Public engagement
Policy advice
- 2026
- Expert evidence, inquiry into fiscal devolution in EnglandEconomic Affairs Committee, House of Lords, UK Parliament (Westminster), 16 June
- 2024
- Climate change and the Spanish electorate (with Ll. Orriols)Harmon Consulting
- 2020
- Policy Advisor, Support for Managing Fiscal Federalism in NepalForum of Federations, with UK DFID and The Asia Foundation
- 2019
- Expert evidenceScottish Affairs Committee, House of Commons, UK Parliament (Westminster), 25 January
- 2015–2016
- Academic AdvisorLGiU (Local Government Information Unit)
- 2015
- Academic AdvisorDevolution (Further Powers) Committee, Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), 27 August
- 2003–2004
- Expert GroupObservatorio del Sistema Nacional de Salud, Ministry of Health
- 2001–2002
- ConsultantWHO European Observatory on Health Care Systems
- 2001–2002
- Consultant, European Social Trends: Policy Responses and Business OpportunitiesOxford Analytica
External appointments
- 2020–present
- Member, Advisory Board (Patronato)Fundación Alternativas
- 2020–present
- Senior AnalystEsadeEcPol, ESADE Center for Economic Policy and Political Economy
- 2019–present
- Member, Advisory BoardEsadeEcPol
- 2018–2019
- Director-General, Office of the High Commissioner to Fight Against Child PovertyMinistry of the Presidency, Government of Spain (Oct 2018–Jun 2019)
- 2017
- Member, External Expert PanelScottish Parliament (Holyrood)
- 2010–present
- Member, External Review CommitteeInforme sobre la Democracia en España, Fundación Alternativas
Media commentary
Quoted in:
Por qué Ayuso y Abascal tiran del manual de la ultraderecha para cuestionar las elecciones
Efecto Trump, voto útil, pleamar electoral: en busca del porqué del éxito a medias de Vox este 15-M
What Will Spain Look Like When It Runs Out of Water?
Once Scorned, Far Right Secures Foothold in Spanish Cities
La era de la irritación (column by Màrius Carol)
Isabel Díaz Ayuso: The Spanish Right's Saviour
Iglesias Exits Political Stage as Spanish Left Licks Its Wounds
La demonización del rival en política: por qué las campañas negativas son más eficaces
Madrid's Snap Election Shakes Up Spanish Politics
Spain's Exiled King Juan Carlos Pays €4.4m in Back Taxes
Spain Hoped Catalonia's Separatists Would Fade
Nasty Politics Returns to Spain
Pedro Sánchez Prepares to Dig In as Spain's Prime Minister
Vox Breaks Out of Spain's Political Wilderness
El cambio político rompe la inercia victoriosa de Ciudadanos
Spain's Centrist Ciudadanos Are on the March
Catalonia's Election Yields a Crisis That Is Here to Stay
Spanish regions to Catalonia: Up yours
Así es el indignado: universitario, de 33 años y muy de izquierdas
Op-eds
My op-eds in El País are collected on my author page. Other op-eds:
El mal perder (with I. Jurado)
¿Quién teme a las coaliciones?
Balance de legislatura: deterioro institucional
How the indignados motivated Spain
La competición electoral en España (with L. Orriols)
El bumerán de la financiación autonómica
Financiación sin modelo
¿Por qué el debate permanecerá en la agenda? (with I. Jurado)
La selección adversa en los partidos políticos (co-authored)
Radio, TV and podcasts
Radio
- 2023
- Interview on undecided votersCadena SER, El Faro, 23 January
- 2022
- Political analyst, summer seasonCadena SER, Hoy por Hoy, July–August
- 2020
- Interview on political partiesCadena SER, El Faro, 21 October
- 2020
- Interview on COVID and intergovernmental relationsCadena SER, A vivir que son dos días, 30 August
- 2017
- Interview on the application of Article 155 of the Constitution in CataloniaCadena SER, A vivir que son dos días, 22 October
- 2017
- Interview on the French presidential electionCadena SER, A vivir que son dos días, 12 July
- 2016
- Interview on Spanish politicsCadena SER, Hora 25, 29 November
- 2016
- Interview on Spanish politicsCadena SER, Hora 25, 10 May
- 2016
- Interview on the investiture voteCadena SER, Hora 25, 4 March
- 2016
- Interview on government formationCadena SER, Hora 25, 19 February
- 2015
- Interview on the general electionCadena SER, Hora 25, 18 December
- 2015
- Interview presenting the book Aragón es nuestro OhioCadena SER, A vivir que son dos días, 5 September
- 2014
- Interview on the Spanish and British university systemsCadena SER, A vivir que son dos días, 27 July
- 2011–2012
- Regular political analyst (and occasionally since then)Cadena SER, Hoy por Hoy, June 2011–September 2012
Television
- 2015–present
- Political analystlaSexta, Al Rojo Vivo, including election-night specials: 2026 Andalusia, Castilla y León and Aragón, 2023 general election, 2023 regional and municipal elections, 2022 Castilla y León, 2021 Madrid, and 2020 Galicia and Basque Country
- 2017
- Analyst on parliamentary controllaSexta, El Objetivo, 28 November
- 2016–2017
- Analyst, special programme on the 1-O referendumTV3, 23 December 2016, 1 October 2017 and 21 December 2017
- 2016
- Analyst, special programme on the 2016 general electionTV3, 9 June
- 2015
- Interview on undecided voterslaSexta, laSexta Noticias, 18 December
- 2015
- InterviewlaSexta, El Objetivo, 18 October
- 2015
- Interview on the role of undecided voters in the 24 May regional and local electionslaSexta, laSexta Noche, 29 May
- 2015
- Analysis of the regional and local electionsCuatro, news, 19 May
- 2009
- AnalystCNN+, A debate, 24 June
Podcast
- 2022
- Guest, with Marta García Aller: ¿Y si no estamos tan polarizados como creemos?El Confidencial, Pausa, 7 September
Blogs
Regular contributor to Piedras de Papel (eldiario.es). Other blog posts:
Cómo controlar a los políticos
Las grietas sociales en el Estado del Bienestar
PSOE's strengths and challenges facing the Spanish general election
A crowded left: the reconfiguration of Spain's party system
Parlamentarios, financiación autonómica y división interna en los partidos
The curse of polarised politics in Catalonia
The programme of post-referendum constitutional reform must not be by the elites for the elites