Still amazing to see this final product of a long and testing process. Thanks again to @duncanmcdonnell.com & @ammassarisofia.bsky.social for saving this project and turning all our work into a great book. 🙏 If you are interested in discussing the interesting findings, interview Duncan & Sofia!

Happy to share that I've (re)joined @aleininger.bsky.social at @uni-hamburg.de as a postdoc! I'll continue my research on party organizations, building on my dissertation @princeton.edu. My first dissertation spin-off examines how far-right parties tap into rural communities. 1/5

‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...

I couldn’t have asked for a better gift upon my return from Europe than holding my book for the first time! “Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right” is now out in the physical world 💗

Happy to be at #EPSS2026 in Belfast today. I'm chairing panel PP03 — four papers on youth wings as recruitment grounds and early arenas where patterns of political representation take shape. Drop by if you're around! 🕞 15:20–17:00 · Meeting Room 3a (ICC).

🥁 Exciting news: on 1 September I’ll start a new job as a Senior Lecturer at @flindersuniversity.bsky.social in Adelaide! I’ll be in good company: @duncanmcdonnell.com will be joining the same day as a Matthew Flinders Professor. In early 2027, @fravittonetto.bsky.social will begin as a post doc.

Quick break from ECPG to say that "Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right" is now out 🥳 We hope that this book (& mine) can pave the way for more research on the 'inside' of PRR parties. Understanding how they organise & mobilise is crucial to explaining their growing popularity & legitimacy.

Duncan McDonnell@duncanmcdonnell.com · 2mo ago

📘 Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right is out today online with Oxford University Press! A wee thread about our new-born book 🧵 academic.oup.com/book/62992

Excited to be heading to Newcastle for the European Conference on Politics and Gender! On Monday at 1pm, I'll be presenting new research on LGBTQ+ party wings in democracies with @grahn.bsky.social & @rozemarijnvandijk.bsky.social in the panel "Women and diversity in parties and among legislators".

The 2026 update brings you 130 new research articles on the #RadicalRight. Here’s to the people who wrote these, and especially to 7 super-productive super-contributors: Marianna Griffini, Luca Manucci, @mattiazulianello.bsky.social, 1/2

Hot references summer: the 2026 update of the radical right bibliography is here - kai arzheimer

Voting! Gender! Normalisation! 130 new pieces on the far right for you

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I’m very happy to share that the first chapter of my book, Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right, is now free to read on Oxford Academic until 8 July 2026 ✨ academic.oup.com/book/62754/c...

We are excited to welcome @ammassarisofia.bsky.social in our HPS³ this Wednesday🥳 When? 17:15-18:45. Where? VMP9 B130. Everybody is welcome to attend!🗯️

Sofia Ammassari@ammassarisofia.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It’s time for the first Euro trip of the year! 🌏 🤸 🌍 1st stop: University of Hamburg, where I’ll be giving a research seminar on my new book “Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right”: www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/fachberei....

It’s time for the first Euro trip of the year! 🌏 🤸 🌍 1st stop: University of Hamburg, where I’ll be giving a research seminar on my new book “Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right”: www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/en/fachberei....

HPS³- Sofia Ammassari - "Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right"​

Sofia Ammassari presents at the HPS³ Seminar Series at Universität Hamburg the paper "Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right"

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Our study on gender differences in feelings of political efficacy and ambition among youth wing members is now out, open access, with @politicsgenderj.bsky.social ✨ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It was a pleasure to chat with Andy Park earlier on ABC's "The World Today" about my new book and women's increasing involvement in the far right (including in Australia). You can listen to the interview here: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Why Pauline Hanson appeals to women - ABC listen

Right leaning parties are often seen as "men's parties" - parties with either a male-dominated membership or because of their perception of stereotypically masculine political attitudes.

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In today’s @aunz.theconversation.com, I write about how the rise of One Nation among women voters is part of a global far-right trend, rather than an Australian anomaly: theconversation.com/pauline-hans...

Pauline Hanson attracting women voters? It’s part of a global far-right trend

Riding high on new opinion polling, Pauline Hanson is one of the women leading the charge for the far-right all over the world.

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My book Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right is currently available at a 30% discount from the link below with the code AUFLY30 ✨ global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Sofia Ammassari@ammassarisofia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

6 years ago, I started asking a question that political science had largely ignored: how & why do women get involved in PRR parties as grassroots members? Today, my 1st book proposes an answer. Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right is now out online with OUP: academic.oup.com/book/62754

6 years ago, I started asking a question that political science had largely ignored: how & why do women get involved in PRR parties as grassroots members? Today, my 1st book proposes an answer. Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right is now out online with OUP: academic.oup.com/book/62754

Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right

Abstract. This book investigates women’s involvement as members of populist radical right (PRR) parties. The latter have long been characterised as ‘men’s

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What can we learn from automating an entire quantitative social science paper, from prompt to finished product? Thread about ongoing work with @natewilmers.bsky.social 1/12 Paper: osf.io/preprints/so...

Proud supervisor moment: the second article from Francesco’s PhD thesis has been accepted for publication in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social!

Francesco Vittonetto@fravittonetto.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Some emails just turn a day into one to remember. ✨ Now forthcoming in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social, “The Online Transnationalisation of PRR Publics”, my second solo article.

why do fur seal pups look like British men who've been told the pub doesn't do lager

It was a pleasure to speak with @vn.nl about my forthcoming OUP book for this article on women in the far right, which you can access via the link below: www.vn.nl/op-rechts-sh... The article is in Dutch but hey, Google Translate works wonders nowadays ;)

Op rechts shinen vrouwen wel

Dat vrouwen zich laten gebruiken door extreemrechts vertroebelt het werkelijke probleem: links biedt ambitieuze vrouwen onvoldoende kansen.

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I'm flattered to have received this commendation for excellence in teaching. There is something particularly rewarding about knowing that one's work matters beyond publications.

strange these op-eds about women being too angry have all come out the last few days when during the same time there's also been a massive investigation published on an online rape academy with millions of viewers a month and none of them have bothered to even cover it, even as news

The book cover is ready 🤩 Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right (Oxford University Press) will be available online in June 2026, and in print in July 2026. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Our @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org author shared insights from her book: “The truth is, they’d always been standing in political quicksand. As @zeynsom.bsky.social describes in her book “Glass Ceilings, Glass Cliffs, and Quicksands,” female leaders often operate in more precarious environments.”

MAGA Women Are Learning The Hard Way What The 'Glass Cliff' Phenomenon Is

Experts break down what women in Trump's orbit should learn from his latest dismissals.

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Our new article on gender differences in why young people join political parties is now out, open access, in @ejprjournal.bsky.social ✨ www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @duncanmcdonnell.com @profannikawerner.bsky.social @rheinisch.bsky.social Marco Valbruzzi @cwegscheider.bsky.social

Australia's universities are spending $1.8 billion a year on external consultants and contractors, while slashing courses and jobs, with students, staff and taxpayers left shortchanged. Watch ABC Four Corners tonight. #HigherEducation #auspol #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

As universities cut courses, spending on consultants and contractors nears $2b

Consultancies have been accused of infiltrating universities and wasting scarce public funds on questionable advice about cutting courses and jobs.

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New article accepted! Do youth wings produce the party members parties hope for? Using data from 5,000+ members in 12 youth wings across 6 countries, we show that active members are more ideologically aligned and engaged than passive ones – but longer membership is linked to lower ambition.

I had a lot of fun last night speaking at a panel discussion on lowering the voting age in Australia, organised by ASPG-Q and hosted by the Queensland Parliament. Thanks to the public for their engaging and thought-provoking questions - it was great to see a full house for this important topic!

The best email to wake up to on a Monday morning ☀️ Coming soon in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social: our study on gender differences in political efficacy and ambition among youth wing members, drawing on original survey data from 12 parties across Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden.