Laia Balcells

Professor


Curriculum vitae


Department of Government

Georgetown University



Highlights


Aug 3, 2025

My paper with Sergi Martínez, Vicente Valentim, and Ethan vanderWilden, "Re-Stigmatizing the Radical Right: A One-Way Street?", has been published at the Journal of Experimental Political Science (JEPS).

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Jul 20, 2025

My paper with Elsa Voyas, "The Troubles and Beyond: The impact of a museum exhibit on a post‐conflict society", has been published at the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS).

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Jul 1, 2025

My paper with Simón Ballesteros and Daniel Solomon, "Formal Institutions after Conflict: Rebel Ideology and Post-war Constitutional Design", has been accepted for publication at Comparative Political Studies.



May 3, 2025

I am now a member of the I am a member of the Global Scholars Network on Identity and Conflict (GSNIC), based at Harvard University.

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Apr 28, 2025

My paper with Stathis Kalyvas, "Ideology and Revolution in Civil Wars: The 'Marxist Paradox'" , has been published at the American Political Science Review (APSR).

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Apr 16, 2025

My article with Sergi Martínez and Ethan vanderWilden, "Discounting extreme positions: party normalization and support for the far right", has been published at Political Science Research and Methods (PSRM).

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Feb 26, 2025

I have received the International Studies Association (ISA) 2025's International Security Studies Emerging Scholar Award.

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Feb 26, 2025

My paper with Lesley-Ann Daniels and Alexander Kuo has received the Best Paper Award from the Catalonia's Self-Government Institute (Institut d'Estudis de l'Autogovern, IEA).

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