Sofia Marini

Sofia Marini

@sofiamarini.bsky.social

Postdoc @Aarhus, previously PhD @univie | Political parties & youth wings

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๐Ÿ“ In this short blog post, @gippone.bsky.social and I sum up our paper published in @regfedst.bsky.social (here โžก๏ธ doi.org/10.1080/1359...) ๐Ÿ” Even shorter summary: we propose studying career patterns of elected representatives as a measure of party institutionalization, based on the case of the Lega

Regional & Federal Studies@regfedst.bsky.social

๐Ÿ’ญ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น You can find the blog post by @sofiamarini.bsky.social and @gippone.bsky.social here ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.centreonconstitutionalchange.ac.uk/blog/2026/bu...

๐Ÿ’ฌ Do intra-party procedures affect how voters evaluate policy repositioning? With Leen Lingier, @jasmienluypaert.bsky.social & @markuswagner.bsky.social, we show experimental evidence that more inclusive decision-making processes can increase approval of the repositioning and ptv for the party ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ

sciencedirect.comVoter reactions to party policy repositioning: The role of inclusive intra-party decision-makingChanges in position present opportunities and risks for political parties. Parties reposition themselves hoping that the new stance will prove more poโ€ฆ

I am very happy to see it published: this paper is the last article from my doctoral dissertation and it was a long time in the making. I feel really lucky to have had such amazing co-authors along the way! ๐Ÿ™

In this article, recently out for @wepsocial.bsky.social, @henrikseeberg.bsky.social and I present key findings from our coding of party youth wing statutes in 11 countries. Bonus: data available here! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

West European Politics@wepsocial.bsky.social

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Do party youth wings get a real say? @sofiamarini.bsky.social and @henrikseeberg.bsky.social hand-code 57 youth wing statutes from 11 countries. Most of them have high levels of internal democracy and autonomy from the senior party but low access to the senior party. ๐Ÿ”— doi.org/10.1080/0140...

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Great new paper on party youth wings by @sofiamarini.bsky.social and @henrikseeberg.bsky.social!

West European Politics@wepsocial.bsky.social

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Do party youth wings get a real say? @sofiamarini.bsky.social and @henrikseeberg.bsky.social hand-code 57 youth wing statutes from 11 countries. Most of them have high levels of internal democracy and autonomy from the senior party but low access to the senior party. ๐Ÿ”— doi.org/10.1080/0140...

๐Ÿ“ข New publication! ๐Ÿ“ข So happy to see this paper finally out @epsrjournal.bsky.social ! Looking at public perceptions of party positions in 29 elections across 20 European countries, I test whether populist radical parties are seen as more moderate when they are part of a government coalition. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ

European Political Science Review@epsrjournal.bsky.social

๐Ÿ†• Ruling and reigning in? ๐Ÿ‘‘ @sofiamarini.bsky.social looks at whether public perceptions of the moderation of #PopulistRadical parties change when in a #GovernmentCoalition and whether this is impacted by #Partisanship, allowing for better understanding of #PartyMainstreaming ๐Ÿคท

Are governing populist radical parties perceived as more moderateโ“๏ธ โžก๏ธ My results show that this is not consistently the case. But one goup of voters does perceive them as more moderate: supporters of their mainstream coalition partners - possible enablers of populist radical parties' normalization.

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