Javier Carbonell is a Policy Analyst at the European Politics and Institutions Programme working on threats to democracy, the far right and citizen’s participation. Javier has worked on democratic backsliding in Europe, the evolution of far right discourse, eco-nationalism, youth participation and the political consequences of inequality.
Javier is Deputy Director of Future Policy Lab and co-editor of "La Desiguladad en España", a book about inequality in Spain. Javier is also a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh, where he studies how mainstream parties nationalize environmental policies and how far right parties employ eco-nationalist ideologies. He teaches two courses at Sciences Po, Paris (as enseignant vacataire), one on transdisciplinary approaches to inequality and another on critical theories of International Relations. He has also taught at Pompeu Fabra University, Carlos III University and the University of Edinburgh.
Javier is an Associate at LSE IDEAS, a member of ASEN (Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism), and a co-founder of BK2, a non-profit association to help Spanish students study abroad. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at CIDOB and a member of the editorial board of Millennium: Journal of International Studies.
PROGRAMME
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Democracy, far right, citizens’ participation, nationalism, environmentalism, inequality
EDUCATION
PhD in Politics, University of Edinburgh
MSc in International Relations, London School of Economics
BA in Political Science, UNED
BA in Hispanic Studies, University of Valencia
LANGUAGES
Spanish, Valencian (Catalan), English, French, German
Javier Carbonell was quoted in an article from the Foreign Policy discussing Trump and Meloni.
Javier Carbonell was featured in a solo interview about his work with El Pais.
Entre o carreirismo, cinismo e inoperância dos partidos “tradicionais” e as mundividências desumanas de alguma extrema-direita e dos multimilionários que os apoiam, adivinham-se tempos sombrios.
Javier Carbonell Castañer, a policy officer at the European Policy Centre (EPC) who studied the root causes of a feminist backlash among young men, flagged that the manosphere is already well established in Europe and particularly in Spain, whose traditionally macho culture has swung sharply towards feminism over the past decade.
Tornant a la pressió electoral que exerceix Vox i que porta el PP a endurir els seus postulats contra els nacionalismes perifèrics, s'està donant en aquests moments una espècie de sandvitx que segons Solís i Javier Carbonell -professor, analista polític a l'European Policy Centre i director adjunt en Future Policy Lab- està posant al PP en una posició complicada.
Esta semana hablamos del tema que ha acaparado toda la atención en la última reunión de la OTAN: el aumento del gasto en Defensa.
O rápido crescimento do partido de André Ventura não surpreende Javier Carbonell, analista político no European Policy Centre, um think tank com sede em Bruxelas. “É muito normal os partidos de extrema-direita estarem fora do sistema político e subitamente tornarem-se atores muito relevantes num curto período de tempo”, refere.
The author of the report, who is an analyst at the European Policy Centre, explains that far-right movements have been able to take advantage of the frustration of young men under 25 over the 'loss of a stable job and financial independence', which are 'traditional markers of masculinity'.
«L’estrema destra si presenta come patriottica. I loro avversari usano proprio questa posizione contro di loro, sostenendo che la fedeltà a un presidente statunitense anti-europeo li rende servi di una potenza straniera», spiega Reuters, riprendendo le analisi di Javier Carbonell dello European Policy Centre.
Rapazes portugueses votam cinco vezes mais na extrema-direita do que as raparigas
Por cada jovem rapariga portuguesa que vota num partido de extrema-direita, 4,9 jovens rapazes fazem o mesmo – o segundo número mais alto da União Europeia, atrás apenas da Croácia.
La Unión cumple 75 años con grandes desafíos internos y más amenazas exteriores que nunca en un mundo en transformación
La Unión cumple 75 años con grandes desafíos internos y más amenazas exteriores que nunca en un mundo en transformación
“At the electoral level, the EU is very independent from the United States. European voting behaviours are mainly influenced by internal factors and do not vary according to American political movements,” said Javier Carbonell, an expert at the EPC and one of the study’s co-authors.
Most polls indicate that support for Europe´s far right has remained stable since Trump´s return to the White House, according to research by Tabea Schaumann and Javier Carbonell of the European Policy Centre, a Brussels-based think tank.
Las tesis del departamento de Rego son las que recogía este mismo martes en un hilo de X el profesor Javier Carbonell, del European Policy Centre de Bruselas. "Bajar la edad del voto" ayudaría a los jóvenes a "confiar más y participar más en acciones democráticas".
Faced with the radicalisation of the discourse against women's rights, an analysis by a think tank suggests that its origin is not only cultural but also economic.
Un informe del European Policy Centre vincula el éxito de partidos como Vox entre los varones de menos de 30 años con la “frustración” por su retroceso educativo y salarial ante las mujeres
¿Cómo se sale del laberinto? La solución parece estar es más y no menos política. Javier Carbonell abre un melón: “El progresismo todavía no ha articulado una buena noción de masculinidad positiva.
“Quando a direita radical ganha num país grande, há um efeito de contágio.” Quem aponta esta tendência é Javier Carbonell, analista político do European Policy Centre.
