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

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?

A 🧵

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

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...

🚨 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...

🚨 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

➡️ tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu

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

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...

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.