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Max Weber Post-doctoral Fellow at the European University Institute. Interested in comparative social policy, political cleavages, and territorial politics.

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Sobra evidencia: la cacareada inserción y activación de beneficiarios de rentas mínimas nunca funcionará a la escala necesaria. Solo hay dos modos de erradicar la pobreza: a) dar directamente buenos empleos con salarios suficientes; b) prestaciones suficientes y de fácil acceso. Lo demás son gaitas.

10.02.2026 08:39 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Redefining influence: how a feminist advocacy group reformed paternity leave in Spain through insider women’s alliances | Journal of Public Policy | Cambridge Core Redefining influence: how a feminist advocacy group reformed paternity leave in Spain through insider women’s alliances

New publication in the Journal of Public Policy!🚨

⚖️It shows how feminist advocacy pushed for a reform entitling mothers and fathers to equal parental leave in Spain.

👉This also unveils that descriptive representation matters because it can open access for feminist groups.

doi.org/10.1017/S014...

05.02.2026 10:55 👍 16 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
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A two-dimensional conflict? The new politics of minimum income reform in Southern Europe This article theorises and empirically traces how the emergence of a value-based cleavage has reshaped the politics of minimum income reform in Southern Europe. It argues that the rise of the liber...

Very pleased to share that the final article from my PhD journey has found a home at the @jeppjournal.bsky.social!

This is for you if you’re interested in political cleavages & social policy change

Free copies in the following link
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@eui-sps.bsky.social

19.01.2026 14:39 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Los neonazis de Núcleo Nacional desembarcan en Barcelona mientras los antifascistas llaman a boicotear su acto Los Mossos preparan un dispositivo especial para impedir enfrentamientos entre ambas facciones

¿Pero cómo que "dispositivo para evitar enfrentamientos" con una organización cuyo propósito y práctica declaradas y evidentes son agredir a los demás? ¿Pero cómo es que no son ilegales y ya? Las democracias liberales no pueden tolerar la intolerancia o morirán.
www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/...

09.01.2026 11:25 👍 48 🔁 21 💬 1 📌 1

Quin bon llibre!! D’altra banda, recomanes alguna lectura decent sobre la reforma?

10.01.2026 17:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Publication alert!🚨
My chapter with @margaleon.bsky.social in the Handbook of Social Care Policy is out!
We review the partisan politics of family policy in Sweden, Germany & Spain and classify research into demand (electoral) and supply (functional/ideational). 🧵
www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

05.01.2026 11:13 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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The losers of ecological transitions: rural and urban support for green policies in Spain Green policies can be contentious, with opposition often highlighting rural-urban divides. In this article we measure and analyse the perceptions of harm associated with several green policies (ren...

Why do rural dwellers show lower support for green policies? Is it because they prioritise the environment less over material goals, or because they perceive higher costs of green policies? Check out our new article! @environmentalpol.bsky.social @evaanduiza.bsky.social tuit.cat/OP6Ph

16.12.2025 18:39 👍 34 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 3

Enhorabona, Marta! Ganes de llegir-lo!

16.12.2025 18:57 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Less than 10 days left to submit your abstract for the 3rd COSPPO edition: a workshop on comparative social policy designed for early-career researchers!

04.12.2025 19:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We are pleased to announce that the Call for Abstracts for the 3rd Early Career Workshop on Comparative Social and Public Policy (COSPPO) is now open. It will take place on 23–24 April 2026 at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and is organised by @igopbcn.bsky.social

Form: acortar.link/6A6JjZ

30.10.2025 07:18 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Paternity Leave and the Motherhood Penalty: How Within‐Couple Inequality–Conditions Policy Impact Motherhood-related labour market penalties remain a major driver of the gender employment gap. Father-specific paternity leave is often promoted as a policy tool to support maternal employment, yet e...

🆕📢 New publication alert! Our article is now out in Social Policy & Administration.
W/Dani M. Marinova

🌐Paternity leave, motherhood penalty and Spanish reform
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

24.11.2025 10:54 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 3

Highly recommend this excellent contribution to welfare politics by @ewanrobo.bsky.social! A timely reminder that elites and political organisations often decide on social policy — and rights — regardless of public opinion.

21.07.2025 11:04 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

És clar!

14.07.2025 10:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The politics of minimum income reform in Spain: explaining unexpected and consensual path departure | Journal of Social Policy | Cambridge Core The politics of minimum income reform in Spain: explaining unexpected and consensual path departure

Si t’interessen els detalls de la discussió política, just em varen publicar aquesta peça enguany: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... :)

12.07.2025 18:26 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Bastant d’acord. La intenció del PSOE era que l’IMV incrementés la cobertura general del sistema de protecció social, però no la de crear un esquema més universal. De fet, les propostes de PSOE i Podemos a psrtir de 2015 difereixen precisament en el grau d’universalització.

12.07.2025 18:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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El Gobierno catalán anuncia préstamos a jóvenes para pagar la entrada de su primera vivienda (incentivar la demanda). Cuando hicieron una política similar en Reino Unido (help-to-buy):

❌Aumentaron 8% precios.
❌No aumentó la oferta.
❌Los promotores se apropiaron de toda la ayuda.

17.06.2025 05:02 👍 164 🔁 128 💬 11 📌 8

Enhorabona, José!

16.06.2025 13:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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What broad lessons have we learned from 115 studies on unconditional cash transfers? A meta-analysis of 115 studies shows that unconditional cash transfers have positive impacts on a range of key economic and social outcomes, including consumption, income, labour supply, and child hea...

A meta-analysis of 115 studies shows that unconditional cash transfers have positive impacts on a range of key economic and social outcomes, including consumption, income, labour supply, and child health and education. voxdev.org/topic/social...

30.05.2025 15:49 👍 13 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
The nexus between welfare rescaling and administrative burden: The case of minimum income provision in Spain | Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy | Cambridge Core The nexus between welfare rescaling and administrative burden: The case of minimum income provision in Spain

⏰ 📕 New publication out with Francisco Ferraioli in Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy

What makes national-level social policy reforms so hard to deliver in decentralized welfare systems?

Find out here, it's open access!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

28.05.2025 09:17 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

This is an important paper showing how access to safety net benefits is directly related to mortality. Cuts to services, even in the guise of work requirements, will lead to unnecessary deaths!

14.05.2025 21:35 👍 157 🔁 64 💬 5 📌 2

Un gran pèrdua pel mallorquinisme polític i l'esquerra en general. En pau descansis, Pere.

26.04.2025 17:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you María! 😊

10.04.2025 11:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The politics of minimum income reform in Spain: explaining unexpected and consensual path departure | Journal of Social Policy | Cambridge Core The politics of minimum income reform in Spain: explaining unexpected and consensual path departure

Some good news: my second thesis article is out in Journal of Social Policy! 🎉 @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social

I explore how Spain adopted a minimum income scheme in 2020 - despite polarized politics. The twist? (Left) parties, unions, and territorial politics matter.

It's open access:

10.04.2025 10:36 👍 29 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 4

Bàsicament, argumento que sembla haver-hi un moviment general cap a rendes més condicionades (incloent-hi sancions) a l'activitat laboral - amb algunes excepcions -, però sense oferir els recursos necessaris per a la inclusió laboral a llocs de treball de qualitat i sense garantir rendes generoses.

09.04.2025 13:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Des de la @uab.cat em publiquen aquest article en format divulgatiu, on explico els principals resultats de l'estudi i on hi faig una petita reflexió sobre les polítiques de renda mínima i la condicionalitat laboral.

Podeu trobar el resum aquí: ddd.uab.cat/record/310257

09.04.2025 13:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Otro argumento a favor de este orden. Yo este año lo vi en supuesto orden cronológico y el downgrade de calidad audiovisual es muy duro. Por no hablar de Yoda

03.04.2025 22:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

“Crecemos porque somos más, no porque vivamos o trabajemos mejor.”

Sobre creixememt econòmic i desigualtat social:

01.04.2025 07:43 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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José A. Noguera: «Un impost de successions més just podria finançar una herència universal» El sociòleg especialitzat en el disseny de polítiques socials i fiscalitat assenyala que Catalunya podria apujar molt més les exigències tributàries: "Hi ha països on s'ha reduït la taxa de pobresa d'...

Entrevista molt interessant amb @josenoguerauab.bsky.social
Tan important és la materialitat d’una herència universal (un pagament incondicional al arribar a ser adult) com la forma de finançar-la: una redistribució general (parcial) de les herències.

naciodigital.cat/societat/jos...

31.03.2025 12:40 👍 10 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
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Navigating Digital Welfare: A Multi‐Level Maze? Greater conceptual and empirical engagement with welfare state complexity is needed in studies of digital welfare. This article explores how existing concepts such as welfare systems, subsidiarisatio...

New article: Navigating Digital Welfare: A Multi-Level Maze? In Social Policy & Administration. I argue that greater conceptual and empirical engagement with welfare state complexity is needed in studies of digital welfare. (OPEN ACCESS) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

26.03.2025 10:17 👍 17 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0

Debatim moltíssim sobre quines polítiques públiques hem de fer i quines no. Sobre qui mereix ajudes i qui no. Però les ajudes més grans en aquest país les reben les persones amb més renda.

Això, priomordial, sobre la necessitat d'una reforma fiscal que ens pugui permetre viure millor:

25.03.2025 10:45 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0