Sofia Ammassari
@ammassarisofia.bsky.social
Research Fellow at Griffith University 🇦🇺
populist radical right • political parties • women’s and youth political participation
sofiaammassari.com
populist radical right • political parties • women’s and youth political participation
sofiaammassari.com
Pinned
I’m over the moon that my 1st book, based on my PhD, will be published w/ Oxford University Press.
“Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right” investigates women’s involvement in PRR parties as party members.
I already have a full draft, so I hope I can share this labour of love w/ you soon 💜
“Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right” investigates women’s involvement in PRR parties as party members.
I already have a full draft, so I hope I can share this labour of love w/ you soon 💜
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🎆 NEW OA ARTICLE ALERT 🎆
'Populism, visual technologies, and the self-mediation of ‘the people’ from the 2002 Venezuelan coup to the 2021 US Capitol riots' in @risjnl.bsky.social
How do populist publics visually represent themselves & how have shifts in visual technologies altered this process?
'Populism, visual technologies, and the self-mediation of ‘the people’ from the 2002 Venezuelan coup to the 2021 US Capitol riots' in @risjnl.bsky.social
How do populist publics visually represent themselves & how have shifts in visual technologies altered this process?
Populism, visual technologies, and the self-mediation of ‘the people’ from the 2002 Venezuelan coup to the 2021 US Capitol riots | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Populism, visual technologies, and the self-mediation of ‘the people’ from the 2002 Venezuelan coup to the 2021 US Capitol riots
www.cambridge.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 AM
🎆 NEW OA ARTICLE ALERT 🎆
'Populism, visual technologies, and the self-mediation of ‘the people’ from the 2002 Venezuelan coup to the 2021 US Capitol riots' in @risjnl.bsky.social
How do populist publics visually represent themselves & how have shifts in visual technologies altered this process?
'Populism, visual technologies, and the self-mediation of ‘the people’ from the 2002 Venezuelan coup to the 2021 US Capitol riots' in @risjnl.bsky.social
How do populist publics visually represent themselves & how have shifts in visual technologies altered this process?
It was a pleasure to give a seminar at the Universidad Privada Boliviana in Cochabamba last Friday about our research (w/ @duncanmcdonnell.com) on the transnationalisation of the populist right.
Thanks to Oscar Gracia Landaeta, Andrés Laguna-Tapia & Claudia Muriel for being excellent hosts 💕
Thanks to Oscar Gracia Landaeta, Andrés Laguna-Tapia & Claudia Muriel for being excellent hosts 💕
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It was a pleasure to give a seminar at the Universidad Privada Boliviana in Cochabamba last Friday about our research (w/ @duncanmcdonnell.com) on the transnationalisation of the populist right.
Thanks to Oscar Gracia Landaeta, Andrés Laguna-Tapia & Claudia Muriel for being excellent hosts 💕
Thanks to Oscar Gracia Landaeta, Andrés Laguna-Tapia & Claudia Muriel for being excellent hosts 💕
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Call for Abstracts: Together with @kirareneekurz.bsky.social, I'm editing a @cogitatiopag.bsky.social Issue on #YouthWings in #Europe! 🤓 We especially invite contributions focusing on countries in Central, Eastern & Southern Europe. Feel free to get in touch! www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Call for Abstracts: Together with @kirareneekurz.bsky.social, I'm editing a @cogitatiopag.bsky.social Issue on #YouthWings in #Europe! 🤓 We especially invite contributions focusing on countries in Central, Eastern & Southern Europe. Feel free to get in touch! www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
All good things come to an end 🥲
The last seminar of our South American trip (w/ @duncanmcdonnell.com) will take place at Universidad Privada Boliviana in Cochabamba, this Friday.
Looking forward to further exchanges about the transnationalisation of the PRR with UPB students and colleagues!
The last seminar of our South American trip (w/ @duncanmcdonnell.com) will take place at Universidad Privada Boliviana in Cochabamba, this Friday.
Looking forward to further exchanges about the transnationalisation of the PRR with UPB students and colleagues!
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
All good things come to an end 🥲
The last seminar of our South American trip (w/ @duncanmcdonnell.com) will take place at Universidad Privada Boliviana in Cochabamba, this Friday.
Looking forward to further exchanges about the transnationalisation of the PRR with UPB students and colleagues!
The last seminar of our South American trip (w/ @duncanmcdonnell.com) will take place at Universidad Privada Boliviana in Cochabamba, this Friday.
Looking forward to further exchanges about the transnationalisation of the PRR with UPB students and colleagues!
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Jeez it's good when you see great work from great people getting funded (part 1). Big congrats to some of the best in Australian political science - @duncanmcdonnell.com, @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & Ferran - on this big and important grant!
I'm thrilled to see @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, Ferran Martinez i Coma & I have won over $825,000 in funding from the Australian Research Council for our Discovery Project "Generation-Z engagement with political parties".
(When you're recovering from drinking Lima tap water, this helps a lot).
(When you're recovering from drinking Lima tap water, this helps a lot).
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Jeez it's good when you see great work from great people getting funded (part 1). Big congrats to some of the best in Australian political science - @duncanmcdonnell.com, @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & Ferran - on this big and important grant!
Career milestone unlocked - my first ever large research grant ✨🥹
I'm thrilled to see @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, Ferran Martinez i Coma & I have won over $825,000 in funding from the Australian Research Council for our Discovery Project "Generation-Z engagement with political parties".
(When you're recovering from drinking Lima tap water, this helps a lot).
(When you're recovering from drinking Lima tap water, this helps a lot).
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Career milestone unlocked - my first ever large research grant ✨🥹
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Number of unique speakers in the Australian parliament, by gender, 1998-2025. By Lindsay Katz and @inessadeangelis.bsky.social.
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Number of unique speakers in the Australian parliament, by gender, 1998-2025. By Lindsay Katz and @inessadeangelis.bsky.social.
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Last week I finally got my ECPR SG Extremism & Democracy Best Paper Prize 2024 🪵🏆 — probably the classiest wooden block I own!
Still thrilled and grateful to @ecpr-ead.bsky.social and the jury @ammassarisofia.bsky.social @kai-arzheimer.com @caterinafr.bsky.social
Still thrilled and grateful to @ecpr-ead.bsky.social and the jury @ammassarisofia.bsky.social @kai-arzheimer.com @caterinafr.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Last week I finally got my ECPR SG Extremism & Democracy Best Paper Prize 2024 🪵🏆 — probably the classiest wooden block I own!
Still thrilled and grateful to @ecpr-ead.bsky.social and the jury @ammassarisofia.bsky.social @kai-arzheimer.com @caterinafr.bsky.social
Still thrilled and grateful to @ecpr-ead.bsky.social and the jury @ammassarisofia.bsky.social @kai-arzheimer.com @caterinafr.bsky.social
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Coming up next Thursday at noon in Lima: @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & I will be presenting our research on the transnational populist right at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
I'm looking forward to good discussions and the local ceviche.
(states of emergency etc. permitting, of course).
I'm looking forward to good discussions and the local ceviche.
(states of emergency etc. permitting, of course).
October 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Coming up next Thursday at noon in Lima: @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & I will be presenting our research on the transnational populist right at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
I'm looking forward to good discussions and the local ceviche.
(states of emergency etc. permitting, of course).
I'm looking forward to good discussions and the local ceviche.
(states of emergency etc. permitting, of course).
I really enjoyed presenting our research (w/ @duncanmcdonnell.com) on the rise of the transnational populist right at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires.
Great audience and really thoughtful questions throughout - exactly the kind of exchange that makes giving seminars so rewarding!
Great audience and really thoughtful questions throughout - exactly the kind of exchange that makes giving seminars so rewarding!
October 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I really enjoyed presenting our research (w/ @duncanmcdonnell.com) on the rise of the transnational populist right at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires.
Great audience and really thoughtful questions throughout - exactly the kind of exchange that makes giving seminars so rewarding!
Great audience and really thoughtful questions throughout - exactly the kind of exchange that makes giving seminars so rewarding!
After a wonderful couple of weeks in Brazil, it's time to move on to the next stop of our South American trip ➡️ 🇦🇷
I'm excited to present our research (@duncanmcdonnell.com) on the transnationalisation of the populist radical right on Wednesday at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires!
I'm excited to present our research (@duncanmcdonnell.com) on the transnationalisation of the populist radical right on Wednesday at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires!
October 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
After a wonderful couple of weeks in Brazil, it's time to move on to the next stop of our South American trip ➡️ 🇦🇷
I'm excited to present our research (@duncanmcdonnell.com) on the transnationalisation of the populist radical right on Wednesday at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires!
I'm excited to present our research (@duncanmcdonnell.com) on the transnationalisation of the populist radical right on Wednesday at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires!
It was great to present our research (w/ @duncanmcdonnell.com ) on the transnationalisation of the PRR at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
It was also a pleasure to chat with their very talented graduate students afterwards, and to stroll around the beautiful campus.
It was also a pleasure to chat with their very talented graduate students afterwards, and to stroll around the beautiful campus.
October 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It was great to present our research (w/ @duncanmcdonnell.com ) on the transnationalisation of the PRR at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
It was also a pleasure to chat with their very talented graduate students afterwards, and to stroll around the beautiful campus.
It was also a pleasure to chat with their very talented graduate students afterwards, and to stroll around the beautiful campus.
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I'm so pleased to see our new article out in Perspectives on Politics.
Since I moved to Australia, I've heard many people say "you'll never publish in a top US journal with Australia as your only case" (and they weren't wrong to think that).
But yesterday, we did.
Thread by Josh about it below:
Since I moved to Australia, I've heard many people say "you'll never publish in a top US journal with Australia as your only case" (and they weren't wrong to think that).
But yesterday, we did.
Thread by Josh about it below:
🎉 New publication out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with @duncanmcdonnell.com and Michelle Evans!
We expected public bias to work against aspiring Indigenous political candidates in Australia. Instead, we found the opposite - an 'inverted hierarchy' of bias.
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S153...
We expected public bias to work against aspiring Indigenous political candidates in Australia. Instead, we found the opposite - an 'inverted hierarchy' of bias.
Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S153...
October 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I'm so pleased to see our new article out in Perspectives on Politics.
Since I moved to Australia, I've heard many people say "you'll never publish in a top US journal with Australia as your only case" (and they weren't wrong to think that).
But yesterday, we did.
Thread by Josh about it below:
Since I moved to Australia, I've heard many people say "you'll never publish in a top US journal with Australia as your only case" (and they weren't wrong to think that).
But yesterday, we did.
Thread by Josh about it below:
One of the best parts of this job: travelling to places I might never otherwise visit, to talk to people for my research.
Very excited to have conducted interviews inside the National Congress in Brasilia today 🇧🇷
Very excited to have conducted interviews inside the National Congress in Brasilia today 🇧🇷
October 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
One of the best parts of this job: travelling to places I might never otherwise visit, to talk to people for my research.
Very excited to have conducted interviews inside the National Congress in Brasilia today 🇧🇷
Very excited to have conducted interviews inside the National Congress in Brasilia today 🇧🇷
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It was a pleasure to present with @ammassarisofia.bsky.social to the faculty and very smart students from IESP in Rio today.
And the view when we came out into the Botafogo afternoon sun wasn’t bad either.
And the view when we came out into the Botafogo afternoon sun wasn’t bad either.
September 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It was a pleasure to present with @ammassarisofia.bsky.social to the faculty and very smart students from IESP in Rio today.
And the view when we came out into the Botafogo afternoon sun wasn’t bad either.
And the view when we came out into the Botafogo afternoon sun wasn’t bad either.
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🚨 New article out! 🚨
How societal-level women’s empowerment 📣✊ shapes the gender gap in protest, boycott & petition signing 🗳️
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
How societal-level women’s empowerment 📣✊ shapes the gender gap in protest, boycott & petition signing 🗳️
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
From empowerment to participation: How women’s political empowerment shapes non-institutionalized political participation and reduces gender disparities - Cyrill Otteni, 2025
This study examines how women’s political empowerment influences the gender gap in non-institutionalized political participation (protest, boycott and petition ...
journals.sagepub.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🚨 New article out! 🚨
How societal-level women’s empowerment 📣✊ shapes the gender gap in protest, boycott & petition signing 🗳️
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
How societal-level women’s empowerment 📣✊ shapes the gender gap in protest, boycott & petition signing 🗳️
👉 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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With Andrej Zaslove, I wrote a piece on the recent extreme-right riots in the Netherlands, and what should be learned from them 👇
New piece! Stijn van Kessel and Andrej Zaslove on the far-right riots in The Hague, the reaction from political leaders, and lessons for preserving liberal democracy and liberal democratic principles. Check it out!
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
@stijntvankessel.bsky.social
@ieres-gwu.bsky.social
@stijntvankessel.bsky.social
What Mainstream Parties and Media Should Learn from the Dutch Extreme-Right Riots illiberalism.org |
Stijn van Kessel and Andrej Zaslove on the far-right riots in The Hague, the reaction from political leaders, and lessons for preserving liberal democracy and liberal democratic principles.
www.illiberalism.org
September 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
With Andrej Zaslove, I wrote a piece on the recent extreme-right riots in the Netherlands, and what should be learned from them 👇
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We have a new paper out with @gricoc.bsky.social in @jwpp.bsky.social (this time I swear I am going to post the right link): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sexism and the Gender Gap in Support for the Radical Right
Using survey data from Spain we show that the gender gap in the probability of voting for the radical-right party Vox is mainly due to men having higher levels of modern sexism than women. We find ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We have a new paper out with @gricoc.bsky.social in @jwpp.bsky.social (this time I swear I am going to post the right link): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Looking forward to kicking off our South America seminar tour in Rio de Janeiro next week 🇧🇷
Many thanks to IESP for hosting us!
Many thanks to IESP for hosting us!
Next Monday, 29 September, Sofia Ammassari & I will be presenting new research on the transnationalization of the populist radical right at IESP in Rio de Janeiro.
It's the first of a bunch of seminars we'll be doing in South America over the next 6 weeks.
It's the first of a bunch of seminars we'll be doing in South America over the next 6 weeks.
September 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Looking forward to kicking off our South America seminar tour in Rio de Janeiro next week 🇧🇷
Many thanks to IESP for hosting us!
Many thanks to IESP for hosting us!
It’s acknowledgements time, as I prepare to re-submit my revised manuscript to Oxford University Press. To mark this important milestone, I’m pairing the task with a delicious Riesling from South Australia.
September 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It’s acknowledgements time, as I prepare to re-submit my revised manuscript to Oxford University Press. To mark this important milestone, I’m pairing the task with a delicious Riesling from South Australia.
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👏Applause offers a revealing lens on party competition! In a recent article @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/@jocmuel.bsky.social+@pluggedchris.bsky.social), we study how applause reflects party and coalition unity, ideological agreement, political exclusion, issue ownership, and the electoral cycle! (1/6)
September 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
👏Applause offers a revealing lens on party competition! In a recent article @wepsocial.bsky.social (w/@jocmuel.bsky.social+@pluggedchris.bsky.social), we study how applause reflects party and coalition unity, ideological agreement, political exclusion, issue ownership, and the electoral cycle! (1/6)
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I’ve done this for 2 weeks now and it *absolutely rules*. Best class discussions I’ve ever had. Best engagement with readings. They write in this worksheet for 15 minutes, then talk about their responses in groups of 3-4, then groups share with the whole class, and *then* we talk about the readings
Updating my comparative public admin seminar class—which was decimated by AI last year—to maybe be a little more LLM-proof by adding a 20–30 minute start-of-class writing & discussion activity. Will it work? Who knows! Full details and PDF here: governancef25.classes.andrewheiss.com/assignment/c...
September 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I’ve done this for 2 weeks now and it *absolutely rules*. Best class discussions I’ve ever had. Best engagement with readings. They write in this worksheet for 15 minutes, then talk about their responses in groups of 3-4, then groups share with the whole class, and *then* we talk about the readings
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🚨 New article in The Conversation from Callum Jones and myself.
We wanted to focus specifically on how the white nationalist rallies were supported and amplified online by far-right actors like Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson
theconversation.com/how-australi...
We wanted to focus specifically on how the white nationalist rallies were supported and amplified online by far-right actors like Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson
theconversation.com/how-australi...
How Australia’s anti-immigration rallies were amplified online by the global far right
Prominent figures such as Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson are increasingly using social media to unite far-right groups and causes around the world.
theconversation.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🚨 New article in The Conversation from Callum Jones and myself.
We wanted to focus specifically on how the white nationalist rallies were supported and amplified online by far-right actors like Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson
theconversation.com/how-australi...
We wanted to focus specifically on how the white nationalist rallies were supported and amplified online by far-right actors like Elon Musk and Tommy Robinson
theconversation.com/how-australi...