Pietro Castelli Gattinara
@pietrocastellig.bsky.social
Ass Prof @SciencePoULB
Deputy director #Cevipol
Migration politics
Far-right parties & movements
www.farpo.eu
AS Roma 🔴🟡
Deputy director #Cevipol
Migration politics
Far-right parties & movements
www.farpo.eu
AS Roma 🔴🟡
Pinned
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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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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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
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
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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
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!
This is a must-visit for junior scholars in the field - intellectually stimulating, supportive and fun! More info soon!
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Spoiler alert! 👇
Academic service day ☕
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Academic service day ☕
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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
Saluti a @caterinafr.bsky.social @pietrocastellig.bsky.social @andreapirro.it
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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
Saluti a @caterinafr.bsky.social @pietrocastellig.bsky.social @andreapirro.it
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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
hait.tu-dresden.de/ext/veransta... @rexklima.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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
hait.tu-dresden.de/ext/veransta... @rexklima.bsky.social
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Quite surreal report of this weekend’s far-right protest in The Hague 🇳🇱 by teen reporter “Bender” 😳
Some quick thoughts 🧵
Some quick thoughts 🧵
NEDERLANDERS KLAAR MET AZC’S: DEN HAAG IN BRAND
YouTube video by BENDER
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Quite surreal report of this weekend’s far-right protest in The Hague 🇳🇱 by teen reporter “Bender” 😳
Some quick thoughts 🧵
Some quick thoughts 🧵
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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.
September 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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.
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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!
As I am fairly new to Bluesky, this comes a bit late, but it is still worth checking out:
Our #oa introduction to the @jeppjournal.bsky.social special issue on "Europe’s Changing Protest Landscape"
with @sophiahunger.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
Our #oa introduction to the @jeppjournal.bsky.social special issue on "Europe’s Changing Protest Landscape"
with @sophiahunger.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
Journal of European Public Policy
Special Issue: Europe's Changing Protest Landscape. Guest Editors: Sophia Hunger & Swen Hutter. Volume 32, Issue 8 of Journal of European Public Policy
www.tandfonline.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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
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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September 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📢 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
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
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...
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
August 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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...
It will be available through major platforms including Audible, Apple, Spotify, Google Play, and others. Narration by Paul Woodson.
🔗 rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
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🍿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.
🍰 Featuring commentary by @sldelange.bsky.social & @leoniedejonge.bsky.social.
August 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🍿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.
🍰 Featuring commentary by @sldelange.bsky.social & @leoniedejonge.bsky.social.
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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
August 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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
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On Wednesday (at the crack of dawn), we continue with a book panel, celebrating two OUP publications by Paris Aslanidis and @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it, co-hosted with the great @sldelange.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/ecpr...
🍿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.
🍰 Featuring commentary by @sldelange.bsky.social & @leoniedejonge.bsky.social.
August 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
On Wednesday (at the crack of dawn), we continue with a book panel, celebrating two OUP publications by Paris Aslanidis and @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it, co-hosted with the great @sldelange.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/ecpr...
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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.
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
July 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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.
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.
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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
🔗 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...
shorturl.at
July 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
📖 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
🔗 50 free copies available at this link: shorturl.at/iiDrt
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@andreapirro.it, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @caterinafr.bsky.social focus on far-right mobilisation
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
@andreapirro.it, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @caterinafr.bsky.social focus on far-right mobilisation
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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#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 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
July 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#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 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 ⤵️
My op-ed in @lemonde.fr (with @caterinafr.bsky.social) on the #TorrePacheco riots: what looks like spontaneous local anger is nothing but the usual far-right mobilization.
👉 www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
👉 www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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
July 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My op-ed in @lemonde.fr (with @caterinafr.bsky.social) on the #TorrePacheco riots: what looks like spontaneous local anger is nothing but the usual far-right mobilization.
👉 www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
👉 www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Ma tribune dans @lemonde.fr (avec @caterinafr.bsky.social) sur les violences de #TorrePacheco : derrière l’apparente spontanéité, une mobilisation de l’extrême droite.
👉 www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
👉 www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
July 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Ma tribune dans @lemonde.fr (avec @caterinafr.bsky.social) sur les violences de #TorrePacheco : derrière l’apparente spontanéité, une mobilisation de l’extrême droite.
👉 www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
👉 www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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Movement Parties of The Far Right travels to Seoul @pietrocastellig.bsky.social @andreapirro.it @oxfordacademic.bsky.social ,terrific discussion by the ones and only @dafnoukos.bsky.social & M. Minkenberg @ipsa.org
July 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Movement Parties of The Far Right travels to Seoul @pietrocastellig.bsky.social @andreapirro.it @oxfordacademic.bsky.social ,terrific discussion by the ones and only @dafnoukos.bsky.social & M. Minkenberg @ipsa.org
🗣️Do you want to automate the classification of protest events and political event data?
➡️@sehaunss.bsky.social, P.Daphi, J.M.Dollbaum, L.Hristova, P.Susánszky & E.Steinhilper introduce PAPEA, a new pipeline that uses fine-tuned LLMs to analyze event data www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
➡️@sehaunss.bsky.social, P.Daphi, J.M.Dollbaum, L.Hristova, P.Susánszky & E.Steinhilper introduce PAPEA, a new pipeline that uses fine-tuned LLMs to analyze event data www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
July 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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I am really looking forward to discussing this fantastic book this coming Sunday, July 13th. Join us if you are attending @IPSA in Seoul!
📙 For those attending the @ipsa.org World Congress in Seoul, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & I are presenting our book, Movement Parties of the Far Right (@oxfordacademic.bsky.social), on 13 July. Discussion will feature @dafnoukos.bsky.social & Michael Minkenberg.
👉 wc2025.ipsa.org/wc/panel/aut...
👉 wc2025.ipsa.org/wc/panel/aut...
Authors Meet Critics – Movement Parties of the Far Right: Understanding Nativist Mobilization
In an era of traditional political party decline, this book explores a new phase of nativist mobilization, in which street politics plays an increasingly important role. Pietro Castelli Gattinara and ...
wc2025.ipsa.org
July 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I am really looking forward to discussing this fantastic book this coming Sunday, July 13th. Join us if you are attending @IPSA in Seoul!
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Interested in the political consequences of regressive social movements and attending @ipsa.org in Seoul? I will present new ongoing work wt @xromerovidal.bsky.social @pietrocastellig.bsky.social Andrew Klassen. Info www.ipsa.org/events/congr...
July 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Interested in the political consequences of regressive social movements and attending @ipsa.org in Seoul? I will present new ongoing work wt @xromerovidal.bsky.social @pietrocastellig.bsky.social Andrew Klassen. Info www.ipsa.org/events/congr...
Reposted by Pietro Castelli Gattinara
📙 For those attending the @ipsa.org World Congress in Seoul, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & I are presenting our book, Movement Parties of the Far Right (@oxfordacademic.bsky.social), on 13 July. Discussion will feature @dafnoukos.bsky.social & Michael Minkenberg.
👉 wc2025.ipsa.org/wc/panel/aut...
👉 wc2025.ipsa.org/wc/panel/aut...
Authors Meet Critics – Movement Parties of the Far Right: Understanding Nativist Mobilization
In an era of traditional political party decline, this book explores a new phase of nativist mobilization, in which street politics plays an increasingly important role. Pietro Castelli Gattinara and ...
wc2025.ipsa.org
July 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
📙 For those attending the @ipsa.org World Congress in Seoul, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & I are presenting our book, Movement Parties of the Far Right (@oxfordacademic.bsky.social), on 13 July. Discussion will feature @dafnoukos.bsky.social & Michael Minkenberg.
👉 wc2025.ipsa.org/wc/panel/aut...
👉 wc2025.ipsa.org/wc/panel/aut...