Save the date: 14 May 2026, Reggio Emilia. We co-organized the workshop: Metamorphosis of Political Leadership. Personalisation, Digital Power, and New Alliances with Technological Elites Keynote by Thierry Vedel (Sciences Po Paris). #PoliticalCommunication

You are still in time, the deadline to submit panel proposals for the next SISP Congress is tomorrow, April 6! The congress will be held in Trento (Sept. 3-5, 2026). Submit your proposal for the Political Communication section (#4) by logging into your MySISP account: www.sisp.it/en/conferenc...

New paper out in Food Policy! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... with @gsal.bsky.social and Elena Viganò Policy knowledge is not neutral: it shapes preferences and acceptance of the CAP.

Monday 30 March, 09:30 (Venue 16) Italian Politics - Uneven Italy: Trust, Rights, and Governance in the 21st Century with @fabord.bsky.social Luigi Ceccarini @gsal.bsky.social Andrea Scalera, @gddandrea.bsky.social @danieljschulte.bsky.social

Il 15/01, nella Sala Lignea della splendida Biblioteca Malatestiana di Cesena: presentazione dei risultati del progetto EXURBIA. A @mzavalloni.bsky.social il compito di fare gli onori di casa, presentare il progetto e un contributo sul rapporto tra ciclo elettorale e consumo di suolo.

Su Repubblica di oggi è uscita la 28a edizione del tradizionale rapporto di fine anno “Gli italiani e lo stato”, realizzato da Università di Urbino Carlo Bo con Demos e Avviso Pubblico.

March 25–26: University of Urbino hosts the 1st Global Studies Conference for PhD students and early-career researchers! Abstracts on economics, management, international relations, and political theory are welcome. Participation is free of charge. Deadline: Feb 6

In Italy’s EU election, abstention passed 50% for the 1st time: not from indifference or circumstance, but from aversion and long-term erosion of trust & efficacy, towards the EU and politics in general. A “no-plot” tale in my new article on Italy’s political disengagement: doi.org/10.1080/2324...

2025 Marche Regional Election: so far, overall, low participation. The map shows the turnout by municipality at Sunday, 7pm. Overall the turnout is down of 2.7 points from 2020 and 3.9 from 2015 – comparing the same time and day (Sunday at 7pm). Polls will close tomorrow at 3pm.

Today & tomorrow Marche votes! Once a left-wing region, it swung right in 2020 with Acquaroli. Dubbed Italy’s “Ohio,” it opens with Aosta Valley an autumn wave of regional contests with national weight. Acquaroli is 1 of 2 FdI governors, same party as PM Meloni. Pre-election polls attached.

Excited to announce the publication of my article in Comparative Political Studies on how crises shape the ideological legitimation strategies of authoritarian regimes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Everyday and in the voting booth, economic concerns often outweigh ecological ones. Being unwilling to prioritize these latter, when are voters still inclined to vote green? Happy to share our new article about this: academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl... @mzavalloni.bsky.social @fabord.bsky.social

As we're getting ready for the SISP conference, the Political Communication SISP standing group finally reached the Bluesky 🦋✨ Find out more info about our panels at the next SISP conference, to which you can apply: www.sisp.it/convegno2025... Call for papers' deadline: May 25th, don't miss it!

Sono aperte le iscrizioni per la Winter School di LaPolis Political Academy "Scuola di formazione politica e rappresentanza". 👩‍💻 21 docenti, 42 ore online 👥 30 posti ⚠️ 9 CFU ⏳ Iscrizioni entro il 28/02 Qui tutte le informazioni, il calendario e il link per l'iscrizione: www.uniurb.it/corsi/1757216

Today and tomorrow are voting days in two Italian regions, Emilia-Romagna and Umbria! Both regions have historically low inequality, well below Italy's level.

🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 Come and join us in Brno to figure out consequences of political polarization. Early-career researchers are especially encouraged to apply. We are currently negotiating travel grants. Details 👇 Help us reach more younger scholars by sharing this post.

🗳️Definitive data on electoral turnout in Italy for #EuropeanElections2024 across provinces. (LaPolis, Demos, Demetra)

Live data & interactive maps on European Elections results in Italy: lapolis.org/pubblicazion... By LaPolis – Università di Urbino, Demos, Demetra #EuropeanElections Polisky

Less than four days left to apply for the SISP annual conference in Trieste (Sept 12-14, 2024)! Join our Panel 4.2 in the Political Communication section. Check out the presentation details below. #SISP2024 Polisky Commsky

The post-electoral honeymoon is over for the Meloni government. A longitudinal survey by Demos shows how Italian trust in the administration has steadily dropped to levels similar to the pre-pandemic Conte II government—markedly lower than during Conte I, post-pandemic Conte II, and Draghi's terms.

🔮Latest on the Loop: theloop.ecpr.eu/science-rela... @fabord.bsky.social explores the relationship between pseudoscientific beliefs and support for populist parties, providing clues from the Italian populist laboratory. More in the JCES article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Polisky

As we wrap up the year, for those who read Italian, check out today’s La Repubblica for the 2023 report “Italians and the State” by LaPolis. Happy New Year everyone!

Next week, for the latest seminar of the year, the Urbino Economics Seminars series will welcome Fabio Padovano (Rennes & Roma Tre). He'll present his latest co-authored work, a first panel test of political legislation cycles, exploring how legislative activity peaks before elections. Join us!