Francisco Villamil has a PhD in Political Science (ETH Zurich, 2020). His research focuses on the consequences of political violence, with an emphasis on how social dynamics shape individuals’ political preferences and behaviuor.
Francisco Villamil has a PhD in Political Science (ETH Zurich, 2020). His research focuses on the consequences of political violence, with an emphasis on how social dynamics shape individuals’ political preferences and behaviuor.
The case of Spain offers an interesting context to test the relationship between inequality, trust, and governance in a democracy. After almost four decades of authoritarian rule, preceded by a bloody civil conflict in the late 1930s, democracy was restored in Spain in 1975. Ever since, the...
Memories of old conflicts often shape domestic politics long after these conflicts end. Contemporary debates about past civil wars and/or repressive regimes in different parts of the world suggest that these are sensitive topics that might increase political polarisation, particularly when...
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 26.3
States often engage in internal purges to eliminate political dissidents within their own ranks. However, partly because of the absence of reliable data, we know little about the logic and dynamics of these purges, particularly of lower-rank members of the state. Why do state authorities...