Duncan McDonnell
@duncanmcdonnell.com
Professor of Politics | 🇮🇪🇦🇺| Australian Research Council Future Fellow | populism and party youth wings | https://duncanmcdonnell.com/
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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).
Reposted by Duncan McDonnell
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 💕
Reposted by Duncan McDonnell
🎆 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
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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?
Reposted by Duncan McDonnell
Thrilled that my first (ever!) and first single-authored article is out in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social 🎉
PRR parties have built a shared transnational discourse on issues like immigration & culture wars. But do their digital publics also take part in this discursive transnationalisation?
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PRR parties have built a shared transnational discourse on issues like immigration & culture wars. But do their digital publics also take part in this discursive transnationalisation?
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Transnational publics of the populist radical right: patterns of topic convergence across Europe and the United States
In recent years, populist radical right parties (PRRPs) have constructed a shared transnational discourse around issues like immigration and culture wars. However, we do not know how their publics ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Thrilled that my first (ever!) and first single-authored article is out in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social 🎉
PRR parties have built a shared transnational discourse on issues like immigration & culture wars. But do their digital publics also take part in this discursive transnationalisation?
A 🧵
PRR parties have built a shared transnational discourse on issues like immigration & culture wars. But do their digital publics also take part in this discursive transnationalisation?
A 🧵
Tomorrow at UPB in Cochabamba: our final presentation of what has been an excellent South American fieldwork and seminars trip.
I'm looking forward to meeting the faculty and students, seeing a new city, and being at a lower altitude than La Paz for a couple of days.
I'm looking forward to meeting the faculty and students, seeing a new city, and being at a lower altitude than La Paz for a couple of days.
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 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Tomorrow at UPB in Cochabamba: our final presentation of what has been an excellent South American fieldwork and seminars trip.
I'm looking forward to meeting the faculty and students, seeing a new city, and being at a lower altitude than La Paz for a couple of days.
I'm looking forward to meeting the faculty and students, seeing a new city, and being at a lower altitude than La Paz for a couple of days.
It was a pleasure to present today at PUCP in Lima with @ammassarisofia.bsky.social about our research on the transnationalisation of the populist radical right.
Great audience participation & such impressive students too.
Now we have a couple of much needed days off and then move on to Bolivia!
Great audience participation & such impressive students too.
Now we have a couple of much needed days off and then move on to Bolivia!
October 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It was a pleasure to present today at PUCP in Lima with @ammassarisofia.bsky.social about our research on the transnationalisation of the populist radical right.
Great audience participation & such impressive students too.
Now we have a couple of much needed days off and then move on to Bolivia!
Great audience participation & such impressive students too.
Now we have a couple of much needed days off and then move on to Bolivia!
Coming up tomorrow, at PUCP in Lima:
October 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Coming up tomorrow, at PUCP in Lima:
Reposted by Duncan McDonnell
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!
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 12:50 AM
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).
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).
La Bombonera yesterday evening.
I’ve been to lots of big games, including all 4 Italian derbies, but I’ve never seen a curva like that. Constant singing for 90 minutes, even when Boca conceded goals. Just amazing.
I’ve been to lots of big games, including all 4 Italian derbies, but I’ve never seen a curva like that. Constant singing for 90 minutes, even when Boca conceded goals. Just amazing.
October 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
La Bombonera yesterday evening.
I’ve been to lots of big games, including all 4 Italian derbies, but I’ve never seen a curva like that. Constant singing for 90 minutes, even when Boca conceded goals. Just amazing.
I’ve been to lots of big games, including all 4 Italian derbies, but I’ve never seen a curva like that. Constant singing for 90 minutes, even when Boca conceded goals. Just amazing.
Our very talented PhD researcher @fravittonetto.bsky.social has just published his first article. His supervisors are immensely proud!
In the thread below, Francesco goes through some of his main findings.
There's much more to come from this project and this rising star!
In the thread below, Francesco goes through some of his main findings.
There's much more to come from this project and this rising star!
Thrilled that my first (ever!) and first single-authored article is out in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social 🎉
PRR parties have built a shared transnational discourse on issues like immigration & culture wars. But do their digital publics also take part in this discursive transnationalisation?
A 🧵
PRR parties have built a shared transnational discourse on issues like immigration & culture wars. But do their digital publics also take part in this discursive transnationalisation?
A 🧵
Transnational publics of the populist radical right: patterns of topic convergence across Europe and the United States
In recent years, populist radical right parties (PRRPs) have constructed a shared transnational discourse around issues like immigration and culture wars. However, we do not know how their publics ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Our very talented PhD researcher @fravittonetto.bsky.social has just published his first article. His supervisors are immensely proud!
In the thread below, Francesco goes through some of his main findings.
There's much more to come from this project and this rising star!
In the thread below, Francesco goes through some of his main findings.
There's much more to come from this project and this rising star!
One island too many.
October 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
One island too many.
What @ammassarisofia.bsky.social says ⬇️
Really impressive set-up & group of people at Torcuato Di Tella.
And they're right across the road from the Estadio Monumental!
Really impressive set-up & group of people at Torcuato Di Tella.
And they're right across the road from the Estadio Monumental!
October 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
What @ammassarisofia.bsky.social says ⬇️
Really impressive set-up & group of people at Torcuato Di Tella.
And they're right across the road from the Estadio Monumental!
Really impressive set-up & group of people at Torcuato Di Tella.
And they're right across the road from the Estadio Monumental!
Buenos días Buenos Aires.
(view of Recoleta cemetery from the apartment balcony)
(view of Recoleta cemetery from the apartment balcony)
October 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Buenos días Buenos Aires.
(view of Recoleta cemetery from the apartment balcony)
(view of Recoleta cemetery from the apartment balcony)
I had a lot of fun yesterday evening presenting on the transnational populist radical right with @ammassarisofia.bsky.social at the University of São Paulo.
It has been so heartening on this trip to meet engaged graduate researchers who not only come to seminars, but ask really smart questions too!
It has been so heartening on this trip to meet engaged graduate researchers who not only come to seminars, but ask really smart questions too!
October 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I had a lot of fun yesterday evening presenting on the transnational populist radical right with @ammassarisofia.bsky.social at the University of São Paulo.
It has been so heartening on this trip to meet engaged graduate researchers who not only come to seminars, but ask really smart questions too!
It has been so heartening on this trip to meet engaged graduate researchers who not only come to seminars, but ask really smart questions too!
Reposted by Duncan McDonnell
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
The Inverted Hierarchy: How #Public #Bias Can #Favor #Potential #Indigenous #Candidates
By @jholloway.bsky.social, @duncanmcdonnell.com & Michelle Evans
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
The Inverted Hierarchy: How #Public #Bias Can #Favor #Potential #Indigenous #Candidates
By @jholloway.bsky.social, @duncanmcdonnell.com & Michelle Evans
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
October 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
The Inverted Hierarchy: How #Public #Bias Can #Favor #Potential #Indigenous #Candidates
By @jholloway.bsky.social, @duncanmcdonnell.com & Michelle Evans
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
The Inverted Hierarchy: How #Public #Bias Can #Favor #Potential #Indigenous #Candidates
By @jholloway.bsky.social, @duncanmcdonnell.com & Michelle Evans
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
After an excellent couple of weeks of fieldwork and seminars in Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, the South American tour continues on Thursday at 5.30 pm with this seminar by @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & me at the University of São Paulo.
October 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
After an excellent couple of weeks of fieldwork and seminars in Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, the South American tour continues on Thursday at 5.30 pm with this seminar by @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & me at the University of São Paulo.
Reposted by Duncan McDonnell
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.
Is DIEM25 the first political party to have more academic articles about it than it has had voters?
(before anyone gets offended, I do think some of those articles are very interesting!)
(before anyone gets offended, I do think some of those articles are very interesting!)
October 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Is DIEM25 the first political party to have more academic articles about it than it has had voters?
(before anyone gets offended, I do think some of those articles are very interesting!)
(before anyone gets offended, I do think some of those articles are very interesting!)
Post-seminar briefing in Little Africa, Rio.
October 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Post-seminar briefing in Little Africa, Rio.
This weekend’s pre-seminar preparation in Rio is an Ipanema beach homage to Anthony Bourdain.
October 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This weekend’s pre-seminar preparation in Rio is an Ipanema beach homage to Anthony Bourdain.
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:
In Brasilia today & tomorrow to do interviews in this stunning parliament.
September 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
In Brasilia today & tomorrow to do interviews in this stunning parliament.
Reposted by Duncan McDonnell
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.
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.