Álvaro Mariscal de Gante Martín

DEMOCRETS – Governance, collective action and political participation: challenges of contemporary democracy

Álvaro Mariscal de Gante Martín works as a Phd candidate at IESA-CSIC. He studied Sociology and Political Sciences at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Seville) and holds a master’s degree in Equality and Gender.

Álvaro has collaborated in the research projects “Parliamentary conflict and consensus. The case of Spain” (Conflicto y consenso parlamentario. El caso de la España de las autonomías), “Citizens and Parliaments in times of crisis. The case of Spain compared to Southern Europe” (Ciudadanía y Parlamentarios en tiempos de crisis y renovación: El caso comparado de España en el contexto del sur de Europa, CIUPARCRI) and “Families, locations and generations.  Spatial and generational configuration of the family ties of the elderly and consequences for health and well-being” (Familias, lugares y generaciones. Configuración espacial y generacional de los vínculos familiares de los mayores y consecuencias para la salud y el bienestar). In 2019 he received the Universidad Pablo de Olavide prize for the best academic performance (Sociology, 2019/2020).

He is currently working on his Phd on potential and limitations of big data to study negative attitudes towards immigration and immigrants and, since 2018, he participates in a project financed by the Spanish Government titled “Explaining Positive Attitudes towards Immigrants in Spain” (Explicando Actitudes Sosegadas hacia los Inmigrantes en España, EASIE).

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