Nelson Santos, Sofia Serra-Silva, and Tiago Silva analysed voting patterns in Portugal’s parliament. They found that the legislative behaviour of populist radical-right Chega contradicts the party’s anti-system rhetoric. Meanwhile, conflict has reached unprecedented levels in what was historically a consensual parliament
He earned his PhD in 2024 from the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon.
Nelson's research focuses on developing and applying computational methods to address empirical questions in political science, particularly in the fields of political communication and political representation.
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