Scholars
Ferran Martinez i Coma
Griffith University
Based in
Australia
Australia
Dr. Martinez i Coma is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Government and International Relations at Griffith University. Previously, he worked at the University of Sydney within the Electoral Integrity Project and at the Centro de Investigaciones y Docencia Economicas (CIDE) in Mexico City.
As an applied political scientist, Martinez i Coma has extensive experience in consulting, public policy, research, and teaching. His research focuses on elections, electoral integrity, comparative politics, political parties, and electoral behavior, with current work examining the impact of climate change on elections.
Martinez i Coma has also served as a policy practitioner at both the national and local levels. He was a Senior Adviser in the Policy Unit of Spain’s Prime Minister’s office and a Technical Adviser at the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Additionally, he worked as a Technical Adviser in the Department of Studies and Evaluation at Barcelona City Hall. Martinez i Coma has authored several policy reports for international organizations, including the Organisation of American States (OAS), International IDEA, and various think tanks such as the Centre for American Progress (USA), Hanns Seidel Foundation (Germany, Namibia, and Kenya), and Fundación Alternativas (Spain). He also contributes periodically to the blog Piedras de Papel on eldiario.es.
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Country(ies) of Specialty
AustraliaFocus areas of expertise
Climate policy and politics Public opinionPublications
Articles
2023. Sarah Birch and F. Martinez i Coma “Natural Disasters and the Limits of Electoral Clientelism: Evidence from Honduras”, Electoral Studies https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102651
Book Chapter
2023 F. Martínez i Coma. “Case study: Queensland, Australia” in Elections During Emergencies and Crises. Toby James, Alistair Clark and Erik Asplund (eds) https://doi.org/10.31752/idea.2023.24
Policy Report
F. Martinez i Coma, “Managing Elections During Floods: the Case of Victoria, Australia”, Case study, July 2023. https://www.idea.int/sites/default/files/managing-elections-during-floods-the-case-of-victoria-australia-en.pdf