Luis Ramiro

He holds a degree in Political Science and Sociology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, a Master's degree in Social Research Methods, University of Surrey and a PhD in Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute, Florence. He has been a professor at the Carlos III University of Madrid, the University of Murcia, the University of Leicester and, since 2017, he has been a professor at the UNED. He has been a visiting researcher at the CEACS-Fundación Juan March in Madrid, at the University of Essex, at the University of Chicago, at the University of Salford, at the University of Manchester and at PACTE-Sciences Po Grenoble. In the 2020-2021 academic year he was a visiting professor at Sciences Po, Paris. He has been an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre d'études europénnes et de politique comparée de SciencesPo (Paris), 2022-2024. At present he is mainly undertaking research related to the two research projects of which he is or has been Principal Investigator in recent years, funded by the Government of Spain’s National R+D Plan. He has been working for years on the vote for radical left-wing parties in Europe and, more recently, on the analysis of attitudes towards the involvement of experts in political decision-making processes. He is interested in the study of participation and involvement in political organizations and in the analysis of the effects of precariousness on voting and political attitudes. His most recent book is Radical Left Voters in Western Europe, written with Raúl Gómez (University of Liverpool) and published by Routledge.