Francesco Vittonetto
@fravittonetto.bsky.social
PhD researcher at Griffith University • Transnational populism and political communication
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In @aunz.theconversation.com today, @jholloway.bsky.social, Michelle Evans, & I discuss the key findings from our recent @poppublicsphere.bsky.social article on prospective Indigenous candidates:
theconversation.com/indigenous-p...
theconversation.com/indigenous-p...
Indigenous political candidates face less voter bias than parties might think: new research
A world-first study involving 4,000 Australian adults shows political parties shouldn’t assume Indigenous candidates will face voter rejection.
theconversation.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
In @aunz.theconversation.com today, @jholloway.bsky.social, Michelle Evans, & I discuss the key findings from our recent @poppublicsphere.bsky.social article on prospective Indigenous candidates:
theconversation.com/indigenous-p...
theconversation.com/indigenous-p...
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 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 🧵
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3-year, full-time post-doc position with my @griffith.edu.au friend & colleague, Ferran Martinez i Coma.
Ferran is one of the key people who has made our department the top comparative politics research cluster in Australia.
Please apply, share, etc.
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
Ferran is one of the key people who has made our department the top comparative politics research cluster in Australia.
Please apply, share, etc.
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Grade 1
Company Description: Every institution values excellence. What matters most is why.
Griffith was created to be a different type of university. You’ll find we’re about leading research, academic excel...
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September 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
3-year, full-time post-doc position with my @griffith.edu.au friend & colleague, Ferran Martinez i Coma.
Ferran is one of the key people who has made our department the top comparative politics research cluster in Australia.
Please apply, share, etc.
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
Ferran is one of the key people who has made our department the top comparative politics research cluster in Australia.
Please apply, share, etc.
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniv...
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💡Two super useful resources for when academics (or journalists!) are being targeted - and for institutions to be prepared. (We are underprepared…)
1) expertvoicestogether.org/researcher
2) researchersupport.org
#ECPRgc25 @ecpr.bsky.social
1) expertvoicestogether.org/researcher
2) researchersupport.org
#ECPRgc25 @ecpr.bsky.social
Expert Voices Together
evt
expertvoicestogether.org
August 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
💡Two super useful resources for when academics (or journalists!) are being targeted - and for institutions to be prepared. (We are underprepared…)
1) expertvoicestogether.org/researcher
2) researchersupport.org
#ECPRgc25 @ecpr.bsky.social
1) expertvoicestogether.org/researcher
2) researchersupport.org
#ECPRgc25 @ecpr.bsky.social
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In the last 6 months, our wee study of Gen-Z voters & non-voters in Australia has been the 3rd most read of all articles ever published in Political Studies.
You can read it too, open access, here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
You can read it too, open access, here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
In the last 6 months, our wee study of Gen-Z voters & non-voters in Australia has been the 3rd most read of all articles ever published in Political Studies.
You can read it too, open access, here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
You can read it too, open access, here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Such an interesting piece of research by @ammassarisofia.bsky.social just out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social ✨
So lucky to work with such a brilliant and generous scholar every day, brava!!
So lucky to work with such a brilliant and generous scholar every day, brava!!
Thrilled that my article on women's activism in PRR parties has been published open access today in @cpsjournal.bsky.social 💫
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This is my favourite article from my PhD thesis. I love the topic, its findings, and the literature it draws on.
A quick 🧵:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This is my favourite article from my PhD thesis. I love the topic, its findings, and the literature it draws on.
A quick 🧵:
June 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Such an interesting piece of research by @ammassarisofia.bsky.social just out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social ✨
So lucky to work with such a brilliant and generous scholar every day, brava!!
So lucky to work with such a brilliant and generous scholar every day, brava!!
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Our book is out and available to read open access online: academic.oup.com/book/60532. It is dedicated to Niko.
June 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Our book is out and available to read open access online: academic.oup.com/book/60532. It is dedicated to Niko.
This beautiful python was right outside my office at @griffith.edu.au. Reviewer 2, it seems, wanted to supervise that new draft a little more closely.
June 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This beautiful python was right outside my office at @griffith.edu.au. Reviewer 2, it seems, wanted to supervise that new draft a little more closely.
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"Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right", now under contract with Oxford University Press.
We've already got a full draft and the reviews were really positive, so this should be out in 2026!
@ammassarisofia.bsky.social; @casmudde.bsky.social; @arjupskas.bsky.social
We've already got a full draft and the reviews were really positive, so this should be out in 2026!
@ammassarisofia.bsky.social; @casmudde.bsky.social; @arjupskas.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
"Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right", now under contract with Oxford University Press.
We've already got a full draft and the reviews were really positive, so this should be out in 2026!
@ammassarisofia.bsky.social; @casmudde.bsky.social; @arjupskas.bsky.social
We've already got a full draft and the reviews were really positive, so this should be out in 2026!
@ammassarisofia.bsky.social; @casmudde.bsky.social; @arjupskas.bsky.social
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Very excited to share this publication in Politics & Governance together with @sldelange.bsky.social @nathaliebrack.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social
We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Far‐Right Illiberalism in the European Parliament | Article | Politics and Governance
Larissa Böckmann, Sarah L. de Lange, Nathalie Brack, Matthijs Rooduijn
www.cogitatiopress.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Very excited to share this publication in Politics & Governance together with @sldelange.bsky.social @nathaliebrack.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social
We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
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🚨 New research! With Milly Stilinovic & @dhutchman.bsky.social, we explore how AI is being creatively misused in experimental online spaces we call Underspheres — and why current regulation can’t keep up.
New Media & Society
doi.org/10.1177/1461...
Conversation
theconversation.com/ai-is-moving...
New Media & Society
doi.org/10.1177/1461...
Conversation
theconversation.com/ai-is-moving...
AI is moving fast. Climate policy provides valuable lessons for how to keep it in check
Existing efforts to regulate AI share a limitation: they’re built around intended use, not the messy, creative and often unintended ways it is actually being used.
theconversation.com
May 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
🚨 New research! With Milly Stilinovic & @dhutchman.bsky.social, we explore how AI is being creatively misused in experimental online spaces we call Underspheres — and why current regulation can’t keep up.
New Media & Society
doi.org/10.1177/1461...
Conversation
theconversation.com/ai-is-moving...
New Media & Society
doi.org/10.1177/1461...
Conversation
theconversation.com/ai-is-moving...
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🚨 PhD position in Political Communication at @ascor.bsky.social 🚨
Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger
DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥
@polcomm.bsky.social
➡️ tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu
Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger
DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥
@polcomm.bsky.social
➡️ tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu
Vacancy — PhD Position "Visual Politics and the Emergence of Angry Publics"
Are you curious about how images, videos, and memes transform political communication? Are you passionate about digital technology and the future of democracy? Then apply for this PhD project focused ...
werkenbij.uva.nl
May 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🚨 PhD position in Political Communication at @ascor.bsky.social 🚨
Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger
DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥
@polcomm.bsky.social
➡️ tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu
Come work with @ulrikeklinger.bsky.social @lindabos.bsky.social and myself on a 4-year project about visual communication & political anger
DL June 4 - Thanks to repost for diversity! 🔥
@polcomm.bsky.social
➡️ tinyurl.com/8yvbkwxu
It was great to present my work in today’s department seminar! Big thanks to @duncanmcdonnell.com, Ferran, and @ammassarisofia.bsky.social for the constant support – and to the big crowd of PhD friends and staff colleagues attending
Our excellent PhD researcher, @fravittonetto.bsky.social, presented his study today of transnational Youtube publics of the populist radical right.
He's doing ground-breaking work that's making his supervisors very proud!
He's doing ground-breaking work that's making his supervisors very proud!
May 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
It was great to present my work in today’s department seminar! Big thanks to @duncanmcdonnell.com, Ferran, and @ammassarisofia.bsky.social for the constant support – and to the big crowd of PhD friends and staff colleagues attending
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I had a great long chat earlier this morning with Steve Austin on ABC about Gen-Z voting, how parties seek to engage with young people, and much else besides! (including my Gen-Z daughter's view of youth wings...)
From around 1:43 here:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
From around 1:43 here:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Mornings - ABC listen
You'll get a deeper insight into the issues that matter each morning.
www.abc.net.au
April 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I had a great long chat earlier this morning with Steve Austin on ABC about Gen-Z voting, how parties seek to engage with young people, and much else besides! (including my Gen-Z daughter's view of youth wings...)
From around 1:43 here:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
From around 1:43 here:
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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In today's @theconversation.com, @duncanmcdonnell.bsky.social, Ferran Martinez i Coma and I write about Gen-Z turnout in Australia:
theconversation.com/47-of-gen-z-...
A short thread on our main takeaways, based on our survey of over 1,300 Gen-Z Australians:
theconversation.com/47-of-gen-z-...
A short thread on our main takeaways, based on our survey of over 1,300 Gen-Z Australians:
47% of Gen Z mainly vote to avoid a fine. It’s a sign of younger Australians’ discontent with democracy
With Gen Z and Millennials combined now outnumbering Baby Boomers as the dominant voter bloc, their votes will shape the election. But do they care?
theconversation.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
In today's @theconversation.com, @duncanmcdonnell.bsky.social, Ferran Martinez i Coma and I write about Gen-Z turnout in Australia:
theconversation.com/47-of-gen-z-...
A short thread on our main takeaways, based on our survey of over 1,300 Gen-Z Australians:
theconversation.com/47-of-gen-z-...
A short thread on our main takeaways, based on our survey of over 1,300 Gen-Z Australians:
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Our annual APSA Political Organisations and Participation
@popgroupaus.bsky.social research group workshop is being held 5-6 June at the Uni of Canberra.
Limited financial support available for ECRs and HDRs travelling from outside Canberra.
Short abstracts due 7 April.
Our annual APSA Political Organisations and Participation
@popgroupaus.bsky.social research group workshop is being held 5-6 June at the Uni of Canberra.
Limited financial support available for ECRs and HDRs travelling from outside Canberra.
Short abstracts due 7 April.
March 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
CALL FOR PAPERS
Our annual APSA Political Organisations and Participation
@popgroupaus.bsky.social research group workshop is being held 5-6 June at the Uni of Canberra.
Limited financial support available for ECRs and HDRs travelling from outside Canberra.
Short abstracts due 7 April.
Our annual APSA Political Organisations and Participation
@popgroupaus.bsky.social research group workshop is being held 5-6 June at the Uni of Canberra.
Limited financial support available for ECRs and HDRs travelling from outside Canberra.
Short abstracts due 7 April.
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This week, The Australian ran a story all about our recent EJPR article on radicals, moderates, and aligned members of party youth wings.
You can read it here:
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/progr...
You can read it here:
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/progr...
www.theaustralian.com.au
March 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This week, The Australian ran a story all about our recent EJPR article on radicals, moderates, and aligned members of party youth wings.
You can read it here:
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/progr...
You can read it here:
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/progr...
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I'm thrilled to share my open-access paper published in @austjia.bsky.social!
In this study, I examine how women's participation is framed within P/CVE policies, identifying three key logics: protection, political agency, and religion.
Check it out: doi.org/10.1080/1035...
In this study, I examine how women's participation is framed within P/CVE policies, identifying three key logics: protection, political agency, and religion.
Check it out: doi.org/10.1080/1035...
Preventing and countering violent extremism: the logics of women’s participation
Women’s participation in preventing and countering extremist violence is increasingly prioritised in international, regional and national policies on Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE)...
doi.org
March 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I'm thrilled to share my open-access paper published in @austjia.bsky.social!
In this study, I examine how women's participation is framed within P/CVE policies, identifying three key logics: protection, political agency, and religion.
Check it out: doi.org/10.1080/1035...
In this study, I examine how women's participation is framed within P/CVE policies, identifying three key logics: protection, political agency, and religion.
Check it out: doi.org/10.1080/1035...
Last sunset from my three-week office at @uva.nl. What an intense experience this was: I met so many talented - and welcoming - PhD colleagues, have been in touch with an incredibly rich research environment, and gathered invaluable feedback on my own work. It really felt like home.
February 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Last sunset from my three-week office at @uva.nl. What an intense experience this was: I met so many talented - and welcoming - PhD colleagues, have been in touch with an incredibly rich research environment, and gathered invaluable feedback on my own work. It really felt like home.
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My @polstudies.bsky.social article on stigma & grassroots activism in populist radical right (PRR) parties has now page numbers!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Drawing on the 1st ever comparative survey of PRR party members, I ask how stigma affects their participation in party activities.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Drawing on the 1st ever comparative survey of PRR party members, I ask how stigma affects their participation in party activities.
Deterrent or Stimulus? How Perceived Societal Stigma Affects Participation in Populist Radical Right Parties - Sofia Ammassari, 2025
While the effects of political stigma on populist radical right parties have been extensively investigated, we know little about the impact of societal stigma o...
journals.sagepub.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:08 AM
My @polstudies.bsky.social article on stigma & grassroots activism in populist radical right (PRR) parties has now page numbers!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Drawing on the 1st ever comparative survey of PRR party members, I ask how stigma affects their participation in party activities.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Drawing on the 1st ever comparative survey of PRR party members, I ask how stigma affects their participation in party activities.
A foggy start to my research visit at the University of Amsterdam (@uva.nl), kindly hosted by @sldelange.bsky.social and @alessandronai.bsky.social. If you are around in the next three weeks, I'm happy to meet up!
January 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A foggy start to my research visit at the University of Amsterdam (@uva.nl), kindly hosted by @sldelange.bsky.social and @alessandronai.bsky.social. If you are around in the next three weeks, I'm happy to meet up!
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Almost 500 downloads for our new article "Inside party youth wings: The YOUMEM project" over the past couple of weeks.
If you're interested in party organisations and/or young people in politics, this is for you:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
If you're interested in party organisations and/or young people in politics, this is for you:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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January 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Almost 500 downloads for our new article "Inside party youth wings: The YOUMEM project" over the past couple of weeks.
If you're interested in party organisations and/or young people in politics, this is for you:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
If you're interested in party organisations and/or young people in politics, this is for you:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
It was great to kickstart 2025 at the University of Milan! Hosted by the wonderful School of Media and Communication, I had the opportunity to share my research on transnational engagement with PRR contents. I presented first insights from a brand new dataset of YouTube comments from 8 countries.
January 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It was great to kickstart 2025 at the University of Milan! Hosted by the wonderful School of Media and Communication, I had the opportunity to share my research on transnational engagement with PRR contents. I presented first insights from a brand new dataset of YouTube comments from 8 countries.
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Our article "Inside Party Youth Wings: The YOUMEM Project" is online today & open access in Party Politics:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
[A wee thread 🧵]
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
[A wee thread 🧵]
December 23, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Our article "Inside Party Youth Wings: The YOUMEM Project" is online today & open access in Party Politics:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
[A wee thread 🧵]
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
[A wee thread 🧵]