Comellas Bonsfills, Josep Maria
Comellas Bonsfills, Josep Maria
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).
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