Welcome!

I am an incoming FLAD Visiting Professor at the Department of Government at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. I am also an associate researcher at ICS, University of Lisbon, where I earned my PhD. Previously, I was a visiting doctoral researcher at the EUI and IPP-CSIC, and have held teaching positions at Iscte, EEG-UMinho, UBI and Lusófona.

I study how political parties adapt, endure, or fracture under grassroots pressure. Specifically, I am interested in the behavior of party members and voters in destabilizing — or renewing — the foundations of party politics, driving change and representation. I am also interested in how marginalized groups, especially young people, gain access to and act within political institutions, and what party organizations (such as youth wings) do to channel (or suppress) their demands.

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 Regulation & Governance, among other outlets. My first single-authored book on youth and politics (for a wider audience) is under contract with Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

Feel free to get in touch at hugoferrinholopes@eeg.uminho.pt.