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Dr. Javier Garcia Bernardo

Assistant Professor 
Social and Behavioural Sciences
Social Sciences
Methodology and Statistics
Methodology and Statistics

Dr. Javier Garcia Bernardo

Assistant Professor
Methodology and Statistics
j.garciabernardo@uu.nl
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Profile Publications Activities Research Teaching Contact
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Research areas

Publications

2025

Scholarly publications

Candellone, E., Kesteren, E.-J. V., Chelmi, S., & Garcia-Bernardo, J. (2025). Community detection in bipartite signed networks is highly dependent on parameter choice. Advances in Complex Systems. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219525925400028
Candellone, E., Babul, SA., Togay, Ö., Bovet, A., & Garcia-Bernardo, J. (2025). Negative Ties Highlight Hidden Extremes in Social Media Polarization. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2501.05590
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/251713782/2501.05590v1.pdf
Hoffstadt, M., Smal, I., Maas, H. V. D., & Garcia-Bernardo, J. (2025). Involvement as a Polarizing Factor? A Comprehensive Multi-Method Analysis across Representative Datasets. European Journal of Social Psychology, 55(1), 193-212. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3132
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/258328678/Euro_J_Social_Psych_-_2024_-_Hoffstadt_-_Involvement_as_a_Polarizing_Factor_A_Comprehensive_Multi_Method_Analysis_across.pdf

2024

Scholarly publications

Garcia Bernardo, J. (2024). netCBS: Package to efficiently create network measures using CBS networks (POPNET) in the RA.. Software, Zenodo. http://zenodo.org/records/13908121
Garcia-Bernardo, J., Hedde-von Westernhagen, C., Emery, T., & van Hoek, A. J. (2024). Assessing COVID-19 transmission through school and family networks using population-level registry data from the Netherlands. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 31248. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82646-7
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/250855211/s41598-024-82646-7.pdf
Pankowska, P., Mendrik, A., Emery, T., & Garcia-Bernardo, J. (2024). The potential of benchmark challenges in the social sciences. Social Science Information, 63(4), 498-519. https://doi.org/10.1177/05390184241297742
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/251708320/pankowska-et-al-2024-the-potential-of-benchmark-challenges-in-the-social-sciences.pdf
Dubinina, E., Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Janský, P. (2024). The excess profits during COVID-19 and their tax revenue potential. Empirica, 51(4), 1001–1036. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10663-024-09630-2
Stausholm, S., & Garcia-Bernardo, J. (2024). Unfollow the money: mapping the micro agents of international tax. Review of International Political Economy, 31(4), 1197-1219. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2023.2297360
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/233425346/Unfollow_the_money_mapping_the_micro_agents_of_international_tax.pdf
Hedde-von Westernhagen, C., Bagheri, A., & Garcia-Bernardo, J. (2024). Predicting COVID-19 infections using multi-layer centrality measures in population-scale networks. Applied Network Science, 9(1), Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-024-00632-4
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/232283564/s41109-024-00632-4.pdf
Candellone, E., Kesteren, E.-J. V., Chelmi, S., & Garcia-Bernardo, J. (2024). Community detection in bipartite signed networks is highly dependent on parameter choice. arXiv.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452682/2405.08203v1.pdf?sequence=1
Sivak, E., Pankowska, P., Mendrik, A., Emery, T., Garcia-Bernardo, J., Höcük, S., Karpinska, K., Maineri, A., Mulder, J., Nissim, M., & Stulp, G. (2024). Combining the strengths of Dutch survey and register data in a data challenge to predict fertility (PreFer). Journal of Computational Social Science, 7(2), 1403-1431. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42001-024-00275-6
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/241656320/s42001-024-00275-6.pdf
Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Janský, P. (2024). Profit shifting of multinational corporations worldwide. World Development, 177, Article 106527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106527
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/438256/1-s2.0-S0305750X23003455-main.pdf?sequence=1

2023

Professional publications

Bas, M., Demmou, L., & Garcia Bernardo, J. (2023). Institutional shareholding, common ownership and productivity: A cross-country analysis. The OECD observer. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, (1769). https://doi.org/10.1787/d398e5b4-en
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434956/d398e5b4-en.pdf?sequence=1

2022

Scholarly publications

Schram, R., Garcia Bernardo, J., van Kesteren, E.-J., de Bruin, J., & Stamkou, E. (2022). ArtScraper: A Python library to scrape online artworks. Software http://zenodo.org/record/7129975
Reurink, A., & Garcia Bernardo, J. (2022). Firm claims: Reinterpreting the global race for foreign direct investment. In B. Braun, & K. Koddenbrock (Eds.), Capital Claims: Power and Global Finance (pp. 205-231). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003218487-14
De Beule, F., Elia, S., Garcia-Bernardo, J., Heemskerk, E. M., Jaklič, A., Takes, F. W., & Zdziarski, M. (2022). Proximity at a distance: The relationship between foreign subsidiary co-location and MNC headquarters board interlock formation. International Business Review, 31(4), Article 101971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101971
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/425181/1_s2.0_S096959312100189X_main.pdf?sequence=1
Garcia-Bernardo, J., Witteman, J., & Vlaanderen, M. (2022). Uncovering the size of the illegal corporate service provider industry in the Netherlands: a network approach. EPJ Data Science, 11(1), Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-022-00334-w
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/425180/s13688_022_00334_w.pdf?sequence=1
Garcia-Bernardo, J., Janský, P., & Tørsløv, T. (2022). Decomposing Multinational Corporations’ Declining Effective Tax Rates. IMF Economic Review, 70(2), 338-381. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41308-022-00157-9
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/425179/Garcia_BernardoJanskTrslv2022DecomposingMultinationalCorporationsDecliningEffectiveTaxRates.pdf?sequence=1
Babic, M., Huijzer, J., Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Valeeva, D. (2022). How does business power operate? A framework for its working mechanisms. Business and Politics, 24(2), 133-150. https://doi.org/10.1017/bap.2021.19
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/425139/how_does_business_power_operate_a_framework_for_its_working_mechanisms.pdf?sequence=1
Cobham, A., Faccio, T., Garcia-Bernardo, J., Janský, P., Kadet, J., & Picciotto, S. (2022). A Practical Proposal to end Corporate Tax Abuse: METR, a Minimum Effective Tax Rate for Multinationals. Global Policy, 13(1), 18-33. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13029

2021

Scholarly publications

Ajdacic, L., Heemskerk, E. M., & Garcia-Bernardo, J. (2021). The Wealth Defence Industry: A Large-scale Study on Accountancy Firms as Profit Shifting Facilitators. New Political Economy, 26(4), 690-706. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2020.1816947
Reurink, A., & Garcia-Bernardo, J. (2021). Competing for capitals: the great fragmentation of the firm and varieties of FDI attraction profiles in the European Union. Review of International Political Economy, 28(5), 1274-1307. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2020.1737564
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/419117/Competing_for_capitals_the_great_fragmentation_of_the_firm_and_varieties_of_FDI_attraction_profiles_in_the_European_Union.pdf?sequence=1
Garcia-Bernardo, J., Janský, P., & Tørsløv, T. (2021). Multinational corporations and tax havens: evidence from country-by-country reporting. International Tax and Public Finance, 28(6), 1519-1561. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-020-09639-w

2020

Scholarly publications

Babic, M., Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2020). The rise of transnational state capital: state-led foreign investment in the 21st century. Review of International Political Economy, 27(3), 433-475. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2019.1665084
Pisani, N., Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Heemskerk, E. (2020). Does it pay to be a multinational? A large-sample, cross-national replication assessing the multinationality–performance relationship. Strategic Management Journal, 41(1), 152-172. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3087

2018

Scholarly publications

Heemskerk, E., Young, K., Takes, F. W., Cronin, B., Garcia-Bernardo, J., Henriksen, L. F., Winecoff, W. K., Popov, V., & Laurin-Lamothe, A. (2018). The promise and perils of using big data in the study of corporate networks: problems, diagnostics and fixes. Global Networks, 18(1), 3-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12183
Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Takes, F. W. (2018). The effects of data quality on the analysis of corporate board interlock networks. Information Systems, 78, 164-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.is.2017.10.005

2017

Scholarly publications

Fichtner, J., Heemskerk, E. M., & Garcia-Bernardo, J. (2017). Hidden power of the Big Three? Passive index funds, re-concentration of corporate ownership, and new financial risk. Business and Politics, 19(2), 298-326. https://doi.org/10.1017/bap.2017.6
Garcia-Bernardo, J., Fichtner, J., Takes, F. W., & Heemskerk, E. M. (2017). Uncovering offshore financial centers: Conduits and sinks in the global corporate ownership network. Scientific Reports, 7(1), Article 6246. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06322-9

2016

Scholarly publications

Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Dunlop, M. J. (2016). Phenotypic Diversity Using Bimodal and Unimodal Expression of Stress Response Proteins. Biophysical Journal, 110(10), 2278-2287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2016.04.012
Heemskerk, E. M., Takes, F. W., Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Huijzer, M. J. (2016). Where is the global corporate élite? A large-scale network study of local and nonlocal interlocking directorates. Sociologica, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.2383/85292

2015

Scholarly publications

Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Dunlop, M. J. (2015). Noise and low-level dynamics can coordinate multicomponent bet hedging mechanisms. Biophysical Journal, 108(1), 184-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2014.11.048
Garcia-Bernardo, J., Dodds, P. S., & Johnson, N. F. (2015). Quantitative patterns in drone wars. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 443, 380-384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2015.09.055
Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Eppstein, M. J. (2015). Evolving modular genetic regulatory networks with a recursive, top-down approach. Systems and Synthetic Biology, 9(4), 179-189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11693-015-9179-5

2014

Scholarly publications

Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Eppstein, M. J. (2014). Evolving small GRNs with a top-down approach. In GECCO 2014 - Companion Publication of the 2014 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (pp. 41-42). (GECCO 2014 - Companion Publication of the 2014 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2598394.2598443

2013

Scholarly publications

Garcia-Bernardo, J., & Dunlop, M. J. (2013). Tunable Stochastic Pulsing in the Escherichia coli Multiple Antibiotic Resistance Network from Interlinked Positive and Negative Feedback Loops. PLoS Computational Biology, 9(9), Article e1003229. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003229
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