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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Another output of the NEWCOMING Project, following our article with @vincenzoemanuele.bsky.social in @jeppjournal.bsky.social!

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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The results are not always intuitive: while production workers and rural residents are more likely to vote PRR, their support is not rooted in class- or place-based conflicts. Instead, sociocultural conflicts appear to matter more.

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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Together with Gianluca Piccolino, we explore the relationship between cleavage politics and the populist radical right using original survey data from seven Western European countries.

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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Happy to share my first publication in @govandopp.bsky.social, one of my reference journals in the field. Publishing there for the first time has a special flavour!

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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I would still like to mention here @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social, a true mentor whose guidance has been invaluable both during my PhD and at later stages; and @vincenzoemanuele.bsky.social, a 'maestro' and friend whose informal suggestions helped me greatly in turning the thesis into an actual book.

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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This book closes a journey that began 5 years ago, as it is the result of a substantial reworking of my PhD thesis. It would not exist without the support of many wonderful people who helped me along the way and to whom I am deeply grateful. A (non-exhaustive) list appears in the acknowledgments.

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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This metropolitan polarisation of politics is driven both by the self-selection of globalisation’s winners and losers into different neighbourhoods and by place-based contextual effects.

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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The argument is tested through a large-N analysis of public opinion across European metropolises and two in-depth case studies — London and Rome. Using survey, electoral, and contextual data, I show that the 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗔𝗡/𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 is a real and growing phenomenon.

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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Drawing on cleavage theory, I argue that the rise of a transnational cleavage — TAN vs. GAL values and parties — has a distinct and underexplored metropolitan dimension. 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝘆.

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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The book explores an increasingly relevant question in European politics: how are new cultural conflicts linked to globalisation reshaping political attitudes and voting behaviour within European metropolitan areas?

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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I’m very happy to share that my first book, 𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙩, 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙑𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨, has just been published by Palgrave Macmillan! Link here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Cultural Conflict, Political Attitudes, and Voting in European Metropolises

This book investigates how a new transnational cleavage is reshaping the metropolitan geography of voting behaviour and public opinion in Europe.

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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I’ll also continue as adjunct professor of Political Science at LUISS. Many thanks to LUISS and the CISE - especially Lorenzo De Sio and @vincenzoemanuele.bsky.social - for nearly two extremely rewarding years.

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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Professional news: From January, I’ll be starting a postdoc at CEVIPOL, @ulbruxelles.bsky.social, in the NotLikeUS project, working primarily with @emilievh.bsky.social on perceptions of differentness and affective polarization.

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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Tomorrow from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., we at the Italian Center for Electoral Studies will host a webinar with @sldelange.bsky.social to analyze the evolution of the Dutch party system after the recent 2025 election! Info and link to join here: scienzepolitiche.luiss.it/research-sem...

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Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

With the official prognosis giving one additional seat to PVV and one to FvD compared to the ext poll, the narrative should really not be that the Netherlands/Jetten has beaten the radical right. The far right bloc remains remarkably stable.

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Mirko Crulli @mirkocrulli.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Happy to see that our article, “Bringing Rokkan into the twenty-first century: the cleavage structure of Western Europe”, coauthored with @vincenzoemanuele.bsky.social, has made it into the top 5 most read in @jeppjournal.bsky.social over the past year! Proof that cleavage theory is alive and well.

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