CURRENT POSITION(S): Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence, and Research Affiliate at the Centre on Social Movement Studies (COSMOS). ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES: Convenor of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group on Extremism & Democracy and editor of its quarterly, e-extreme. Member of the ECPR Standing Group on Political Parties, ECPR Standing Group on Central and East European Politics, Italian Political Science Association (SISP), and Council for European Studies (CES). RESEARCH AREAS: Extremism and democracy; Populism; Euroscepticism; Comparative European politics (East and West); Social and political change in Europe; Political parties and party systems; Elections and voters; Social movements; Corruption; Democratisation; Methodology for the Social Sciences. EDUCATION: Oct 2010 Jul 2014: Sep 2008 Sep 2009: Sep 2005 Jul 2008: Ph.D. in Comparative and European Politics University of Siena (Siena, Italy) - Title: Context and Text, Demand and Supply: Ideology, Dimensionality, and Electoral Performance of Populist Radical Right Parties in Central and Eastern Europe - Supervisor: Prof Filippo Tronconi (University of Bologna) - Examiners: Prof Paolo Bellucci (internal); Prof Manuela Caiani, Prof Aldo di Virgilio, and Prof Dr Michael Minkenberg (external) M.A. in Politics University of Sheffield (Sheffield, United Kingdom) - Title: Europe: Lift to Right-Wing Extremism - Supervisor: Prof Charles Lees B.A. in Political Science Roma Tre University (Rome, Italy)
VISITING POSITIONS: ADDITIONAL TRAINING: 2013: Measuring Populism Prof K. Hawkins (Brigham Young University) Comparative Politics Prof H. Kitschelt (Duke University) Discourse Analysis Prof L. Sgier (Central European University) Set-Theoretic Methods Prof C. Schneider (Central European University) 2012: ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques: QCA and Fuzzy Sets: Basics and Advanced Issues in Set-Theoretic Methods Prof C. Schneider and Prof C. Wagemann Qualitative Methods Prof C. Wagemann (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main) 2011: Quantitative Methods in Political Science Prof M. Lewis-Beck (University of Iowa) American Politics Prof J. Blondel (European University Institute) 2010: Modernization, Globalization and Geopolitics Prof J. Agnew (UCLA) Data Analysis with Stata Dr F. Olmastroni (University of Siena) ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT: Jan 2016 present: Jan 2015 Dec 2015: Oct 2011 Feb 2012: Postdoctoral Research Fellow Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences Scuola Normale Superiore (Florence, Italy) Assistant Professor Department of Political Science and International Affairs John Cabot University (Rome, Italy) - Comparative Politics Teaching Assistant Faculty of Political Science University of Siena (Siena, Italy) - Methodology for the Social Sciences 2
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS: 2015: Faculty Development Grant, John Cabot University 2013: Scholarship towards the conduction of fieldwork in Central and Eastern Europe, granted by the University of Siena 2012: ECPR Scholarship Fund award in support of attending the ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques (Course: QCA and Fuzzy Sets: Basics and Advanced Issues in SetTheoretic Methods) 2010 2013: Various mobility funds towards conferences attendance, granted by the University of Siena 2010 2013: Ph.D. research scholarship at the Centre for the Study of Political Change (CIRCaP), granted by the University of Siena PUBLICATIONS: Monographs 2015: The Populist Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe: Ideology, Impact, and Electoral Performance. London: Routledge 2014: Context and Text, Demand and Supply: Ideology, Dimensionality, and Electoral Performance of Populist Radical Right Parties in Central and Eastern Europe. PhD Thesis. Siena: University of Siena Edited volumes and special issues 2017: Anti-Corruption from Below: Societal Accountability and Social Movements. Special Issue for Partecipazione e Conflitto (PACO). Edited with D. della Porta and L. Caruso Journal articles 2017: United in Opposition? The Populist Radical Right s EUpessimism in Times of Crisis (with S. van Kessel). Journal of European Integration, doi: 10.1080/07036337.2017.1281261 2016: Hardly Ever Relevant? An Appraisal of Nativist Economics through the Hungarian Case. Acta Politica, doi: 10.1057/s41269-016-0032-y 2014: Populist Radical Right Parties in Central and Eastern Europe: The Different Context and Issues of the Prophets of the Patria. Government and Opposition, 49(4): 599-628 2014: Digging into the Breeding Ground: Insights into the Electoral Performance of Populist Radical Right Parties in Central and Eastern Europe. East European Politics, 30(2): 246-270 2014: Discontent on the Move: Prospects for Populist Radical Right Parties in the 2014 European Elections (with S. van Kessel). Intereconomics, 49(1): 14-18 3
Book chapters 2015: The Populist Radical Right in the Political Process: Assessing Party Impact in Central and Eastern Europe, in M. Minkenberg (ed.) Transforming the Transformation? The East European Radical Right in the Political Process. London: Routledge 2014: Bulgaria, Slovacchia, Ungheria: Populismo Soft e Astensionismo, in M. Valbruzzi and R. Vignati (eds.) L Italia e l Europa al Bivio delle Riforme: Le Elezioni Europee e Book reviews Amministrative del 25 Maggio 2014. Bologna: Istituto Cattaneo Forthcoming: European Populism in the Shadow of the Great Recession. Party Politics Other publications 2016: Illiberal tangos in Central and Eastern Europe. opendemocracy. Available at: https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-makeit/andrea-l-ppirro/illiberal-tangos-in-central-and-easterneurope 2015: Per Le Pen in Francia e l opposizione in Venezuela, una vittoria incompleta. Limes. Available at: http://www.limesonline.com/elezioni-6-dicembre-franciavenezuelalepen-front-national-opposizione-mud-notizieoggi/88430 2015: Populist and Radical Politics: Between Polarisation and Blurring. e-extreme, 16(3): 9-10 2015: The rise of Jobbik poses a credible threat to Fidesz s dominance in Hungary. London School of Economics EUROPP European Politics and Policy Blog. Available at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2015/04/17/the-rise-ofjobbikposes-a-credible-threat-to-fideszs-dominance-inhungary 2014: Più influente che vincente: Storia del Front National in Francia e in Europa. Limes. Available at: http://temi.repubblica.it/limes/piu-influente-che-vincentestoria-delfront-national-in-francia-e-in-europa/67535 2014: UKIP: La lenta ascesa della Gran Bretagna sconfitta. Limes. Available at: http://temi.repubblica.it/limes/ukip-lalentaascesa-della-gran-bretagna-sconfitta/67514 2014: Political Radicalism in Times of Crisis (with S. van Kessel). e-extreme, 15(3): 7-8 2014: Historical legacies and national political contexts have shaped today s far-right in Eastern and Central Europe. Democratic Audit. Available at: http://www.democraticaudit.com/?p=7753 4
2014: There s no such thing as bad publicity: Jobbik s leader visit to London. Political Insight The Political Studies Association Blog. Available at: http://www.psa.ac.uk/insightplus/blog/there s-no-suchthing-bad-publicity-jobbik-leader s-visitlondon RESEARCH PROJECTS: CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, INVITED TALKS, AND GUEST LECTURES: I regularly attend and organise conferences, panels, and seminars, and act as chair or discussant at international conferences. Conference organisation 2016: Chair of the Panel: Movement Parties and Party Movements: Insights into the European Far Right (Section: Participation and Social Movements), 30 th Meeting of the Italian Political Science Association (SISP), University of Milan 2016: Chair of the Panel: The Populist Politics of Euroscepticism amidst Critical Junctures (Section: Populism and Political Extremism: Between Change and Persistence), 10 th ECPR General Conference, Charles University, Prague 2016: Chair of the Panel: Issue Diversity, Strategic Framing, and Repertoires of Action: Assessing the 'Normalcy' of Radical Parties and Movements in Europe, 24 th IPSA World Congress, Poznań [Withdrawn] 2015: Chair of the Session: Disentangling the Coil of Radical Politics in Europe (Division: Comparative Politics), 111 th APSA Annual Meeting, San Francisco 2015: Chair of the Section: Populist and Radical Politics: Between Polarisation and Blurring, 9 th ECPR General Conference, University of Montreal 2015: Chair of the Panel: Populist Parties in Europe: Revisiting Discourse and Electoral Potential (Section: Populist and Radical Politics: Between Polarisation and Blurring), 9 th ECPR General Conference, University of Montreal 2014: Chair of the Section: Political Radicalism in Times of Crisis, 8 th ECPR General Conference, University of Glasgow 2014: Chair of the Panel: The Impact of Radical Parties in East and West European Political Processes (Section: Political Radicalism in Times of Crisis), 8 th ECPR General Conference, 5
University of Glasgow 2013: Chair of the Panel: The Radical Right in the PostCommunist Context: New Perspectives on an Old Phenomenon (Section: Perspectives on the New Right), 7 th ECPR General Conference, Sciences Po Bordeaux Conference/workshop attendance, invited talks, and guest lectures Paper-giver and/or discussant at various international conferences, including meetings of the European Consortium for Political Research (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), Council of European Studies (2013, 2015, 2017), Italian Political Science Association (2011, 2014, 2016), European Sociological Association (2012, 2014, 2016), American Political Science Association (2015), Association for the Study of Nationalities (2014), Swedish Network for European Studies in Political Science (2014), European Union Democracy Observatory (2013), Political Studies Association (2013), and International Political Science Association (2012). Conference presentations and invited talks at universities in Belgium (Vrije Universiteit Brussels), Canada (University of Montreal), Czech Republic (Charles University), Denmark (University of Copenhagen), France (Sciences Po Bordeaux, Sciences Po Paris), Germany (European University Viadrina), Greece (Athens), Hungary (Central European University), Italy (European University Institute, Scuola Normale Superiore, University of Milan, University of Perugia, University of Turin), the Netherlands (University of Amsterdam), Norway (University of Oslo), Poland (Poznań), Spain (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), the United Kingdom (Cardiff, Goldsmiths University of London, University of Glasgow, University of Nottingham), and the United States (San Francisco). Guest lectures at the Central European University (Budapest), Scuola Normale Superiore (Florence), and University of Siena. Participant and contributor to different specialised workshops/events at the European University Institute (Florence), Central European University (Budapest), Hertie School of Governance (Berlin), European University Viadrina (Frankfurt/Oder), University of Leicester, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Roma, Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Centro per la Riforma dello Stato, and Guarini Institute for Public Affairs (Rome). ADDITIONAL SERVICE: - Academic referee for Democratization, East European Politics, European Journal of Political Research, Government and Opposition, Italian Political Science Review, Party Politics, Political Studies, and Routledge KEY SKILLS: Statistical and Analytical Packages Stata, fsqca, Tosmana Languages Italian (native), English (excellent), Spanish (intermediate), Serbo-Croatian (basic), Hungarian (beginner) 6