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Research topics on political science focus on three main areas: 1. Open government and accountability; 2. The political system of Mexico and elections; 3. The information and communication Technology (ICT) in politics to foster democracy. Topics such as public innovation, open government, and public policy recently have been developed in universities and research centers. A hot topic is corruption and accountability, directly linked with open government, which is one of the largest problems in Mexico.

The topic of open government and accountability is promoted because of the relationship with the open government partnership in recent years. This alliance fosters some improvements in law and implementation of open government practices (open data, transparency, collaboration, etc.) that are subject of study and will sometimes receive some funding¹⁰. The second research area refers to the Mexican political system and elections. The relative youth of the Mexican democracy requires to introduce new elements, laws, and practices to understand our electoral behavior and political parties’ actions in recent years¹¹. Another area of research on political science points to the impact of ICT in politics and its possible potential to enhance democracy¹². There are different studies about the use of social media (Nabel 2015, Treré 2016) and marketing technologies (Villaruel & Mendoza 2016) or citizen participation (De la Garza & Ibañez). Much research has been done to understand the different impacts of technology in elections. However, all of these topics are dispersed among public and private universities in Mexico. There is not a national public policy to promote a single research topic or to develop contents focused on a specific area of the digital revolution. Research in these areas is scarce and rarely receives funding.