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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

You can read the full paper here 👉🏻 doi.org/10.1177/0738...

Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

💡Three important contributions: 📚 New factor affecting personalization and intra-regime dynamics in autocracies 📊 Quasi-experimental design 🌍 Relevance amid rising autocratization, personalism, and conflict

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

📊 I use 3 counterfactual estimators 🔎📈 The onset of civil conflict is followed by higher levels of personalism for the treated dictators ⚠️ Further tests provide mixed rather than consistently supportive evidence, warranting a cautious interpretation of the causal effects

Fig. 1: Dynamic treatment effects and counterfactual estimation of civil conflict onset and personalism: (a) estimated dynamic treatment effects and (b) treated vs. estimated counterfactuals. Notes: The bars at the bottom of each plot illustrate the number of treated units at the given time period relative to the onset of the treatment. The treatment begins at Period 0
(https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07388942261470438#fig1-07388942261470438)

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

📢 I argue that civil conflict onsets are temporary shocks that dictators seize to personalize ⚡️ Onsets reduce elites' coordination capacity and disposition to coups 🪟 Dictators seize the opportunity and personalize 👑 Autocrats become sovereigns who decide in times of exception

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

👑 Personalist dictators have been linked to civil conflict onset, but the causal pathway in the opposite direction remains understudied 🧩 ⚔️ Conflicts produce tensions and changes within regimes that may influence intra-regime dynamics, incentivizing personalization of power.

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🚨 New article! 🎉 My first solo paper is now published at @conflictmanagement.bsky.social 📄 'The onset of civil armed conflict and personalization of power in dictatorships' 👉🏻 doi.org/10.1177/0738... 🔎 Do civil conflict onsets influence the degree of personalism of dictators? 🧵👇🏻

https://doi.org/10.1177/07388942261470438

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

📄 Yesterday I had the pleasure of presenting the third chapter of my thesis at #EPSS2026 @epssnet.bsky.social In the paper, I study how elections shape the distribution of power in autocracies 🗳️👑 🎉 Happy to be in Belfast, sharing research and meeting old colleagues and new people!

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

🎉🎉 VIII CONFERÈNCIA ANUAL BANPS-JCPOP 2026! 🎉🎉 🚨CALL FOR PAPERS! Envia la teva proposta 👉 tuit.cat/690ps 🏁Teniu temps fins el 3 de juliol! 📅 19 de novembre, 2026 📍UOC Més informació a la nostra web 👉 www.banps.cat/jcpop

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Aquest dimecres! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

My research stay at the GIGA Hamburg @giga-hamburg.de is coming to an end! 🏛️ It has been a fantastic experience to be here and meet all these great people. The cold winter helped me finish two articles and my dissertation 📚🎓, but I also had time to enjoy the lovely spring in Hamburg! 😜🌹

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Irene Rodríguez @irenerodriguez.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

📣My first solo paper is now published Open Access in @electoralstudies.bsky.social ! 🎉 Through a DiD, it studies what happens to expressed immigration concern after a radical right party achieves its first major institutional breakthrough 🧵 Read it here 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Legitimising prejudice? The impact of radical right party presence on anti-immigration attitude expression

Are citizens hiding their true preferences? The entry of nativist and nationalist radical right parties can help normalise certain attitudes considere…

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Bona diada de Sant Jordi 🌹📚 Des de la xarxa BANPS us volem desitjar a tota la comunitat de ciències polítiques una bona diada de Sant Jordi, patró de Catalunya! www.banps.cat

Estàtua eqüestre de Sant Jordi d’Andreu Aleu Teixidor, façana del Palau de la Generalitat (Font: https://patrimoni.gencat.cat/ca/histories/barcelona-ciutat-de-dracs)

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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

🚨New article🔥 ▶️Conditional hospitality? How applicants’ backgrounds shape host support for refugees, at @migrationjrnl.bsky.social with Raül Tormos. We examine when and why citizens support hosting refugees in Catalonia doi.org/10.1093/migr... @politiquesupf.bsky.social

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Conditional hospitality? How applicants’ backgrounds shape host support for refugees

Abstract. Public attitudes toward hosting foreign populations are shaped by a complex interplay of legal status, ethnic-religious background, and geographi

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Ei! La segona newsletter ja ha sortit (tot i que l'assumpte posi que és la primera 😜) 🎉

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

La pròxima newsletter de @bcnpolisci.bsky.social és al forn! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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Irene Rodríguez @irenerodriguez.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Thesis defended!🎓🎉 Very grateful for the excellent committee I had with me today, @kgattermann.bsky.social, @sofiavasilopoulou.bsky.social and Albert Falcó-Gimeno, and their thoughtful and generous feedback. And as always, forever grateful to @tonirodon.bsky.social for being the best supervisor.

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

🎓 Una nova doctora amb una excel·lent tesi doctoral i una gran defensa! 🎉 L'enhorabona per aquesta gran fita, @irenerodriguez.bsky.social!

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

🎓 PhD Thesis Defence | Feb 27, 11:00 🎤 Irene Rodríguez @irenerodriguez.bsky.social (UPF) defends her thesis 📜 Crisis, Competition, and Campaigning: Citizens and Parties in 21st Century Politics 📍Campus Ciutadella, UPF, Sala Paco Fernández Buey @politiquesupf.bsky.social tuit.cat/w2egV

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27/02/2026 Irene Rodríguez's PhD Thesis Defence - PhD Programme in Political and Social Sciences - UPF

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Irene Rodríguez @irenerodriguez.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Well... Apparently this is happening in three days. If you're in Barcelona and feel like hearing a bit about political behaviour, see you Friday at 11.00 am at UPF 🎉

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

🏛️ IV Catalonia Workshop in Political Theory 📢 Crida a propostes (Call for Abstracts) 📍 Universitat de Girona (UdG) @univgirona.bsky.social 🗓 11 de juny de 2026 ⏳ Data límit per enviar abstract: 31 de març de 2026 www.banps.cat/cwpt

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Erick Padilla @erickpadilla.bsky.social (UB) @cpoliticaub.bsky.social 🏆🥇Winner of the 1st Edition of the Best JCPOP Junior Paper Award for his paper "Working Alone? Working from Home and Political Participation" 📜✒️ 👏🏻 Well deserved!

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🎉 Big news! 👀 Check your inbox for the first BANPS Newsletter! 🚀 🤔 Didn’t receive it but wish you had? Check your spam folder, DM us and subscribe to get the next one 👉🏻 shorturl.at/YrGGj 📢 Want to contribute or share your latest news in the next newsletter? 👉🏻 shorturl.at/Vyx8g

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

First day of my research stay at the @giga-hamburg.de 🏛️ Even though it's freezing outside 🥶❄️ I'm very grateful for the warm welcome from my host David Kuehn and everyone at GIGA and the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies! Looking forward to the months ahead and to finishing the PhD in Hamburg! 📚⌛

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

‼️ Vols estar informat dels esdeveniments de Ciència Política de: @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @politiquesuab.bsky.social @politiquesupf.bsky.social @ibei.org Seminaris, xerrades... tot aplegat en un únic espai 👇 www.banps.cat/seminars

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

The XIII edition of the PhD Workshop on Empirical Political Science is over 🎉 Thanks everyone for coming and @cpoliticaub.bsky.social for the organisation! 👀 See you in June at @politiquesuab.bsky.social Stay updated 👉🏻 www.banps.cat

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Amb les piles carregades després de l'esmorzar🔋🥐 📢 Comencen les següents presentacions! Consulta el programa 👉🏻 sites.google.com/view/barcelo...

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

☀️Good morning from @cpoliticaub.bsky.social A new edition of the PhD Workshop on Empirical Political Science has kicked off 🎉 📢 Papers from @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @politiquesupf.bsky.social & @politiquesuab.bsky.social Check out the programme 👉🏻 share.google/5cmM69EIjk2B...

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🗓️ La XIII edició del Workshop on Empirical Poli. Sci. és aquest dijous! 📢 Quatre doctorands/es de la UB, UPF i UAB presentaran la seva recerca 📍UB, Nou edifici, Planta 4, Aula Maria Soteras Consulta el programa 👉🏻 sites.google.com/view/barcelo... Esperem veure't a @cpoliticaub.bsky.social🎉

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

The @bcnpolisci.bsky.social officially went public yesterday at #jcpop25! 🎉 ▶️We have the mission to foster collaboration in research, strengthen institutional ties, and above all, support junior scholars and students in developing their academic careers. www.banps.cat 🔴What will we do?

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

7️⃣Contribution 📚📜 Even General Prim (a Spanish general and a Spanish Prime Minister) was judged by many Spaniards for his "terrible Catalan accent", according to the historian Josep Fontana. Our article empirically analyses whether this is still true or not 📊

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

6️⃣ Contribution 📚📜 Spanish’s dominance shapes trust. Catalan's subordinated status shows how unequal language competition affects how people evaluate others.

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

5️⃣ Contribution 📚📜 Our findings are important for understanding some dynamics in societies where the normalisation of a language, such as Catalan, is formally and informally hampered by many Spanish laws and politicians.

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

4️⃣ Findings 🔍 👉🏻 Standard Catalan and Spanish consistently generated higher trust than their non-standard varieties, especially among in-group listeners. 👉🏻 People with a strong Spanish national identity reacted more negatively to the use of the language of ‘the other side’.

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

3️⃣ We included four varieties: standard Catalan and Spanish, and accented Catalan and Spanish. Standard varieties are the received pronunciation of both languages, while the accented represent the intersection between the two. Listen to the audios 👉🏻 anonymous.4open.science/r/audios-5462

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

2️⃣ We run a survey experiment inspired by the matched-guise design, popular in sociolinguistics📜 We recorded different audio to resemble a real-world interaction based on discussing political and non-political issues 📼📢👂🏻

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Bernat Puertas @bernatpuertas.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

1️⃣ How people speak and the language used is an important component of how we process political messages🗣️ We experimentally analyse whether the spoken language and language variety affect people's trust towards the speaker in Catalonia, where two languages unequally compete⚔️

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

L'aula plena per la presentació de la Barcelona Network of Political Science (BaNPS) per part de Jordi Muñoz @jordimunoz.bsky.social i Marc Guinjoan @mguinjoan.bsky.social 👉🏻 www.banps.cat

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Good morning and welcome to the JCPOP 2025! 🌞 We kick off in 15 minutes 🎉 Check out the programme 👉🏻 sites.google.com/view/jcpop Looking forward to seeing you at the different panels, the keynote @evaanduiza.bsky.social and the presentation of BaNPS! 👀 With @politiquesupf.bsky.social @ibei.org

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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Bon dia i benvinguts al JCPOP 2025! 🌞 D'aquí 15 minuts comencem la jornada 🎉 Consulta el programa 👉🏻 sites.google.com/view/jcpop Esperem veure't als diferents panels, a la keynote @evaanduiza.bsky.social i a la presentació de BaNPS! 👀 Tot organitzat per @politiquesupf.bsky.social i @ibei.org

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