Josep Maria Colomer Calsina is a political scientist and economist. His research focuses on the strategies for the design, establishment, and change of political institutions. Topics include the processes of democratization, the origins of parliamentary and separation of powers regimes, the invention of electoral systems and voting rules, the development of nations and empires such as the United States and the European Union, and the increasing role of global institutions. Colomer is currently an Associate Researcher at the School of Foreign Service of

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in Washington and the Institute of Political and Social Sciences of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is a member by election of the

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, and has been awarded life membership to the American Political Science Association and the Mexican Association of Political Sciences.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colomer, Josep 20th-century Spanish male writers Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni Members of Academia Europaea 21st-century Spanish male writers 20th-century Spanish economists 21st-century Spanish economists Living people Spanish political scientists Spanish male non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people)