Knowledge area: Ciència Política i de l'Administració
Vicedegana de Recerca i Relacions Internacionals
Grup d'Innovació Docent de Gestió i Administració Pública (GID-GAP)
Contact Information
Department of Political Science, Constitutional Law and Philosophy of Law
Avda. Diagonal 690 934021294 apalau(a)ub.edu
Teaching
Public PolicyPublic AdministrationPolitical Science
My profile
Full Professor in Political Science at the University of Barcelona and member of the research group Q-dem (www.q-dem.com). She conducted post-graduate studies at the University of Essex (UK) where ...
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Full Professor in Political Science at the University of Barcelona and member of the research group Q-dem (www.q-dem.com). She conducted post-graduate studies at the University of Essex (UK) where she got an MA in Politics (with distinction) and received her PhD from the University of Barcelona. She has been researcher also at the University of Washington (USA) and Sciences Po (Bordeaux). Her research focuses on the analysis of parliamentary behavior and public policy, with a focus on agenda setting dynamics. She is author of two books, Agenda Dynamics in Spain (with Laura Chaqués & Frank Baumgartner) and Cataluña en Europa: Límites y Oportunidades del Proceso de Integración. She has also published a number of articles in national and international journals, among others European Union Politics, Parliamentary Affairs, Comparative Political Studies, West European Politics, Journal of Legislative Studies, Representation, Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Revista Española de Ciencia Política o Revista de Estudios Políticos. Personal web: www.annapalau.com- info
Academic training
Ciències Polítiques i de l'Administració
MA in Politics (University of Essex)
Doctorat en Ciència Política
Research interests
Public PolicyAgenda settingMedia and public agendaEuropeanizationParliamentary Behaviour
Relevant publications
Chaqués-Bonafont, L.; Palau, A.M.; Baumgartner, F.R. Agenda Dynamics in Spain. Palgrave Macmillan.
2015Palau, A; Casas, A; Muñoz, L. To amend or not to amend: under what circumstances do Spanish legislators propose amendments to executive bills?.
In
West European Politics.
2023
. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2023.2241253Palau, A; De Giorgi, E; Muñoz, L; Cancela, J. The Effect of Ideological Distance on Voting Behaviour in Parliament Under Changing Economic Conditions: A Comparison Between Portugal and Spain.
In
Representation. Journal of Representative Democracy.
2023
. https://doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2023.2237045Palau, A.M.; Rodilla, A.; Casas, A. Do the regional and European content of legislation shape party behavior in national parliaments? an analysis of the Spanish case.
In
Territory, Politics, Governance.
2025
. https://doi.org/10.1080/21622671.2025.2536266
Other activities
3 Trams de recerca reconeguts per l'AQUAvaluació positiva de l'AQU com a Professora AgregadaAvaluació positiva de l'ANECA com a Professora TitularObtenció del Premi Extraordinari de Llicenciatura (Ciències Polítiques i de l'Administració)Avaluació positiva AQU Recerca Avançada
Participations in Congresses
Palau, A. M. Pork-barrel strategies in the Spanish parliament: an analysis based on budget law amendments.
Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Political Science.
Trieste.
ITALY. 2024Palau, A.M. The role of legislatures in the budget process: a territorial perspective.
International Public Policy Association (IPPA).
Guadalajara.
MEXICO. 2024Cavalieri, A.; De Giorgi, E.; Palau, A.M. Women's Issues for Populist Radical Right Parties in Southern Europe.
81nd Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference.
Chicago.
UNITED STATES. 2024
Projects
La Oposición Política en España: Estrategias en la Arena Parlamentaria
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2019 - 2021
. Ref.RTI2018-096950-A-I00
. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
. PI: Ana Maria Palau Roque; Luz Ma Muñoz MarquezGrup de Recerca per la qualitat de la democràcia
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2017 - 2021
. Ref.2017SGR687
. Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR)
. PI: Laura Chaques BonafontL'impacte de la Unió Europea en l'agenda del govern i el Parlament de Catalunya
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2016 - 2017
. Generalitat de Catalunya
. PI: Ana Maria Palau RoqueGrup d'Innovació Docent de Gestió i Administració Pública. El foment de la competència transversal del treball en equip a Gestió i Administració Pública
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2010 - 2014
. Ref.GIDCUB-13/054
. Universitat de Barcelona
. PI: Marina SolerAbriendo la caja negra: Determinantes políticos, institucionales e informacionales del proceso legislativo en España
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2022 - 2025
. Ref.PID2021-127542NB-I00
. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
. PI: Ana Maria Palau Roque; Luz Ma Muñoz Marquez