Duncan McDonnell
@duncanmcdonnell.com
Professor of Politics | 🇮🇪🇦🇺| Australian Research Council Future Fellow | populism and party youth wings | https://duncanmcdonnell.com/
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Duncan McDonnell
@duncanmcdonnell.com
· Oct 28
I'm thrilled to see @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, Ferran Martinez i Coma & I have won over $825,000 in funding from the Australian Research Council for our Discovery Project "Generation-Z engagement with political parties".
(When you're recovering from drinking Lima tap water, this helps a lot).
(When you're recovering from drinking Lima tap water, this helps a lot).
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Another score for the YOUMEM team!
This article, led by @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, is the third from our YOUMEM project on youth wings to be accepted for publication in European Journal of Political Research. Thanks to the @ejprjournal.bsky.social editors for their continued support!
This article, led by @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, is the third from our YOUMEM project on youth wings to be accepted for publication in European Journal of Political Research. Thanks to the @ejprjournal.bsky.social editors for their continued support!
Given the bad cold that I've had for the past few days (in the midst of the Australian summer 🤦♀️), waking up to this email was particularly sweet...
Coming soon in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: our YOUMEM study on gender differences in motivations for joining youth wings of young women and men ✨
Coming soon in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: our YOUMEM study on gender differences in motivations for joining youth wings of young women and men ✨
January 9, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Another score for the YOUMEM team!
This article, led by @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, is the third from our YOUMEM project on youth wings to be accepted for publication in European Journal of Political Research. Thanks to the @ejprjournal.bsky.social editors for their continued support!
This article, led by @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, is the third from our YOUMEM project on youth wings to be accepted for publication in European Journal of Political Research. Thanks to the @ejprjournal.bsky.social editors for their continued support!
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💥 And since 2026 also wants to start with some great news, ✨ the 𝕐𝕆𝕌𝕄𝔼𝕄 team just received this acceptance from the 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. We are super proud of this work on the gender dimension in party youth wings.
📣 Stay tuned for more details soon.
📣 Stay tuned for more details soon.
Given the bad cold that I've had for the past few days (in the midst of the Australian summer 🤦♀️), waking up to this email was particularly sweet...
Coming soon in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: our YOUMEM study on gender differences in motivations for joining youth wings of young women and men ✨
Coming soon in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: our YOUMEM study on gender differences in motivations for joining youth wings of young women and men ✨
January 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM
💥 And since 2026 also wants to start with some great news, ✨ the 𝕐𝕆𝕌𝕄𝔼𝕄 team just received this acceptance from the 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. We are super proud of this work on the gender dimension in party youth wings.
📣 Stay tuned for more details soon.
📣 Stay tuned for more details soon.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:05 AM
For more details about the project, see our overview article published in Party Politics:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Another score for the YOUMEM team!
This article, led by @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, is the third from our YOUMEM project on youth wings to be accepted for publication in European Journal of Political Research. Thanks to the @ejprjournal.bsky.social editors for their continued support!
This article, led by @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, is the third from our YOUMEM project on youth wings to be accepted for publication in European Journal of Political Research. Thanks to the @ejprjournal.bsky.social editors for their continued support!
Given the bad cold that I've had for the past few days (in the midst of the Australian summer 🤦♀️), waking up to this email was particularly sweet...
Coming soon in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: our YOUMEM study on gender differences in motivations for joining youth wings of young women and men ✨
Coming soon in @ejprjournal.bsky.social: our YOUMEM study on gender differences in motivations for joining youth wings of young women and men ✨
January 9, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Another score for the YOUMEM team!
This article, led by @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, is the third from our YOUMEM project on youth wings to be accepted for publication in European Journal of Political Research. Thanks to the @ejprjournal.bsky.social editors for their continued support!
This article, led by @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, is the third from our YOUMEM project on youth wings to be accepted for publication in European Journal of Political Research. Thanks to the @ejprjournal.bsky.social editors for their continued support!
Happy New Year/Buon Anno/Athbhliain Faoi Mhaise Daoibh!
If you're an academic, may your year be filled with journal acceptances, grant victories, and the least amount of interaction possible with deans.
If you're an academic, may your year be filled with journal acceptances, grant victories, and the least amount of interaction possible with deans.
December 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Happy New Year/Buon Anno/Athbhliain Faoi Mhaise Daoibh!
If you're an academic, may your year be filled with journal acceptances, grant victories, and the least amount of interaction possible with deans.
If you're an academic, may your year be filled with journal acceptances, grant victories, and the least amount of interaction possible with deans.
Not to mention South Australia, NT, and Western Australia!
December 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Not to mention South Australia, NT, and Western Australia!
You mean 'Happy New Year New South Wales and Victoria"...
December 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
You mean 'Happy New Year New South Wales and Victoria"...
Thanks Hugo. Same to you!
December 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Thanks Hugo. Same to you!
Skipped it this year in favour of local calamari.
The bugs have come out well.
The bugs have come out well.
December 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Skipped it this year in favour of local calamari.
The bugs have come out well.
The bugs have come out well.
Christmas Eve dinner.
Oysters, Moreton Bay bugs (like lobster, but nicer), and calamari.
Washed down with a fine Pinot Grigio from Victoria.
Happy Christmas/Buon Natale!
Oysters, Moreton Bay bugs (like lobster, but nicer), and calamari.
Washed down with a fine Pinot Grigio from Victoria.
Happy Christmas/Buon Natale!
December 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Christmas Eve dinner.
Oysters, Moreton Bay bugs (like lobster, but nicer), and calamari.
Washed down with a fine Pinot Grigio from Victoria.
Happy Christmas/Buon Natale!
Oysters, Moreton Bay bugs (like lobster, but nicer), and calamari.
Washed down with a fine Pinot Grigio from Victoria.
Happy Christmas/Buon Natale!
Reposted by Duncan McDonnell
Every time I'm in a restaurant I remember Kevin McAleer's reply to a waiter who told him the Soup Of The Day.
"Where there any other contenders?"
"Um, no?"
"A hollow victory, then".
"Where there any other contenders?"
"Um, no?"
"A hollow victory, then".
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Every time I'm in a restaurant I remember Kevin McAleer's reply to a waiter who told him the Soup Of The Day.
"Where there any other contenders?"
"Um, no?"
"A hollow victory, then".
"Where there any other contenders?"
"Um, no?"
"A hollow victory, then".
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An old favourite - “I never truly feel the Christmas spirit until I see the "Tony Blair being held back from attacking you in the pub" card”
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
An old favourite - “I never truly feel the Christmas spirit until I see the "Tony Blair being held back from attacking you in the pub" card”
Bravo Matthijs!!
December 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Bravo Matthijs!!
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Very cool article
🎁 Christmas has come early for @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & me with the publication of our article "The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century" in @politicalgeography.bsky.social:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century
The idea that the presence of Western European political parties at grassroots level rose and fell in the twentieth century is central to some of the …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Very cool article
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This is such a great article - one of those ones you read and go "why hadn't anyone thought of that before?" The method here is just beautiful - using old telephone directories - and is well worth a read. Would be great to add to political science methods courses for how to think outside the box.
🎁 Christmas has come early for @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & me with the publication of our article "The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century" in @politicalgeography.bsky.social:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century
The idea that the presence of Western European political parties at grassroots level rose and fell in the twentieth century is central to some of the …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is such a great article - one of those ones you read and go "why hadn't anyone thought of that before?" The method here is just beautiful - using old telephone directories - and is well worth a read. Would be great to add to political science methods courses for how to think outside the box.
Reposted by Duncan McDonnell
As Duncan says, this article was a lot of fun.
There's so much to it - the funky method, in-depth case studies, the nuancing of a well-established party organisation theory, spatial regressions, maps...
There's so much to it - the funky method, in-depth case studies, the nuancing of a well-established party organisation theory, spatial regressions, maps...
🎁 Christmas has come early for @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & me with the publication of our article "The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century" in @politicalgeography.bsky.social:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century
The idea that the presence of Western European political parties at grassroots level rose and fell in the twentieth century is central to some of the …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
As Duncan says, this article was a lot of fun.
There's so much to it - the funky method, in-depth case studies, the nuancing of a well-established party organisation theory, spatial regressions, maps...
There's so much to it - the funky method, in-depth case studies, the nuancing of a well-established party organisation theory, spatial regressions, maps...
Thanks Nacho! Your comments were particularly helpful with this paper.
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Thanks Nacho! Your comments were particularly helpful with this paper.
Secondly, and much more importantly, I want to thank @ammassarisofia.bsky.social and my old friend Marco Valbruzzi who in recent years insisted it was not a dumb idea and that it was worth trying.
Seems they were right 😀
Seems they were right 😀
December 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Secondly, and much more importantly, I want to thank @ammassarisofia.bsky.social and my old friend Marco Valbruzzi who in recent years insisted it was not a dumb idea and that it was worth trying.
Seems they were right 😀
Seems they were right 😀
Finally, I personally want to first thank a senior party scholar who, at a 2012 workshop in honour of Peter Mair at the EUI, told me in front of everyone that looking at phone directories was a dumb idea. I also want to thank them for then adding "sorry, what is your name?" (they had met me before).
December 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Finally, I personally want to first thank a senior party scholar who, at a 2012 workshop in honour of Peter Mair at the EUI, told me in front of everyone that looking at phone directories was a dumb idea. I also want to thank them for then adding "sorry, what is your name?" (they had met me before).