Welcome!

I am a visiting assistant professor of political science at Iscte–IUL and EEG-UMinho. I earned my PhD at ICS, University of Lisbon, in September 2025. Previously, I was a visiting doctoral researcher at the EUI and IPP-CSIC, and have taught at UBI and ULusófona.

I study how political parties adapt, endure, or fracture under grassroots pressure. Specifically, I am interested in the behavior of party members and youth wings in destabilizing — or renewing — the foundations of party politics, driving change and representation.

Methodologically, I design and conduct field and survey experiments with party elites, members, and voters. I am also interested in quasi-experimental methods for causal inference.

My work has been published in the European Journal of Political Research, West European Politics, and International Political Science Review, among other outlets.

I am on the academic job market.

Feel free to get in touch at hugo.ferrinho.lopes@iscte-iul.pt or hugoferrinholopes@eeg.uminho.pt.