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Comellas Bonsfills, Josep Maria

Josep Maria Comellas Bonsfills
Faculty of Political and Social Sciences
Coordinator & Research Fellow

Biography

Josep Maria is coordinator and postdoctoral researcher at the Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, UPF).

He has a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the UPF. His PhD Thesis focuses on affective polarisation in comparative perspective. He was granted a FPU scholarship from the Spanish government and conducted a research stay at the University of Amsterdam from 01/04/2019 to 30/06/2019.

He holds a Master of Arts in Public Administration from the University of Konstanz (2015-2016) and a Master of Research in Political Science from the UPF (2014-2015). He received his B.A. in Political Science at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) (2012).        

The research interests of Josep Maria are: political behaviour, public opinion, comparative politics, political polarisation, populist radical right and quantitative methods.

 

Publications

Comellas, J. M. (2022): When Polarised Feelings towards Parties Spread to Voters: The Role of Ideological Distance and Social Sorting in Spain. Electoral Studies, 79, Article 102525. Doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2022.102525. 

Torcal, M. and Comellas, J. M. (2022): “Affective Polarisation in Times of Political Instability and Conflict. Spain from a Comparative Perspective”. South European Society and Politics, 27(1), 1-25. Doi: 10.1080/13608746.2022.2044236.

Torcal, M., Santana, A., Carty, E. and Comellas, J. M. (2020): “Political and affective polarisation in a democracy in crisis: The E-Dem panel survey dataset (Spain, 2018-2019)”. Data in Brief, 32. Doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106059. 

 

Research Projects

“El triángulo de polarización, confianza política y comunicación política: comprendiendo sus dinámicas en las democracias contemporáneas“. Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Proyectos de I+D+i, Ref: PID2019-106867RB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (2020-2024). BBVA Foundation, Grants for Scientific Research Teams in Economy and Digital Society 2019 (2020-2024). PI: Mariano Torcal. Additional information

“Participación y deliberación política online en una democracia en crisis: una aproximación metodológica nueva (E-Dem)“. (2017-2020). Funding: Proyecto del Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, Programa Estatal de Fomento de la Investigación Científica y Técnica de Excelencia, 2017, 94.380€. Ref.: CSO2016-79772-P. PI: Mariano Torcal. Additional informaction 

 

Teaching

Quantitative methodology I (Seminars) - BA in Political and Administration Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (during academic year 2019-2020).

Quantitative methodology I (Seminars) - BA in Political and Administration Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (during academic year 2018-2019).

Mathematical and computer tools (Seminars) - BA in Criminology and Public Prevention Policies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (during academic year 2017-2018).

Quantitative methodology IV: advanced quantitative techniques (Seminars) - BA in Political and Administration Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (during academic years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018).

 

CV

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