I am University Assistant (Postdoc) at Department of Government of the University of Vienna (UniVie). Previously, I was Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM) and I received my PhD in Social Sciences from the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) in December 2022.
My main research interests are in political economy and political geography, focusing on voting behavior, public goods provision, and historical legacies. In my dissertation, I explore how exposure to voting modifies electoral behavior in the short and long term, affecting turnout and party choice, and how the unequal access to public services increased with decentralization produces the emergence of new parties, including the far right.
I hold an M.A. in Social Sciences from Carlos III-Juan March Institute (IC3JM) and an M.A. in Geographic Information System (GIS) from Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). I have been a Visting Research Fellow at the University of Vienna (UniVie), a Visiting Doctoral Researcher at the European University Institute (EUI) and research assistant for New York University-Abu Dhabi (NYU-AD).
Research Interest:
Political economy
Political geography
Research methods
Natural & quasi-experiments
Voting behavior
Education:
PhD in Social Sciences, 2022
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)MA in Geography Information Tecnhnology, 2019
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)MA in Social Sciences, 2018
Carlos III - Juan March Institute (IC3JM)
RESEARCH
Peer Reviewed
Voting Experience in a New Era: The Impact of Past Eligibility on the Breakdown of Mainstream Parties (2023) . Research and Politics
Fernando De la Cuesta
Working papers
The Political Reaction of Losers of Public Goods Provision
Fernando De la Cuesta
For Better or Worse: the Long-term Impact of Voting on Democracy
Fernando De la Cuesta
Roads, Connectivity and Votes
Joaquín Artés, Ignacio Jurado, Fernando De la Cuesta
Mobilization Capacity and Wartime Violence Against Local Leaders: Evidence from Anticlerical Violence in the Spanish Civil War
Francisco Villamil, Fernando De la Cuesta, Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca, Paloma Aguilar
The Psychological Cost of Having a Different Ideology than the Government
Beatriz Rodríguez-Sánchez, Fernando De la Cuesta, Rubén Gonzálvez, Joaquín Artés
TEACHING
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Undergraduate
Introduction to Economics. Fall term, 2022
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)
Graduate
Advanced Research Methods. M.A. in Social Sciences, Carlos III-Juan March Institute (IC3JM). Fall term, 2020, 2021 & 2022
Electoral Geography. M.A. en Análisis Político y Electoral, Carlos III-Juan March Institute (IC3JM). Spring term, 2022 & 2023
PROJECTS
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
2021-2024: ”Political Geography, Public Policy and Business Activity”, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. P.I.: Ignacio Jurado (UC3M) & Joaquín Artés (UCM)
2021-2024: ”The Rural-Urban Divide in the Spanish Context and Beyond”, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. P.I.: Pedro Riera (UC3M)
2021-2022: ”The Long-term Determinants of Spanish Civil War”, Spanish Ministry of Presidency and Democratic Memory. P.I.: Paloma Aguilar (UNED)
2017-2021: ”Political Geography, Electoral Behavior and Public Policy”, Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. P.I.: Joaquín Artés (UCM)
TEACHING INNOVATION PROJECTS:
2022-2023: "Clases invertidas y gamificación de asignaturas de Introducción a la Economía" (2022 - 2023)
SKILLS
Data Analysis: Stata and R
Data Visualisation: Stata and R
Spatial Data: ArcGIS, GeoDa, R and QGIS
Spatial Processing: ArcGIS, Python/ArcPy and R
Digitilization Process: Abby Fine Reader
University Assistant (Postdoc)