Manuel Alvariño Vázquez
European University Institute (Italy)
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Biography
Manuel Alvariño is transitioning from a PhD at the EUI, in Florence, and a Post-doc position at the CBS, in Copenhagen. He studies the comparative politics of the welfare state, with a focus on the politics of work-life balance reform in Europe, He studies how the activity of parties and interest groups explaining why countries vary in the way they shape the social and gender division of labour by introducing policies that enable mothers’ to work in the labour market, men to take care responsibilities, or rather incentivizing women to perform domestic work. He has previously been a visiting researcher at IGOP (Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona) and the University of Zürich.
Background and education
- (2020) Master of Science in Political Science, Political Economy specialization, University of Amsterdam
- (2018) Grado en Filosofía, Política y Economía, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Research
Research projects
WellSIRE: Wellbeing Returns for Social Investment (EUI)
AGILE: Achieving work-life balance: citizens, policies and firm perspectives (CBS)
Selected publications
- 2025.(forthcoming) Care at the Crossroads: How policy feedback shaped competing feminist advocacy for parental leave reform in Spain.Politics and Policy,
- 2024.Conviction or Consent? Tracing the Influence of Coalition Partners on Family Policy under Centre-Right Ministers.Government and Opposition,DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2024.25Link
- 2024.Partisan politics and feedback effects: comparing defamilialization by center-right parties across six familistic countries.Politics & Society,DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00323292241266390Link
- 2022.Explaining Morality Policy Coalitions in Spanish Parliamentary Votes: The Interaction of the Church-State Conflict and Territorial Politics.South European Society and Politics,27 (2):197-222. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13608746.2022.2132614Link