seminar series and events

*All DEC Seminars at Sala de Juntes, Facultat de Ciències Polítiques i Sociologia, Campus UAB. Up-to-date information on the DEC website

Cecilia Josefsson (Uppsala University)
“Speaking of Women: Tracing the Evolution of Women’s Rights Norms in UN General Debate Speeches”
22 September 2025, 13:00

Ana Sofía Cardenal (UOC)
“Trusting the Label? The Role of Partisanship and Labeling Source in News Credibility Cues”
30 September 2025, 13:00

Alejandro Tirado Castro (IPP-CSIC)
“Trending Voices: How Mainstream Influencers Shape Public Opinion on Gender Equality”
21 October 2025, 13:00

Felix Lehmann (University of Gothenburg)
“How Do Intra-Party Divisions Affect the Success of Party Policy Change?”
4 November 2025, 13:00

Nerea Gándara (UC3M)
“Estamos Listas: The Mobilising Effect of Identity-Based Parties for Political Minorities”
(co-authored with Sergi Martínez)
11 November 2025, 13:00

Kimmo Grönlund (Åbo Akademi University)
“Does the Mode of Deliberation Make a Difference?”
2 December 2025, 13:00

Laurie Beaudonnet (University of Montreal)
“From Second-Order to First-Order? The Impact of EU Politicization on Turnout in European Parliament Elections”
9 December 2025, 13:00

Javier Padilla (CUNY)
“When Authoritarians Embrace Democracy: The Hidden Hand of Pre-Existing Oligarchies in Brazil’s Transition”
13 January 2026, 13:00

Delia Dumitrescu (Heidelberg University)
“How Does War Look Like on the European Mainstream Media Facebook? A Large-N Comparison of the Media Facebook Posts Covering Ukraine and Gaza in 24 European Countries in Spring 2024”
20 January 2026, 13:00

Ruth Dassonneville (KU Leuven / Université de Montréal)
“The Dimensionality of Party Competition as Seen by Citizens”
3 February 2026, 13:00

*All UB Political Science seminars at Facultat de Dret, Av. Diagonal 684, Room A411 or A218. Find up-to-date information here

Matthias vom Hau (IBEI)
“Nation-Building Trends in Latin America: The ‘Multicultural Turn’ in Context”
30 October 2025, 14:30–15:30

Alba Huidobro (UPF)
“We March, She Runs: Feminist Movements and Women’s Political Representation”
13 November 2025, 14:30–15:30

Alexa Lenz (LMU Munich)
TBA
27 November 2025, 14:30–15:30

Amuitz Garmendia-Madariaga (UC3M)
TBA
11 December 2025, 14:30–15:30

Samuel Lado (UdG)
“More than Just Lunch: School-Meal Subsidies and Language Proficiency”
22 January 2026, 14:30–15:30

Violeta Haas (Toulouse – IAST)
“The Police as Gatekeepers of Information: Immigration Salience and Selective Crime Reporting”
5 February 2026, 14:30–15:30

Gefjon Off (University of Hamburg)
TBA
19 February 2026, 14:30–15:30

Alba Lanau (UPF)
TBA
19 March 2026, 14:30–15:30

Simon Chauchard (UC3M)
TBA
16 April 2026, 14:30–15:30

Jonas Gunzelmann (WZB)
“Debating Self-Determination: Media Coverage of Protests in Territorial Politics”
21 May 2026, 14:30–15:30

Guillermo Toral (IE)
“Internal Control as State Capacity”
4 June 2026, 14:30–15:30

*All IPERG seminars are held at Facultat d'Economia i Empresa- UB, C/J.M. Keynes 1-11, Room 1038. Up-to-date information at the IPERG website

Piero Stanig (Bocconi University)
“You Are Fired, My Lord! Experimental Evidence on Deferential Narratives and Democratic Accountability”
20 November 2025, 14:30–16:00

Francisco Garfias (Duke University)
TBA
4 December 2025, 14:30–16:00

Olle Folke (Uppsala University)
TBA
15 January 2026, 14:30–16:00

Francisco Villamil (UC3M)
TBA
29 January 2026, 14:30–16:00

Gabriel Leon-Ablan (King’s College London)
TBA
12 February 2026, 14:30–16:00

Lucas Leemann (University of Zurich)
TBA
26 February 2026, 14:30–16:00

Alexandra Scacco (WZB Berlin Social Science Center)
TBA
5 March 2026, 14:30–16:00

Tine Paulsen (University of Southern California)
TBA
12 March 2026, 14:30–16:00

David Carter (Washington University in St. Louis)
TBA
30 April 2026, 14:30–16:00

Paula Rettl (Harvard University)
TBA
14 May 2026, 14:30–16:00

All UPF seminars to be held at Campus Ciutadella, C/Ramon Trias Fargas 25-27. Check the up-to-date information at the UPF Political and Social Science Department website

Tatiana Llaguno (UPF)
“Freedom in Dependence: A Critical Theory of Our Dependent Condition”
13 November 2025, 12:00–13:30

Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos (UPF)
“A Model of Digitalisation from Below Promoted by Social Environmental Movements”
18 December 2025, 12:00–13:30

Roger Soler-i-Martí (UPF)
“Young People and Democracy: Insights from Youth Studies for Political Science”
15 January 2026, 12:00–13:30

Andrea Noferini (UPF)
“Extending Life into Old Age: Health, Care, and Lifestyle Changes”
12 February 2026, 12:00–13:30
(Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Katrin Auspurg (University of Munich)
“Is Two Less Than One? Cross-Cutting Cleavages and Affective Polarization”
12 March 2026, 12:00–13:30

Madelin Gómez León (UPF)
“Territorial Governance and Public Policies in the European Union: From Euroregions to Macroregions”
16 April 2026, 12:00–13:30

Marco Steenbergen (University of Zurich)
“Tax the Rich, Compensate the Poor? Perceived Fairness, Effectiveness, and Public Support for CO₂ Pricing”
14 May 2026, 12:00–13:30

Michele Acuto (University of Bristol)
“City Diplomacy in an Age of Polycrisis”
11 June 2026, 12:00–13:30

All UPF seminars to be held at Campus Ciutadella, C/Ramon Trias Fargas 25-27. 

Lukas Schmid (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
“Migration Control: Structurally Illegitimate or Purposive and Reformable?”
8 October 2025, 14:00 – Aula 40.043

Søren Mau – Inaugural Lecture
“The Corporeal Roots of Freedom”
22 October 2025, 18:30 – Auditori Mercè Rodoreda

Núria Sara Miras Boronat (Universitat de Barcelona)
“La primera tesis doctoral sobre feminismo: Jessie Taft y el movimiento de las mujeres desde el punto de vista de la conciencia social”
29 October 2025, 14:00 – Aula 40.043

Jocelyn Maclure (McGill University)
“AI, Public Reason and the Right to Explanation”
26 November 2025, 14:00 – Aula 40.043

Vincent Harting (LSE)
“Egalitarian Corporatism and the Problem of Oligarchy”
17 December 2025, 14:00 – Aula 20.287

Libera Pisano (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
“The Exile of Language: German-Jewish Philosophical Challenges of Linguistic Autochthony”
21 January 2026, 14:00 – Aula 20.287