Mattia Zulianello
@mattiazulianello.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Trieste
Populism ▪ Radical & Extreme Right ▪ Parties & Party Systems ▪ Comparative Politics #FirstGen
Populism ▪ Radical & Extreme Right ▪ Parties & Party Systems ▪ Comparative Politics #FirstGen
Pinned
🌳 Thrilled to launch The PopulisTree — a new website covering decades of populism in Europe (both national and European elections) using a new taxonomy and dataset.
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🌳 Thrilled to launch The PopulisTree — a new website covering decades of populism in Europe (both national and European elections) using a new taxonomy and dataset.
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🌳 Thrilled to launch The PopulisTree — a new website covering decades of populism in Europe (both national and European elections) using a new taxonomy and dataset.
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Mattia Zulianello
Back at Bologna's Alma Mater today to discuss the book below with Politics postgrads... Looking forward to it....
The book is open access -free to read and download. See link below.
The book is open access -free to read and download. See link below.
Our brand new monograph, discussing the findings of our work together during the last seven years, is now out for @oxfordacademic.bsky.social and free to read and download!
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Back at Bologna's Alma Mater today to discuss the book below with Politics postgrads... Looking forward to it....
The book is open access -free to read and download. See link below.
The book is open access -free to read and download. See link below.
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📘 SESP #ArticleCollections
🔥 The Radical Right in Southern Europe
📄 21 #FreeAccess Articles
✨ introduction by N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social
🔍 Explore the collection here ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
🔥 The Radical Right in Southern Europe
📄 21 #FreeAccess Articles
✨ introduction by N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social
🔍 Explore the collection here ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
December 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
📘 SESP #ArticleCollections
🔥 The Radical Right in Southern Europe
📄 21 #FreeAccess Articles
✨ introduction by N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social
🔍 Explore the collection here ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
🔥 The Radical Right in Southern Europe
📄 21 #FreeAccess Articles
✨ introduction by N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social
🔍 Explore the collection here ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
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Great systematic taxonomy classifying populist actors and complementing the PopuList.
Theoretically sophisticated, based on great knowledge of populism in Europe and written in a very accessible style. Good work all round, Mattia...
Theoretically sophisticated, based on great knowledge of populism in Europe and written in a very accessible style. Good work all round, Mattia...
🌳 Thrilled to launch The PopulisTree — a new website covering decades of populism in Europe (both national and European elections) using a new taxonomy and dataset.
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Great systematic taxonomy classifying populist actors and complementing the PopuList.
Theoretically sophisticated, based on great knowledge of populism in Europe and written in a very accessible style. Good work all round, Mattia...
Theoretically sophisticated, based on great knowledge of populism in Europe and written in a very accessible style. Good work all round, Mattia...
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This is SUCH a useful article/website/database that I will be using in my teaching & research. Finally a datasource that acknowledges the important fact that not all populist parties clearly fit on the left or the right - so happy to have data on valence, agrarian and regionalist populist parties.
🌳 Thrilled to launch The PopulisTree — a new website covering decades of populism in Europe (both national and European elections) using a new taxonomy and dataset.
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is SUCH a useful article/website/database that I will be using in my teaching & research. Finally a datasource that acknowledges the important fact that not all populist parties clearly fit on the left or the right - so happy to have data on valence, agrarian and regionalist populist parties.
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This one is big. Great overview of the various currents within the populist family. Plus, it provides a rough template that one could use with regards to other ideological families. My immediate thought is that a taxonomy of the rapidly growing radical right would be especially compelling.
🌳 Thrilled to launch The PopulisTree — a new website covering decades of populism in Europe (both national and European elections) using a new taxonomy and dataset.
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This one is big. Great overview of the various currents within the populist family. Plus, it provides a rough template that one could use with regards to other ideological families. My immediate thought is that a taxonomy of the rapidly growing radical right would be especially compelling.
🌳 Thrilled to launch The PopulisTree — a new website covering decades of populism in Europe (both national and European elections) using a new taxonomy and dataset.
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🌳 Thrilled to launch The PopulisTree — a new website covering decades of populism in Europe (both national and European elections) using a new taxonomy and dataset.
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
⚡ 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
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
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 ...
shorturl.at
December 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
⚡ 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
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
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📚 SESP #ArticleCollections 🗳️➡️
The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe
2⃣1⃣ #FreeAccess Articles
🎯Introduction by N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social and
@mattiazulianello.bsky.social
Read and download here ⬇️
tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe
2⃣1⃣ #FreeAccess Articles
🎯Introduction by N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social and
@mattiazulianello.bsky.social
Read and download here ⬇️
tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📚 SESP #ArticleCollections 🗳️➡️
The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe
2⃣1⃣ #FreeAccess Articles
🎯Introduction by N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social and
@mattiazulianello.bsky.social
Read and download here ⬇️
tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe
2⃣1⃣ #FreeAccess Articles
🎯Introduction by N. Conti, @bonniefield.bsky.social and
@mattiazulianello.bsky.social
Read and download here ⬇️
tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
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Antonella Seddone & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social explore populist radical right (PRR) mainstreaming -- if and to what extent these parties are considered to be legitimate democratic players by voters -- using survey data from Italy. Currently free access
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Perceptions of populist radical right mainstreaming as a threat to democracy: evidence from Italian voters
This paper explores a little-studied side of populist radical right (PRR) mainstreaming: if and to what extent these parties are considered to be legitimate democratic players by voters. Using surv...
www.tandfonline.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Antonella Seddone & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social explore populist radical right (PRR) mainstreaming -- if and to what extent these parties are considered to be legitimate democratic players by voters -- using survey data from Italy. Currently free access
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Take a look at recent @sespjournal.bsky.social articles on populism. On Italy, @mattiazulianello.bsky.social investigates the communication strategies of the populist radical right parties that govern together. Currently free access doi.org/10.1080/1360...
www.tandfonline.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Take a look at recent @sespjournal.bsky.social articles on populism. On Italy, @mattiazulianello.bsky.social investigates the communication strategies of the populist radical right parties that govern together. Currently free access doi.org/10.1080/1360...
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📚 In our #Collection on The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe
Perceptions of populist radical right mainstreaming as a threat to democracy: evidence from Italian voters
🆓Read the #FreeAccess article by A. Seddone & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Perceptions of populist radical right mainstreaming as a threat to democracy: evidence from Italian voters
🆓Read the #FreeAccess article by A. Seddone & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
📚 In our #Collection on The #RadicalRight in Southern Europe
Perceptions of populist radical right mainstreaming as a threat to democracy: evidence from Italian voters
🆓Read the #FreeAccess article by A. Seddone & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Perceptions of populist radical right mainstreaming as a threat to democracy: evidence from Italian voters
🆓Read the #FreeAccess article by A. Seddone & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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We will present our book 'Populist Radical Right Parties in Action: The Survival of the Mass Party' (Oxford UP) at Queen Mary University of London on Thursday, November 20th, 5-6:30pm GMT. Corina Lacatus will discuss, and there will be a reception. Register via 👉 tinyurl.com/382xbuy5
October 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
We will present our book 'Populist Radical Right Parties in Action: The Survival of the Mass Party' (Oxford UP) at Queen Mary University of London on Thursday, November 20th, 5-6:30pm GMT. Corina Lacatus will discuss, and there will be a reception. Register via 👉 tinyurl.com/382xbuy5
🍎🍊 The “far right” is often treated as a single family—but it isn’t.
🪄 The radical right is increasingly entering mainstream politics, while the extreme right remains isolated.
This distinction matters for understanding today’s party systems.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🪄 The radical right is increasingly entering mainstream politics, while the extreme right remains isolated.
This distinction matters for understanding today’s party systems.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The “far right” label and the study of party systems: problems, limitations – and a way out | Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica | Cambridge Core
The “far right” label and the study of party systems: problems, limitations – and a way out
www.cambridge.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🍎🍊 The “far right” is often treated as a single family—but it isn’t.
🪄 The radical right is increasingly entering mainstream politics, while the extreme right remains isolated.
This distinction matters for understanding today’s party systems.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🪄 The radical right is increasingly entering mainstream politics, while the extreme right remains isolated.
This distinction matters for understanding today’s party systems.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The deadline for #PSA26 is tomorrow! Our group @psa-italian.bsky.social is accepting proposals on:
🇮🇹 Italian politics
🖼️ Visual populism - collab with @populismpsa.bsky.social
🚜 Rural politics - with @psagreekpol.bsky.social
🌐 Populism & IR - with @psainter-relations.bsky.social
Direct links below:
🇮🇹 Italian politics
🖼️ Visual populism - collab with @populismpsa.bsky.social
🚜 Rural politics - with @psagreekpol.bsky.social
🌐 Populism & IR - with @psainter-relations.bsky.social
Direct links below:
October 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The deadline for #PSA26 is tomorrow! Our group @psa-italian.bsky.social is accepting proposals on:
🇮🇹 Italian politics
🖼️ Visual populism - collab with @populismpsa.bsky.social
🚜 Rural politics - with @psagreekpol.bsky.social
🌐 Populism & IR - with @psainter-relations.bsky.social
Direct links below:
🇮🇹 Italian politics
🖼️ Visual populism - collab with @populismpsa.bsky.social
🚜 Rural politics - with @psagreekpol.bsky.social
🌐 Populism & IR - with @psainter-relations.bsky.social
Direct links below:
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This is tomorrow and you can still sign up to attend online!
Join me, @stijntvankessel.bsky.social & Isabelle Hertner next week as we present "Populist Radical Right Parties in Action" (Oxford University Press), available Open Access here:
academic.oup.com/book/60532
If you or your library prefer a printed copy, you can find a discounted code below.
academic.oup.com/book/60532
If you or your library prefer a printed copy, you can find a discounted code below.
October 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This is tomorrow and you can still sign up to attend online!
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Italy: M. Zulianello. “Populist Radical Right Vs Populist Radical Right in Power: Signalling Ideological Commitment Or Competence?” In: South European Society and Politics online first (2025), pp. 1-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13608746.2025.2477092.
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Italy: M. Zulianello. “Populist Radical Right Vs Populist Radical Right in Power: Signalling Ideological Commitment Or Competence?” In: South European Society and Politics online first (2025), pp. 1-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13608746.2025.2477092.
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Check out our plans for #PSA26:
- Open panels on Italian Politics
- Visuals in populist communication
- Rural politics and EU policies (with @psagreekpol.bsky.social)
- Populism and the international (with @psainter-relations.bsky.social)
‼️ Submit your paper proposals by October 17
- Open panels on Italian Politics
- Visuals in populist communication
- Rural politics and EU policies (with @psagreekpol.bsky.social)
- Populism and the international (with @psainter-relations.bsky.social)
‼️ Submit your paper proposals by October 17
📣 Italian Politics at PSA26 (Oxford, March 30 - April 1, 2026)
Here is a list of the exciting activities we are preparing for you (deadline for paper proposals Oct 17)
Here is a list of the exciting activities we are preparing for you (deadline for paper proposals Oct 17)
September 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Check out our plans for #PSA26:
- Open panels on Italian Politics
- Visuals in populist communication
- Rural politics and EU policies (with @psagreekpol.bsky.social)
- Populism and the international (with @psainter-relations.bsky.social)
‼️ Submit your paper proposals by October 17
- Open panels on Italian Politics
- Visuals in populist communication
- Rural politics and EU policies (with @psagreekpol.bsky.social)
- Populism and the international (with @psainter-relations.bsky.social)
‼️ Submit your paper proposals by October 17
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We are pleased to invite to you to the book launch of "Populist Radical Right Parties in Action: The Survival of the Mass Party” (Oxford University Press).
🗓️ October 15th, 15:30
📍 King’s College London (and online!)
Please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
🗓️ October 15th, 15:30
📍 King’s College London (and online!)
Please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Book launch - Populist Radical Right Parties in Action
Join us for this exciting book launch at King's College London, where you can meet the authors and enjoy some refreshments!
www.eventbrite.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We are pleased to invite to you to the book launch of "Populist Radical Right Parties in Action: The Survival of the Mass Party” (Oxford University Press).
🗓️ October 15th, 15:30
📍 King’s College London (and online!)
Please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
🗓️ October 15th, 15:30
📍 King’s College London (and online!)
Please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
I’m delighted to share that my article ‘The “Far Right” Label and the Study of Party Systems: Problems, Limitations – and a Way Out’ has been accepted for publication in a special issue on Sartori’s legacy, in the journal he founded, the Italian Political Science Review. Coming soon & open access!
September 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I’m delighted to share that my article ‘The “Far Right” Label and the Study of Party Systems: Problems, Limitations – and a Way Out’ has been accepted for publication in a special issue on Sartori’s legacy, in the journal he founded, the Italian Political Science Review. Coming soon & open access!
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While our team member @mattiazulianello.bsky.social has just announced winning a prestigious prize (with Mirko Crulli) for the best paper presented at last year’s Conference of the Italian Political Science Association 👏
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September 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
While our team member @mattiazulianello.bsky.social has just announced winning a prestigious prize (with Mirko Crulli) for the best paper presented at last year’s Conference of the Italian Political Science Association 👏
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⚡️I’m delighted to share that Mirko Crulli and I have been awarded the Annual “Carlo Maria Santoro” Prize for the best paper presented at last year’s Conference of the Italian Political Science Association 🎉
September 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
⚡️I’m delighted to share that Mirko Crulli and I have been awarded the Annual “Carlo Maria Santoro” Prize for the best paper presented at last year’s Conference of the Italian Political Science Association 🎉
⚡️I’m delighted to share that Mirko Crulli and I have been awarded the Annual “Carlo Maria Santoro” Prize for the best paper presented at last year’s Conference of the Italian Political Science Association 🎉
September 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
⚡️I’m delighted to share that Mirko Crulli and I have been awarded the Annual “Carlo Maria Santoro” Prize for the best paper presented at last year’s Conference of the Italian Political Science Association 🎉
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The Economist again making the mistake of treating what they call "hard right" as a unitary actor pursuing broadly consistent policies. Yet this is only true (to an extent) about "wokeness" & migration. On everything else they are very divided.
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
How Europe’s hard right threatens the economy
At best, the continent should expect stagnation, at worst a bond-market rout
www.economist.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The Economist again making the mistake of treating what they call "hard right" as a unitary actor pursuing broadly consistent policies. Yet this is only true (to an extent) about "wokeness" & migration. On everything else they are very divided.
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Glad to see that my article “Populist radical right vs populist radical right in power: signalling ideological commitment or competence?” now has page numbers @sespjournal.bsky.social! 📄✨
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SI8VE...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SI8VE...
Populist radical right vs populist radical right in power: signalling ideological commitment or competence?
This article investigates the communication strategies of the populist radical right (PRR) focusing on the co-existence of different actors of this party family in power. Methodologically, it carri...
www.tandfonline.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Glad to see that my article “Populist radical right vs populist radical right in power: signalling ideological commitment or competence?” now has page numbers @sespjournal.bsky.social! 📄✨
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SI8VE...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SI8VE...