Publications
Publications
Books
Fernandes, Jorge M. and Martínez-Cantó, Javier (Eds.) (2026). Democracy at the Crossroads — Challenges for Governance and Representation: Essays in Honour of Thomas Saalfeld. London: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1032950327.
Martínez-Cantó, Javier (2021). Party Soldiers: The Selection of Electoral Leaders in Parliamentary Democracies. Bamberg: Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg. DOI: 10.20378/irb-49669.
🏅 Juan Linz Prize, Spain's Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies.
🏅 Hans-Löwel-Preis, University of Bamberg.
Martínez-Cantó, Javier (2020). Partidismo y (des)lealtad federal en el Estado autonómico español [Party politics and federal (dis)loyalty in Spain]. Barcelona: Fundació Catalunya-Europa. ISBN: 978-84-09-25948-9. Open access.
Reviewed in Revista Española de Ciencia Política, No. 60, Nov. 2022, pp. 291–295.
Journal Articles
Martínez-Cantó, Javier and Tudó-Cisquella, Julià (2025). "Aliança Catalana and Vox in Catalonia: United in Nativism, Divided by the Nation." Regional & Federal Studies.
Second most-read article in Regional & Federal Studies in 2025, despite being published on November 5.
🏅 Publikasjonsprisen 2026. Best publication prize of the Department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen.
Featured in El País, El Confidencial, The Objective, Diari Ara, Nació Digital, El Nacional.cat, Dagsavisen, and Forskning.no.
Martínez-Cantó, Javier and Fernandes, Jorge M. (2025). "The Implementation of Decentralisation Reforms in Multi-Level Systems." Journal of European Public Policy, 1–29. Preprint.
🏅 2025 Institut d'Estudis de l'Autogovern (IEA) Prize for Best Academic Article (Government of Catalonia).
Martínez-Cantó, Javier (2024). "Do New Participatory Rights Attract More Party Members? Evidence from Germany." Party Politics. Preprint.
Martínez-Cantó, Javier and Olucha-Sánchez, Francisco (2024). "Los Gobiernos de las diputaciones provinciales de España: composición e ideología." Revista de Estudios Políticos, (205), 187–220. Open access.
Martínez-Cantó, Javier, Breunig, Christian, and Chaqués-Bonafont, Laura (2023). "Foxes and Hedgehogs in Legislatures: When Do MPs Become Specialists or Generalists?" Legislative Studies Quarterly, 48(4), 869–896. Open access.
Martínez-Cantó, Javier and Verge, Tània (2023). "Interpersonal Resources and Insider/Outsider Dynamics in Party Office." Comparative Political Studies, 56(1), 131–157. Open access.
Geese, Lucas and Martínez-Cantó, Javier (2023). "Working as a Team: Do Legislators Coordinate Their Geographic Representation Efforts in Party-Centred Environments?" Party Politics, 29(5), 918–928. Open access.
Martínez-Cantó, Javier and Bergmann, Henning (2020). "Government Termination in Multilevel Settings: How Party Congruence Affects the Survival of Sub-National Governments in Germany and Spain." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 30(3), 379–399. Preprint.
Astudillo, Javier and Martínez-Cantó, Javier (2020). "Political Professionalization, Subnational Style: Political Insiders and the Selection of Candidates for Regional Premier in Spain." Regional & Federal Studies, 30(4), 557–578. Preprint.
Book Chapters
Martínez-Cantó, Javier, Fernandes, Jorge M., and Chicurel, Edgar (2026). "Out and Loud? LGBT Representation in the Parliamentary Arena." In Fernandes J. M. and Martínez-Cantó J. (Eds.), Democracy at the Crossroads. London: Routledge.
Martínez-Cantó, Javier and Astudillo, Javier (2021). "What Are the Outcomes of Party Primaries? (Dis)continuity in Electoral Leaders' Political and Partisan Profile." In Sandri G. and Seddone A. (Eds.), New Paths for Selecting Political Elites. London: Routledge. ISBN: 9780367901417.
Principal Investigator
2025–present — Geographic Representation: How Legislators React to the Urban-Rural Divide. Funded by the Madrid Regional Government under the "César Nombela" Talent Attraction Scheme (2024-T1/PH-HUM-31545).
2021 — The Political Representation of Left-Behind Places (pilot study). Funded by the Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz.
2018–2019 — Party Politics and Federal (Dis)loyalty in Spain. Funded by the Fundació Catalunya–Europa.
Member of Research Team
2025–present — Multilevel Intra-Party Politics: How Federalism Shapes Which Policy Proposals Parties Adopt and Which Leaders They Choose (PI: Andreu Paneque, Open University of Catalonia). Funded by the Institute for Self-Government Studies, Government of Catalonia (PRE223/25/000013).
2022–2024 — Agenda Dynamics on Social Media (PI: Laura Chaqués-Bonafont, University of Barcelona). Funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2021-123463NB-I00).