Updated May 27, 2026
Current positions
Associate Professor of Political Science, Universitat de Barcelona
Research Associate, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI)
Research Associate, Institut for Political Economy and Governance (IPEG)
Past positions
Education
Book
Gallego, Aina. 2015. Unequal Political Participation Worldwide. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Publications
- Kuo, Alex, 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.
- 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.
- Scholl, Nikolas, Aina Gallego and Gael 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.
- Gallego Aina and Thomas Kurer. 2022. “Workplace automation and digitalization: Implications for political behavior.” Annual Review of Political Science, 25:463-484.
- Gallego, Aina, Alex Kuo, Pepe Fernández-Albertos and Dulce Manzano. 2022. “Technological risk and policy preferences.” Comparative Political Studies, 55(1): 60–92.
- Gallego, Aina, Thomas Kurer and Nikolas Schoell. 2021. “Neither Left-Behind nor Superstar: Ordinary Winners of Digitalization at the Ballot Box.” Journal of Politics, 84(1): 418-436.
- Beltran, Javier, Aina Gallego, Alba Huidobro, Lluis Padro and Enrique Romero. 2021. “Gendered language in Political Communication: A Machine Learning Approach.” European Journal of Political Research, 60(1): 239-251.
- Janezic, Katharina Anna and Aina Gallego. 2020. “ Eliciting preferences for truth-telling in a survey of politicians.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(36): 22002-22008.
- Kurer, Thomas, and Aina Gallego. 2019. “Distributional Consequences of Technological Change: Worker-Level Evidence” Research & Politics, 6(1): 1-19. [Special issue on the Politics of Technological Change].
- Hierro, Maria Jose, and Aina Gallego. 2018. “Identities in between: Political conflict and ethnonational identities in multicultural states” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 62(6): 1314-1339.
- Gallego, Aina and Paul Marx. 2017. “Disentangling Preferences for Multi-Dimensional Policies: A Conjoint Experiment” Journal of European Public Policy, 24(7): 1027-1047.
- Gallego, Aina. 2016. “Inequality and the Erosion of Trust among the Poor” Socio-Economic Review, 14(3): 443-460.
- Munoz, Jordi, Eva Anduiza and Aina Gallego. 2016. “Why do voters forgive corrupt mayors? Implicit exchange, credibility of information, and clean alternatives.” Local Government Studies, 42(4): 598615.
- Gallego, Aina, Franz Buscha, Patrick Sturgis, Daniel Oberski. 2016. “Places and preferences: A Longitudinal Analysis of Self-Selection and Contextual Effects.” British Journal of Political Science, 46(3): 529-550.
- Lefkofridi, Zoe, Nathalie Giger, and Aina Gallego. 2014. “Congruence and voter turnout.” Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, 24(3): 291-311.
- Gallego, Aina and Sergi Pardos-Prado. 2014. “Personality traits and attitudes towards immigration.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 40(1): 79-99.
- Anduiza, Eva, Aina Gallego, and Jordi Munoz. 2013. “Turning a blind eye: Experimental evidence of partisan bias in attitudes towards corruption.” Comparative Political Studies, 46(12): 1664-1692.
- Gallego, Aina and Daniel Oberski. 2012. “Personality traits and political participation: The mediation hypothesis.” Political Behavior 34(3): 425-451.
- Gallego, Aina, Guillem Rico, and Eva Anduiza. 2012. “Disproportionality and voter turnout in new and old democracies.” Electoral Studies 31(1): 159-169.
- Gallego, Aina. 2010. “Understanding Unequal Turnout: Education and Voting in Comparative Perspective.” Electoral Studies, 29(2): 239-247.
- Anduiza, Eva, Marta Cantijoch, and Aina Gallego. 2010. “Online Political Participation in Spain: The Impact of Traditional and Internet Resources.” Journal of Information Technology and Politics, 7(4): 356-368.
- Gallego, Aina. 2009. “Where Else Does Turnout Decline Come From? Education, Age, Generation and Period Effects in Three European Countries.” Scandinavian Political Studies, 32(1): 32-44.
- Anduiza, Eva, Marta Cantijoch and Aina Gallego. 2009. “Political Participation and the Internet: Assessing Effects, Causal Mechanisms, and Consequences.” Information, Communication and Society, 12(6): 860-878.
- Gallego, Aina. 2007. “Unequal Political Participation in Europe.” International Journal of Sociology, 37(4): 10-26.
Peer-reviewed publications in Spanish
- Huidobro, Alba, Yeimy Ospina, Marta Curto, Aina Gallego. 2019. “Coaliciones en los gobiernos locales: Una nueva base de datos.” Revista Espanola de Investigaciones Sociologicas, 49: 109-128.
- Anduiza, Eva, Aina Gallego and Laia Jorba. 2012. “El uso de internet y la brecha de conocimiento politico en Espana.” Revista Internacional de Sociologia 70(1): 129-151.
- Colombo, Clelia, Carol Galais y Aina Gallego. 2012. “El uso de Internet y las actitudes políticas: Datos cuantitativos y cualitativos de Espana.” Arbor: Ciencia, Pensamiento, Cultura 188(756): 751-766.
- Gallego, Aina, Camilo Cristancho y Josep San Martin. 2010. “La movilizacion politica: Medicion y relevancia.” Revista Espanola de Ciencia Politica, 23: 113-124.
- Anduiza, Eva, Marta Cantijoch, Clelia Colombo, Aina Gallego y Jorge Salcedo. 2009. “Los usos politicos de Internet en Espana.” Revista Espanola de Investigaciones Sociologicas, 129: 133-146.
Chapters and other publications
- Gallego, Aina and Marta Curto. 2023. “How Do the Educated Govern? Evidence from Municipal Data.” In Unequal Democracies: Public Policy, Responsiveness, and Redistribution in an Era of Rising Economic Inequality, Noam Lupu and Jonas Pontusson (eds.), New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Bicchi, Nicolas, Aina Gallego, and Alexander Kuo. 2022. ”Workers support for policies to address digitalization.” Policy paper, Joint Research Centre of the European Union, DIGCLASS project.
- Schoell, Nikolas, Aina Gallego, and Gael LeMens. 2021 “Politician-Citizens Interactions and Dynamic Representation: Evidence from Twitter.” Barcelona GSE Working Paper Series Working Paper nº 1238.
- Janezic, Katharina and Aina Gallego. 2021. “Reply to Verschuere et al.: On prior choice and effect size.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (6).
- Gallego, Aina. 2019. “Review of Who Speaks for the Poor by Karen Long Jusko.” Perspectives on Politics, 17 (1), 282-284.
- Roman, Begona, Victor Lapuente, Aina Gallego, Carol Galais, Carla Vallejo y Maria de la Fuente Vazquez. 2019. ”Género, poder y corrupción” Resultado del conjunto de intervenciones del curso de verano 2019 organitzado por la Oficina Antifraude de Cataluña.
- Gallego, Aina, Thomas Kurer and Nikolas Schöll. 2019 ”Not so Disruptive after All: How Workplace Digitalization Affects Political Preferences.” Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Working Paper No. 1623
- Gallego, Aina. 2017. ”Ocupaciones en transformacion: A quien afectara el cambio tecnologico?” Observatorio Social de ”la Caixa”.
- Gallego, Aina, Carol Galais, Marc Guinjoan, Jean-Michele Lavoie, Andre Blais. 2016. “Visibility and sanctions: The social norm of voting in the lab”, in Andre Blais, Jean-Francois Laslier, and Karine Van der Straeten (Eds.) Voting Experiments. Springer, pp. 127-146.
- Colombo, Clelia, Carol Galais, and Aina Gallego. 2012. “Internet use and political attitudes in Europe”, in Eva Anduiza, Mike Jensen and Laia Jorba (Eds.) Digital Media and Political Engagement Worldwide: A Comparative Study, New York: Cambridge University Press, 102-117.
- Gallego, Aina, Eva Anduiza y Guillem Rico. 2012.“La participacion electoral en las elecciones europeas de 2009 en perspectiva comparada”, in Mariano Torcal y Joan Font (eds.) Elecciones europeas 2009. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas, 175-196.
- Anduiza, Eva, Aina Gallego, Marta Cantijoch y Jorge Salcedo. 2010. Internet y participacion politica. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas.
- Galais, Carolina, Aina Gallego i Clelia Colombo. 2009. “L’us d’Internet i les actitudes politiques”, in Eva Anduiza (ed.) Internet, participacio, mobilitzacio: L’implicacip politica dels ciutadans en un nou entorn comunicatiu. Barcelona: Direccio General de Participacio Ciutadana.
- Anduiza, Eva, Aina Gallego i Laia Jorba. 2009. “El diferencial cognitiu en el nou context comunicatiu”, in Eva Anduiza (ed.) Internet, participacio, mobilitzacio: L’implicacio politica dels ciutadans en un nou entorn comunicatiu. Barcelona: Direccio General de Participacio Ciutadana.
- Gallego, Aina. 2009. “Recensión de Making a Difference de Stephen Ward (ed.)”. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 127: 163-167.
- Gallego, Aina. 2008. ”Recensión Post-broadcast democracy de Markus Prior.” Revista de Estudios Políticos. 142, octubre-diciembre.
- Gallego, Aina. 2007. ”Inequality in Political Participation: Contemporary Patterns in European Countries.” Center for the Study of Democracy. http://repositories.cdlib.org/csd/07-01
- Subirats, Joan et al. 2006. Fragilidades vecinas. Narraciones biograficas de exclusion social urbana. Barcelona, Icaria.
- Subirats, Joan et al. 2005. Perfils d’exclusio social urbana a Catalunya: Una aproximacio qualitativa. Bellaterra: Universitat Autonoma.
Projects
Awarded by the European Commission, Horizon Europe program Ref. 101290378 (WP leader)
Appointed by the Joint Research Center of the European Commission Ref. CT-EX2015D263813-102 (Expert)
Awarded by the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación Ref. RED2024-153955-T (PI)
Awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation Ref. PID2021-123111OB-I00 (PI)
Awarded by the European Commission, Horizon Europe Ref. 101061198 (WP leader)
Awarded by the European Commission, NORFACE program Ref. 462.19.336 (WP leader)
Awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness Ref. CSO2016-79569-P (PI)
Awarded by the 7th Framework Program of the European Union
Awarded by the Consortium for Advanced Studies in Barcelona
Awarded by the Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas
Awards
2022-2026: ICREA Academia Research intensification program awarded by the Catalan Government
2021-2022: Visiting scholar award Cluster of Excellence ”The Politics of Inequality”, Konstanz
2015: Choice Outstanding Academic Title awarded to the book Unequal Political Participation Worldwide by the Association of College and Research Libraries
2015: Best article prize for ”Turning a Blind Eye” awarded by the Spanish Political Science Association
2013: Best article prize for ”Personality and Political Participation”awarded by the Spanish Political Science Association
2009: Juan Linz Prize to the best dissertation in Political Science awarded by the Centro de Estudios Politicos y Constitucionales
Invited talks
2027: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
2026: Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, European University Institute, Zurich University, Universidad Carlos III Madrid, Leiden University, Centro Superior de Investigaciones Sociológicas
2025: St. Gallen University, Konstanz University, Institut d’Economia de Barcelona, Hong Kong University, Oxford University
2024: University College London, Yale University (online), Caltech University, Milan University, Science Po Paris, Zurich University, Konstanz University
2023: Instituto de Empresa Madrid, Oxford University (Social Policy Department), Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, King’s College London, Oxford University (Nuffield College)
2022: Basel University, Trinity College Dublin, Central European University, Hamburg University, Bergen University, Joint Research Center of the European Commission Seville, University of Konstanz, University College London
2021: Max Planck Institute Köln, EGAP network, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Zurich University, University of Konstanz, Geneva University, Joint Research Center of the European Commission, Bocconi University
2020: NYU-Abu Dhabi, Gothenburg University, EUI Florence, King’s College London, Online Political Economy Seminar Series, Universitat de Barcelona
2019: Leuven University, Bremen University, Wissenschaft Zentrum Berlin, UNU-MERIT, Princeton University, Uppsala University, University of Konstanz, Universitat de Barcelona, IBEI
2018: University of Konstanz, University of Geneva, University of Amsterdam, Duisburg University, University of Barcelona, Italian National Institute for Public Policy Analysis
2017: Toulouse Institute for Advanced Study, University of Cologne, Sciences Po Paris, Universitat de Barcelona, Zurich University, Goteborg University, IBEI
2016: Oxford University, Trinity College Dublin, University of Bergen, Vienna University, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Sciences Po Paris
2015: Universidade de Lisboa ICS, IBEI, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2014: University of British Columbia, Heidelberg University, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2013: Zurich University, Juan March Institute, Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientificas
2012: Universite de Montreal, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro
2011 and before: Stanford University, European Commission, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Universidad de Salamanca, Central European University, U. de Montreal
Service
Editorial boards: Journal of Politics (2021-24), European Journal for Political Research (2022-2026), and Electoral Studies (2021-)
Journal referee: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, British Journal of Political Science, Perspectives on Politics, PS: Political Science & Politics, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Public Opinion Quarterly, Socio-Economic Review, European Journal for Political Research, Journal of European Public Policy, West European Politics, European Political Science Review, Comparative European Politics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, World Politics, Comparative Politics, Research and Politics, Political Science Research and Methods, Electoral Studies, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Journal of Public Economics, Economics & Politics, European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, Economic Journal, Political Studies, Political Studies Review, Political Research Exchange, Polity, Legislative Studies Quarterly, American Politics Research, Acta Politica, Scandinavian Political Studies, Swiss Political Science Review, Canadian Journal of Political Science, South European Society & Politics, PLOS One, European Sociological Review, Social Forces, International Sociology, Social Science Research, Policy Studies, Social Policy & Administration, Journal of Social Policy, New Media & Society, Journal of Communication, Social Science Computer Review, Revista Espanola Investigaciones Sociologicas
Institutional referee: European Research Council (Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants, and Synergy Grants), H2020 Research Executive Agency (REA) of the European Commission, Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas (books), Spanish Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness, Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities, Agencia Estatal de Investigación, US National Science Foundation, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Research Foundation Flanders, Israeli Science Foundation, Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences, La Caixa Foundation, Trond Mohn Foundation, The Alexander and Diviya Magaro Peer Pre-Review program Harvard University, Inequality cluster Konstanz University, University of Bergen, Cambridge University Press (books)
Conference organization (last 5 years):
2026: Workshop IBEI-Asia ”The Governance of AI”
2026: Program Committee member of the 2026 EGOV Conference
2025: Workshop ”The Politics of AI: Actors, Policy, Geopolitics, and Resistances”, IBEI
2025: Chair of the ”Comparative Politics of High Income Countries” Section, Annual Meeting of the European Political Science Association (EPSA)
2024: Workshop ”Political Economy of AI”, UB
2024: Workshop ”LLMs and text-as-data in Political Science Research”, UB
2024: European Consortium for Sociological Research Scientific Committee 2024
2022: Workshop ”Political impacts of technological change”, UB
2021: Selection committee for the Annual Meeting of the European Political Science Association
2021: Methodology section of the Spanish Political Science Association Conference
Other scientific service (last 5 years):
2026: Invited editor to Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2023-: Member of the Advisory Boards of three ERC Grants
2023 and 2024: Member of the panel that evaluates the Spanish R+D projects
2023: Jury to the best article price of the Institut d’Estudis per l’Autogovern
2022: Member of the panel that selects ”Ramon y Cajal” postdoctoral contracts in Spain
2021: Best book award committee member European Political Studies section, APSA.
Policy (last 5 years)
2026: Training on the social and political consequences of AI to the political parties Catalunya en Comú, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya and Sumar
2026: Part of the expert team of the ‘Future of Democracy’ (FoD) project, European Union Joint Research Center (JRC)
2026: Associació Catalana d’Economia, Seminar on AI’s impacts
2025: Evaluation council of the Basic Income Pilot program in Catalonia
2025: Universitat Internacional per la Pau, workshop on AI
2024-2025: General-Purpose AI Code of Practice of the European Union (participant as stakeholder)
2024: La IA como instrumento para las políticas públicas, Observatori Social La Caixa, Palau Macaya
2024: Jornades Cátedra Barcelona-UPF en Política Econòmica local
2023: Stepping up the green and digital transition in Europe, Bertelsmann Foundation
2023: Jornades Demà Futur organized by the Generalitat de Catalunya
2023: Economic consequences of AI at the European Parliamentary Technology Assessment network
2022: Assessment to the Agenda 2030 program of the Spanish Government
2022: Advice for the Joint Research Program of the European Union (Policy Brief on AI)
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