AI, Work, Technology and Governance
Research on digitalization, automation, technological risk, workplace change and public support for policies that govern new technologies.
Aina Gallego
Associate Professor of Political Science, Universitat de Barcelona
Also affiliated with IBEI, IPEG and EGAP.
I study how artificial intelligence and technological change reshape political behavior, work, public policy and democratic governance.
I also coordinate policy-oriented knowledge transfer on AI's social and political impacts through REDES-IA.
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50+ publications
Articles, books and chapters
€1M+ funding
Competitive research projects
Research Themes
Methods, Text and Political Elites
Work using large language models, text-as-data, social media and elite data to study political texts, politicians and representation.
Political Attitudes, Corruption and Personality
Studies of corruption, personality traits, place, identity and how citizens form political attitudes and policy preferences.
Inequality, Representation and Participation
Work on unequal participation, turnout, trust and how political institutions shape who participates and whose interests are represented.
Recent Publications
Recent selected publications from 2024-2026.
2026
Kuo, Alexander, Reto Bürgisser, Aina Gallego, and Silja Häusermann. 2026. “Support for Digitalization Acceleration: Evidence from EU's Next Generation Program.” Journal of European Public Policy, forthcoming.
Queralt, Dídac, Ana Tur-Prats, and Aina Gallego. 2026. “Historical Family Types and Female Political Representation: Persistence and Change.” Journal of Politics, forthcoming.
2025
Le Mens, Gaël, and Aina Gallego. 2025. “Positioning Political Texts with Large Language Models by Asking and Averaging.” Political Analysis, 33(3): 274-282.
Bicchi, Nicolas, Aina Gallego, and Alexander Kuo. 2025. “Unpacking Technological Risks: Different Sources of Concern and Policy Preferences.” Political Studies, 73(3): 1054-1077.
2024
Schöll, Nikolas, Aina Gallego, and Gaël Le Mens. 2024. “How Politicians Learn from Citizens' Feedback: The Case of Gender on Twitter.” American Journal of Political Science, 68(2): 557-574.
Kuo, Alexander, Dulce Manzano, and Aina Gallego. 2024. “Automation versus Openness: Support for Policies to Address Job Threats.” Journal of Public Policy, 44(1): 1-23.