The IPDI Ideas Series presents

A discussion with Rafael Rubio about technology and the 2008 Spanish General Election

Join IPDI and author, consultant, and visiting professor Rafael Rubio for a discussion about the 2008 General Election in Spain. How did the campaigns use technology to persuade and mobilize voters? What trends in online politics exist across geographical boundaries? How do electoral uses of the technology differ between Spain and the United States? This discussion is strictly limited to people who RSVP to julie@ipdi.org in order to encourage as much discussion as possible with the author.

Wednesday, October 15

4:00 - 5:30pm

GSPM Library

GWU’s Media and Public Affairs Building

805 21st Street, NW

Washington, DC 20052

RSVP REQUIRED to julie@ipdi.org

About Rafael Rubio

Rafael Rubio (PhD, Law) is a Senior Lecturer of Constitutional Law at the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, where he leads a research group on civil society, new technologies and democracy. At Universidad Carlos III, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, Universidad de Navarra and the Institu