Polarisation
29 NOV, 2023
Last Tuesday, November 28th, we talked about our book “Un País Posible: Manual de Reformas Políticamente Viables” (Un País Posible: A Handbook of Politically Viable Reforms) thanks to the invitation of the Harvard Kennedy School Spain Alumni Network. The conversation counted with the interventions of Toni Roldán, Miguel Almunia, Marta Suárez-Varela and Antonio Cabrales and […]
10 Oct, 2023
Spain has practically the same real per capita income as 15 years ago, while other countries around us are much richer than they were then. This means that over the last eighteen years we have not improved our average standard of living. We are therefore on the road to two lost decades. There are many […]
13 Jul, 2023
Key ideas → The differences between inhabitants of cities and small municipalities regarding green transition policies are limited to specific policies, rather than general attitudes, values or emotions → Significant differences are observed between people in large and small municipalities regarding vehicles, the installation of renewables and, to a lesser extent, farming operations. → These […]
12 APR, 202318:45 h
Cada vez es más frecuente referirse a la polarización como una de las principales causas del aumento de la confrontación y de la disminución del espacio de consenso entre los individuos al tratar problemas colectivos, afectando de manera determinante a la toma de decisiones y a la tramitación dialogada de conflictos natural de una democracia. […]
10 Nov, 2022
Spanish citizens agree on the existence and seriousness of climate change: only 5% give it little importance (EsadeEcPol 2022), barely 8% think it is not real (CIS 2022) and for 71% its consequences are already visible. But this consensus on recognising the climate crisis fades when we focus on the measures to tackle it. In […]
21 Oct, 2022
¿Existe polarización en el consumo de medios de comunicación en España? Para responder a estas preguntas, partimos de los datos de la encuesta sobre consumo del Digital News Report, que se basa en una muestra representativa de la población española que consume noticias con frecuencia al menos mensual, y con la selección de dos momentos […]
15 JUN, 202216:00 h
La transición verde es uno de los mayores retos de política pública y económica a los que se enfrenta España. Sin embargo, sabemos aún poco hasta qué punto nuestra sociedad está polarizada o dividida en torno a las medidas que debemos abordar, o al menos considerar, para reducir los efectos del cambio climático y descarbonizar […]
15 Jun, 2022
To better understand the consensus and divisions around the crucial challenge of the green transition, EsadeEcPol has conducted a survey that is pioneering in its breadth and depth. Here we present its key results and the resulting snapshot of public opinion. The fundamental consensus begins with the high importance attached to the problem of climate […]
12 Apr, 2022
In public debate, polarization is usually presented as inevitable, extreme and omnipresent, in the territorial sphere as well as in the spheres of ideology and identity. Nevertheless, the results of the ICIP-EsadeEcPol survey – conducted in 2021, presented here, and aimed at analyzing the nature and measuring the severity of polarization in Spain – show […]
13 May, 2021
Los intentos de manipular la información han existido desde hace mucho tiempo.


