Marta Lorimer

With new followers following, and new joiners joining, it's a good time for a new intro! I'm a Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University, working mostly on the far right & EU integration - I have even written a book about it. Find out more about my work here: www.martalorimer.com

📢Good news! The deadline for our joint PSA 2027 panels has been extended to the end of October. Still time to propose a paper on the radical left in Europe 🔗 app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/82810...

📢12 days left to propose a paper for our joint PSA 2027 panels! Whether your work is on the radical left's changing ideas, movements and social bases, or on transnational cooperation and the politics of crisis, we'd love to hear from you. 🔗 app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/82810...

Has Brothers of Italy broken with Italy’s far-right past? Visiting Fellow @mlorimer.bsky.social and Dr Matteo Cavallaro analyse party programmes and find limited ideological continuity, but narrative links that may help normalise extremism. Read more👇 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

IN NEW ISSUE: Can mainstreaming of the far right help normalise undemocratic practices? @mlorimer.bsky.social & Cavallaro explore the case of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, showing how the party still displays elements of continuity with its neofascist predecessor. OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/vzjuT1y

Is the radical left in Europe being reinvented? Around what? Propose a paper for our PSA 2027 panel! We welcome contributions on programmatic renewal, party-movement relations, and shifting social bases. Deadline: 12th October 🔗 app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/82810...

🎉 Congratulations to Mathias Falkvist (Aarhus University) who has won the 2025 🏆️ Rudolf Wildenmann Prize for his Paper, 'Challenging Undemocratic Actions: When are Opposition Persuasion Attempts Successful?', which he presented at our 2025 Joint Sessions of Workshops. #ECPRPrizes

Two(!) permanent lectureships coming up at Cardiff: One in political behaviour/opinion cardiffuniweb.eploy.net/vacancies/52... One in British politics (very loosely defined) cardiffuniweb.eploy.net/vacancies/53... Feel free to get in touch and I'll be happy to answer any questions I can

Some personal/professional news. Over the next few months, I’ll be a bit quieter (and less responsive) than usual. I have a very good reason: your email finds me with at least one arm full.

That's a wrap on the 2025/26 academic year! 💫 And what a year it has been! We invite you to discover our brand-new 2025/26 Annual Report just hot off the press, covering the past academic year here at the EI! Thank you for being a part of our community! 👏 www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

🎬 And that's a WRAP on our series: 🎙️𝙄𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙩! Thank you for tuning in to hear reflections from our experts on the impacts of the #Brexit referendum, 10 years on. 👉 Catch up on all episodes and register for our 16 July event on our Brexit hub: shorturl.at/dIMFU youtu.be/H-rn3YC7MbU

🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Today marks 10 years since the #Brexit referendum. We asked our experts to take us back to 23 June 2016 and their reactions. 👉 Full series: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins... @lseblogs.bsky.social @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social @lsegovernment.bsky.social shorturl.at/Ytc2K

Are you a woman who has recently started a TT position in politics or a politics related field? Then @katharinalawall.bsky.social and me would like to warmly invite you to join a new network for early career women: WIPS: Women in Political Science.

A few weeks ago, I was asked to reflect on where far right Euroscepticism is ten years after Brexit. It’s all here in three minutes!

Can mainstreaming of the far right help normalise undemocratic practices? @mlorimer.bsky.social & Matteo Cavallaro explore the case of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, showing how the party still displays elements of continuity with its neofascist predecessor. Read OPEN ACCESS:

The COST Action EUPopLink - Linking Euroscepticism and Populism: Causes and Consequences, supported by COST Association - European Cooperation in Science and Technology, invites citizens across Europe to take part in its large-scale, multilingual public opinion survey.

To mark the 10-year anniversary of the Brexit #referendum this month, we spoke with 10 of our experts on Europe to hear their reflections on the vote which forever altered the course of British and European politics. 👉 Discover our series and explore our #Brexit hub: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Good to see @prxjournal.bsky.social well represented in this bibliography!

It's way past time, so here comes the spring/summer 2026 update of the #FarRight bibliography. It's the third-largest ever and brings you 130 shiny new references, most of them published in the last 12 months. Buckle up for a 🧵 (or click the link for the article. Or do both?)

Can mainstreaming of the far right help normalise undemocratic practices? @mlorimer.bsky.social & Matteo Cavallaro explore the case of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, showing how the party still displays elements of continuity with its neofascist predecessor. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/B97riho

📚New paper with @jakobschwoerer.bsky.social @saengler.bsky.social in @prxjournal.bsky.social📚 We show that moving toward the far right on immigration doesn't benefit mainstream parties. Not even in elections where immigration is salient. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Very happy to see this piece was a top viewed article in Nations and Nationalism. In the paper, we investigated how political challengers articulate new political divides in European political party systems & with what implications for democracy. OA paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

We conclude with a rich roundtable to end a remarkable day — from why mainstream parties keep radicalising on migration, to the human stories and emotions behind the numbers, and why governing migration is structurally so difficult. Thank you to all speakers, chairs, and participants!

The conversation continues with a fantastic panel, 'Migration Policy in the Context of the Judiciary and EU Institutions' that explores the government's conflict with the judiciary — with a particular focus on the Italy-Albania Protocol, and how Italy may be reshaping EU migration policies.

We continued with another incredible panel, 'Migration, Populism, and the Far Right' — unpacking populist rhetoric and migration governance, from party communication to how voters hold far-right governments accountable when migration keeps rising despite their promises.

We started with an amazing panel, 'Migration Policy: Externalisation, Securitisation, and Local Actors', from on-the-ground NGO practices to the wider geopolitical impact of Italy's migration model beyond its borders.

We are at LSE this Friday for the workshop "Italy under Giorgia Meloni: A 'Vanguard' in the Management of Migration and Security Challenges?" — Full programme below. 📍 Yangtze Lecture Theatre, LSE European Institute | 15 May @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social @mlorimer.bsky.social @dbonansinga.bsky.social

We are now on LinkedIn! 🎉 Follow us there for updates on Italian politics research, events, and news from the PSA Italian Politics Specialist Group. 🔗 www.linkedin.com/in/psa-itali...

🚨Job alert🚨 Postdoc position: Political Theory and History of Ideas (100%, 3+2 years) @unigreifswald.bsky.social Deadline: 24.06.26 Happy to answer questions via email. Please share widely! www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @elisabethbraw.bsky.social and @mlorimer.bsky.social on Germany's rearmament, KC3's visit to DC and the day's other stuff, plus James D. Boys on his new book on the evolution of Madman Theory. monocle.com/radio/shows/...

My country report on Populism & Euroscepticism in Italy, prepared as part of @eupoplink.bsky.social, is now available on Open Research Europe: open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-1... Browse the collection here - more reports coming in soon: open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/collections/...

9/ This is a regime transition: reconfiguring after systemic capture. Success will depend on if the new government can sequence reform without triggering economic or political backlash, build credible enforcement against entrenched interests, and sustain public support beyond the initial rupture.

⏳ Last few spaces remaining for Meet the Editors at #ecprjs26 🗓️ Book a 15-minute slot and discuss your article idea with one of our editors: 🔵 EJPR @robert-a-huber.bsky.social 🟣 EPSR @exadaktylos.bsky.social 🟠 PRX @mlorimer.bsky.social

Great to see the Italian Politics Group recognised for its commitment to ECRs and collaboration with other groups!