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André Freire was affiliated with ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon in Portugal. Their research output spanned predominantly the social sciences, with a strong focus on political science and international relations as well as related subfields such as sociology and political science, speech and hearing, gender studies, and economics and econometrics.

The core themes of their work centered on social policy and reform studies, electoral systems and political participation, history, culture, and society, political systems and governance, gender politics and representation, populism and right-wing movements, and European Union policy and governance.

Freire contributed several scholarly articles, including:

  • "Parliamentary Questions as an Instrument for Geographic Representation: The Hard Case of Portugal," 2020, published in Swiss Political Science Review
  • "The 'Lost Generation' and Its Political Discontents: Age-related Divides in Southern Europe after the Crisis," 2021, South European Society & Politics
  • "Age and Descriptive Representation in Southern Europe: The Impact of the Great Recession on National Parliaments," 2021, South European Society & Politics
  • "Participação e abstenção nas eleições legislativas portuguesas, 1975-1995," 2024, Análise Social
  • "Generational and Ideological Gaps in Democratic Support: Seeds of Deconsolidation in Post-Crisis Southern Europe?," 2021, South European Society & Politics

Freire frequently collaborated with several researchers, including José Santana Pereira, Emmanouil Tsatsanis, Enrico Borghetto, Marco Lisi, and Marina Costa Lobo. These partnerships resulted in multiple joint publications, highlighting an active collaborative research network.

The venues where Freire published regularly reflected their disciplinary focus. Key publication venues included:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • South European Society & Politics
  • Repositório Institucional do ISCTE-IUL (ISCTE-IUL)
  • Swiss Political Science Review
  • Brazilian Political Science Review

Freire's scholarly contributions predominantly investigated political participation, representation, and social policy within the context of European societies, especially Southern Europe. Their work addressed generational political divides, electoral behavior, and the effects of socio-economic crises on political institutions.

Best Publications

  • Bringing Social Identities Back In: The Social Anchors of Left-Right Orientation in Western Europe:

    André Freire

  • Religion and euroskepticism: direct, indirect or no effects?

    Hajo G. Boomgaarden;André Freire

  • Party Polarization and Citizens' Left—Right Orientations:

    André Freire

  • Austerity Policies and Politics: The Case of Portugal

    Catherine Moury;André Freire

  • Political Representation in Bailed-out Southern Europe: Greece and Portugal Compared

    André Freire;Marco Lisi;Ioannis Andreadis;José Manuel Leite Viegas

  • Economics, ideology and vote: Southern Europe, 1985–2000

    André Freire;Marina Costa Lobo

  • Second-Order Elections and Electoral Cycles in Democratic Portugal

    André Freire

  • Ideological Representation in Portugal: MPs'–Electors' Linkages in Terms of Left–Right Placement and Substantive Meaning

    André Freire;Ana Maria Belchior

  • BALLOT STRUCTURE, DISTRICT MAGNITUDE AND CONSTITUENCY-ORIENTATION OF MPs IN PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION AND MAJORITY ELECTORAL SYSTEMS

    Jean Benoit Pilet;André Freire;Olivier Costa

  • The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Ideological Space in Portugal and Greece: A Comparison of Elites and Voters

    Emmanouil Tsatsanis;André Freire;Yannis Tsirbas

  • Parliamentary Questions as an Instrument for Geographic Representation: The Hard Case of Portugal

    Enrico Borghetto;José Santana-Pereira;André Freire

  • Elites' and Voters' Attitudes towards Austerity Policies and their Consequences in Greece and Portugal

    Eftichia Teperoglou;André Freire;Ioannis Andreadis;José Manuel Leite Viegas

  • Left–right ideology as a dimension of identification and of competition*

    André Freire

  • The Portuguese 2005 legislative election: Return to the left

    André Freire;Marina Costa Lobo

  • A New Era in Democratic Portugal? The 2009 European, Legislative and Local Elections

    André Freire

  • Does women’s descriptive representation matter for policy preferences? The role of political parties:

    Ana Espírito-Santo;André Freire;Sofia Serra-Silva

  • Awakening the Sleeping Giant in Greece and Portugal? Elites' and Voters' Attitudes towards EU Integration in Difficult Economic Times

    André Freire;Eftichia Teperoglou;Catherine Moury

  • The Party System of Portugal

    André Freire

  • Referenda voting in Portugal, 1998: The effects of party sympathies, social structure and pressure groups<sup>1</sup>

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  • Is party type relevant to an explanation of policy congruence? Catchall versus ideological parties in the Portuguese case

    Ana Maria Belchior;André Freire

  • Economic voting in Portugal, 2002-2009

    André Freire;José Santana-Pereira

  • Political Representation in Times of Bailout: Evidence from Greece and Portugal (Special Issue: South European Society and Politics)

    André Freire;Marco Lisi;Ioannis Andreadis;José Viegas

  • Left-right ideological identities in new democracies :

    André Freire

Frequent Co-Authors

Hajo G. Boomgaarden
Hajo G. Boomgaarden University of Vienna
Hermann Schmitt
Hermann Schmitt University of Mannheim
Michael Minkenberg
Michael Minkenberg European University Viadrina
Claes H. de Vreese
Claes H. de Vreese University of Amsterdam

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