Laura Montecchio
@lauramontecchio.bsky.social
PhD candidate King's College London. Research on elitist performances of populist radical right in FR, IT, GR
🏅In one of our most read articles this week, "Strongwomen? Female Leaders in the Populist Radical Right in France and Italy," Marianna Griffini & @lauramontecchio.bsky.social examine how Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen perform and frame gender-related issues. Available #OpenAcess buff.ly/ApJFs2H
#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - Strongwomen? Female Leaders in the Populist Radical Right in France and Italy - https://cup.org/3Q55uNa - Marianna Griffini & @lauramontecchio.bsky.social #FirstView
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We conclude with a rich roundtable to end a remarkable day — from why mainstream parties keep radicalising on migration, to the human stories and emotions behind the numbers, and why governing migration is structurally so difficult. Thank you to all speakers, chairs, and participants!
We started with an amazing panel, 'Migration Policy: Externalisation, Securitisation, and Local Actors', from on-the-ground NGO practices to the wider geopolitical impact of Italy's migration model beyond its borders.
We continued with another incredible panel, 'Migration, Populism, and the Far Right' — unpacking populist rhetoric and migration governance, from party communication to how voters hold far-right governments accountable when migration keeps rising despite their promises.
The conversation continues with a fantastic panel, 'Migration Policy in the Context of the Judiciary and EU Institutions' that explores the government's conflict with the judiciary — with a particular focus on the Italy-Albania Protocol, and how Italy may be reshaping EU migration policies.
We are at LSE this Friday for the workshop "Italy under Giorgia Meloni: A 'Vanguard' in the Management of Migration and Security Challenges?" — Full programme below. 📍 Yangtze Lecture Theatre, LSE European Institute | 15 May @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social @mlorimer.bsky.social @dbonansinga.bsky.social
📣🏆We are honoured to be awarded the PSA Specialist Group of the Year 2025/26! Many thanks to the jury at @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social for their trust, our convenors and executive committee members for their work, and all our members for their active contribution!
Monday 15:30. Panel “Visuals in populist and reactionary politics” (St Catherine’s – Aramugam 1.1) with @populismpsa.bsky.social @dbonansinga.bsky.social Voutyras Veneti Poulakidakos @lauramontecchio.bsky.social Griffini @theoaiolfi.bsky.social @ngellwitzki.bsky.social Scanlon
Our final #PSA25 panel—held in partnership with Italian Politics SG—wraps up with a sharp discussion on populism and economic elites. Chaired by Vladimir Borden, with papers by Adam Dinsmore, @lauramontecchio.bsky.social, @alexyates2000.bsky.social, Reid Kleinberg & Lorenzo Ghiduci.
Still on Wednesday 16 April, we'll explore "Economic elites and populism" in a joint panel with @populismpsa.bsky.social - with Bortun Dinsmore @lauramontecchio.bsky.social Yates @aurelmondon.bsky.social Kleinberg and Ghiduci
The normalisation of ideas espoused by the radical right - I.e., we need to reduce immigration - based on the electoral ‘threat’ that not endorsing them poses, is now particularly concerning as even the centre-left are partaking in it.
PoliticsHome@politicshome.bsky.social · 2y agoA number of Labour MPs want Prime Minister Keir Starmer to make reducing immigration a cornerstone of his political strategy in 2025 as the party braces for the growing electoral threat of Nigel Farage's Reform UK “If we don’t reduce immigration, we are knackered,” one told @tomscotson.bsky.social
I keep seeing this reference to public bathrooms as women's "private spaces" and I just do not understand it. Strangers are strangers even when they're women! We're not communing in there for hours at a time, talking about perimenopause and who's getting divorced and shaving our legs.
