Alberto López Ortega

Looking forward to presenting this work on dating, love and politics, co-authored with the fab @bertous.bsky.social at @psapolpsychology.bsky.social online seminar series.

This new paper offers practical solutions for pluralistic ignorance (when people assume their opinon is unpopular when many others share it):

-in loose cultures, share accurate information
-in tight ones, lowering the costs of speaking up can spark social change.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Interested in spending a few days in Granada (8–11 Sept) and working on political science research using Andalusia as a case study? 🌞🏛️

This panel, which I’m co-organizing with @atiradocastro.bsky.social at the Spanish Political Science Association, is for you! 📚

Apply!! ✨

wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that

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Solo-authored article accepted for publication in the European Political Science Review (EPSR)

Affinity voting in Europe:
The impact of religion, migration background and gender on preferences for in-group politicians

Pre-print of accepted version available here:
doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Rallied by thy neighbor: how minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social with @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social & @grahn.bsky.social

Your neighbours shape your politics — but can living near people like *cause* higher turnout?

We studied 20,000+ queer individuals across the entire Swedish population to find out

doi.org/10.1086/740816

10 riesgos de prohibir las redes a los menores Lo que el Gobierno no te cuenta de su nueva medida estrella

El Gobierno de España habla de prohibir el uso de redes sociales a millones de personas como si eso fuera algo sencillo y “de sentido común”.

En la newsletter de hoy, os cuento 10 razones por las que no es una buena idea.

Que esto pase es gravisimo. Que se investigue y se cuente es más que necesario 👌👇

Hoy al fin se publica una investigación en la que llevo trabajando casi un año

Un centro evangélico que recibe dinero público y pacientes del sistema de salud mental público se dedica a convertir a mujeres "problemáticas" en mujeres "decentes". Es MUY GRAVE

Va hilo
www.newtral.es/centro-vida-...

Queer Politics Webinar - Call for Presentations 🌈 We invite scholars, researchers and PhD students to submit presentation proposals for the upcoming sessions of the Queer Politics Webinar! We welcome contributions that focus on queer/LGBT+ politics...

👀 Today we are announcing our first call for presentations for 2026!

🌈 We encourage all queer academics, especially PhD students, who study LGBTQ+ politics and want to present their work in a safe space to send their proposals.

📆 The call is open until February 6.

🙌 Feel free to share!

February 5th Angelia Wagner & Joanna Everitt w/ Mireille Lalancette & Karen Bird University of Alberta & University of New Brunswick To Queer or not to Queer? 2SLGBTQI+ Candidates’ Use of Instagram During the 2021 Canadian Election 9am PT/12pm ET/5pm GMT Online seminar on zoom Logo of the Queer Politics Seminar consisting of the different colours of the pride rainbow as interwoven stripes

🌈 We are very happy to announce the first session of 2026!

Next week, on February 5, @angeliawagner.bsky.social and @joannaeveritt.bsky.social will present their amazing work on queer Canadian candidates and social media.

📆 Be sure to join us!

Thrilled to share our new paper with amazing Agus.

We show that non-traditional families, especially open and age-gap couples, face substantial prejudice. Even LGB couples encounter bias, highlighting persistent inequalities in societies often seen as tolerant.

Happy that my article just published in PSRM! In "Inclusion to Exclude“, I show that when politicians invoke women's rights to justify anti-immigration positions, it shifts citizens' policy preferences - but differently so depending on their prior views. doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

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Do homophobia and sexual prejudice still exist in tolerant societies?

In POQ, Ortega & Bosco's new study reveals how non-traditional relationships continue to be stigmatised in parenting contexts, even in seemingly liberal societies.

Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

thank you so much for sharing! :))

Homophobia alive and well in adoption decision-making 😱

Thrilled to share our new paper with amazing Agus.

We show that non-traditional families, especially open and age-gap couples, face substantial prejudice. Even LGB couples encounter bias, highlighting persistent inequalities in societies often seen as tolerant.

Abstract of the paper, it reads: How widespread is sexual liberalism in tolerant societies? Theoretical and descriptive evidence suggests an overall liberalization in societal views on topics such as women’s rights and homosexuality. Yet, relying on sexual norms theory, this study unveils persistent sexual prejudice. We differentiate between “normalized” sexual issues, like same-gender marriage, which have gained mainstream acceptance, and “nonnormalized” issues, such as nontraditional sexual practices and relationships, which remain stigmatized. Through a conjoint experiment in Catalonia, Spain, we investigate public attitudes toward adoptive parents with varying sexual orientations, relationship types, and age differences, confirming that discriminatory preferences are prevalent in contexts with low social desirability. By highlighting the continued prejudice against both normative and nonnormative sexual issues, this research contributes to our understanding of the dynamics of sexual attitudes and the challenges facing LGBTQ+ politics and rights.

❗My first publication is out!

Using a conjoint experiment with adoption solicitations, @bertous.bsky.social and I demonstrate that modern societies still exhibit prejudice against non-traditional relationships, including same-sex, open and age-gap couples

More below and in @poqjournal.bsky.social

He escrito esto sobre la entrevista a Ashley St. Clair para motivaros a que la veáis. Necesitamos más historias de MAGA, TERFs, incels… desradicalizados.

Escribo en El País a favor de la inclusión de las personas no binarias en las listas electorales.

Explico por qué el supuesto conflicto con los derechos de las mujeres es tramposo, y cómo el diseño electoral puede garantizar el avance de la representación de mujeres y personas no binarias. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Portugal is having a presidential election tomorrow (Sunday).

It is a fairly unusual one, which is representative of how much the political landscape has changed in the country.

Here is some quick context about it, in case that is of interest:

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В книжных магазинах прошла проверка «Левой руки тьмы» Урсулы Ле Гуин Основанием стали материалы ФСБ

🇷🇺 El pasado diciembre, varias librerías de Rusia sufrieron redadas policiales por vender "La mano izquierda de la oscuridad", de Ursula K. Leguin.

Las redadas se basaron en informes del servicio secreto ruso (FSB) que concluyeron que este clásico de la ciencia ficción es "propaganda LGBT" ilegal.

After two wonderful years coordinating the Queer Politics Webinar, @haasvioleta.bsky.social and @bertous.bsky.social are saying goodbye. It’s been a truly spectacular experience, and we’re incredibly grateful for everything we’ve learned along the way. 💜

🤷Does tribal thinking toward ethnic out-groups shape policy support?

➡️Using visual conjoints in Germany and the Netherlands, @bertous.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com show that nativists support policies selectively based on group cues www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

New publication with @turnbulldugarte.com in @psrm.bsky.social! 🧵

We study whether citizens’ liberal values are selective: do people support policies based on who promotes them?

Short answer: Yes, and it's driven by ethnic out-group disidentification. (1/11) 👇

doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.

"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."

The trap Trump now faces - the Epstein redactions will only fuel conspiracy theories even when they are innocuous. Our 2016 JEPS article: "Classified or Coverup? The Effect of Redactions on Conspiracy Theory Beliefs" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Lastly, we are super thankful to those who helped us make the better: @elizabethsim0n.bsky.social @gabrielemagni.bsky.social @grahn.bsky.social @katharinalawall.bsky.social @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social @markuskollberg.bsky.social @polpsychjoe.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social and more :)
(11/11)

The paper is open access at PSRM: doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

Replication materials on Harvard Dataverse: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/... (10/11)

This paper is very special to us: it extends the selective liberalism framework we introduced in our APSR homonationalism paper.

Moving from a single policy domain to multiple issues (gender, LGBTQ+, environment) and multiple identity cues strengthens our confidence in the theory. More to come!