Gianluca Piccolino @gippone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026📣 Fiducia nelle istituzioni, democrazia, futuro dell'UE: la tua voce conta! Partecipa al sondaggio della Cost Action #EUPopLink sul futuro dell'Europa e aiutaci a diffonderlo! 🗳️ @eupoplink.bsky.social get.epoll.eu/index.php/48... 023
Reposted by Gianluca PiccolinoCambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 14/09/2026NEW from @govandopp.bsky.social - Culture Trumps Class and Place: How the Populist Radical Right Thrives on Sociocultural Conflicts in Western Europe - cup.org/4r7YUnb - @mirkocrulli.bsky.social & Gianluca Piccolino #OpenAccesss 043
Reposted by Gianluca PiccolinoSofia Marini @sofiamarini.bsky.social · 11/09/2026📝 In this short blog post, @gippone.bsky.social and I sum up our paper published in @regfedst.bsky.social (here ➡️ doi.org/10.1080/1359...) 🔍 Even shorter summary: we propose studying career patterns of elected representatives as a measure of party institutionalization, based on the case of the Lega 042
Reposted by Gianluca PiccolinoCambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 13/04/2026#OpenAccess from @epsrjournal.bsky.social - Public perceptions of populist radical parties in government: inclusion without moderation? - cup.org/4vvvNvV - Sofia Marini #FirstView 142
Reposted by Gianluca PiccolinoGuido Panzano @gpanzano.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Out for @ejprjournal.bsky.social with @lucatomini.bsky.social! With many data, e.g. @vdeminstitute.bsky.social & @demerosiondec.bsky.social, we show comparative patterns of democratic survival related to resistance actions during autocratization episodes in democracies. Here: shorturl.at/gOhbashorturl.atUnity makes strength: Patterns of democratic resistance against autocratization | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge CoreUnity makes strength: Patterns of democratic resistance against autocratization 0154
Gianluca Piccolino @gippone.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Una grande serata di calcio e di vita #AFCON2025 #Senegal 000
Reposted by Gianluca PiccolinoIvaylo Dinev @ivodinev.bsky.social · 18/12/2025What is going on in Bulgaria? An in-depth article by the independent Spanish media CTXT, including an interview with me, on the mass protests, the role of Gen Z, and the current political crisis. 032
Reposted by Gianluca PiccolinoRegional & Federal Studies @regfedst.bsky.social · 23/12/2025🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨 🇮🇹 Twenty thousand leagues below the Po: 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in the Lega (Nord) Read the new article by @gippone.bsky.social & Sofia Marini here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1359... #Italy #Lega #party #careerdoi.orgTwenty thousand leagues below the Po: career patterns and party institutionalisation in the Lega (Nord)Party institutionalisation (PI) is a key concept in research on political parties, indicating organisational and ideological consolidation. In this study, we propose to consider the career patterns... 033
Reposted by Gianluca PiccolinoGiuseppe Carteny @giucarny.bsky.social · 22/12/2025New 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? 185
Reposted by Gianluca PiccolinoLeonardo Puleo @leonardo-puleo.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Another 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.socialblogs.lse.ac.ukWill the Nordio reform weaken liberal democracy in Italy? - EUROPPThe Nordio reform in Italy might appear limited in scope, but it could lead to a further weakening of liberal democracy under the leadership of Giorgia Meloni. 022
Reposted by Gianluca PiccolinoMattia Zulianello @mattiazulianello.bsky.social · 01/12/2025⚡ 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/mGONvshorturl.atFrontiers | Beyond the “Far Right”: Revisiting the Radical–Extreme DistinctionThe field of far-right studies has seen significant growth and diversification in recent years, with research increasingly relying on umbrella concepts such ... 012
Reposted by Gianluca PiccolinoStefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 08/09/2025The 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) ⤵️change.orgPetition unterschreibenKeine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master 614096
Reposted by Gianluca PiccolinoElisabetta De Giorgi @edegiorgi.bsky.social · 12/09/2025📢 '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... 022
Reposted by Gianluca PiccolinoGiuseppe Carteny @giucarny.bsky.social · 26/05/2025🚨⬇️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 :) 073
