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PhD researcher at Griffith University • Transnational populism and political communication
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Alessandro Nai
27 days ago
After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at
@elgarpublishing.bsky.social
📚 Three volumes ⭐ 431 entries 🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world A very short 🧵
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Duncan McDonnell
30 days ago
🎁 Christmas has come early for
@ammassarisofia.bsky.social
& me with the publication of our article "The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century" in
@politicalgeography.bsky.social
:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century
The idea that the presence of Western European political parties at grassroots level rose and fell in the twentieth century is central to some of the …
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629825002008#sec4
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Like any PhD, mine has its share of challenges and mountains to climb. But I’ve never once felt without support or guidance from my amazing supervisory team!
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about 1 month ago
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On
@ecprtheloop.bsky.social
I present key insights from my recent
@ausjpolsci.bsky.social
article on transnational populist publics. The blogpost includes examples that didn’t fit into the main piece, and shows how leaders like Trump and Meloni are now global icons for the PRR.
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about 1 month ago
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Duncan McDonnell
about 2 months ago
In
@aunz.theconversation.com
today,
@jholloway.bsky.social
, Michelle Evans, & I discuss the key findings from our recent
@poppublicsphere.bsky.social
article on prospective Indigenous candidates:
theconversation.com/indigenous-p...
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Indigenous political candidates face less voter bias than parties might think: new research
A world-first study involving 4,000 Australian adults shows political parties shouldn’t assume Indigenous candidates will face voter rejection.
https://theconversation.com/indigenous-political-candidates-face-less-voter-bias-than-parties-might-think-new-research-268089
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Thrilled that my first (ever!) and first single-authored article is out in
@ausjpolsci.bsky.social
🎉 PRR parties have built a shared transnational discourse on issues like immigration & culture wars. But do their digital publics also take part in this discursive transnationalisation? A 🧵
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Transnational publics of the populist radical right: patterns of topic convergence across Europe and the United States
In recent years, populist radical right parties (PRRPs) have constructed a shared transnational discourse around issues like immigration and culture wars. However, we do not know how their publics ...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10361146.2025.2561592
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Francesco Vittonetto
Duncan McDonnell
4 months ago
3-year, full-time post-doc position with my @griffith.edu.au friend & colleague, Ferran Martinez i Coma. Ferran is one of the key people who has made our department the top comparative politics research cluster in Australia. Please apply, share, etc.
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Grade 1
Company Description: Every institution values excellence. What matters most is why. Griffith was created to be a different type of university. You’ll find we’re about leading research, academic excel...
https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniversity/744000079233531-postdoctoral-research-fellow-grade-1
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Léonie de Jonge
4 months ago
💡Two super useful resources for when academics (or journalists!) are being targeted - and for institutions to be prepared. (We are underprepared…) 1)
expertvoicestogether.org/researcher
2)
researchersupport.org
#ECPRgc25
@ecpr.bsky.social
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Expert Voices Together
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https://expertvoicestogether.org/researcher
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Francesco Vittonetto
Duncan McDonnell
4 months ago
In the last 6 months, our wee study of Gen-Z voters & non-voters in Australia has been the 3rd most read of all articles ever published in Political Studies. You can read it too, open access, here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Such an interesting piece of research by
@ammassarisofia.bsky.social
just out in
@cpsjournal.bsky.social
✨ So lucky to work with such a brilliant and generous scholar every day, brava!!
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7 months ago
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Stijn van Kessel
7 months ago
Our book is out and available to read open access online:
academic.oup.com/book/60532
. It is dedicated to Niko.
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This beautiful python was right outside my office at
@griffith.edu.au
. Reviewer 2, it seems, wanted to supervise that new draft a little more closely.
7 months ago
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Francesco Vittonetto
Duncan McDonnell
7 months ago
"Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right", now under contract with Oxford University Press. We've already got a full draft and the reviews were really positive, so this should be out in 2026!
@ammassarisofia.bsky.social
;
@casmudde.bsky.social
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@arjupskas.bsky.social
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Francesco Vittonetto
Larissa Böckmann
8 months ago
Very excited to share this publication in Politics & Governance together with
@sldelange.bsky.social
@nathaliebrack.bsky.social
@mrooduijn.bsky.social
We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
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Far‐Right Illiberalism in the European Parliament | Article | Politics and Governance
Larissa Böckmann, Sarah L. de Lange, Nathalie Brack, Matthijs Rooduijn
https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/9466
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Francesco Vittonetto
Francesco Bailo
8 months ago
🚨 New research! With Milly Stilinovic &
@dhutchman.bsky.social
, we explore how AI is being creatively misused in experimental online spaces we call Underspheres — and why current regulation can’t keep up. New Media & Society
doi.org/10.1177/1461...
Conversation
theconversation.com/ai-is-moving...
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AI is moving fast. Climate policy provides valuable lessons for how to keep it in check
Existing efforts to regulate AI share a limitation: they’re built around intended use, not the messy, creative and often unintended ways it is actually being used.
https://theconversation.com/ai-is-moving-fast-climate-policy-provides-valuable-lessons-for-how-to-keep-it-in-check-255624
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Francesco Vittonetto
Alessandro Nai
8 months ago
🚨 PhD position in Political Communication at
@ascor.bsky.social
🚨 Come work with
@ulrikeklinger.bsky.social
@lindabos.bsky.social
and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥
@polcomm.bsky.social
➡️
tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu
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Vacancy — PhD Position "Visual Politics and the Emergence of Angry Publics"
Are you curious about how images, videos, and memes transform political communication? Are you passionate about digital technology and the future of democracy? Then apply for this PhD project focused ...
https://werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies/phd-position-visual-politics-and-the-emergence-of-angry-publics-netherlands-14117
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It was great to present my work in today’s department seminar! Big thanks to
@duncanmcdonnell.com
, Ferran, and
@ammassarisofia.bsky.social
for the constant support – and to the big crowd of PhD friends and staff colleagues attending
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Francesco Vittonetto
Duncan McDonnell
9 months ago
I had a great long chat earlier this morning with Steve Austin on ABC about Gen-Z voting, how parties seek to engage with young people, and much else besides! (including my Gen-Z daughter's view of youth wings...) From around 1:43 here:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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Mornings - ABC listen
You'll get a deeper insight into the issues that matter each morning.
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/brisbane-mornings/mornings/105163778
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Francesco Vittonetto
Sofia Ammassari
9 months ago
In today's
@theconversation.com
,
@duncanmcdonnell.bsky.social
, Ferran Martinez i Coma and I write about Gen-Z turnout in Australia:
theconversation.com/47-of-gen-z-...
A short thread on our main takeaways, based on our survey of over 1,300 Gen-Z Australians:
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47% of Gen Z mainly vote to avoid a fine. It’s a sign of younger Australians’ discontent with democracy
With Gen Z and Millennials combined now outnumbering Baby Boomers as the dominant voter bloc, their votes will shape the election. But do they care?
https://theconversation.com/47-of-gen-z-mainly-vote-to-avoid-a-fine-its-a-sign-of-younger-australians-discontent-with-democracy-253120
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Francesco Vittonetto
10 months ago
CALL FOR PAPERS Our annual APSA Political Organisations and Participation
@popgroupaus.bsky.social
research group workshop is being held 5-6 June at the Uni of Canberra. Limited financial support available for ECRs and HDRs travelling from outside Canberra. Short abstracts due 7 April.
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Francesco Vittonetto
Duncan McDonnell
10 months ago
This week, The Australian ran a story all about our recent EJPR article on radicals, moderates, and aligned members of party youth wings. You can read it here:
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/progr...
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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/progressive-party-youth-divisions-more-radical-than-conservatives/news-story/2838c95a1fe0bddce1aefe02b1197f7a?giftid=hqxfoJXyLu
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Francesco Vittonetto
Queenie Tomaro
10 months ago
I'm thrilled to share my open-access paper published in
@austjia.bsky.social
! In this study, I examine how women's participation is framed within P/CVE policies, identifying three key logics: protection, political agency, and religion. Check it out:
doi.org/10.1080/1035...
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Preventing and countering violent extremism: the logics of women’s participation
Women’s participation in preventing and countering extremist violence is increasingly prioritised in international, regional and national policies on Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE)...
https://doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2025.2468204
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Last sunset from my three-week office at
@uva.nl
. What an intense experience this was: I met so many talented - and welcoming - PhD colleagues, have been in touch with an incredibly rich research environment, and gathered invaluable feedback on my own work. It really felt like home.
11 months ago
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Francesco Vittonetto
Sofia Ammassari
11 months ago
My
@polstudies.bsky.social
article on stigma & grassroots activism in populist radical right (PRR) parties has now page numbers!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Drawing on the 1st ever comparative survey of PRR party members, I ask how stigma affects their participation in party activities.
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Deterrent or Stimulus? How Perceived Societal Stigma Affects Participation in Populist Radical Right Parties - Sofia Ammassari, 2025
While the effects of political stigma on populist radical right parties have been extensively investigated, we know little about the impact of societal stigma o...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00323217241234527
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A foggy start to my research visit at the University of Amsterdam (
@uva.nl
), kindly hosted by
@sldelange.bsky.social
and
@alessandronai.bsky.social
. If you are around in the next three weeks, I'm happy to meet up!
12 months ago
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Duncan McDonnell
12 months ago
Almost 500 downloads for our new article "Inside party youth wings: The YOUMEM project" over the past couple of weeks. If you're interested in party organisations and/or young people in politics, this is for you:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13540688241310349
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It was great to kickstart 2025 at the University of Milan! Hosted by the wonderful School of Media and Communication, I had the opportunity to share my research on transnational engagement with PRR contents. I presented first insights from a brand new dataset of YouTube comments from 8 countries.
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Francesco Vittonetto
Duncan McDonnell
about 1 year ago
Our article "Inside Party Youth Wings: The YOUMEM Project" is online today & open access in Party Politics:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Just a normal afternoon walk at Griffith's Nathan campus.
@griffithuniversity.bsky.social
about 1 year ago
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It was great to present my work on transnational populist publics at the very last - but excellent - panel of
#APSA24
Thanks to my supervisory team and colleagues at Griffith for their endless support!
about 1 year ago
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Is being a proud supervisee a thing? Congrats on this huge (& well deserved) achievement!
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about 1 year ago
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Tomorrow, at the APSA Conference, I’ll talk about my research on transnational populist publics. My paper examines the contribution of digital publics on YouTube in building the bridges between PRR parties in France, Italy, and the US. [Thread!]
about 1 year ago
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Six established academics, each paired with three postgrads, 20 minutes per session. The single task: “Talk about whatever you want advice on.” The APSA version of a speed mentoring session at the PhD Symposium, in wonderful Forrest Research Foundation.
#APSA2024
about 1 year ago
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Nick Cheesman, April Biccum, Sarah Ball, and Jack Corbett led us through a deep dive into interpretive methods: great talks and engaging discussion! Check out their APSA research group page here:
tinyurl.com/2ejxfsm3
#APSA2024
about 1 year ago
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The 2024 APSA PhD Symposium continues with an insightful talk from Kelly Gerard (UWA). "Making sandwiches in academia" tackled the issue of balancing research and service roles in academia when you're a PhD or an early career researcher.
#APSA2024
about 1 year ago
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Great to have Michael Hopkin from The Conversation kickstart the 2024 APSA PhD Symposium at the Forrest Research Foundation. Some great insights for how PhDs can engage with media and reach a wider audience!
#APSA2024
@phoebehayman.bsky.social
about 1 year ago
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It really looks like a warm welcome, UWA! The AusPSA Conference kicks off tomorrow with the PhD Day, in beautiful Perth
#APSA24
about 1 year ago
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Duncan McDonnell
about 1 year ago
I guess that after various drills, this time the migration is real. I've put together a wee starter pack on two of the things I work on, populism and the radical right. Feel free to share & suggest yourself or others!
go.bsky.app/Tqmc9sJ
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