Francesco Marolla
@francescomarolla.bsky.social
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in Political Sociology at the University of Milan, working on the POSTGEN project. My research focuses on populism, elections, and democratic attitudes in comparative perspective.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6561-1329
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6561-1329
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I'm so pleased to see our new article out in Perspectives on Politics.
Since I moved to Australia, I've heard many people say "you'll never publish in a top US journal with Australia as your only case" (and they weren't wrong to think that).
But yesterday, we did.
Thread by Josh about it below:
Since I moved to Australia, I've heard many people say "you'll never publish in a top US journal with Australia as your only case" (and they weren't wrong to think that).
But yesterday, we did.
Thread by Josh about it below:
🎉 New publication out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with @duncanmcdonnell.com and Michelle Evans!
We expected public bias to work against aspiring Indigenous political candidates in Australia. Instead, we found the opposite - an 'inverted hierarchy' of bias.
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S153...
We expected public bias to work against aspiring Indigenous political candidates in Australia. Instead, we found the opposite - an 'inverted hierarchy' of bias.
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S153...
October 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I'm so pleased to see our new article out in Perspectives on Politics.
Since I moved to Australia, I've heard many people say "you'll never publish in a top US journal with Australia as your only case" (and they weren't wrong to think that).
But yesterday, we did.
Thread by Josh about it below:
Since I moved to Australia, I've heard many people say "you'll never publish in a top US journal with Australia as your only case" (and they weren't wrong to think that).
But yesterday, we did.
Thread by Josh about it below:
Reposted by Francesco Marolla
🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
The new ERC Starting Grant - funded projects include:
✴️ redefining false memories
✴️ making artificial touch feel more natural and realistic
✴️ how aging reshapes human tissues
✴️ ADHD in adults vs childhood
✴️ how plants shield from excessive sun exposure
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/APfNmCK
✴️ redefining false memories
✴️ making artificial touch feel more natural and realistic
✴️ how aging reshapes human tissues
✴️ ADHD in adults vs childhood
✴️ how plants shield from excessive sun exposure
Discover more 👉 buff.ly/APfNmCK
September 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🎉Big news! My ERCStG proposal SOCDEBT has been selected for funding @erc.europa.eu!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
📚I’ll study how household debt is stratified across countries & over time; how people strategize, evaluate, and morally judge debt(ors).
🙏I'm truly indebted to all my friends, colleagues & mentors for your support!
Happy to see this finally published! A big thanks to marilumiotto, @giovannicassani, and @francescobailo.bsky.social for such a fruitful collaboration on this piece about digital parties and platform power.
We have a 🚨 new open access paper 🚨 with @polcommjournal.bsky.social We show how platforms can simultaneously concentrate and fragment political power. We analysed Italy's Five Star Movement across 5 platforms to understand multi-platform dynamics in political organisations. doi.org/10.1080/1058...
Affording Fragmented Audiences: Multi-Platform Deliberation within the Five Star Movement
We examine how multi-platform digital environments influence intra-party dynamics within political organizations, focusing on the Italian Five Star Movement (M5S) as a paradigmatic case of extreme ...
doi.org
August 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Happy to see this finally published! A big thanks to marilumiotto, @giovannicassani, and @francescobailo.bsky.social for such a fruitful collaboration on this piece about digital parties and platform power.