Valencian Political Observatory - OPAVAL

Reference of the Group:

GIUV2015-248

 
Description of research activity:

This research group focuses its activity on the analysis of political reality, specifically of political parties, new social movements and interest groups, political elites, ministers, regional ministers, MPs, electoral systems, elections and electoral behaviour, political institutions, democracy and the quality of democracy. The group carries out different types of activities: from the organisation of research conferences and seminars, through the development of different types of training programmes, to the holding of debates (physical or virtual through social media), workshops, implementation of papers and working documents, development of research projects, and relations with other research groups and networks.

 
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Scientific-technical goals:
  • Desarrollo de investigaciones en los campos sustantivos propios del Observatorio
  • Difusion de los resultados de la investigacion en los campos sustantivos propios del Observatorio
  • Desarrollo de programas de formacion relacionados con los campos sustantivos propios del Observatorio
 
Research lines:
  • Political actors and elites: political parties, ministers, MPs, interest groups and social movements.Study of political actors and elites in their organisational, socio-demographic dimensions, experiences, political careers and relations with the political systems.
  • Political institutions and systems.Political and institutional systems: governments, parliaments, autonomous communities, judiciary, constitutional court.
  • Democracy, elections and electoral systems.Democracy and quality of democracy; elections and political and electoral behaviour, political party systems, electoral systems.
 
Group members:
Name Nature of participation Entity Description
PABLO OÑATE RUBALCABADirectorUniversitat de València
Research team
JOSE CARLOS NAVARRO RUIZMemberUniversitat de València
JUAN RODRIGUEZ TERUELMemberUniversitat de València
IVAN MEDINA IBORRAMemberUniversitat de València
MARIA ANGELES ABELLAN LOPEZMemberUniversitat de València
MARINA APARICIO BARBERANCollaboratorUniversitat de València - Estudi GeneralUVEG PhD student
BERNABE ALDEGUER CERDACollaboratorUniversitat de València
 
CNAE:
  • -
 
Associated structure:
  • Constitutional Law, Political and Administrative Sciences
 
Keywords:
  • Actores políticos, elites políticas, partidos, movimientos sociales, grupos de interés, ministros, diputados.
  • Sistemas políticos, parlamentos, gobiernos, poder judicial, tribunal constitucional, comunidades autónomas
  • Democracia, elecciones, sistemas electorales, calidad de la democracia.