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Postdoc @AarhusUni, researching party youth wings & party change | Doctoral degree from @univienna | Editor @BLUE_GEG_org

Joined January 2020
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I defended my doctoral thesis yesterday! ๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽ“ I'm grateful to the external reviewers @SLdeLange and Nicole Bolleyer for the comments, our chair @ThomasMMeyer for the great discussion and my supervisors @MarkusWagnerAT and @carolinaplescia for their support throughout the years!
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In this article with @G_Piccolino, recently out on @RegFedSt, we study party institutionalization through the career patterns of elected representatives. We argue that a stable and loyal political class is key for party development and can be used to measure insitutionalization.
๐Ÿšจ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ! ๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Twenty thousand leagues below the Po: #career ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€ and #party ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป in the #Lega (Nord) Read the new article by @G_Piccolino & @_sofiamarini here ๐Ÿ‘‰ doi.org/10.1080/13597566.202โ€ฆ #Italy
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We collected data on past party affiliation of MPs and regional councillors of the Lega (1990-2025), to explore their variation over time and across regions. We show that the party is most institutionalized in the North, while the share of switchers remains high in the South.
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So happy that this piece, co-authored with @PanzanoGuido, is out on @Ita_PolSc_Rev! We use multiple indicators to: -assess Italy's democratic quality over time -compare it to other liberal democracies -explore their connection with party personalization and institutionalization
With @_sofiamarini on @Ita_PolSc_Rev we compare post-1994 Italy's democratic quality trends with other established liberal democracies in Europe & worldwide, refreshing Morlino's foundational framework with a large-N study encompassing several sources
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(Belated) professional news: ๐Ÿ“ฃ Excited to share that I have joined the YOUTHPOL project @AarhusUni_int as a postdoc! Looking forward to researching party youth wings with @henrikseeberg and @zeljko_poljak. Stay tuned!
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Thank you so much Sarah! I was honored to have you as examiner. Thanks for the constructive discussion โ˜บ๏ธ
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My first dissertation paper is now out online (open access) at @WEPsocial ! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡
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I test more broadly the expectation that more inclusive parties change less, by (1) looking at both position shifts and emphasis changes; (2) relying on alternative measurement sources; (3) adopting a multidimensional definition of intraparty democracy
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Fresh off the press ๐Ÿ—ž In this article, @G_Piccolino and I take stock of the 2022 Italian election results, with a special focus on territorial patterns: urly.it/3w-t1 Part of a great special issue! ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Our main takeaways? ๐Ÿ—ณ Participation: Turnout in 2022 was the lowest in national elections in post-war Italy. The trend of abstentions, invalid and blank votes suggest an increasingly dissatisfied electorate 2/7
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Another great conference coming to an end! It was a pleasure to present my work in progress on the effects of parliamentary breakthrough on party supporters's views at @CES_Europe conference in Reykjavรญk. Now off for some rest! ๐Ÿž
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It's a wrap! ๐Ÿ“‘ What an intense #EPSA2023: I had the pleasure to chair an amazing panel on "Populism and polarisation" Tuesday morning. And today it was my turn to present my work in progress on governing populist parties @europsa
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Constructive feedback, lots of familiar faces, and great weather ๐Ÿ˜Ž Time to say goodbye to Glasgow! #EPSAphotocomp23 @europsa
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It was great to attend #PolEtmaal2023 and enjoy (sunny!) Leuven for two days. Stimulating workshop, many friends and the perfect wrap-up for my research stay in the Low Countries (@ugent & @UvA_Amsterdam) ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
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A big shout out to the organizers of the conference @KU_Leuven, the great panel chairs and all the amazing people I've met in the past 4 months
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Such a pleasure to take part in #SISP2022! I was happy to present my work in progress on populist party organization as well as a joint work with @_gippone on the regional councilors of the Lega. Many thanks to organizers, panel chairs and discussants for their great feedback! ๐ŸŽฏ
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