Francesco Vittonetto

Not yet! Will check it out, thanks

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.

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...

Thank you! Sounds very interesting.

Thanks a lot, @benmoffitt.bsky.social -- that means a lot coming from you!

Thank you! ☺️

6/ I am also grateful to the two anonymous referees, and to my wonderful colleagues (aka supervisors) at @griffith.edu.au, @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, Ferran Martinez i Coma, and @duncanmcdonnell.com, for their thoughtful advice throughout the review process.

5/ This article is part of a Special Issue on the transformations in the public sphere. Immense thanks to the editors – @nicolecurato.bsky.social, @kathaesa.bsky.social sa.bsky.social, and Adele Webb – for their invaluable support 🙏

4/ This means PRR digital publics are not only national audiences: they’re increasingly part of a shared transnational discourse.

They contribute to a transnational public sphere for the PRR by discussing common issues, using similar language, and supporting PRR leaders across borders.

3/ I found that PRR publics increasingly talk about similar things in similar ways across countries.
Three clusters drive this convergence:

1) PRR ideological pillars
2) Global crises or cosmopolitan moments (e.g. Covid-19, Ukraine war)
3) Cross-border support for PRR leaders (esp. Trump)

2/ I analysed 2.7 million YouTube comments published on the official channels of Brothers of Italy, Vox, and the U.S. Republicans between 2018 and 2024.

Using a multilingual BERT model, I tracked semantic similarity and topic salience over time.

1/ PRR leaders like Meloni and Trump build a transnational discourse, often around a Western “us”. But are PRR publics becoming transnational too, talking about the same issues, the same way, across countries? I tested this by drawing on discourse convergence & transnational public sphere theories

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 ...

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?

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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...

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...

💡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

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/...

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!!

Our book is out and available to read open access online: academic.oup.com/book/60532. It is dedicated to Niko.

... And an update: the guy went out for a walk in the sun.

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.

"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; @arjupskas.bsky.social

Far‐Right Illiberalism in the European Parliament | Article | Politics and Governance Larissa Böckmann, Sarah L. de Lange, Nathalie Brack, Matthijs Rooduijn

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...

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.

🚨 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...

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 ...

🚨 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

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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

Mornings - ABC listen You'll get a deeper insight into the issues that matter each morning.

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...

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?

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:

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.

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...

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)...

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...