Javier Martínez-Cantó

Why do some voices matter more than others in democratic politics? That question drives my research. I'm a political scientist at the Institute of Public Goods and Policies (IPP–CSIC) studying how party systems, legislative institutions, and the backgrounds of political elites shape who gets represented — and who doesn't.

My research has appeared in Comparative Political Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, Party Politics, and Legislative Studies Quarterly, among others. My dissertation received the Juan Linz Prize from Spain's Center for Political and Constitutional Studies and the Hans-Löwel-Preis from the University of Bamberg, where I earned my doctorate.

Before joining IPP–CSIC, I held postdoctoral positions at the universities of Konstanz, Salamanca, and at IBEI. I also served as Interim Professor of Comparative Politics at Konstanz, and was the inaugural Ramón Areces Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Harvard's Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (2023–2024). I completed my BA at the University of Valencia, my MA at Pompeu Fabra, and research stays at Princeton and Vienna. I am also a member of the Q-Dem research group at the University of Barcelona.

I'm always open to collaboration and conversation — reach me by email, on Bluesky, on Twitter, or on LinkedIn.