New Publication out! 🔥 Italy’s right-wing politics has changed dramatically over the past two decades. With @gippone.bsky.social and @leonardo-puleo.bsky.social we started from a basic question: Why has the radical right surged inside Italy’s right coalition? Radicalisation or something different?

Another piece of the illiberal puzzle? Some reflections on Italy’s new constitutional judicial reform: it risks weakening liberal democracy, especially alongside gov attacks on the judiciary, power shifts between PM and Pres of the Republic, and new limits on protest. @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social

⚡ Call for Papers! For our Special Issue “Beyond the Far Right? Revisiting the Radical–Extreme Distinction”, co-edited with @gippone.bsky.social, Federico Taddei and Francesco Piacentini 📅 Deadlines • Manuscript summary: 24 Feb 2026 • Full paper: 14 Jun 2026 shorturl.at/mGONv

The University of Cologne plans drastic cuts to its Political Science department, potentially abolishing the MSc in Political Science and eliminating the professorships in IR and Comparative Politics. This would severely weaken the social sciences at @unicologne.bsky.social. Petition (de/en) ⤵️

📢 'The government–parliament relationship in times of pandemic: the case of Italy' written by @gippone.bsky.social and myself is finally out and FREE to access on the Italian Political Science Review! 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨⬇️Publication alert ⬇️🚨 How did public and party priorities interact during the 2024 European Parliament elections? Take a look at @alexhartland.bsky.social 's summary on how our work contributes to a better understanding of issue voting. Ah, it's also #openaccess :)