{"id":1291,"date":"2024-12-24T10:27:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T15:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/sebastian-royo\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T22:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T02:08:31","slug":"sebastian-royo","status":"publish","type":"cu_faculty","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/sebastian-royo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Royo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sebastia\u0301n Royo is a Professor of Political Science in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/political-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Political Science at Clark University<\/a>, where he served as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs between July 2021 and August 2024<em>.\u00a0<\/em>Prior to that, he served as Vice President of International Affairs and Professor in the Department of Political Science &amp; Legal Studies at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suffolk.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Suffolk University<\/a> in Boston, where he also served as Acting Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs between August 2016 and August 2019. He was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ces.fas.harvard.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies<\/a> in 2019-20.<\/p>\n<p>Royo\u2019s articles and reviews on comparative politics have appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/home\/cps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comparative Political Studies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/home\/ejd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Journal of Industrial Relations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/ps-political-science-and-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS: Political Science and Politics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/fwep20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">West European Politics,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/fses20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South European Society and Politics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/fdem20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratization<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/mediterranean-quarterly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mediterranean Quarterly<\/a>, SELA, FP, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/perspectives-on-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perspectives on Politics<\/a>, and other publications. His books include From Social Democracy to Neoliberalism: The Consequences of Party Hegemony in Spain, 1982-1996 (2000), A New Century of Corporatism? Corporatism in Southern Europe: Spain and Portugal in Comparative Perspective (2002), Spain and Portugal in the European Union: The First Fifteen Years (ed. with P. Manuel, 2003), Portugal,\u00a0<em>Espanha e a Integrac\u0327a\u0303o Europeia: Um Balanc\u0327o<\/em>\u00a0(ed. 2005), Varieties of Capitalism in Spain (2008), <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/9780230114470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lessons from the Economic Crisis in Spain<\/a> (2013), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/10.5699\/portstudies.34.1.0005?seq=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Portugal, Forty-Four Years After the Revolution<\/a> (ed. 2018), and <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1057\/978-1-137-53228-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Banks Fail: The Political Roots of Banking Crises in Spain<\/a> (2020).<\/p>\n<p>Royo is a Senior Research Associate at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realinstitutoelcano.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elcano Royal Institute<\/a> in Madrid and a local affiliate at the <a href=\"https:\/\/ces.fas.harvard.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University,<\/a> where he has been the co-chair of the Europe in the World Seminar. He is the founder and co-chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/apsanet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Political Science Association<\/a>\u2019s Iberian Studies Group, and serves in the editorial boards of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/fses20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South European Society &amp; Politics<\/a> and<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esglobal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"ES GLobal\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">esglobal.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Royo has been serving as Commissioner in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neche.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New England Commission of Higher Education<\/a> since 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1940,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"cu_faculty_f180_userid":"C70292064","cu_faculty_first_name":"Sebastian","cu_faculty_last_name":"Royo","cu_faculty_employment_status":"Full Time","cu_faculty_rank":"Professor","cu_faculty_position":"Professor","cu_faculty_phone":"","cu_faculty_email":"SRoyo@clarku.edu","cu_faculty_location":"","cu_faculty_about":"<p>Sebastia\u0301n Royo is a Professor of Political Science in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/political-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Political Science at Clark University<\/a>, where he served as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs between July 2021 and August 2024<em>.\u00a0<\/em>Prior to that, he served as Vice President of International Affairs and Professor in the Department of Political Science &amp; Legal Studies at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suffolk.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Suffolk University<\/a> in Boston, where he also served as Acting Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs between August 2016 and August 2019. He was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ces.fas.harvard.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies<\/a> in 2019-20.<\/p>\n<p>Royo\u2019s articles and reviews on comparative politics have appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/home\/cps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comparative Political Studies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/home\/ejd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Journal of Industrial Relations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/ps-political-science-and-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PS: Political Science and Politics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/fwep20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">West European Politics,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/fses20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South European Society and Politics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/fdem20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratization<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/mediterranean-quarterly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mediterranean Quarterly<\/a>, SELA, FP, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/perspectives-on-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Perspectives on Politics<\/a>, and other publications. His books include From Social Democracy to Neoliberalism: The Consequences of Party Hegemony in Spain, 1982-1996 (2000), A New Century of Corporatism? Corporatism in Southern Europe: Spain and Portugal in Comparative Perspective (2002), Spain and Portugal in the European Union: The First Fifteen Years (ed. with P. 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He is the founder and co-chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/apsanet.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Political Science Association<\/a>\u2019s Iberian Studies Group, and serves in the editorial boards of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/fses20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South European Society &amp; Politics<\/a> and<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esglobal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"ES GLobal\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">esglobal.org<\/a>.<br><br>Royo has been serving as Commissioner in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neche.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New England Commission of Higher Education<\/a> since 2021.<\/p>","cu_faculty_degrees":"<span>Other in Law,<\/span> Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 1999\n<span>Ph.D. in Political Science,<\/span> Boston university, 1997\n<span>M.A. in International Relations,<\/span> Boston university, 1993\n<span>M.B.A. in Business Administration,<\/span> Boston university, 1993","cu_faculty_cv":"","cu_faculty_links":"[]","cu_faculty_scholarly_interests":"Comparative Political Economy, Iberian Politics, Higher Education","cu_faculty_scholarly_works":"[{\"activityid\":12478,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Other Media (social media, blogs, podcasts, etc)\",\"Title\":\"&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.realinstitutoelcano.org\\\/comentarios\\\/el-legado-de-biden-el-final-de-una-era\\\/&quot;&gt;El legado de Biden: \\u00bfel final de una era?&lt;\\\/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;\\\/span&gt;\",\"Episode Title\":\"\",\"Date Published\":\"2025-01-21\",\"Year\":2024,\"Platform\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.realinstitutoelcano.org\\\/comentarios\\\/el-legado-de-biden-el-final-de-una-era\\\/\",\"Description\":\"President Biden's legacy\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"Manual\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70292064\",\"status\":[{\"id\":12478,\"status\":\"Completed\\\/Published\",\"term\":\"Spring\",\"year\":2025,\"termid\":\"2024\\\/03\",\"listingorder\":6,\"completionorder\":6}],\"userid\":\"C70292064\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Sebastian Royo\"],\"sort_date\":\"2025-01-21\"},{\"activityid\":12475,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:10pt;&quot;&gt;\\u201cLa geopol\\u00edtica y las crisis financieras: \\u00bfQu\\u00e9 hemos aprendido de la crisis financiera de 2007?\\u201d &lt;a href=&quot;https:\\\/\\\/revistasice.com\\\/index.php\\\/ICE\\\/issue\\\/view\\\/841&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/a&gt;&lt;\\\/span&gt;&lt;\\\/p&gt;\",\"Journal Title\":\"ICE, Revista de Econom\\u00eda\",\"Series Title\":\"N\\u00fam. 935\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"June\",\"Year\":2024,\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"\",\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/revistasice.com\\\/index.php\\\/ICE\\\/article\\\/view\\\/7794\",\"Description\":\"&lt;span&gt;Financial crises have very serious and long-lasting consequences for countries. 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