Gianluca Piccolino

Out 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/gOhba

Una grande serata di calcio e di vita #AFCON2025 #Senegal

What 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.

Twenty 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...

🚨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 #career

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?

Will the Nordio reform weaken liberal democracy in Italy? - EUROPP The 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.

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

Frontiers | Beyond the “Far Right”: Revisiting the Radical–Extreme Distinction The field of far-right studies has seen significant growth and diversification in recent years, with research increasingly relying on umbrella concepts such ...

⚡ 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

Petition unterschreiben Keine WiSo ohne PoWi! Für eine starke Politikwissenschaft im Bachelor & Master

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 :)

I would have gone for In the Aeroplane Over the Sea...
*Fuocherello* 😂