rodney Ling), Grant: £ 50,000. Period: January-June 2010.
PARTICIPATION IN OTHER RESEARCH PROJECTS
International co-investigator in the project "Refugee and European Cities Panel", led by Prof Narayani
14 Lasala-Blanco (University of California Santa Barbara). Funder: US National Science Foundation. Grant: $125,000. Period: 2017-2019.
International research collaborator in the project Apoio e Oposição à Imigração em Portugal numa Perspectiva Comparada (Support and Opposition to Immigration in Portugal in Comparative Perspective), project PTDC/IVC-CPO/1069/2014 funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. Grant: €168,835. Period: 2016-2019.
Associate Member of the Network of Excellence (6th Framework Programme of the European Commission) IMISCOE (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion), Research Cluster B3 “Migration and citizenship: legal status, mobilisation and political participation”, 2006-2010.
Researcher of the European Social Survey in Spain (1st, 2nd and 3rd rounds), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (grants no. SEC2001-5034-E, SEC2002-11492-E, and SEJ2004-21978- E) and directed by Prof. Mariano Torcal (UPF), years 2002-2003, 2004-2005, and 2006-2007. The European Social Survey was funded, as well, by the 5th and 6th Framework Programmes of the European Commission. I was responsible for the coordination of the design and the fieldwork of the survey in Spain, and of monitoring the polling institutes. More information on: http://www.ess-spain.upf.edu and http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org
Collaborative Researcher in the project The Europeanisation of National Political Parties, (ESRC grant No R000 23 9793), University of Keele, coordinated by Thomas Poguntke (principal applicant).Period: 2003-2006. Within this project, I was the principal investigator of the grant by the Spanish Ministry of Education SEC2002-11872-E to organise an international meeting of the European research project, which took place at the University of Murcia, 13-16 May 2004. The project was evaluated as ‘Outstanding’ by the ESRC.
Researcher in the project Citizens and Democracy in Europe: A Comparative Analysis of the data from the first wave of the European Social Survey, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (grant no. SEC2002-03364). The main goal of this project was to analyse the data obtained in the first round of the European Social Survey, conducted in 26 European countries. Principal researcher: Mariano Torcal (UPF). Period: 2003-2005.
Researcher in the project Political Participation and Social Integration in Madrid: Associations, activists and immigrants, funded by the Council of Education of the Region of Madrid (grant no. 06/0087/2002). Period: January 2003-April 2004. This project was part of a European network working on Social Capital and Immigrants, directed by Profs. Jean Tillie and Meindert Fennema (University of Amsterdam). I was responsible of the management of the project and of fieldwork coordination.
Researcher in the project Political participation and social capital in Spain: a comparative analysis, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (grant no. SEC 2000-0758-C02) and directed by Profs. José Ramón Montero (UAM) and Joan Font (UAB), 2001-2004. In this project, my role was to be in charge of the linkage between the two subprojects directed by Profs. Montero and Font, and to monitor the design and fieldwork of the citizen survey undertaken. This research project was part of the European research project Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy supported by the European Science Foundation.
Member of the research team on Comparative Political Knowledge coordinated by Prof. Henry Milner (University of Laval, Canada). The research team was supported by the ECPR to hold a research meeting at the ECPR Geneva Research Sessions, 19-22 September 2002.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH DATA GENERATION
10. Pooled datasets of claims making analysis and contextual data produced as a result of the project Support and Opposition to Migration, available on open data access at https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/som
9. Pooled datasets of surveys to individuals, of surveys to migrant associations, of claims making analysis
15 and of contextual data produced as a result of the project Localmultidem, available on open data access at https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/localmultidem
8. Pooled dataset "Activists and associations in Germany, Spain and Switzerland, 2001-2003"; produced as a result of the project Grassroots activism, social capital and democracy. A comparative study of Germany, Spain and Switzerland, available on open data access at https://sites.google.com/site/grassrootsactivismproject/
7. Spanish sample in Barcelona and Madrid of the "Immigrant Citizens Survey"; available on open data access at http://www.immigrantsurvey.org/downloads.html and http://www.cis.es/cis/opencm/ES/1_encuestas/estudios/listaCuestionarios.jsp?estudio=14006
6. Field experiment data produced in 2011 as a result of the project Do Traditional “Get Out the Vote” Campaing Methods Work in Spain? A Pilot Experiment on Non-Partisan Mobilisation of Immigrant and Native Voters, not yet published, under embargo.
5. Field experiment data produced in 2011 as a result of the project The effects of members’ mobilization on the electoral results. An experimental study of the 2011 Spanish local elections, not yet published, under embargo.
4. Dataset of Spanish MPs and Senators (2000-2004), available on open data access at https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/WomenParliamentSpain
3. Survey to party elites "Europeanisation of National Political Parties, 2004-2006", produced as a result of the project The Europeanisation of National Political Parties available on open data access at http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5580-1
2. Survey "Migrants' associations in Madrid, 2003-2004", produced as a result of the project Political Participation and Social Integration in Madrid: Associations, activists and immigrants; available on open data access at https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/migrants
1. Survey "Citizenship, Participation and Democracy, 2002", produced as a result of the project Political participation and social capital in Spain; available on open data access at http://www.cis.es/cis/opencm/ES/1_encuestas/estudios/listaMuestras.jsp?estudio=2806
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OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
INVITATIONS TO GIVE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS OR CONFERENCES
Invited Speaker, 3rd International Workshop of the Immigration Observatory of Tenerife (OBITen), "The perception of immigration. Determinants, measurement and context", University of La Laguna, Tenerife, 23 June 2017.
Invited Speaker, NCCR Democracy Final Conference, section on "Democracy and Inclusion", University of Zurich, Zurich, 14-16 June 2017.
Invited Speaker, Workshop 'Integration and Diasporas in the Mediterranean', Migration Working Group, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, 27 April 2017.
Invited Speaker, Seminar 'Support and Opposition to Migration', ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon, 31 October 2016.
Invited Panellist on the Roundtable around the Oxford University Press Handbook of Social Movements edited by Donatella della Porta and Mario Diani, European Sociological Association Research Network 25 Mid-term Conference, Florence, 6-8 October 2016.
Invited Keynote Speaker at the Meeting of Policy Planning Directors organised by the Council of Europe on 'Democratic Security in Europe: Human Rights and Security in the Context of the Current Migration Challenge', Strasbourg, 2-3 June 2016.
Invited Panellist at the 1st European Asylum Support Office International Conference on 'EU and Global Asylum-Related Migration Research', Malta, 16 May 2016.
Invited Speaker at the Research Seminar of the International Migration Institute, ‘Ethnicity, socialization, policy preferences or social structure? Disentangling and comparing the sources of migrants’ political preferences across Europe’, University of Oxford, 2 March 2016.
Invited Speaker for the Roundtable ‘Managing Inclusion: The Politics of Migrant Membership in Home and Host Countries’, Conference ‘Managing Global Migration. New Perspectives from Latin America and Europe’, Institute of Latin American Studies, London, 12 November 2015.
Invited Speaker at the Research Seminar of the Department of Comparative Politics: “Electoral Mandates and Responsiveness: Comparing Government Reactions to Public Opinion in ‘Normal’ and ‘Unexpected’ Policy Junctures”, University of Bergen, 21 October 2015.
Invited Speaker at the Annual Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences Conference, Bamberg, 29-30 September 2015.
Invited Speaker and Masterclass Professor at the Research Seminar of the Department of Political Science of the University of Stockholm, Stockholm, 11 February 2015.
Invited Speaker at the Research Seminar of the CNRS Research Group PACTE, Grenoble, 20 November 2014.
Invited Speaker at the Research Seminar of the Institute for Political Studies (IEP) of Grenoble, 23 October 2014.
Invited Speaker at the EURAC Summer School on Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Management, EURAC, Bozen, 27 June 2014.
Invited Speaker at the “Workshop on Interest Group Politics”, University of Aarhus, 2-3 June 2014.
17 Keynote Speaker at the CCPR Research Seminar: “External shocks and governmental responsiveness to public opinion. A case study of nuclear energy policy after the Fukushima disaster”, University of Nottingham, 2 April 2014.
Keynote Speaker at the CEUS Research Seminar: “External shocks and governmental responsiveness to public opinion. A case study of nuclear energy policy after the Fukushima disaster”, University of Hull, 19 February 2014.
Keynote Speaker at the PAIS Research Seminar: “External shocks and governmental responsiveness to public opinion. A case study of nuclear energy policy after the Fukushima disaster”, University of Warwick, 22 January 2014.
Invited Speaker at the European University Institute EUDO Dissemination conference “Elections in Europe in times of crisis” with a talk on “Participation in the European Elections in Times of Crisis”, EUI, Florence, 28-29 November 2013.
Invited Speaker at the Florence International Autumn School “Building Democracy” with a talk on “Understanding public opinion: a guide for young politicians”, Villa La Pietra-NYU, Florence, 23 November 2013.
Invited Speaker at the IMISCOE-GRITIM Summer School in Theoretical and Methodological Approaches in Migration Studies with a talk on “Making the most of your research: multiple methods and multiple data sources in the study of the civic and political integration of migrants”, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 5 July 2012.
Keynote Speaker at Nuffield College’s (Oxford) Research Seminar: “Do Traditional “Get Out The Vote” Campaign Methods Work In Spain? A Pilot Experiment on Non-Partisan Mobilisation of Immigrant and Native Voters”, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 7 February 2012.
Keynote Speaker at the Research Seminar on Political Parties of the CEVIPOL: “Does the citizenship regime matter? The electoral participation of immigrants and their children in local and national elections in Europe”, Department of Political Science, Free University of Brussels, 4 March 2011.
Keynote Speaker at the Research Seminar: “The role of social capital in migrants’ engagement in local politics in European cities”, Department of Political Science and Research Methods, University of Twente, 2 June 2010.
Invited Speaker at Research Workshop: “Latino Politics Across the Atlantic? Comparing the Political Preferences and Attachments of Latin American Immigrants of Andean Origin in Spain and the US”, workshop “The Civic and Political Engagement of Latin American Immigrants in Spain”, Institute for Migration Studies and BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University, 29 October 2009.
Keynote Speaker at Research Seminar: “The role of social capital in migrants’ engagement in local politics in European cities”, CEACS, Juan March Institute, Madrid, 12 December 2008.
Invited Speaker at Conference: “Multicultural Democracy and Immigrants' Social Capital in Europe: Participation, Organisational Networks, and Public Policies at the Local Level: the LOCALMULTIDEM project”, Think & Act Conference, Madrid, University Carlos III of Madrid, 4-5 February 2008.
Invited Speaker at Research Workshop: “Political and associational participation of migrants at the local level, coloquio internacional “Political Participation of Aliens at the Local Level”, Institut de Dret Públic & Pi i Sunyer Foundation, Barcelona, 19-20 July 2007.
Invited Speaker at Conference: “On the role of political institutions in mitigating social inequalities in political inclusion, en el “Forum for the Future of Democracy”, Council of Europe, Stockholm/Sigtuna, 13- 15 June 2007.
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Invited Speaker at Conference: “The political integration of immigrants’ associations in Madrid en la conferencia internacional “Migrações e Participação Cívica no Contexto Europeu”, Universidade Aberta, Lisboa, 24 April 2007.
Invited Speaker at Research Seminar: “Attitudes, Resources, Opportunities and Mobilization: A Multilevel Model of Political Membership”, Seminar in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University, 27 November 2006.
Invited Speaker at Research Seminar: “Is Social Capital also Political Capital? The Varying Political Effects of Associational Membership”, Research Seminar, Department of Sociology, University of Geneva, 13 January 2006.
PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC MEETINGS (LAST 5 YEARS)
On Governmental Responsiveness to Public Opinion
“RESPONSIVENESS DURING HARD TIMES: THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND BANKING REFORM” (with R. Gava & O. Sabaté) . Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 1-4 September 2016
“THE CONDITIONS OF PARTIES’ POLICY DIFFERENCIATION. THE CASE OF COPYRIGHTS PROTECTION IN 23 OECD COUNTRIES” . Presented at the ECPR conference, Montréal, 26-29 August 2015
“ELECTORAL MANDATES AND RESPONSIVENESS. COMPARING GOVERNMENT REACTIONS TO PUBLIC OPINION IN ‘NORMAL’ AND ‘UNEXPECTED’ POLICY JUNCTURES” . Presented at the ECPR conference, Glasgow, 3-6 September 2014
“A CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL APPROACH TO GOVERNMENTAL POLICY RESPONSIVENESS BETWEEN ELECTIONS” . Presented at the Political Studies Association (PSA) conference, Manchester, 14-16 April 2014 . Presented at the ECPR conference, Glasgow, 3-6 September 2014
“EXTERNAL SHOCKS AND GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSIVENESS TO PUBLIC OPINION. A CASE STUDY OF NUCLEAR ENERGY POLICY AFTER THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER” (with M. Lühiste, D. Bischof, and L. Bernardi) . Presented at the French Political Science Association (AFSP) conference, Paris, 9-11 July 2013 . Presented at the ECPR conference, Bordeaux, 4-7 September 2013 . Presented at the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) conference, Lancaster, 13-15 September 2013
On the Politics of Immigration
“THE PRESENCE OF CITIZENS OF IMMIGRANT ORIGIN IN REGIONAL LEGISLATURES” (with L. Nikolic) . Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 1-4 September 2016 . Presented at the ECPR conference, Prague, 7-10 September 2016
“CONCEPTUALIZING AND MEASURING DESCRIPTIVE AND SUBSTANTIVE CIO REPRESENTATION: APPROACHES AND CHALLENGES” (with T. Saalfeld & J. Fernandes) . Presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Pisa, 24-28 April 2016
“THE DESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTATION OF CIOS IN EUROPE: CROSS-NATIONAL, CROSS-LEVEL AND DIACHRONIC VARIATIONS” (with D. van der Pas) . Presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Pisa, 24-28 April 2016
“THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND OF CITIZENS OF IMMIGRANT ORIGIN MPS: ARE THEY ANY
19 DIFFERENT FROM OTHER MPS?” (with J. Dodeigne & D. Vintila) . Presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Pisa, 24-28 April 2016
“THE ACCESS OF CIO LEGISLATORS TO POSITIONS OF INFLUENCE IN THE PARLIAMENTARY ARENA” (with J. Fernandes & J. Dodeigne) . Presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Pisa, 24-28 April 2016
“THE IMPACT OF MIGRATION FLOWS, PUBLIC OPINION AND PARTY STRATEGIES ON THE REPRESENTATION OF IMMIGRANT ORIGIN MINORITIES IN COUNTRIES OF RECENT IMMIGRATION. A COMPARISON OF ITALY AND SPAIN” (with D. Vintila, S. Guerra & L. Ramiro) . Presented at the ECPR conference, Montréal, 26-29 August 2015 . Presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Pisa, 24-28 April 2016
“ETHNICITY, SOCIALIZATION, POLICY PREFERENCES OR SOCIAL STRUCTURE? DISENTANGLING AND COMPARING THE SOURCES OF MIGRANTS’ POLITICAL PREFERENCES ACROSS EUROPE” (with N. Eggert, G. Myrberg & K. Pilati) . Presented at the APSA annual meeting, Washington DC, 27-31 August 2014
“IMMIGRATION, ORGANIZATIONS AND MOBILIZATION: THE ROLE OF ETHNIC, PAN-IMMIGRANT AND NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE POLITICAL MOBILIZATION OF IMMIGRANT-BACKGROUND MINORITIES IN EUROPE” (with K. Pilati) . Presented at “The Challenges and Opportunities of Diversity in New Immigrant Destinations” conference, Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut), 11-12 October 2013
“OBTAINING PARTY POSITIONS ON IMMIGRATION FROM PARTY MANIFESTOS” (with D. Ruedin) . Presented at the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) conference, Oxford, 7-9 September 2012
“RESIDENTIAL CONCENTRATION, ETHNICITY, POLITICAL OPPORTUNITIES AND THE REPRESENTATION OF IMMIGRANT-ORIGIN MINORITIES IN SPAIN” (with S. Pérez-Nievas and Daniela C. Vintila) . Presented at the International Political Science Association Conference, 8-13 July 2012.
“THE PERCEPTIONS AROUND INTEGRATION OF THE IMMIGRANT POPULATION” . Dissemination conference at the European Commission Representation headquarters, Madrid, 22 May 2012
“IMMIGRATION WAVES, PUBLIC MOODS, AND POLICY RESPONSES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SEVEN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES” (with D. Ruedin, J.B. Pilet et al.) . Presented at International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Diego, 1-4 April 2012 . Revised version presented at the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) conference, Oxford, 7-9 September 2012
“LEADING OR FOLLOWING? THE DYNAMICS BETWEEN THE POLITICAL ELITES AND PUBLIC OPINION IN THE EMERGENCE OF THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE IN SPAIN” (with V. Ros, L. Chaqués & A. Palau) . Presented at the 19th International Conference of Europeanists, Boston, 22-24 March 2012 . Presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of workshops, Antwerpen, 11-14 April 2012 . Presented at the Comparative Policy Agendas conference, Reims, 14-17 June 2012
On Political Parties, Electoral Campaigns, and Electoral Behaviour
“CONTEXTUAL FACTORS AND THE ELECTORAL SUPPORT FOR RADICAL LEFT PARTIES IN WESTERN EUROPE” (with R. Gomez & L. Ramiro) . Presented at the Final Conference of the European Election Study 2014, 6-8 November 2015.
“VARIETIES OF RADICALISM. THE IDEOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL MAKE UP OF RADICAL LEFT VOTERS IN WESTERN EUROPE” (with R. Gomez & L. Ramiro) . Presented at the APSA annual meeting, Washington DC, 27-31 August 2014
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“DO TRADITIONAL “GET OUT THE VOTE” CAMPAIGN METHODS WORK IN SPAIN? COMPARING THREE SMALL-SCALE FIELD EXPERIMENTS ON NON-PARTISAN AND PARTISAN MOBILISATION OF VOTERS” (with L. Ramiro) . Presented at the Nuffield College Research Seminar, 7 February 2012
“THE EFFECT OF PARTY MEMBERS’ MOBILIZATION ON ELECTORAL RESULTS. AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE SPANISH LOCAL ELECTIONS OF 2011” . Presented at the International Political Science Association Conference, 8-13 July 2012.
INVITATIONS TO CHAIR PANELS AT CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC WORKSHOPS
ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Co-Convenor of the Workshop “The Representation of Citizens of Immigrant Origin in Established Democracies”, Pisa, 24-28 April 2016.
9th ECPR General Conference, Section Chair of the Section “Public Opinion, Social Movements, Interest Groups, Political Parties and Policy Change”, Montréal, 26-29 August 2015.
8th ECPR General Conference, Panel Chair of the Panel “Party reactions to immigration in new destination countries”, Glasgow, 3-6 September 2014.
European Consortium for Sociological Research Conference, Panel Chair of the Panel ‘Migration 2’, Paris, 11-12 December 2009.
International Political Science Association World Conference, Panel Chair of the Panel SS01.747 ‘Immigration as a Public Policy Concern in Europe’, Santiago de Chile, 12-16 July 2009.
NatCen/LSE Conference ‘Informing Public Policy’, Section Chair (with Peter John) of the theme ‘Social and political engagement, London, 23-24 April 2009.
Conference of the Elections, Public Opinion, and Political Parties (EPOP) of the Political Studies Association. Panel Chair of the panel ‘Political Discussion and Political Deliberation in a Comparative Perspective’, 13 September 2008.
4th ECPR General Conference, Panel Chair of the Panels “Organizational networks, social capital, and immigrant’s political participation (I & II)”, Pisa, 6-8 September 2007.
ECPR Joint Sessions, Workshop co-director with G. Toka, workshop no. 23 on “The Role of Political Discussion in Modern Democracies in a Comparative Perspective”, Nicosia, 25-30 April 2006.
7th Conference of the Spanish Political Science Association. Workshop director of Group 16 on “Political information and citizens’ participation”, Madrid, 21-23 September 2005.
3rd ECPR Conference, Panel Chair in session 5 (Political knowledge and civic engagement) of Section 5 (Political Knowledge in Comparative Perspective. Explaining Differences and Gauging Consequences), Budapest, 8-11 September 2005.
2nd ECPR Conference. Panel Chair in session 1 (Poor people’s movements and the “socially excluded” I) of Section 21 (Social Movements, Contentious Politics, and Social Exclusion), 18-21 September 2003.
MEDIA ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH
27/6/2016 Interview for live TV broadcast of France24-English on the results of the Spanish elections of 26 June 2016. 6/3/2016 Interview for live radio broadcast of Radio Ciudad of Buenos Aires (Argentina) on the
21 growth of populist parties in Europe and its relation to immigration and the refugee crisis. http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/radio-ciudad-am-1110/corresponsales-en-linea 16/2/2016 Interview for radio broadcast reporting in the main morning news programme of Spanish national radio (RNE, equivalent of BBC) around minute 39: http://mvod.lvlt.rtve.es/resources/TE_SMANRNE/mp3/3/5/1455607186053.mp3 15/2/2016 Contribution about ESRC Pathways project on migrants’ political representation for newspaper piece in one of Spain’s leading newspapers, El País, http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/02/15/ciencia/1455521726_813402.html Also published in its English language version: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/02/22/inenglish/1456150941_431026.html 21/12/2015 Contribution about ESRC Pathways project on migrants’ political representation for newspaper piece in one of Spain’s leading newspapers, El País, http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2015/12/14/actualidad/1450123283_151806.html 25/10/2015 Contribution about ESRC Pathways project on migrants’ political representation for newspaper piece in a Spanish electronic newspaper, El Confidencial, http://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2015-10-25/politicos-concejales-inmigrantes- extranjeros-espana_1069658/ 27/05/2015 Blog entry for Think:Leicester, “The Spanish local and regional elections of 24 May 2015”, with L. Ramiro, http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/think-leicester/politics-and-international- relations/2015/the-spanish-local-and-regional-elections-of-24-may-2015 1/02/2015 Contribution about post-doc job market for pience on The Guardian “Applying for a post- doc job? Here are 18 tips for a successful application” by Rebecca Ratcliffe, http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2015/feb/01/applying-for-a-postdoc- job-here-are-18-tips-for-a-successful-application 30/01/2011 Interview with journalist for newspaper article in El Confidencial (internet newspaper) on inter-ethnic conflict and immigrant integration in Spanish towns, http://www.elconfidencial.com/sociedad/2011-01-30/cuando-el-modelo-a-imitar-es-el- camello_401720/ 21/11/2010 Article by journalist in newspaper El País (main national newspaper) on the vote of immigrants in Spain, citing research from the FP6 project Localmultidem, http://elpais.com/diario/2010/11/21/madrid/1290342254_850215.html 18/05/2010 Article by journalist in newspaper La Verdad (Murcia) on the vote of Latinos in Spain, citing publication by Morales et al., page 10. 19/05/2009 Interview on the TV station TV3 (Catalonia) about the results of the FP6 project Localmultidem in Spain 23/02/2009 Interview on the radio station Onda Regional Murciana about the results of the FP6 project Localmultidem 13/02/2009 Press coverage of the final conference of the FP6 project Localmultidem at the Committee of the Regions, Committee of the Regions Newsletter, no.16 (February 2009) 29/01/2009 Article in specialised EU news bulleting (AquiEuropa), published in Brussels, covering the main results of the FP6 project Localmultidem 27/01/2009 Interview on the radio station SER broadcast in the general newscast of 1pm on immigrants’ vote 22/01/2009 Interview on the radio station Radio 4 of RNE (8.45 pm) on the results of the FP6 project Localmultidem 22/01/2009 Interview on the radio station Onda Cero in the programme of Julia Otero (afternoon) on the results of the FP6 project Localmultidem 22/01/2009 Press coverage of the results of the FP6 project Localmultidem in Spain by the newspaper Público (“Los marroquíes de Madrid están en peligro de exclusión”, http://www.publico.es/actualidad/marroquies-madrid-peligro-exclusion.html) 21/01/2009 Press coverage of the results of the FP6 project Localmultidem in Spain by the newspaper La Vanguardia (“Los marroquíes están más integrados en Barcelona que en Madrid”, http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20090121/53623652437/los-marroquies-estan-mejor- integrados-en-barcelona-que-en-madrid-segun-funcas.html) 21/01/2009 Press coverage of the results of the FP6 project Localmultidem in Spain by the newspaper El Mundo (“Los marroquíes están más integrados en Barcelona que en Madrid”, http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/01/21/espana/1232534734.html)
22 21/01/2009 Interview on the radio station SER for the general newscast of 2 pm (Informativo Hora 14) on the results of the FP6 project Localmultidem 20/02/2006 Press release of the FP6 project Localmultidem covered by 4 regional newspapers and 1 regional radio station – Onda Regional: interview to Laura Morales
23 TEACHING ACTIVITIES AND ACADEMIC SERVICE
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT
University of Leicester (2011-2017): On teaching leave, bought out for research activities only by ERC and ESRC research grants.
Institute for Social Change (2007-2011)
Comparative Citizen Politics (jointly taught with Prof. Rachel Gibson). Compulsory module for the MSc in Social Change (total of 24 contact hours, 12 hours taught by me). 2nd semester, 2007-2008 , 2008-2009, 2009-2010, and 2010-2011. MSc Dissertation supervision as part of the MSc teaching component: supervision of two students, 12 additional contact hours for each, 2nd semester, 2007-2008; supervision of one student, 12 additional contact hours, 2nd semester 2009-2010.
Department of Political Science and Administration. University of Murcia (2003-2007)
Latin American Politics. Compulsory subject for the BA Degree in Political Science (3 hours/week, 1 class group, around 15 students enrolled, lecture course). 2nd semester, 2003-2004. Methods for Political Science. Compulsory subject for the BA Degree in Political Science (3 hours/week, around 25 students enrolled, lecture course and computer lab sessions). 2nd semester, 2003-2004 and 2004-2005. Methods for Political Science. Compulsory subject for the BA Degree in Political Science (4 hours/week, around 45 students enrolled, lecture course and computer lab sessions). 1st semester, 2004-2005 and 2005-2006. Skills and Techniques for Academic Writing. Optional course for the BA Degree in Political Science (2 hours/week, around 15 students enrolled, seminar and computer lab sessions). 1st semester, 2004- 2005 and 2005-2006. Comparative Political Systems. Optional course for the BA Degree in Journalism (1 hour/week, around 35 students enrolled, lecture course). 1st semester, 2004-2005. Political Behaviour. Compulsory subject for the BA Degree in Political Science (5 hours/week, around 15 students enrolled, lecture course, readings seminar, and computer lab sessions). 2nd semester, 2004-2005. Comparative Political Behaviour: Changes and Continuities in Western Europe. Ph.D. seminar in the Ph.D. Programme in Political Science (15 hours, 6 students enrolled, advanced seminar). 2nd semester, 2004-2005. European Political Systems. Compulsory course for the BA Degree in Political Science (4 hours/week, around 25 students enrolled, lecture course and readings seminar). 1st semester, 2005-2006.
Department of Political Science and International Relations. Autonomous University of Madrid (2001- 2003)
Social Research Methods. Compulsory course for the BA Degree in Political Science (4 hours/week, 2 class groups, around 80 students enrolled, lecture course and computer lab sessions). February – September 2001, and February – September 2002. Political and Electoral Behaviour. Compulsory course for the BA Degree in Political Science (3 hours/week, 1 class group, advanced undergraduate seminar and computer lab sessions). Department of Political Science and International Relations. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. February – September 2001, and February – September 2002.
PhD and PGR ADVISING
Completed
Virginia Ros, “The evolution of public opinion and attitudes towards immigration in Spain”, Institute for
24 Social Change, University of Manchester, 2010-2016 (part-time student). Main supervisor (the co- supervisor was Prof. Ed Fieldhouse, University of Manchester). Current employment: Researcher at the European Social Survey team, City University London, UK.
Verena Wisthaler, “Immigration and Collective Identity in Minority Nations. A Longitudinal Comparison of Stateless Nationalist and Regionalist Parties in the Basque Country, Corsica, South Tyrol, Scotland and Wales ”, Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Leicester, 2009-2016 (part- time student). Main supervisor (the co-supervisor was Dr. Robert Ford, University of Manchester). Shortlisted for the 2017 ECPR Jean Blondel PhD prize (final winner announced in September 2017). Current employment: Researcher, EURAC - Bözen Academy, Italy.
Luca Bernardi, “Vox Populi Vox Dei? Electoral Competition and Government Responsiveness in Advanced Democracies”, Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Leicester, 2012-2016. Main supervisor (the co-supervisor is Dr Ben Clements). Current employment: Researcher, University of Leicester.
Daniel Bischof, “Does Protest Matter? Parties' Rhetorical Reactions to Protesters' Claims in Comparative Perspective, Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Leicester, 2012-2016. Main supervisor (the co-supervisor is Dr Simona Guerra). Current employment: Senior Researcher, Chair of Comparative Politics, University of Zurich.
Jennifer Buckley, “Participatory inequality and the welfare state preferences of the politically active: A study of four European countries”, Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester, 2009-2014. 2nd supervisor (the main supervisor was Dr. Mark Elliot). Current employment: Research Associate at the UK Data Service, Manchester.
Alfonso Echazarra, “Social Disorganisation, Immigration And Perceived Crime In Spanish Neighbourhoods”, Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester, 2008-2012. Main supervisor (other co-advisors are Dr. Mark Brown and Prof. Ceri Peach). Current employment: Policy Analyst at the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) – OECD.
Meng Chen, “Intergenerational Mobility in Contemporary China: 1996-2006”, Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester, 2007-2012. Second supervisor (the main supervisor was Prof. Yaojun Li). Current employment: Lecturer, School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University.
Irene Palacios, “Desigualdades sociales y desigualdades políticas: la implicación ciudadana en los presupuestos participativos de Córdoba” (Social inequalities transformed into political inequalities: citizen engagement in participatory budgets in Córdoba), MPhil Dissertation, Department of Political Science, University of Murcia. 2006-2007. Main and only advisor. Completed in 2007 with highest honours. Current employment: Doctoral researcher, European University Institute.
In Progress
Zakaria Sajir, “How Local-level Political and Discursive Opportunities Shape the Degree of Political Integration of Third Country Nationals. The Case of Moroccan Communities Residing in Europe” (provisional title), Department of Sociology, University of Leicester, 2012-currently. 2nd supervisor (the main supervisor is Dr. Leah Bassel). Expected completion: 2017 (full-time student).
Foteini Panagiotopoulou, "Migrants' Organisational Networking, Social Collaboration, Civic Engagement and Political Action in Europe" (provisional title), Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Leicester, 2015-currently. Main supervisor (the co-supervisor is Prof Alexander Gorban, Department of Mathematics). Expected completion: 2019.
COURSES TAUGHT AS A GUEST LECTURER
Masterclass Professor: Participation and Mobilization, MA-PhD 2 hours session at the University of
25 Amsterdam, 27 February 2015.
Course: Comparative Analysis for Political Science: Approaches and Challenges, MA-PhD course in the Programme Master in Political Science, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 4-16 December 2008, 10 hours; 10-13 May 2010, 10 hours; 28 April-3 May 2011, 10 hours; 28 November 2011, 5 hours, 7 January 2013, 4 hours.
Course: The Civic and Political Participation of Immigrants: An Overview of European Research, MA-PhD course in the Programme Master in Democracy and Government, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 6-8 February 2008, 8 hours.
Course: Comparative Data Analysis: the European Social Survey, Postgraduate Diploma in Methods and Techniques for Social Research, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Madrid, 9 hours, 6-8 March 2007.
Course: Presentation of the European Social Survey: Technical Features and Specificities, Postgraduate Diploma in Methods and Techniques for Social Research, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Madrid, 6 hours, 17- 18 January 2006.
Course: Presentation of the European Social Survey: Technical Features and Specificities, Postgraduate Diploma in Methods and Techniques for Social Research, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Madrid, 3 hours, 7 June 2005.
Course: Citizen participation and local immigration policies: immigrants’ participation at the local level; Postgraduate Diploma in Intercultural Mediation, University of Murcia, 4 April 2005, 5 hours.
PhD EXTERNAL EXAMINER
2014 Pietro Castelli, Public debates on integration and immigration in Italian local elections. Milan, Prato and Rome compared, European University Institute, 9 December.
Antoine Jardin, Participation électorale dans les périphéries marginalisées de Paris, Madrid et Birmingham, SciencesPo Paris, 5 December.
Eduard Bonet, Measuring the content of national identities and political mobilization through identity salience, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 19 September.
Camilo Cristancho, Political Disagreement in Contentious Politics, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 16 May. 2008 Elna Roig, Europeísmo y regionalismo. Factores explicativos del apoyo a la Unión Europea, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 19 December.
Aina Gallego, One person, one vote? Unequal turnout in comparative perspective, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 18 December.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE AND ENGAGEMENT
Founder and Convenor, Leicester Interdisciplinary Workshop on Elections, Public Opinion and Participation, University of Leicester (LIWEPOP: http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/liwepop), since January 2013.
Member of the Research Infrastructure Working Group and of the ESRC Funder Working Group, College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, University of Leicester, since October 2016.
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ECPR Official Representative, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester, since October 2012.
Member of the MSc in Social Change Programme Committee, University of Manchester, September 2007-May 2011.
Convenor of the Research Seminar of the Institute for Social Change, University of Manchester, September 2010-May 2011.
Active Member of the Democracy, Citizens and Elections Research Network of the University of Manchester (http://www.dcern.org.uk), September 2007-May 2011.
Active Member of the Manchester Social Networks Group of the University of Manchester (http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/msng/), September 2007-May 2011.
Convenor of the PhD Brown Bag Seminar, Institute for Social Change, academic year 2008-2009.
Programme co-Director of the “Master in European Political Studies” of the Department of Political Science, Universidad de Murcia (2006-2007).
Coordinator of European Exchange Programmes (Socrates-Erasmus) of the Department of Political Science, Universidad de Murcia (since October 2004). Exchange programmes with: Free University of Brussels (ULB, Belgium), University of Mons (Belgium), University of Copenhagen (Denmark), University of Aix-Marseille (France), Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Toulouse (France), Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Grenoble (France), University of Magdeburg (Germany), LUISS-Guido Carli University (Italy), University of Lund (Sweden), University of Malmö (Sweden), Nottingham-Trent University (UK), and Keele University (UK).
Coordinator (together with prof. Ignacio Molina) of the Project for Teaching Innovation Sources for Online Teaching in Political Science, funded by the Academic Direction and Technological Innovation Services of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and by the Ministry of Education of Spain (academic year 2001-2002). This project was crucial for the preparation and eventual creation of my personal teaching web page (www.uam.es/laura.morales), which proved to be of great help in the teaching of the subjects for which I was responsible.
Delegate for computing facilities and resources of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (February 2001-February 2003).
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND AFFILIATIONS
Honorary or Advisory Appointments and Committee Memberships
Permanent Fellow (Doctor Miembro) of the Center for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences of the Juan March Institute, Madrid (Spain).
Convenor of the ECPR Standing Group Participation and Mobilization, since December 2015.
Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Observatory on Political Parties and Representation of the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute (Florence), since 2009.
Member of the Committee on International Political Science of the American Political Science Association, since August 2014.
Member of the Steering group of the Leicester Migration Research Network
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Member of the Advisory group of the ESRC project ‘The UK Citizenship Process: Exploring Immigrants’ Experiences’ led by Dr Leah Bassel (Department of Sociology, University of Leicester), since 2014.
Member of the Advisory Board of the ESRC project ‘Euroscepticism: dimensions, causes and consequences in times of crisis’ led by Dr Sofia Vasilopoulou (Department of Politics, University of York), since May 2016.
Member of the Advisory Board of the 'First German Migrant Election Study', funded by the German Science Foundation and led by Prof Achim Goerres (University of Duisburg-Essen), since October 2016.
Member of the Advisory Group of the ESRC project ‘The Frames of Altruistic Action’ led by Dr Pierre Monforte (Department of Media, Communications and Sociology, University of Leicester), since February 2017.
Roles in Project Evaluation and Peer-Review Processes
Panel member of the European Research Council SH2 panel ‘The Social World, Diversity, Institutions and Values’, ERC Starting Grants, 2014 and 2016 (https://erc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/content/selection_panel/erc_2014_stg_panel_members.pdf).
Panel member of the Marie S. Curie Individual Fellowships, Call H2020-MSCA-IF-2016 – Panel ECO-SOC, October-November 2016.
Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of Ikerbasque (the Basque Foundation for Science) for the 2015 Research Fellows and Research Professors calls, coordinating the scientific evaluation of the Social Sciences domains, 2015.
Member of the Economic and Social Research Council (UK) Peer Review College, since 1 October 2015.
Adjunct to the Coordinator of the Social Sciences Commission and Panel Chair for Political Science of the Spanish National Agency of Research Evaluation (Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva, ANEP), 1st February 2011-31st December 2011 (resigned due to commitments with European Research Council Starting Grant).
Member of the Editorial Board of the book collection of the Spanish Sociological Research Centre (Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, CIS), October 2008-December 2010.
Peer reviewer for the following academic journals and publishers: Acta Politica, American Journal of Sociology, Amsterdam University Press, British Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Sociology, Comparative Politics, Contemporary Sociology, Electoral Studies, Environmental Planning A, Ethnic and Racial Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Political Science Review, Field Methods, Global Networks, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Internation Journal of Urban and Regional Research, International Migration Review, International Sociology, Journal of Civil Society, Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties (JEPOP), Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS), Journal of Politics, La Caixa Social Studies publishing series, Mobilization, Oxford University Press, Palgrave, Parliamentary Affairs, Party Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Political Studies, Politics Groups and Identities, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Representation, Revista Española de Ciencia Política, Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Revista de Estudios Políticos, Routledge, Social Movement Studies, Social Problems, Social Science Research, South European Society & Politics, the Swiss Political Science Review, and the University of Toronto Press.
Grant reviewer for the Austrian FWF, the British Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the
28 Belgian Science Policy Office, the Belgian French-speaking community FNRS, the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Cyprus Research Foundation, the European Research Council (ERC), the European Commission's Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (2016), FWO Flanders, the Institute d’Études Avancées de Paris, the Université Libre de Bruxelles, the Korean Research Foundation, and the Spanish Agency of Project Evaluation (ANEP).
Member of International Academic Recruitment Processes
External Assessor for an internal promotion process, Leeds Trinity University, June 2017.
External Assessor for the selection process of a Professor and Chief Scientific Advisor, University of Essex, September 2016.
Member of the selection panel for a job opening for a Chair in Quantitative Political Science, Department of Politics, University of York, May-June 2016.
Member of the selection panel for a job opening as Full Professor in Political Science (with special competencies in the “Comparative Study of Political and Electoral Attitudes, and Public Opinion”), Sciences Po Grenoble, April-May 2015.
Member of the selection panel for a job opening as Assistant Professor of Political Science (with special competencies in Quantitative Methods), University of Copenhagen, January 2012.
Membership of Scientific Associations
Member of the American Political Science Association since 2007 (sections: Comparative Politics; Migration and Citizenship). Member of the British Political Studies Association and of its specialized group on Elections, Public Opinion and Parties since 2008.
LANGUAGES
Spanish Native speaker
English Fully proficient: reading, writing and speaking.
First Certificate in English of the University of Cambridge (June 1989), and Certificate of Proficiency in English of the University of Cambridge (June 1991). TOEFL (June 1999), score: 290 (scale 40-300, equivalent to a score of 667 in the old scale).
French Advanced level: reading and speaking. Intermediate level: writing.
Courses at Institut Français (Madrid), 1991-1993. Elementary Cycle (3 year/levels) Certificate, Official School of Languages (Escuela Oficial de Idiomas) in Madrid, September 1995. D.E.L.F. (Diplôme Elémentaire en Langue Française), Institut Français (June 1996).
Italian Advanced level: reading and speaking. Intermediate level: writing.
29 Courses at the Language Institute, Faculty of Languages, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1991- 1993), and at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Madrid (1993-1994). Elementary Cycle Certificate (3 year/levels), Official School of Languages in Madrid (June 1996).
Other languages Elementary knowledge of German and Dutch.
COMPUTER SKILLS AND METHODS TRAINING
User-level skills in the Windows and Apple environments, and Blackboard teaching platform.
Advanced skills in the use of the statistical packages SPSS and STATA.
Elementary to Intermediate-level skills in the use of the statistical packages UCINET, R, HLM and MlwiN.
Elementary skills in the use of qualitative analysis packages fs/QCA and ATLAS/ti.
Advanced skills in regression analysis, multilevel analysis, classification and dimensional analysis (cluster, principal components, and factor analysis).
Intermediate level skills in network analysis, and elementary skills in log-linear analysis, time series analysis, structural equations modelling, agent-based modelling and sequencing analysis.
Paris, October 2017
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