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Pietro Castelli Gattinara
@pietrocastellig.bsky.social

Ass Prof @SciencePoULB
Deputy director #Cevipol


Migration politics
Far-right parties & movements
www.farpo.eu

AS Roma 🔴🟡

Political science 60%
Sociology 22%
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The Far-Right Protest Observatory is online 📯! www.farpo.eu
FARPO, a joint initiative by ULB/Cevipol, @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social, C-REX, University of Bologna, provides data on protest events by far-right parties and movements across Europe in the past 20 years: check our website!
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Do not miss this!! 👇
📅 The schedule of the 5th @ecpr-ead.bsky.social Summer School on Concepts & Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics now online!

tinyurl.com/f73yym3b
⏳ One month left to apply

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@andreapirro.it
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SGED26 - Schedule at a Glance
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu

🚀Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Happy to announce the 5th @ecpr.bsky.social E&D Summer School on Concepts and Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics, co-organized with 💘 @andreapirro.it.

🍝 @unibo.it , 6–10 July 2026

🔗Application, info, instructors: ecpr.eu/Events/353

BRAVO MATTHIJS
well deserved and well done!
I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant! I’m extremely grateful to my colleagues and collaborators for their support and help, and very excited to start this new adventure. Looking forward to all the collaborations ahead! #ERCCoG 1/2

And big congratulations to the terrific team at @mosne.bsky.social who took care of the visual identity of www.farpo.eu!

Grazie 👾
Merci aux collègues de toutes disciplines @ulbruxelles.bsky.social pour l’appréciation portée à Farpo.eu et à l’agenda de recherche qui anime ce projet et son équipe. Ce prix pour la diffusion scientifique et votre soutien nous encouragent à aller encore plus loin. 🙏
The Far-Right Protest Observatory www.farpo.eu has been awarded the 2026 ULB Prize for Diffusion of Science in Society (category Multimedia)!🔬

Kudos @andreapirro.it @caterinafr.bsky.social @arjupskas.bsky.social👏

Et merci @ulbruxelles.bsky.social ❤️

Reposted by Caterina Froio

The Far-Right Protest Observatory www.farpo.eu has been awarded the 2026 ULB Prize for Diffusion of Science in Society (category Multimedia)!🔬

Kudos @andreapirro.it @caterinafr.bsky.social @arjupskas.bsky.social👏

Et merci @ulbruxelles.bsky.social ❤️
[Prix] @pietrocastellig.bsky.social, prof à SciencePo ULB (Cevipol), est l'un des lauréats du Prix de la diffusion scientifique de l'ULB pour la plateforme FARPO, The Far-Right Protest Observatory, avec @caterinafr.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social. Félicitations!
www.ulb.be/fr/culture-s...
Prix de la diffusion scientifique ULB: les lauréats et lauréates 2025 - ULB
www.ulb.be
🌍The latest cleavage: the universalist divide

@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social , @dpzollinger.bsky.social , @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @simonbornschier.bsky.social, and @lhaffert.bsky.social provide evidence from the 2024 European Election Study 👇

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
When and why protests reinforce institutional politics on the far right? "Protests of the Far Right" ed. with @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it is under contract @oxfordunipress.bsky.social with a terrific lineup of contributors who helped us covering & comparing 14 countries.

New troubling chapter in the French government’s attack on academic freedom: good that the academic community stands united against turning universities into sites of state surveillance
🔴 Communiqué AFSP/AFS/OALA/ALIA du 25 novembre 2025 — Non à l’enquête sur l’antisémitisme à l’Université

À lire et télécharger ici :
www.afsp.info/communique-2...
#ESR #libertéacadémique
@afs-socio.bsky.social @liberte-academique.cpesr.fr @aefsuprecherche.bsky.social @franceuniversites.bsky.social
🔴 Communiqué AFSP/AFS/OALA/ALIA du 25 novembre 2025 — Non à l’enquête sur l’antisémitisme à l’Université

À lire et télécharger ici :
www.afsp.info/communique-2...
#ESR #libertéacadémique
@afs-socio.bsky.social @liberte-academique.cpesr.fr @aefsuprecherche.bsky.social @franceuniversites.bsky.social

Reposted by Tim Bale

Spoiler alert! 👇
I am very excited to keynote at the 5th ECPR Summer School on Extremism and Democracy in Bologna 🇮🇹, early July 2026, organized by @andreapirro.it & @pietrocastellig.bsky.social

This is a must-visit for junior scholars in the field - intellectually stimulating, supportive and fun! More info soon!
I am very excited to keynote at the 5th ECPR Summer School on Extremism and Democracy in Bologna 🇮🇹, early July 2026, organized by @andreapirro.it & @pietrocastellig.bsky.social

This is a must-visit for junior scholars in the field - intellectually stimulating, supportive and fun! More info soon!

Academic service day ☕
For the latest issue of Confronti (🇮🇹), I was asked to explain the reasons behind the recent success of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in polls, its leaning towards Russia, and how conservatives are handling the issue.
Saluti a @caterinafr.bsky.social @pietrocastellig.bsky.social @andreapirro.it
I’m glad that the 2nd #REXKLIMA workshop in Dresden brought together so many insightful presentations and lively discussions - with a great mix of quantitative and qualitative manuscripts. Looking forward to seeing these papers published! 💫📑

hait.tu-dresden.de/ext/veransta... @rexklima.bsky.social
15. As colleagues like @caterinafr.bsky.social @pietrocastellig.bsky.social @andreapirro.it and others have argued for years, the far right has become a social movement with various more or less connected units (parties, influencers, hooligans, media) and should be analyzed as such.
Quite surreal report of this weekend’s far-right protest in The Hague 🇳🇱 by teen reporter “Bender” 😳

Some quick thoughts 🧵
NEDERLANDERS KLAAR MET AZC’S: DEN HAAG IN BRAND
YouTube video by BENDER
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Thanks @sophiahunger.bsky.social and @swenhutter.bsky.social for such a timely contribution. Happy to see work wt @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it in this stellar line up of contributors!
📢 Call for applications!

I’m looking for a 4-year PhD researcher (100%) in Political Science: focus on public opinion & the far right

You’ll be part of the POLHYBRID project @sciencepoulb.bsky.social, working with me & @caterinafr.bsky.social
Deadline: 9 11 2025

👉 Info & apply: shorturl.at/El2mW
Doctoral Researcher (100%) in Political Science 4 years Focus: Public opinion, Political Conflict, and the Far Right
The Department of Political Science at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is hiring a doctoral researcher with a specialization in quantitative research (survey and experiments) for the project “...
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Reposted by Cas Mudde

Movement Parties of the Far Right will soon be released as an audiobook (23.09.2025). @andreapirro.it @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

It will be available through major platforms including Audible, Apple, Spotify, Google Play, and others. Narration by Paul Woodson.

🔗 rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
RBmedia | Movement Parties of the Far Right
Listen to the audiobook Movement Parties of the Far Right, written by Pietro Gattinara Castelli, narrated by Paul Woodson.
rbmediaglobal.com
🍿Do not miss our book panel at @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference celebrating these two important OUP publications by Paris Aslanidis and the dreamteam duo @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it.
🍰 Featuring commentary by @sldelange.bsky.social & @leoniedejonge.bsky.social.
On Wednesday, the day starts with a great book panel on mobalization approaches to the far right and populism, discussing the excellent mongraphs by @andreapirro.it and @pietrocastellig.bsky.social and by Paris Aslanidis. The awesome @leoniedejonge.bsky.social will join me as a discussant
Elite institutions are the first to fold.

But this is a particularly egregious case of cowardice and gaslighting. Incredible what Palestinian scholars and scholars of Palestine have to endure in this country.
Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
#Danslesmédias - Tribune ✍️

Emeutes anti-migrants : à Torre-Pacheco comme ailleurs en Europe, des actions présentées comme locales et spontanées dissimulent une stratégie bien rodée de l'extrême droite, d'après @caterinafr.bsky.social, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social et les données du projet farpo.eu ⤵️
Emeutes racistes en Espagne : « Les actions présentées comme locales et spontanées sont fréquemment organisées par des groupes extérieurs »
TRIBUNE. Les chercheurs Pietro Castelli Gattinara et Caterina Froio rappellent, dans une tribune au « Monde », que les événements de Torre-Pacheco de la mi-juillet s’inscrivent dans une série d’épisod...
www.lemonde.fr
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📖 Our @jeppjournal.bsky.social article now has a volume & issue number! In our work, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social, @caterinafr.bsky.social & I overview far-right contentious politics in Europe and argue for a ‘normalisation of protest’.

🔗 50 free copies available at this link: shorturl.at/iiDrt
Far-right contentious politics in times of crisis: between adaptation and transformation
The far right is often seen to thrive in times of crisis. The unfolding of the Great Recession, the migration crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic provide an unprecedented opportunity to delve into fa...
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