Duncan McDonnell
@duncanmcdonnell.com
Professor of Politics | 🇮🇪🇦🇺| Australian Research Council Future Fellow | populism and party youth wings | https://duncanmcdonnell.com/
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:
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.
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!
You mean something like this?
October 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
You mean something like this?
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.
Post-seminar briefing in Little Africa, Rio.
October 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Post-seminar briefing in Little Africa, Rio.
With the absolute Godmother of Ipanema beach.
October 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
With the absolute Godmother of Ipanema beach.
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 celebrated last night with a beer at the Maracanã stadium in Rio, alongside 72,000 Flamengo fans.
October 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I celebrated last night with a beer at the Maracanã stadium in Rio, alongside 72,000 Flamengo fans.
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.
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.
How do you prepare the day before a seminar in Rio?
September 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
How do you prepare the day before a seminar in Rio?
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 8:22 AM
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.
Continuing this series of footnotes and asides that are making it into the final draft of our "Youth wings of the populist radical right" book.
September 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Continuing this series of footnotes and asides that are making it into the final draft of our "Youth wings of the populist radical right" book.
Celebrating the end of “winter” in Brisbane.
September 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Celebrating the end of “winter” in Brisbane.
Likewise, this parenthesis has been on my mind for a while.
September 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Likewise, this parenthesis has been on my mind for a while.
I have been wanting to write this footnote for a long time.
September 3, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I have been wanting to write this footnote for a long time.
3) We then applied this to data from our YOUMEM project, which is the first cross-national survey of party youth wing members.
Overall, the distribution of radicals, moderates, and aligned among 12 centre-left & centre-right youth wing memberships in 6 countries (🇦🇺 🇦🇹 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇸🇪) looks as follows:
Overall, the distribution of radicals, moderates, and aligned among 12 centre-left & centre-right youth wing memberships in 6 countries (🇦🇺 🇦🇹 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇸🇪) looks as follows:
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
3) We then applied this to data from our YOUMEM project, which is the first cross-national survey of party youth wing members.
Overall, the distribution of radicals, moderates, and aligned among 12 centre-left & centre-right youth wing memberships in 6 countries (🇦🇺 🇦🇹 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇸🇪) looks as follows:
Overall, the distribution of radicals, moderates, and aligned among 12 centre-left & centre-right youth wing memberships in 6 countries (🇦🇺 🇦🇹 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇸🇪) looks as follows:
2) To investigate, we decided we would take a different approach to studies that look at the grassroots in terms of congruent/incongruent members.
Instead, we created a typology of 'radicals', 'moderates', and 'aligned'.
Depending on whether you are on the left or right, this works as follows:
Instead, we created a typology of 'radicals', 'moderates', and 'aligned'.
Depending on whether you are on the left or right, this works as follows:
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
2) To investigate, we decided we would take a different approach to studies that look at the grassroots in terms of congruent/incongruent members.
Instead, we created a typology of 'radicals', 'moderates', and 'aligned'.
Depending on whether you are on the left or right, this works as follows:
Instead, we created a typology of 'radicals', 'moderates', and 'aligned'.
Depending on whether you are on the left or right, this works as follows: