The press service of the University of Salamanca has written a news piece about Democracy Research Unit’s latest research: our article “Abating Dissonant Public Spheres: Exploring the Effects of Affective, Ideological and Perceived Societal [...]

Professor Emily Carty, member of the Democracy Research Unit, will participate in a roundtable on the recent midterm elections in the United States. The roundtable will also include Professor John Polga of the United [...]

Prof. Homero Gil de Zúñiga will give a talk at the conference ‘Retos de la profesión periodística ante la corrupción política en la era de la desinformación‘. Date and location: November 23rd, 2022 – [...]

New publication by Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Hugo Marcos-Marné, and Emily Carty in the journal Political Communication. “Abating Dissonant Public Spheres: Exploring the Effects of Affective, Ideological and Perceived Societal Political Polarization on Social [...]

The University of Salamanca has improved its results in the ‘Ranking of the World Scientists: World’s Top 2% Scientists’, an annual report by Stanford University. According to its latest edition, 45 USAL researchers are [...]

Homero Gil de Zúñiga will participate in the II Congreso Internacional sobre Vulnerabilidad y Cultura Digital as keynote speaker, to talk about democracy, populism, and the News Finds Me Perception. Title: Democracia y populismo [...]

Prof. Gil de Zúñiga has been selected as Expert/Fellow to contribute to the design and implementation of inclusive policies revolving around the effects of social media algorithms and AI by the Inclusive Policy Lab [...]

New publication by Hugo Marcos-Marné, Homero Gil de Zúñiga, and Porismita Borah in the journal European Political Science. “What do we (not) know about demand-side populism? A systematic literature review on populist attitudes” Abstract [...]

New publication by Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Pablo González-González, and Manuel Goyanes in the journal American Behavioral Scientist. Pathways to Political Persuasion: Linking Online, Social Media, and Fake News With Political Attitude Change Through [...]

DRU members Hugo Marcos-Marné and Isabel Inguanzo were recently promoted to Associate Professors of the Department of Political Science & Public Administration at the University of Salamanca. Congratulations!