His main research interests are in political theory, political identities and nationalism, critical discourse analysis and, more recently, political humor. His work has appeared in the Revista Española de Ciencia Política, Teorias Politicas Contemporáneas (2001; 2009) and Ideologías y Movimientos Políticos Comtemporáneos (2006). He is in currently in charge of a research project financed by the Spanish government titled "Political Humor as a Factor of Social Cohesion in Spain," in which studies the relationship between humor appreciation in Spain, the uses of stereotypes, and their political consequences.