ABBREVIATED CV
PROF. LAURA MORALES
CONTACT INFORMATIONDepartment of Politics and International Relations University of Leicester
10th floor, Attenborough Tower University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH United Kingdom
E-mail: [email protected] Tel (office): (+44) (0) 116 252 2727 Tel (home): (+44) (0) 796 440 0054
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). 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.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology
5-years BA Degree in Political Science and Sociology, June 1996, major in Political Science and Government, minor in Political Sociology.
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
University of Leicester (UK), 1st April 2014 – currently.
Professor (Personal Chair) 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
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. 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.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
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 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.
R
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CTIVITIES
PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH
Books
2011 Social Capital, Political Participation and Migration in Europe. Making Multicultural Democracy
Work?, edited with Marco Giugni (University of Geneva). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. See:
http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=392062
2010 Political Discussion in Modern Democracies in a Comparative Perspective, edited with Michael Wolf (Indiana University) and Ken’ichi Ikeda (University of Tokyo). London: Routledge. See:
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415548458/
2009 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
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 am 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, electronic version available since 15 February 2013 (DOI: 10.1111/glob.12018),
print version forthcoming 2013-2014. [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, electronic version available since 9 April 2012 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354068811436057), print version forthcoming 2014
[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] Chapters in books
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,
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:
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 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
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]
PUBLICATIONS IN SPANISH OR OTHER LANGUAGES
Books
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.
M. Torcal, L. Morales, and S. 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, 2005.
E. Anduiza, A. González, L. Jorba, J. San Martín & L. Morales, Actituds, comportament polític i 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, 2009.
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, 2014. [Available at: http://libreria.cis.es/libros/la-representacion-politica-de-los-inmigrantes-en-elecciones-municipales/9788474766363/]
Journal articles
Assessment of the Effect of Diversity on Civic Culture in Spain), Revista Española de Sociología, vol. 17, 2012: 133-149.
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 2010,
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].
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), 2010. [Included in the Social
Sciences Citation Index]
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, 2008: 119-142
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 (octubre-diciembre), 2006: 99-144.
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, octubre 2005: 51-87.
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, 2004: 153-207.
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, 2004: 7-63.
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 2003: 133-162.
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]
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
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
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]
L. Morales & F. Mota“El asociacionismo en España” (Associational involvement in Spain) in Ciudadanos,
asociaciones y participación en España. Joan Font, José Ramón Montero & Mariano Torcal (Eds.). Madrid:
CIS-S.XXI, 2007.
L. Morales, F. Mota & S. Pérez-Nievas, “La participación en asociaciones: factores individuales” (Participation in associations: individual determinants) in Ciudadanos, asociaciones y participación en
España. Joan Font, José Ramón Montero & Mariano Torcal (Eds.). 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 Ciudadanos, asociaciones y participación en
España. Joan Font, José Ramón Montero & Mariano Torcal (Eds.). 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 Mujeres, instituciones y política. Isabel Diz y Marta Lois (eds.). Barcelona: Edicions Bellaterra, 2007: 47-77.
L. Morales, “Introducción a la segunda parte” (Introduction to the 2nd part) in España: sociedad y política
en perspectiva comparada. Un análisis de la primera ola de la Encuesta Social Europea. Mariano Torcal,
Laura Morales and Santiago Pérez-Nievas (Eds.). Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2005: 217-220.
L. Morales, “La participación en asociaciones” (Participation in Associations) in España: sociedad y
política en perspectiva comparada. Un análisis de la primera ola de la Encuesta Social Europea. Mariano
Torcal, Laura Morales and Santiago Pérez-Nievas (Eds.). Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2005: 237-257.
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 España: sociedad y política en
perspectiva comparada. Un análisis de la primera ola de la Encuesta Social Europea. Mariano Torcal,
Laura Morales and Santiago Pérez-Nievas (Eds.). Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2005: 427-440.
L. Morales, “Participación política en España: un análisis de las diferencias de género” (“Political Participation in Spain: an analysis of gender differences”) in Género y ciudadanía. Revisiones desde el
ámbito privado, edited by Margarita Ortega, Cristina Sánchez and Celia Valiente, Madrid: Ediciones de la
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1999: 423-448. 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
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.
RESEARCH PROJECTS AND OTHER GRANTS FUNDED (as the Principal Investigator or co-PI) As Principal Investigator
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 – 30th April 2017. The grant covers 14% FTE of my salary over the 3
years.
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 1 post-doctoral researcher, 2 PhD students and 1 50% FTE administrator. Grant: €1,440,622. 1st December
2011-30th November 2016 (60 months). The grant covers 80% FTE of my salary over the 5 years.
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 am 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.
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.
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. 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.
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
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 euro, budget related to me € 13,406 to cover my time dedication. Period: 18 months since 1st January 2011.
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. 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
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”, since November 2006.
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 at: 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.
INVITATIONS TO GIVE PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS OR CONFERENCES
Invited Speaker at the “Workshop on Interest Group Politics”, University of Aarhus, 2-3 June 2014.
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.
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.
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
“ACONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL APPROACH TO GOVERNMENTAL POLICY RESPONSIVENESS BETWEEN
ELECTIONS”
! Presented at the Political Studies Association (PSA) conference, Manchester, 14-16 April 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 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
“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 the19th 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
“ETHNICITY,PREJUDICE AND POLICIES:ACOMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE FEELINGS OF DISCRIMINATION OF
MIGRANTS”(with J. Rogstad)
! Presented at the 1st IPSA-ECPR Conference, São Paulo, 16-19 February 2011.
“THE IMPACT OF POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY STRUCTURES ON MIGRANTS’ ORGANISATIONAL NETWORKS” (with M. Diani and M. Cinalli)
! Presented at the 6th UK Social Networks Conference, Manchester, 14 April 2010.
“LATINO POLITICS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC?COMPARING THE POLITICAL PREFERENCES AND ATTACHMENTS OF LATIN AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS OF ANDEAN ORIGIN IN SPAIN AND THE US”
! Presented at the US National Conference on Latino Politics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 24 October 2009.
! Presented at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, 27 October 2009.
! Presented at the workshop “The Civic and Political Engagement of Latin American Immigrants in Spain”, Institute for Migration Studies and BMW Center for German and European Studies, Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University, 29 October 2009.
“IMMIGRATION,DIVERSITY AND CIVIC CULTURE IN SPAIN”(with A. Echazarra)
! Presented at the ECPR General Conference, Potsdam (Germany), 10-12 September 2009.
! Presented at the policy conference ‘People like us’, University of Manchester, 16 April 2010.
! Revised version submitted to an international journal.
On Political Parties, Electoral Campaigns, and Electoral Behaviour
“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
“DO TRADITIONAL “GET OUT THE VOTE”CAMPAIGN METHODS WORK IN SPAIN?APILOT EXPERIMENT ON
NON-PARTISAN MOBILISATION OF IMMIGRANT AND NATIVE VOTERS” (with L. Ramiro, A. González, M. Jiménez, D. Abellán, A. Echazarra, R. Gómez and V. Ros)
! Presented at the Manchester Experiments Group Workshop, 29 March 2011
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Presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, St Gallen, 13-17 April 2011!
Presented at the American Political Science Association, Seattle, 1-4 September 2011“THE EFFECT OF PARTY MEMBERS’ MOBILIZATION ON ELECTORAL RESULTS.AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE SPANISH LOCAL ELECTIONS OF 2011”
