The School of Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the European Studies Double Degree Master Program (ESIS) invite you to the lecture by Professor Irene Martín Cortés, Department of Political Science and International Relations at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid on:

“Party politics in Spain: a minority government in a polarized context”

Tuesday, 10 March 2026 15:00 (EET)

Room 212 (second floor, Economics and Social Science Faculty building, University campus)

The lecture is organized within the context of the course “Politics and Government in Southern Europe. A Comparative Analysis” by Associate Professor E. Teperoglou and Dr Vasiliki Bouranta.

 Irene Martín Cortés is Lecturer in Political Science at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at UAM and Vice-rector for Internationalization. She obtained her PhD at UAM and the CEACS – Juan March Institute. At UAM, she coordinates the Research Seminar of the MA in Democracy and Government. Since 2021, she is IP of the research project POLMEMO “Polarization around historical memory in Spain. Distribution and factors that contribute to its intensification”. Her research interests deal with attitudes towards the conflicts of the past and their impact on electoral behaviour, young people and politics, and political attitudes and political participation in Greece and in Spain.