dr. Alberto López Ortega

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dr. dr. Alberto López Ortega

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2765-7232

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I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Starting Fall 2024, I will be the Ramón Areces Fellow and Visiting Scholar for 2024-2025 at the Center of European Studies at Harvard University. Starting July 2025, I will come back as an Assistant Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

I specialize in comparative politics, electoral behavior, representation, and public opinion. I co-direct the electoral prediction market Predilect and co-lead WG1 at COST Action LGBTI+ Social and Economic (in)equalities (CA19103). Previously, I earned my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Zurich.

My research focuses on two key and interconnected challenges that modern democracies face: identity-based polarization and the erosion of sociocultural attitudes, particularly concerning LGBTQ+ perspectives in relation to liberal democracy. I have also specialized in understanding the discrimination patterns against LGBTQ+ and other minority political candidates within the European context. My methodological expertise is in quantitative techniques, with a specific emphasis on experimental survey methods.

Some of my research has been published in Nature Human Behaviour, Science Advances, American Political Science Review, and Political Behavior, among other outlets.

For more information about my research projects, teaching, and open science materials, please visit my personal website.

Keywords

  • J Political Science
  • Comparative Politics
  • Political Psychology
  • LGBTQ+ politics
  • Political Behaviour
  • Political Communication

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  • Visual Conjoint vs. Text Conjoint and the Differential Discriminatory Effect of (Visible) Social Categories

    López Ortega, A. & Radojevic, M., Mar 2025, In: Political Behavior. 47, 1, p. 335-353 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

    Open Access

  • How congruent are populist parties with their constituencies? Evidence from the 2019 European Parliament Elections in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden

    Zhirnov, A., Thomeczek, J. P., Scotto Di Vettimo, M., López Ortega, A., Krouwel, A., Antonucci, L., Di Stefano, R. & Kersting, N., Apr 2025, In: Electoral Studies. 94, p. 1-9 9 p., 102906.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Bisexual erasure and homophobia: attitudinal patterns under consideration of sexual identity

    Wurthmann, L. C. & López Ortega, A., Feb 2025, In: European Journal of Politics and Gender. 8, 1, p. 55-81 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries - the TISP dataset

    Mede, N. G., Cologna, V., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E. W., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M. S., van der Linden, S., Abdul Aziz, N. I., Abdulsalam, S., Shamsi, N. A., Aczel, B., Adinugroho, I., Alabrese, E., Aldoh, A., Alfano, M. & Ali, I. M. & 221 others, Alsobay, M., Altenmüller, M., Alvarez, R. M., Amoako, R., Amollo, T., Ansah, P., Apriliawati, D., Azevedo, F., Bajrami, A., Bardhan, R., Bati, K., Bertsou, E., Betsch, C., Bhatiya, A. Y., Bhui, R., Białobrzeska, O., Bilewicz, M., Bouguettaya, A., Breeden, K., Bret, A., Buchel, O., Cabrera-Álvarez, P., Cagnoli, F., Valdez, A. C., Callaghan, T., Cases, R. K., Çoksan, S., Czarnek, G., De Peuter, S., Debnath, R., Delouvée, S., Di Stefano, L., Díaz-Catalán, C., Doell, K. C., Dohle, S., Douglas, K. M., Dries, C., Dubrov, D., Dzimińska, M., Ecker, U. K. H., Elbaek, C. T., Elsherif, M., Enke, B., Etienne, T. W., Facciani, M., Fage-Butler, A., Faisal, M. Z., Fan, X., Farhart, C., Feldhaus, C., Ferreira, M., Feuerriegel, S., Fischer, H., Freundt, J., Friese, M., Fuglsang, S., Gallyamova, A., Garrido-Vásquez, P., Garrido Vásquez, M. E., Gatua, W., Genschow, O., Ghasemi, O., Gkinopoulos, T., Gloor, J. L., Goddard, E., Gollwitzer, M., González-Brambila, C., Gordon, H., Grigoryev, D., Grimshaw, G. M., Guenther, L., Haarstad, H., Harari, D., Hawkins, L. N., Hensel, P., Hernández-Mondragón, A. C., Herziger, A., Huang, G., Huff, M., Hurley, M., Ibadildin, N., Ishibashi, M., Islam, M. T., Jeddi, Y., Jin, T., Jones, C. A., Jungkunz, S., Jurgiel, D., Kabdulkair, Z., Kao, J. J., Kavassalis, S., Kerr, J. R., Kitsa, M., Klabíková Rábová, T., Klein, O., Koh, H., Koivula, A., Kojan, L., Komyaginskaya, E., König, L., Koppel, L., Cavalcante, K. K. N., Kosachenko, A., Kotcher, J., Kranz, L. S., Krishnan, P., Kristiansen, S., Krouwel, A., Kuppens, T., Kyza, E. A., Lamm, C., Lantian, A., Lazić, A., Lecuona, O., Légal, J. B., Leviston, Z., Levy, N., Lindkvist, A. M., Lits, G., Löschel, A., López-Ortega, A., Lopez-Villavicencio, C., Lou, N. M., Lucas, C. H., Lunz-Trujillo, K., Marques, M. D., Mayer, S. J., McKay, R., Mercier, H., Metag, J., Milfont, T. L., Miller, J. M., Mitkidis, P., Monge-Rodríguez, F., Motta, M., Mudra, I., Muršič, Z., Namutebi, J., Newman, E. J., Nitschke, J. P., Ntui, N. N. V., Nwogwugwu, D., Ostermann, T., Otterbring, T., Palmer-Hague, J., Pantazi, M., Pärnamets, P., Parra Saiani, P., Paruzel-Czachura, M., Parzuchowski, M., Pavlov, Y. G., Pearson, A. R., Penner, M. A., Pennington, C. R., Petkanopoulou, K., Petrović, M. M., Pfänder, J., Pisareva, D., Ploszaj, A., Poliaková, K., Pronizius, E., Pypno-Blajda, K., Quiñones, D. M. A., Räsänen, P., Rauchfleisch, A., Rebitschek, F. G., Refojo Seronero, C., Rêgo, G., Reynolds, J. P., Roche, J., Rödder, S., Röer, J. P., Ross, R. M., Ruin, I., Santos, O., Santos, R. R., Schmid, P., Schulreich, S., Scoggins, B., Sharaf, A., Sheria Nfundiko, J., Shuckburgh, E., Six, J., Solak, N., Späth, L., Spruyt, B., Standaert, O., Stanley, S. K., Storms, G., Strahm, N., Syropoulos, S., Szaszi, B., Szumowska, E., Tanaka, M., Teran-Escobar, C., Todorova, B., Toko, A. K., Tokrri, R., Toribio-Florez, D., Tsakiris, M., Tyrala, M., Uluğ, Ö. M., Uzoma, I. C., van Noord, J., Varda, C., Verheyen, S., Vilares, I., Vlasceanu, M., von Bubnoff, A., Walker, I., Warwas, I., Weber, M., Weninger, T., Westfal, M., Wintterlin, F., Wojcik, A. D., Xia, Z., Xie, J., Zegler-Poleska, E., Zenklusen, A. & Zwaan, R. A., 2025, In: Scientific Data. 12, p. 1-27 27 p., 114.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Do political duos diminish discriminatory voter preferences? Evidence from a combined conjoint experiment

    Ortega, A. L., Mar 2024, In: European Union Politics. 25, 1, p. 106-129

    Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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