Joan Carles
Pamies Palazuelo
Redes sociales
Carles Pamies holds a PhD in Political Science from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). He is currently a researcher at the Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP-CSIC). He is also a visiting lecturer (enseignant vacataire) at Sciences Po Paris, where he was previously a researcher in the ActEU project. He has held research positions at UNED, the UAM, and the University of Liège, and has been a visiting researcher at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford and at the Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). He is involved in various national and international research groups and projects, and has worked as a predoctoral researcher in projects funded by the Spanish National Plan (APREPINM, CONSENSO) and Horizon Europe (MobilEU, REPCHANCE).
His research interests include political parties and their elites, consensus-building in the legislative process, and both political behavior and the representation of people of foreign origin. He has published on the electoral behavior and political representation of Latin Americans (in American Behavioral Scientist and Politics and Governance), on diaspora voting (European Political Science), on the Spanish party system (Revista Internacional de Sociología), on candidate selection (in Revista de Investigaciones Sociológicas and the Journal of Contemporary and European Studies), and on transition elites (Democratization). His research findings have also been disseminated through various media outlets.
The list includes only relevant publications from the past five years. For access to the full list of publications and additional information, including the doctoral dissertation, please visit Google Scholar and the profiles on Academia.edu, ResearchGate, and Zenodo.
Quartile rankings refer to the year of publication or the closest year for which data is available. Disciplines are based on the Web of Science (JCR) classification.
2024 Disagreeing To Agree: Populism and Consensus Among MPs And Their Voters. American Behavioral Scientist (In press) (authors: Carles Pamies. José Javier Olivas-Osuna, and Andrés Santana) (JCR Q1 Social Sciences & SJR Q1, JIF 2.3)
2024 Choosing among the Chosen? Electoral Lists and Party Primaries in Europe. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 32(1), pp. 96-109 (authors: Carles Pamies and Guillermo Cordero) (JCR Q1 Area Studies & SJR Q1, JIF 1.2)
2024 Institutional Factors and Agreement in Law-Making in Spain (1979-2023). American Behavioral Scientist (In press) (authors: Andrés Benítez, Beatriz Carrasco, Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, and Carles Pamies) (JCR Q1 Social Sciences & SJR Q1, JIF 2.3)
2024 Fragmentación y polarización parlamentaria en España: la evolución en el Congreso y Autonomías (1979-2022). Revista Internacional de Sociología, 82(3) (authors: Pablo Domínguez, Andrés Benítez, Beatriz Carrasco, and Carles Pamies) (JCR Q3 Sociology & SJR Q3, JIF 0.8)
2024 Diversity in Spanish Politics? Dynamics of Descriptive Representation of Immigrant Origin Minorities in Local Elections. Politics and Governance, 12 [Acceso abierto] (authors: Daniela Vintila, Santiago Pérez-Nievas, Marta Paradés, and Carles Pamies) (JCR Q1 Political Science & SJR Q1, JIF 2.5)
2024 Things Will Have to Change? Analyzing the Spanish Transition to Democracy From an Elite Perspective. Democratization, 32(3) (authors: Javier Padilla, Bernardino León, Inés Echevarría, Erick Padilla, Carles Pamies, and Beatriz Valero) (JCR Q1 Political Science & SJR Q1, JIF 3.7)
2023 Candidate selection and descriptive political representation: inclusive practices and the incorporation of migrant minorities by political parties.
Doctoral dissertation (PhD). Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Cum Laude (highest grade, with an honourable mention of “International Doctor”)
2023 Electoral (Non)Alignment between Resident and Non-Resident Voters: Evidence from Spain. European Political Science, 22, pp. 63–82 (authors: Daniela Vintila, Carles Pamies, and Marta Paradés) (JCR Q2 Political Science & SJR Q1, JIF 1.4)
2023 Differential candidate selection in multilevel settings: an analysis of inclusiveness and centralisation levels in Spain. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 182, pp. 91-118 (author: Carles Pamies) (JCR Q3 Sociology & SJR Q2, JIF 1.0) [Open access]
2022 Throughput Legitimacy in European Local State-Society Networks. En B. Egner et al. (Eds.) Perspectives on Local Governance Across Europe. Palgrave Macmillan (Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance) (authors: Carmen Navarro, Carles Pamies, and Lluís Medir).
2022 Las encuestas a población inmigrante en España (2000-2021). Informe oficial para el Ministerio de Inclusión, Seguridad Social y Migraciones (authors: Laura Morales, Mónica Méndez-Lago, Santiago Pérez-Nievas, Irene Palacios, Carles Pamies, and Irene Sánchez Vítores) [Open access]
2021 Descriptive Political Representation of Latin Americans in Spanish Local Politics: Demographic Concentration, Political Opportunities, and Parties’ Inclusiveness. American Behavioral Scientist, 65(9), pp. 1234–1250 (authors: Carles Pamies, Santiago Pérez-Nievas, Daniela Vintila, and Marta Paradés) (JCR Q2 Social Science & SJR Q1, JIF 2.53) [Open access]
2021 Forging Political Identities and Becoming Citizens. The Political Preferences and Engagement of South American Migrants in the United States and Spain.
American Behavioral Scientist, 65(9), pp. 1265-1282 (authors: Narayani Lasala-Blanco, Laura Morales, and Carles Pamies) (JCR Q2 Social Science & SJR Q1, JIF 2.53) [Open access]
2021 Tipos de lista y perfiles parlamentarios en España y Alemania. Teoría y Realidad Constitucional, 45, 557-566 (author: Carles Pamies). (JCI-JCR Q4 Political Science & SJR Q2, JCI 0.07) [Open access]
Current:
ActEU project (101094190): “Towards a new era of representative democracy. Activating European citizens’ trust in times of crises and polarization”, funded by the Horizon Europe programme. Team member under contract. May 2024 – present (previously at Sciences Po).
Project PID2023-151795NB-I00, Polarización afectiva en democracias avanzadas: el impacto de las élites políticas en la ciudadanía en España (ELITPOLAR). Ministry of Science and Innovation (Spain). Leonardo Sánchez Ferrer (Universidad de Burgos). 01/09/2024-31/08/2027. Team member.
Previous:
Political Representation in Inclusive Societies (REPCHANCE). Robert Bosch Stiftung. PIs: Laura Morales, Andreas Wüst, Liza Mügge & Gianni D'Amato. 01/07/2022-30/06/2024. Hired team member (Sciences Po).
Project PID2019-108667GB-I00, La construcción social del consenso en entornos políticos multipartidistas (CONSENSO). Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (Spain). PI: Xavier Coller Porta. (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia). 01/06/2020-30/11/2023. 68.123 €. Hired team member.
Project 963348, Mobile EU Electorates and Democratic Participation (MobilEU). Comisión Europea. Åsa von Schoultz. (University of Liège). 15/01/2021-14/09/2023. 592.774 €. Hired team member.
Project CSO2016-79540-R, ¿Ayuntamientos Plurales? La Representación Política de los Inmigrantes en España (APREPINM). Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Spain). PIs: Santiago Pérez-Nievas Montiel and Guillermo Cordero. (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid). 30/12/2016-29/12/2019. 48.000 €. Hired team member.
Selected Reports and Media Articles (most relevant 5, all the others here):
Morales, L., & Pamies, C. (2025). La diversidad en la política española. Mecanismos que favorecen y obstaculizan la inclusión de minorías en puestos de representación política. Sciences Po. Report available in English via the Robert Bosch Stiftung here, and comparative report available via the Robert Bosch Stiftung here.
Sabemos lo que hicisteis en la última legislatura
Article for El País, with Xavier Coller, Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, Beatriz Carrasco, Andrés Benítez, and Leonardo Sánchez-Ferrer
The presence of immigrants in local politics is well below their demographic weight in Spanish society
Report for the Observatorio Social de La Caixa, with Santiago Pérez-Nievas, Daniela Vintila, and Marta Paradés. Also featured in ctxt.
Las encuestas a población inmigrante en España (2000-2021).
Commissioned official report for the Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration (with Laura Morales, Mónica Méndez-Lago, Santiago Pérez-Nievas, Irene Palacios, and Irene Sánchez Vítores)
Contrincantes políticos del momento populista: entrevista a Myrto Tsakatika
Also available at the World Economic Forum.
Selected Media Appearances (most relevant 5, all the others here):
La política española suspende en diversidad desde hace casi 30 años
El País (26/05/2025)
Madrid, refuge latino-américain
Le Monde Diplomatique (07/05/2024)
La polémica ley de amnistía en España que permitirá seguir al actual presidente Pedro Sánchez
Radio France International (10/11/23)
El voto venezolano: una inversión de futuro para las campañas electorales de Madrid
Euronews (28/04/21). Also available in portugués
Votos ignorados a la sombra de Vox en la precampaña del 4-M
La Vanguardia (14/04/21)