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Pau Torres

PhD Researcher in Political Science · Universitat Pompeu Fabra

About me

I am a predoctoral researcher at Universitat Pompeu Fabra working on territorial identities, nationalism, and secessionism. My research combines qualitative and quantitative methods to examine how education, literacy, and generational change shape political identities in stateless nations.

I have presented my work at international conferences and published in journals such as Territory, Politics, and Governance and South European Politics and Society. I have also been a visiting researcher at Georgetown University.

2024–2025Visiting Researcher, Georgetown UniversityResearch stay
2022–presentPhD Student, Universitat Pompeu FabraPolitical Science
2021Postgraduate, Universitat de BarcelonaData Analysis for Social Science
2019–2020Master's, Universidad Autónoma de MadridDemocracy and Government
2018Erasmus, Università di Torino
2015–2019Degree, Universitat de BarcelonaPolitical Science

Publications

"Literacy and the Spread of Stateless Nationalisms"

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Under review

"Teaching the Region: How Decentralized Education Shapes Territorial Identity in Spain"

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Forthcoming

"Claiming the Isle? Islandness and Territorial Demands"

Pau Torres & Marc Sanjaume-Calvet

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"Failed Secession, Strategic Renewal: Lessons from the Catalan Nationalist Right (1974–2024)"

Alvariño, Soler-Buades & Pau Torres · Territory, Politics, and Governance · 2026

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"A case of top-down intergovernmentalism? The Spanish bilateral cooperation commissions"

Marc Sanjaume et al. · South European Politics and Society · 2025

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Published

"The (re)emergence of Catalan secessionism through the generational lens"

Pau Torres & Marc Sanjaume-Calvet · In: Gagnon & Turgeon (eds.), Generations and Nationalism, Routledge · 2025

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Published

"Sleeping Dogs: Quebec and the Stabilization of Canadian Federalism after 1995"

Pau Torres · Regional & Federal Studies · 2024

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Published

Teaching

Seminars: Theory of Political Institutions2024–2025 · BA Political Science, UPF
Seminars: Economics and Democracy2024–2025 · BA Political Science, UPF
Society and Politics in Contemporary Spain2024 & 2025 · Summer School, UPF
Seminars: Quantitative Methods IV2023–2024 · BA Political Science, UPF
Seminars: Comparative Politics II2023–2024 · BA Political Science, UPF

Research Interests

Territorial Identities

Studying how territorial and national identities form and evolve, with a focus on stateless nations in Spain and Europe.

Ongoing

Secessionism & Nationalism

Examining the causes and dynamics of secessionist movements, generational change, and elite strategies in Catalonia and beyond.

Ongoing

Education & Political Identity

Exploring how decentralized education systems and literacy shape political identities and nationalist mobilisation.

Ongoing

Contact

Feel free to get in touch for academic collaborations, conference inquiries, or any questions about my research.

✉ pautorresmenendez@gmail.com 🔗 ORCID Profile 🔗 Google Scholar 🔗 ResearchGate

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Writing

Personal essays, observations and ideas — separate from my academic work.