María Jose Hierro

I am a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Yale University.

My research examines short- and long-run determinants of national identity and nationalism, and focuses on multinational contexts in Western Europe.

In my current project, I examine the relationship between the economy and nationalism. Specifically, I study the impact of economic crisis on national attitudes and nationalism, and the impact of diversionary nationalism on individual assessment of the economy.

Education

• Doctorado en Ciencia Política Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2009 — 2012)
• Visiting Assistant in Research Yale University (2007 — 2009)
• M.A. Social Sciences Juan March Institute (2004 — 2006)
• B.A. in Political Science Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2000 — 2003)
• M.A. in International Relations Ortega y Gasset University Institute (2000 — 2001)
• B.A. in Sociology Universidad de Salamanca (1996 — 2000)

Companies

• Lecturer Yale University (2017)
• Juan de la Cierva - Formación Postdoctoral Researcher UAB - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2015 — 2017)
• Adjunct Professor. ESADE Business & Law School (2015 — 2016)
• Adjunct Professor. IE University (2015 — 2015)
• External Consultant. European Social Survey Project in Spain Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (2014 — 2015)
• Academic Advisor IE University (2014 — 2015)
• Adjunct Professor. George Washington University in Madrid (2014 — 2014)
• Researcher responsible of the European Social Survey Project in Spain Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2009 — 2013)
• Adjunct professor. Universitat Pompeu Fabra - UPF (2013 — 2013)

Publications

• 2020.“The Divide Over Independence: Explaining Preferences for Secession in an Advanced Democracy” (with Didac Queralt), American Journal of Political Science (forthcoming).
• 2019. “Economic Crisis and Nationalist Attitudes: Experimental Evidence from Spain” (with Guillem Rico), Ethnic and Racial Studies. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 42(5): 820-837.
• 2018. “Identities in Between: Political Conflict and Ethno-National Identities in Multicultural States” (with Aina Gallego). Journal of Conflict Resolution, 62(6): 1314-1339.
• 2016. “Word on the Street: the Persistence of Leftist-Dominated Protest in Europe” (with Toni Rodon and Mariano Torcal). West European Politics, 39 (2): 326-350.
• 2016. “Podemos and Ciudadanos Shake Up the Spanish Party System. The 2015 Local and Regional Elections in Spain” (with Toni Rodon). South European Society and Politics, 21(3): 339-357.
• 2015. “Crafting Identities in a Multinational Context. Evidence from Catalonia”, Nations and Nationalism, 21 (3): 461-482.