- October, 2018 (with Elvira Alonso and Teresa Bruno): "Una Mirada Empírica Crítica sobre la Transparencia en las Municipalides Valencianas"
- August, 2016: "Legislatures in Latin America", Conference at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), organized by the Center of Political Studies, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Mexico.
- August, 2016: "Comparing Legislative Committee Systems", Research Seminar of the National Association of Parliamentary Studies (AMEP), at UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico.
- July, 2015: "The Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EUROLAT)", I International Congress Europe-Latin America, Latin America-Europe, University Politecnica of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
- September, 2013: “Cross-temporal Plenary Advantageous Rules for Majority Parties in Spain (1982-2012)”, ECPR General Conference, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France.
- June 2012: “The Vote of Investiture in Spain”, ECPR-funded Research Meeting on “The Vote of Investiture and Parliaments”, at the European University Institute, Florence.
- April 2012: Martin, S., Ajenjo, N. and Rasch, B.E.: “Minority Government and Majority Rule Revisited”, in ECPR Joint Session of Workshops, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
- November 2011: Ajenjo, N., Martin, S. and Rasch, B.E.: “The Investiture Vote in Parliaments and Government Formation”, in International Workshop of the Research Programme on Democracy as Idea and Practice, University of Oslo in Rome.
- August 2011: “The vote of investiture in Spain”, in Panel “Legislative Powers and the Vote of Investiture”, ECPR General Conference, University of Reykjavik.
- January 2011: “Conditions and Outcomes in a Young Democracy: Constitutional and Legislative Procedures in Contemporary Spain", in 2nd International Conference on Democracy as Idea and Practice, University of Oslo.
- January 2010: “The Strength of Governments in Spain: Assessing Lawmaking – Approval and Amendment Activity in the period 1982-2008”, in 1st International Conference on Democracy as Idea and Practice, University of Oslo.
- April 2009: Co-authored with S. Stavridis: “Testing ‘New Regionalism’: Comparing and Contrasting the Role of Civil Society and Parliamentary Actors in the EU´s Relations with the Mediterranean and Latin America”, ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Lisbon.
- June 2008: “Una Propuesta para la Adaptación de las Asignaturas de Técnicas y Métodos de Investigación en Ciencia Política al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior”, en las Jornadas de Redes de Investigación en Docencia Universitaria, University of Alicante.
- November 2007: “Los Sistemas Políticos en Centroamérica”, en III Jornadas América Latina Hoy: Centroamérica, Universidad de Burgos.
- October 2007: “Modelos de Reforma Institucional en América Latina desde la Unión Europea: Aspectos Fuertes y Débiles en la Promoción de la Descentralización Política”, en Jornadas sobre Las relaciones entre la Unión Europea y América Latina, University of Burgos.
- September 2007: Co-authored with A. Ferraro: “A Positive Ethics for Public Administration: Altruism, Self-interest and the Concept of the State”, European Group for Public Administration, EGPA, Madrid.
- May, 2007: Co-authored with I. Molina, “Grounds of Executive dominance in Spain”, ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of Helsinki.
- April, 2007: “Las Elecciones Legislativas en Honduras: Prospectivas de los Partidos Pequeños”, CEISAL Annual Congress, Free University of Brussels.
- September, 2006: “Sistemas de Comisiones Legislativas y Rendimiento Institucional”, III Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Política, Universidad de Campinas, Brazil.
- April, 2006: Co-authored with Nicole Bolleyer, “Regime Types and Opposition Behavior: Parliamentary Practices in Presidential Systems and Viceversa”, ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Intercollege University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
- March 2006: Co-authored with Elena Martínez Barahona, “Procedural Justice: Theoretical Delimitations and Empirical Applications”, LASA Annual Congress, San Juan de Puerto Rico.
- September 2005: “Introduction to the Panel: Notions of the Normative in Methodological Choices”, Panel on Looking at Methodological Issues Normatively, III ECPR General Conference, Corvinus University, Budapest.
- February 2005: “Exploring Hybrid Presidential Regimes in Latin America: Constitutional Choice in Comparative Perspective”, VIII Annual Conference of Post-graduate Students in Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge.
- October 2004: “Time as a Non-institutional Tool for Agenda Control in Presidential Systems”, Panel on Analytical Approaches to Legislative politics II, LASA Annual Congress, Las Vegas.
- September 2004: “Constitutional Design and Legislative Scenario: are They as Causal as They Intuitively Appear to Explain Agenda Control? An empirical analysis of two Central American cases”, II Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Política, Mexico D.F.
- April 2004: “Ideological Polarization and Legislative Performance in Presidential Systems: a Causal or a Spurious Relationship?”, Workshop on “Working with ideology in a post-ideological age”, Joint Sessions of Workshops, ECPR, Uppsala University.
- May 2004: “Ideological Divisions in Central America. A multidimensional Methodology”, VI Encuentro de Latinoamericanistas Españoles, Universidad de Salamanca.
- May 2003: “The Use of Institutional Tools for Agenda Control in Presidential Systems”, , CNISS Annual International Research Workshop, Center for New Institutional Social Sciences, Washington University in St Louis, Missouri.
- November 2003: “Studying the Interaction between Constitutional Design and Political Outcomes in Presidential Systems: A Proposed Index of Assemblies' strength”, Meeting of the Development Working Group, University of York.
- April 2003: “Legislative Performance in Presidential Regimes: an Institutional Approach for an Empirical Comparative Analysis”, Workshop on “Institutional Theory: issues of measurement and change”, ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of Edinburgh.
- December 2003: Co-authored with E. Martinez-Barahona “Electoral Results in Guatemala 2003: Changes and Continuities”, Meeting of the Latin American Working Group, European University Institute.
- July 2002: “Legislative Performance in Presidential Regimes. An Empirical Exploration of its Workings in four Central American cases”, I Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Política, University of Salamanca.
- November 2001: “Carreras Políticas Legislativas en Centroamérica”, VII Encuentro de Latinoamericanistas Españoles, Casa de America, Madrid.
- September 2000: “Sistemas Electorales, Sistemas de Partidos y Rendimiento Legislativo en cuatro casos Centroamericanos”, V Congreso Nacional de la Asociación Española de Ciencia Política, Tenerife.
- September 1999: “La Cultura Política de las Elites Chilenas y Mexicanas. Un análisis Comparativo”, IV Encuentro de Latinoamericanistas Españoles, Cáceres.
- August, 2016: "Legislatures in Latin America", Conference at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), organized by the Center of Political Studies, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Mexico.
- August, 2016: "Comparing Legislative Committee Systems", Research Seminar of the National Association of Parliamentary Studies (AMEP), at UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico.
- July, 2015: "The Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EUROLAT)", I International Congress Europe-Latin America, Latin America-Europe, University Politecnica of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
- September, 2013: “Cross-temporal Plenary Advantageous Rules for Majority Parties in Spain (1982-2012)”, ECPR General Conference, Sciences Po Bordeaux, France.
- June 2012: “The Vote of Investiture in Spain”, ECPR-funded Research Meeting on “The Vote of Investiture and Parliaments”, at the European University Institute, Florence.
- April 2012: Martin, S., Ajenjo, N. and Rasch, B.E.: “Minority Government and Majority Rule Revisited”, in ECPR Joint Session of Workshops, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
- November 2011: Ajenjo, N., Martin, S. and Rasch, B.E.: “The Investiture Vote in Parliaments and Government Formation”, in International Workshop of the Research Programme on Democracy as Idea and Practice, University of Oslo in Rome.
- August 2011: “The vote of investiture in Spain”, in Panel “Legislative Powers and the Vote of Investiture”, ECPR General Conference, University of Reykjavik.
- January 2011: “Conditions and Outcomes in a Young Democracy: Constitutional and Legislative Procedures in Contemporary Spain", in 2nd International Conference on Democracy as Idea and Practice, University of Oslo.
- January 2010: “The Strength of Governments in Spain: Assessing Lawmaking – Approval and Amendment Activity in the period 1982-2008”, in 1st International Conference on Democracy as Idea and Practice, University of Oslo.
- April 2009: Co-authored with S. Stavridis: “Testing ‘New Regionalism’: Comparing and Contrasting the Role of Civil Society and Parliamentary Actors in the EU´s Relations with the Mediterranean and Latin America”, ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Lisbon.
- June 2008: “Una Propuesta para la Adaptación de las Asignaturas de Técnicas y Métodos de Investigación en Ciencia Política al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior”, en las Jornadas de Redes de Investigación en Docencia Universitaria, University of Alicante.
- November 2007: “Los Sistemas Políticos en Centroamérica”, en III Jornadas América Latina Hoy: Centroamérica, Universidad de Burgos.
- October 2007: “Modelos de Reforma Institucional en América Latina desde la Unión Europea: Aspectos Fuertes y Débiles en la Promoción de la Descentralización Política”, en Jornadas sobre Las relaciones entre la Unión Europea y América Latina, University of Burgos.
- September 2007: Co-authored with A. Ferraro: “A Positive Ethics for Public Administration: Altruism, Self-interest and the Concept of the State”, European Group for Public Administration, EGPA, Madrid.
- May, 2007: Co-authored with I. Molina, “Grounds of Executive dominance in Spain”, ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of Helsinki.
- April, 2007: “Las Elecciones Legislativas en Honduras: Prospectivas de los Partidos Pequeños”, CEISAL Annual Congress, Free University of Brussels.
- September, 2006: “Sistemas de Comisiones Legislativas y Rendimiento Institucional”, III Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Política, Universidad de Campinas, Brazil.
- April, 2006: Co-authored with Nicole Bolleyer, “Regime Types and Opposition Behavior: Parliamentary Practices in Presidential Systems and Viceversa”, ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Intercollege University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
- March 2006: Co-authored with Elena Martínez Barahona, “Procedural Justice: Theoretical Delimitations and Empirical Applications”, LASA Annual Congress, San Juan de Puerto Rico.
- September 2005: “Introduction to the Panel: Notions of the Normative in Methodological Choices”, Panel on Looking at Methodological Issues Normatively, III ECPR General Conference, Corvinus University, Budapest.
- February 2005: “Exploring Hybrid Presidential Regimes in Latin America: Constitutional Choice in Comparative Perspective”, VIII Annual Conference of Post-graduate Students in Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge.
- October 2004: “Time as a Non-institutional Tool for Agenda Control in Presidential Systems”, Panel on Analytical Approaches to Legislative politics II, LASA Annual Congress, Las Vegas.
- September 2004: “Constitutional Design and Legislative Scenario: are They as Causal as They Intuitively Appear to Explain Agenda Control? An empirical analysis of two Central American cases”, II Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Política, Mexico D.F.
- April 2004: “Ideological Polarization and Legislative Performance in Presidential Systems: a Causal or a Spurious Relationship?”, Workshop on “Working with ideology in a post-ideological age”, Joint Sessions of Workshops, ECPR, Uppsala University.
- May 2004: “Ideological Divisions in Central America. A multidimensional Methodology”, VI Encuentro de Latinoamericanistas Españoles, Universidad de Salamanca.
- May 2003: “The Use of Institutional Tools for Agenda Control in Presidential Systems”, , CNISS Annual International Research Workshop, Center for New Institutional Social Sciences, Washington University in St Louis, Missouri.
- November 2003: “Studying the Interaction between Constitutional Design and Political Outcomes in Presidential Systems: A Proposed Index of Assemblies' strength”, Meeting of the Development Working Group, University of York.
- April 2003: “Legislative Performance in Presidential Regimes: an Institutional Approach for an Empirical Comparative Analysis”, Workshop on “Institutional Theory: issues of measurement and change”, ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of Edinburgh.
- December 2003: Co-authored with E. Martinez-Barahona “Electoral Results in Guatemala 2003: Changes and Continuities”, Meeting of the Latin American Working Group, European University Institute.
- July 2002: “Legislative Performance in Presidential Regimes. An Empirical Exploration of its Workings in four Central American cases”, I Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Política, University of Salamanca.
- November 2001: “Carreras Políticas Legislativas en Centroamérica”, VII Encuentro de Latinoamericanistas Españoles, Casa de America, Madrid.
- September 2000: “Sistemas Electorales, Sistemas de Partidos y Rendimiento Legislativo en cuatro casos Centroamericanos”, V Congreso Nacional de la Asociación Española de Ciencia Política, Tenerife.
- September 1999: “La Cultura Política de las Elites Chilenas y Mexicanas. Un análisis Comparativo”, IV Encuentro de Latinoamericanistas Españoles, Cáceres.