Guillermo Toral
@guillermo_toral
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Assistant Professor of political science @IEuniversity and Faculty Affiliate @MITGovLab. Previously faculty @VanderbiltU, staff @WorldBank. PhD from @MIT.
Madrid
Joined April 2011
📢 Just out in @The_JOP! https://t.co/q91qNS2I3f (DM me for a copy if you don't have access; pre-print available at https://t.co/iw7PwtPiRt) 🧵⬇️
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📢 We're hiring! 3 lines in CP, IR, and IPE. Come join us in Madrid! I'm not in the committee but more than happy to answer questions (via DM, email) and/or chat.
🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨 We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track. We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
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We are super excited that Catherine de Vries will join @IEuniversity as Full Professor of Political Science, Chair of our Department, and Vice Dean at @iespega in January. We look forward to having her as a colleague and leader in our growing department! https://t.co/v090B8Zyfw
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As the academic year resumes, we are very excited to announce the two new hires who have recently joined the IE University political science faculty: Korhan Koçak (@Korhan_Kocak) and Sigrid Weber. Welcome both to @IEuniversity @iespega! 👇
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Join us tomorrow Wednesday June 25 at the EPSA Pre-Conference on Political Connections! 📍 UC3M (Puerta de Toledo Campus) — Rooms 0.A.05 and 0.A.06 🕘 9 AM — 6 PM An exciting set of panels on topics including revolving doors, bureaucracy, courts, lobbying, legislatures, & more
Check out the program of our EPSA Pre-Conference on Political Connections (🧵👇), to be held at @UC3M on June 25. If you want to join, please fill in this short form: https://t.co/GlKcP1xP6O
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📢 We will be hosting the next edition of the Madrid Empirical Social Sciences conference on October 24-25. See the call for papers below, and submit your abstract by July 11 here: https://t.co/0lDfxCxOv7 (open to folks from outside Madrid too!)
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We're getting started with our two-day Workshop on Public Opinion, Representation, and Democracy. Organized by DJ Flynn @d_j_flynn and Nina Wiesehomeier, and held in our Segovia campus. @IEuniversity @iespega Great line-up, live updates below! 🧵
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It'll all take place the day before EPSA, on the Carlos III campus. We'll cover lunch, coffee breaks, and a social event at the end of the day. Here's the link to sign up:
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Dear Colleagues, The EPSA pre-conference on Political Connections, will take place on June 25, 2025, at Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M - Puerta de Toledo campus). Political Connections involve...
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We'll have 10 panels with 2 papers each, on topics including bureaucrats, legislatures, courts, revolving doors, lobbying, political selection, and government spending.
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Check out the program of our EPSA Pre-Conference on Political Connections (🧵👇), to be held at @UC3M on June 25. If you want to join, please fill in this short form: https://t.co/GlKcP1xP6O
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Congrats to @gontrerasa.bsky.social, winner of the LASA 2024 award for best paper in political institutions! For his paper: "Clientelistic Dynamics in Programmatic Settings: Evidence from Chile" Thanks to the committee: @guillermo_toral, @silvia_otero85 & @arschipani
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Surprised and honored to be co-winner of the AJPS Best Article Award for my article on the benefits of patronage. @MPSAnet @AJPS_Editor Thank you to the committee and the whole community that helped me produce that piece! https://t.co/qzVuYJJVPz
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A cool bonus of the trip to London was giving another talk at @QMUL's inter-disciplinary center on Latin America.
NEXT WEEK! “Internal control as a source of state effectiveness” with @guillermo_toral Public event. No need to book a ticket 📅 10th of Feb 🕒3pm 📍 LG4, Queens Building, Mile End Campus
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Had a blast yesterday at presenting to, chatting with, and learning from the great community of political science and political economy scholars @LSEnews. Thanks for having me!
Today at 2pm #PoliticalScience and #PoliticalEconomy seminar on 'Street-Level Rule of Law: Prosecutor Presence and the Fight against Corruption' by @guillermo_toral
https://t.co/VJiMLAJsTa
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Grateful for the week visiting @uc_chile, presenting some research, and learning from the amazing community at @UCSociologia @GobiernoUC @icp_uc in beautiful Santiago!
Primer Coloquio 2025 ✨ Control a nivel de calle: La presencia de la fiscalía y la lucha contra la corrupción con @guillermo_toral doctor en Ciencia Política @MIT y profesor de Ciencias Políticas @IEuniversity 📆22/01 ⏰ 13:30 h 👩🏫Sala Magíster 📝 https://t.co/XDPGBVlFJ1
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We start the year by looking back at a productive 2024 for our 14-people team 💪🏼 Last year we got: 📰 21 peer reviewed articles, including 1 in APSR, 3 in AJPS, and 6 in JOP 📕 1 book with OUP 🏆 4 article, paper, or book awards 📊 3 new external grants totaling €385k
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Only 5 days left to submit papers for consideration for the LAPIS best paper award @LAPISLASA. Send us your @LASACONGRESS 2024 institutions paper! Info + submissions here: https://t.co/wsm6qt1qqq
@sboteroc @rachel_schwartz @nara_pavao @silvia_otero85 @arschipani @l_gamboag
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Send us your paper!
LAPIS announces the call for nominations for the best LASA 2024 paper. 🗓 Deadline: January 26, 2024. Link: https://t.co/dInt8tUKQh
@sboteroc @rachel_schwartz @nara_pavao @silvia_otero85 @arschipani @guillermo_toral
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🎉 It's official! Starting January 1 and for the next 5 years, I’ll be a Ramón y Cajal fellow @iespega. Grateful to @CienciaGob and my colleagues @IEuniversity for this opportunity to advance my research on governance, corruption, and civil servants. 🚀 https://t.co/3veE9F1flJ
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📢 New article in @AJPS_Editor: "Biased bureaucrats and the policies of international organizations" A thread on how ideological biases of international bureaucrats shape the political economies of countries in the Global South. 🌐 ✅ Open access: https://t.co/ZfqW2XSUiC
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