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📢End-of-year reminder: do not forget to renew your PSA (Political Studies Association) and Italian Politics Specialist Group (PSA Italian Politics) membership! psa.ac.uk/members

✳️CALL FOR PAPERS✳️ The CBE, with Political Studies Association German, Italian & Greek Specialists, invites you to the Challenges to Europe - European Challenges Conference at the University of Surrey, 28-29 May 2025. Submit your abstract by 20 Jan 2025! Details: surrey.ac.uk/news/call-pape…

Come to our conference on 28-29 May (free registration!), hosted by Surrey Politics/Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE) with: Political Studies Association, PSA Italian Politics, PSAGermany & GPSG Greek Politics. We'll cover Challenges to Europe (e.g. Populism, Democracy, and future of EU integration). Travel grants for PhDs/ECRs!👇

🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 Our latest paper “First survive, then thrive: major urban centres and resistance against autocratisation,” is now out ! 🏙️⚖️ This piece also introduces a special issue on urban spaces and democratic resilience. 🔗 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

ICYMI: Applications are open for REF 2029 sub-panel roles in Politics and International Studies. Chair applications can be submitted until 6 February and member applications until 28 April. We encourage diverse applicants! More info at the link below. buff.ly/4a728ib

🔭 “Dove vanno le regioni italiane?” Mercoledì 12 febbraio presenteremo l’annuale Report #Svimez- REFRicerche sugli andamenti regionali e le previsioni 2024-2026. 🎥 Sarà possibile seguire il seminario in diretta sul canale YouTube Svimez 👉 youtube.com/@svimez1?si=1u…

🌟 We are seeking new trustees for our Executive Committee, including Honorary Secretary! Build skills, networks, and make an impact. Nominations close 10 March 2025. Learn more & apply: buff.ly/3E1rthB

This call might be of interest to critical reseaechers of populism, the far right and reactionary politics.

Are you planning to attend #PSA25? 🤔 Sign up by February 21 to enjoy early bird pricing! Members of the PSA receive a substantial discount 👀 Discover more details and how to register below 👇

CfP "The UK in Europe: prospects of resetting relations with the EU and bilateral partnerships" (deadline 7 March) Link to call: 1drv.ms/b/s!Anj7bWfo11…

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 🇮🇹 Italy’s right turn. A spatial analysis of party competition in the 2022 Italian national election Read the article by Paolo Gambacciani, D. Giannetti , andrea pedrazzani & L. Pinto here 👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

‘What next for the study of political representation? Shifting identities, culture wars & the quality of democracy’ Join us and keynote speaker Prof. Rosie Campbell at #PSA25 Find out more about the conference here: buff.ly/3OHwptV King's College London

I’m delighted to share that "Populist Visual Communication: A State-of-the-Art Review ”, co-written with Francesco Melito, has been assigned to an issue and volume of the Political Studies Review. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

📣 Calling all scholars researching crime + related topics 🇦🇹 ECPR_SGOC is returning to Vienna for its next Summer School on Transnational Organised Crime 📆 1–14 Jun 2025 UN Office on Drugs & Crime ✅ Guest lectures, group projects, field trips & more! ⏰ Apply by 1 Apr ecpr.eu/Events/326

New research note in First View‼️ Joshua Cova presents the ItaParlCorpus dataset: a new, annotated, machine-readable collection of Italian parliamentary plenary speeches from the Camera dei deputati, covering the period from 1948 to 2022. Open access 🔓▶️cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Political Studies Association Conference starts today in Birmingham. On Wednesday afternoon I'll be chairing a panel co-hosted by Populism Specialist Group & PSA Italian Politics on the nexus between elites and far-right populism. All papers sound fascinating and extremely topical.