I’m very happy to share that my first book, 𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙩, 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙑𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨, has just been published by Palgrave Macmillan! Link here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Cultural Conflict, Political Attitudes, and Voting in European Metropolises

This book investigates how a new transnational cleavage is reshaping the metropolitan geography of voting behaviour and public opinion in Europe.

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Professional news: From January, I’ll be starting a postdoc at CEVIPOL, @ulbruxelles.bsky.social, in the NotLikeUS project, working primarily with @emilievh.bsky.social on perceptions of differentness and affective polarization.

Tomorrow from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., we at the Italian Center for Electoral Studies will host a webinar with @sldelange.bsky.social to analyze the evolution of the Dutch party system after the recent 2025 election! Info and link to join here: scienzepolitiche.luiss.it/research-sem...

With the official prognosis giving one additional seat to PVV and one to FvD compared to the ext poll, the narrative should really not be that the Netherlands/Jetten has beaten the radical right. The far right bloc remains remarkably stable.

Happy to see that our article, “Bringing Rokkan into the twenty-first century: the cleavage structure of Western Europe”, coauthored with @vincenzoemanuele.bsky.social, has made it into the top 5 most read in @jeppjournal.bsky.social over the past year! Proof that cleavage theory is alive and well.