Marco Cappelluti
@marcocappelluti.bsky.social
🇪🇺🇮🇹🇬🇧 | Political Science PhD Candidate @UCL | Previously Bocconi University | Research on the economic determinants of far-right support
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New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social
Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹
Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?
We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out
shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹
Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?
We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out
shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
Incredibly proud to share that our paper with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social , @paularettl.bsky.social and @catherinedevries.bsky.social has been published in @ajpseditor.bsky.social!
We argue and empirically show that reduced access to public services fosters far-right support in Italy. 👇
We argue and empirically show that reduced access to public services fosters far-right support in Italy. 👇
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New UN report warns that welfare cuts can fuel far-right support. It features my work on public service deprivation with @paularettl.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social and on climate-related disasters and far-right incumbents with @pstanig.bsky.social
My message at the United Nations General Assembly #UNGA80: "Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise"
Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise, warns UN expert
NEW YORK – The rolling back of protections for people living in poverty has created fertile ground for far-right movements across the world, warned the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human ...
www.ohchr.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New UN report warns that welfare cuts can fuel far-right support. It features my work on public service deprivation with @paularettl.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social and on climate-related disasters and far-right incumbents with @pstanig.bsky.social
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✨Very happy to see my paper "Attitudinal ambivalence toward multiculturalism" out on @jeppjournal.bsky.social !
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/8 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/8 🧵
August 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
✨Very happy to see my paper "Attitudinal ambivalence toward multiculturalism" out on @jeppjournal.bsky.social !
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/8 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/8 🧵
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📢 New Publication 📢
📄 Review article in Nature Climate Change
It examines how resistance to climate policy is reshaping politics & why populist right parties are the main beneficiaries?
(with Valentina Bosseti, Italo Colantone & Giorgio Musto)
Short 🧵
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📄 Review article in Nature Climate Change
It examines how resistance to climate policy is reshaping politics & why populist right parties are the main beneficiaries?
(with Valentina Bosseti, Italo Colantone & Giorgio Musto)
Short 🧵
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Green backlash and right-wing populism - Nature Climate Change
This Review considers research on the politics of climate policies. Climate policies, through their economic and cultural repercussions, impact public climate attitudes and voting behaviour, which in ...
www.nature.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
📢 New Publication 📢
📄 Review article in Nature Climate Change
It examines how resistance to climate policy is reshaping politics & why populist right parties are the main beneficiaries?
(with Valentina Bosseti, Italo Colantone & Giorgio Musto)
Short 🧵
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📄 Review article in Nature Climate Change
It examines how resistance to climate policy is reshaping politics & why populist right parties are the main beneficiaries?
(with Valentina Bosseti, Italo Colantone & Giorgio Musto)
Short 🧵
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Marco Cappelluti
3) Moving right on immigration normalizes the radical right, their positions and rhetoric. Normalization is a key precondition for electoral expansion of the radical right. Programmatic accommodation and collaboration normalize the radical right and open new segments of the electorate for it.
May 2, 2025 at 8:05 AM
3) Moving right on immigration normalizes the radical right, their positions and rhetoric. Normalization is a key precondition for electoral expansion of the radical right. Programmatic accommodation and collaboration normalize the radical right and open new segments of the electorate for it.
Reposted by Marco Cappelluti
Lots of talk about ‘left behind’ places & far-right’s rise.
How do industrial decline, economic hardship, & resentment actually fuel far-right support?
In new @apsrjournal.bsky.social
paper exploring
Xylella epidemic that devastated centuries-old 🫒 groves in 🇮🇹, we find out
shorturl.at/xgeho
How do industrial decline, economic hardship, & resentment actually fuel far-right support?
In new @apsrjournal.bsky.social
paper exploring
Xylella epidemic that devastated centuries-old 🫒 groves in 🇮🇹, we find out
shorturl.at/xgeho
March 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Lots of talk about ‘left behind’ places & far-right’s rise.
How do industrial decline, economic hardship, & resentment actually fuel far-right support?
In new @apsrjournal.bsky.social
paper exploring
Xylella epidemic that devastated centuries-old 🫒 groves in 🇮🇹, we find out
shorturl.at/xgeho
How do industrial decline, economic hardship, & resentment actually fuel far-right support?
In new @apsrjournal.bsky.social
paper exploring
Xylella epidemic that devastated centuries-old 🫒 groves in 🇮🇹, we find out
shorturl.at/xgeho
Reposted by Marco Cappelluti
🚨New paper forthcoming @apsrjournal.bsky.social!🚨
How do economic shocks shape politics?
We study a plant disease epidemic in Italy🌱—finding it fueled far-right support
It’s not just economic loss but how shocks uproot communities and interact with perceptions of state neglect
shorturl.at/ntKyt
How do economic shocks shape politics?
We study a plant disease epidemic in Italy🌱—finding it fueled far-right support
It’s not just economic loss but how shocks uproot communities and interact with perceptions of state neglect
shorturl.at/ntKyt
January 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
🚨New paper forthcoming @apsrjournal.bsky.social!🚨
How do economic shocks shape politics?
We study a plant disease epidemic in Italy🌱—finding it fueled far-right support
It’s not just economic loss but how shocks uproot communities and interact with perceptions of state neglect
shorturl.at/ntKyt
How do economic shocks shape politics?
We study a plant disease epidemic in Italy🌱—finding it fueled far-right support
It’s not just economic loss but how shocks uproot communities and interact with perceptions of state neglect
shorturl.at/ntKyt
Reposted by Marco Cappelluti
Geographies of discontent: Public service deprivation and the rise of the far right in Italy by Simone Cremaschi, Paula Rettl, Marco Cappelluti, and Catherine E. De Vries is now available in Early View. @marcocappelluti.bsky.social @simonecremaschi.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/12/12/g...
December 13, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Geographies of discontent: Public service deprivation and the rise of the far right in Italy by Simone Cremaschi, Paula Rettl, Marco Cappelluti, and Catherine E. De Vries is now available in Early View. @marcocappelluti.bsky.social @simonecremaschi.bsky.social ajps.org/2024/12/12/g...
Incredibly proud to share that our paper with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social , @paularettl.bsky.social and @catherinedevries.bsky.social has been published in @ajpseditor.bsky.social!
We argue and empirically show that reduced access to public services fosters far-right support in Italy. 👇
We argue and empirically show that reduced access to public services fosters far-right support in Italy. 👇
New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social
Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹
Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?
We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out
shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹
Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?
We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out
shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
December 6, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Incredibly proud to share that our paper with @simonecremaschi.bsky.social , @paularettl.bsky.social and @catherinedevries.bsky.social has been published in @ajpseditor.bsky.social!
We argue and empirically show that reduced access to public services fosters far-right support in Italy. 👇
We argue and empirically show that reduced access to public services fosters far-right support in Italy. 👇
Reposted by Marco Cappelluti
⚠️Polisky WP: What are the political consequences of plant disease epidemics 🌱🦠? @catherinedevries.bsky.social, Nico Bariletto and I answer this question studying the outbreak of Xylella that exterminated olive groves in Puglia starting in 2013. What we find? See thread ⬇️ or: osf.io/preprints/os...
December 6, 2023 at 2:17 PM
⚠️Polisky WP: What are the political consequences of plant disease epidemics 🌱🦠? @catherinedevries.bsky.social, Nico Bariletto and I answer this question studying the outbreak of Xylella that exterminated olive groves in Puglia starting in 2013. What we find? See thread ⬇️ or: osf.io/preprints/os...
Reposted by Marco Cappelluti
There will be many important elections in Europe next year, what can we learn from the recent results in the Netherlands? My take (feat. recent poli sci research, incl that of @simonecremaschi.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social @paularettl.bsky.social & yours truly)
on.ft.com/46GsPqx
on.ft.com/46GsPqx
Migration crackdowns won’t help Europe’s moderate right
Recent electoral inroads for the far right reflect public dislike of government cuts in public services
on.ft.com
December 5, 2023 at 8:48 AM
There will be many important elections in Europe next year, what can we learn from the recent results in the Netherlands? My take (feat. recent poli sci research, incl that of @simonecremaschi.bsky.social @marcocappelluti.bsky.social @paularettl.bsky.social & yours truly)
on.ft.com/46GsPqx
on.ft.com/46GsPqx
Reposted by Marco Cappelluti
⚠️New WP alert⚠️
With @paularettl.bsky.so @marcocappelluti.bsky.so and Catherine de Vries we study a 2010 reform in Italy to show that reducing local public service increases support for far-right parties. Thanks Harvard Business School WP series for having us!
HBS WP: t.ly/C9up2
OSF: osf.io/5s2cu
With @paularettl.bsky.so @marcocappelluti.bsky.so and Catherine de Vries we study a 2010 reform in Italy to show that reducing local public service increases support for far-right parties. Thanks Harvard Business School WP series for having us!
HBS WP: t.ly/C9up2
OSF: osf.io/5s2cu
November 6, 2023 at 9:44 AM
⚠️New WP alert⚠️
With @paularettl.bsky.so @marcocappelluti.bsky.so and Catherine de Vries we study a 2010 reform in Italy to show that reducing local public service increases support for far-right parties. Thanks Harvard Business School WP series for having us!
HBS WP: t.ly/C9up2
OSF: osf.io/5s2cu
With @paularettl.bsky.so @marcocappelluti.bsky.so and Catherine de Vries we study a 2010 reform in Italy to show that reducing local public service increases support for far-right parties. Thanks Harvard Business School WP series for having us!
HBS WP: t.ly/C9up2
OSF: osf.io/5s2cu