Luis Cornago Bonal
@luiscornagob.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow at LSE’s School of Public Policy. PhD in Politics, University of Oxford. Mainly social science research, big picture stuff, and songs.
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Luis Cornago Bonal - Research
Working Papers
Do Political Identities Matter at Work? The Politics of Workplace Cooperation (with Francesco Raffaelli) (working paper) Under review
Abstract
Do political identities influence workers'...
www.luiscornagobonal.com
Last week, I successfully defended my PhD in Politics at the University of Oxford.
My dissertation explores how politics permeates the modern workplace, shaping collaboration, corporate communications, and civic engagement.
More about my research here: www.luiscornagobonal.com/research
My dissertation explores how politics permeates the modern workplace, shaping collaboration, corporate communications, and civic engagement.
More about my research here: www.luiscornagobonal.com/research
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Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Rightly lots of debates about growth this weekend - rightly because it was low productivity growth that saw wages entirely flatline during the 2010s.
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There's a big divide in how Americans are thinking about vaccines:
♦️83% of Republicans don't want an updated COVID-19 vaccine.
🔷64% of Democrats want to get or have already received an updated vaccine.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪
♦️83% of Republicans don't want an updated COVID-19 vaccine.
🔷64% of Democrats want to get or have already received an updated vaccine.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
There's a big divide in how Americans are thinking about vaccines:
♦️83% of Republicans don't want an updated COVID-19 vaccine.
🔷64% of Democrats want to get or have already received an updated vaccine.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪
♦️83% of Republicans don't want an updated COVID-19 vaccine.
🔷64% of Democrats want to get or have already received an updated vaccine.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪
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The abolition of the two-child benefit cap, which punishes children for their parents' circumstances, is the best part of the budget, potentially lifting almost half a million children out of poverty.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
And the two child benefit limit is abolished. An enormous victory for those who have campaigned tirelessly for eight long years through successive governments. This will lift at least 450,000 children out of poverty. Fewer kids will be hungry. No more women forced to disclose their rape.
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The abolition of the two-child benefit cap, which punishes children for their parents' circumstances, is the best part of the budget, potentially lifting almost half a million children out of poverty.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
It may also be the part that comes under fiercest attack. So it needs celebrating and defending.
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💥 ¿Contribuyen los jueces a la polarización?
Según nuestra encuesta, más de la mitad de la izquierda dice que sí.
En la derecha, la mayoría cree que no contribuyen.
Según nuestra encuesta, más de la mitad de la izquierda dice que sí.
En la derecha, la mayoría cree que no contribuyen.
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
💥 ¿Contribuyen los jueces a la polarización?
Según nuestra encuesta, más de la mitad de la izquierda dice que sí.
En la derecha, la mayoría cree que no contribuyen.
Según nuestra encuesta, más de la mitad de la izquierda dice que sí.
En la derecha, la mayoría cree que no contribuyen.
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Are you an ABD needing help with your project? Interested in immigration, autocratization, & religion? Want to spend 2 weeks thinking deeply about interdisciplinary work? This summer school is for you. I'll be one of the instructors helping your think big and rigorously :-) More info below! (1/2)
Toulouse Summer School in Quantitative Social Sciences
www.tse-fr.eu
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Are you an ABD needing help with your project? Interested in immigration, autocratization, & religion? Want to spend 2 weeks thinking deeply about interdisciplinary work? This summer school is for you. I'll be one of the instructors helping your think big and rigorously :-) More info below! (1/2)
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On the eve of the Autumn Budget, our latest polling finds that *over half* of 2024 Labour voters who are 'finding it difficult' economically have now switched parties.
17% now back the Greens, and a further 17% back Reform.
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17% now back the Greens, and a further 17% back Reform.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
On the eve of the Autumn Budget, our latest polling finds that *over half* of 2024 Labour voters who are 'finding it difficult' economically have now switched parties.
17% now back the Greens, and a further 17% back Reform.
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17% now back the Greens, and a further 17% back Reform.
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2nd edition of our The AI Shift newsletter is out. The question today: could AI be making us LESS productive? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com www.ft.com/content/2480... At the individual level, it's clear we're not reliable witnesses on this Q. At an organisational level, it gets even more interesting...
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
2nd edition of our The AI Shift newsletter is out. The question today: could AI be making us LESS productive? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com www.ft.com/content/2480... At the individual level, it's clear we're not reliable witnesses on this Q. At an organisational level, it gets even more interesting...
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I’m happy to see this short paper with @fluegeldo.bsky.social on unexpected hikes in voting costs out in @thejop.bsky.social !
doi.org/10.1086/739405
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doi.org/10.1086/739405
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November 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I’m happy to see this short paper with @fluegeldo.bsky.social on unexpected hikes in voting costs out in @thejop.bsky.social !
doi.org/10.1086/739405
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doi.org/10.1086/739405
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We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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In our polling with YouGov, since the start of his second term Donald Trump's net approval has fallen 17pts among white Americans (+17 to -1), 28pts among Hispanic Americans (-9 to -37) and 38pts among black Americans (-36 to -74)
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
In our polling with YouGov, since the start of his second term Donald Trump's net approval has fallen 17pts among white Americans (+17 to -1), 28pts among Hispanic Americans (-9 to -37) and 38pts among black Americans (-36 to -74)
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NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
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NEW -
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos
"moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties"
- @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos
"moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties"
- @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
October 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
NEW -
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos
"moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties"
- @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Seeking Opportunity in the Knowledge Economy: Moving Places, Moving Politics? - https://cup.org/3LgxVos
"moving to opportunity results in... more left-leaning self-identification, and lower support for far-right parties"
- @valentinaconsiglio.bsky.social & @thmskrr.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
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Exciting day: one of my fave colleagues @jburnmurdoch.ft.com and I are teaming up on a weekly newsletter to track what's really happening with AI & the labour market. No hype, just spreadsheets & shoe-leather. You can sign up here to get the first edition at lunchtime today! ft.com/AIshift
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October 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Exciting day: one of my fave colleagues @jburnmurdoch.ft.com and I are teaming up on a weekly newsletter to track what's really happening with AI & the labour market. No hype, just spreadsheets & shoe-leather. You can sign up here to get the first edition at lunchtime today! ft.com/AIshift
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Does this description come from 2025, or 2006? Unnerving piece by @brookeamasters.ft.com www.ft.com/content/fddb...
October 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Does this description come from 2025, or 2006? Unnerving piece by @brookeamasters.ft.com www.ft.com/content/fddb...
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Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Donald Trump's approval rating in our tracker has fallen to -18, the lowest it has ever been (lower than any point in his first term) www.economist.com/interactive/...
Last week, I successfully defended my PhD in Politics at the University of Oxford.
My dissertation explores how politics permeates the modern workplace, shaping collaboration, corporate communications, and civic engagement.
More about my research here: www.luiscornagobonal.com/research
My dissertation explores how politics permeates the modern workplace, shaping collaboration, corporate communications, and civic engagement.
More about my research here: www.luiscornagobonal.com/research
Luis Cornago Bonal - Research
Working Papers
Do Political Identities Matter at Work? The Politics of Workplace Cooperation (with Francesco Raffaelli) (working paper) Under review
Abstract
Do political identities influence workers'...
www.luiscornagobonal.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Last week, I successfully defended my PhD in Politics at the University of Oxford.
My dissertation explores how politics permeates the modern workplace, shaping collaboration, corporate communications, and civic engagement.
More about my research here: www.luiscornagobonal.com/research
My dissertation explores how politics permeates the modern workplace, shaping collaboration, corporate communications, and civic engagement.
More about my research here: www.luiscornagobonal.com/research
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@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:
🧵⬇️
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What “variety of capitalism” is this? Asking for a very jaded and tired political economist.
Breaking News: Intel, the troubled chipmaker, agreed to sell the U.S. government a 10% stake in its business worth $8.9 billion.
Intel Agrees to Sell U.S. a 10% Stake in Its Business
The deal is among the largest government interventions in a U.S. company since the rescue of the auto industry after the 2008 financial crisis.
nyti.ms
August 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What “variety of capitalism” is this? Asking for a very jaded and tired political economist.
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While earlier research suggested the gender pay gap was largely driven by course choices, as men and women took different subjects, the data indicated that men were more likely to prioritise a lucrative career and earn more than women even with identical degrees (3/3) www.ft.com/content/cb0e...
August 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
While earlier research suggested the gender pay gap was largely driven by course choices, as men and women took different subjects, the data indicated that men were more likely to prioritise a lucrative career and earn more than women even with identical degrees (3/3) www.ft.com/content/cb0e...
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Male graduates are quick to earn more than their female peers, according to Financial Times analysis of official data, with a median annual salary of £34,700 five years after leaving university, 14.1% above the £30,400 figure for women (2/3) www.ft.com/content/cb0e...
August 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Male graduates are quick to earn more than their female peers, according to Financial Times analysis of official data, with a median annual salary of £34,700 five years after leaving university, 14.1% above the £30,400 figure for women (2/3) www.ft.com/content/cb0e...
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Female graduates in the UK fall behind men from the very start of their careers, even when they have taken the same courses, and are out-earned after studying more than four-fifths of university subjects (1/3) www.ft.com/content/cb0e...
August 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Female graduates in the UK fall behind men from the very start of their careers, even when they have taken the same courses, and are out-earned after studying more than four-fifths of university subjects (1/3) www.ft.com/content/cb0e...
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This is mostly due to Spain having had a horrific week (Spain-only data below)
August 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This is mostly due to Spain having had a horrific week (Spain-only data below)
Is low turnout undermining growth? open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/i...
Is low turnout undermining growth?
A reminder that you can read Lawrence’s post on the Tump-Putin summit here, his next post will look at the outcome.
open.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Is low turnout undermining growth? open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/i...
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Lovely lunch Michael Sheen by @sarahhemm.bsky.social:
Actor Michael Sheen: ‘You have to make something happen’
The ‘not-for-profit’ star on putting his own money into projects, creating a new national theatre for Wales — and what he learnt from Nye Bevan
www.ft.com
August 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Lovely lunch Michael Sheen by @sarahhemm.bsky.social:
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Homophobic attitudes have fallen in Western Europe and the United States
August 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Homophobic attitudes have fallen in Western Europe and the United States