Sofia Marini

Postdoc @AarhusUni, researching party youth wings & party change | Doctoral degree from @univienna | Editor @BLUE_GEG_org

[Sofia Marini @_sofiamarini]

I defended my doctoral thesis yesterday! 🎊👩🏻‍🎓
I'm grateful to the external reviewers @SLdeLange and Nicole Bolleyer for the comments, our chair @ThomasMMeyer for the great discussion and my supervisors @MarkusWagnerAT and @carolinaplescia for their support throughout the years!

[Regional & Federal Studies @RegFedSt]

📌𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘁! 📌
🇮🇹 Can the career patterns of elected representatives be used as an indicator of 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
Read the article by @G_Piccolino & @_sofiamarini here 👉 https://t.co/k3d4Nr5TwP
#Lega #party #Italy #politics

[Sofia Marini @_sofiamarini]

For those interested, there are 50 free eprints available at the following link:
https://t.co/knNwW7tl2E

[Sofia Marini @_sofiamarini]

In this article with @G_Piccolino, recently out on @RegFedSt, we study party institutionalization through the career patterns of elected representatives.

We argue that a stable and loyal political class is key for party development and can be used to measure insitutionalization.

[Regional & Federal Studies @RegFedSt]

🚨𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲! 🚨
🇮🇹 Twenty thousand leagues below the Po: #career 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 and #party 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in the #Lega (Nord)
Read the new article by @G_Piccolino & @_sofiamarini here 👉 https://t.co/k3d4Nr6rmn
#Italy

[Sofia Marini @_sofiamarini]

We collected data on past party affiliation of MPs and regional councillors of the Lega (1990-2025), to explore their variation over time and across regions.

We show that the party is most institutionalized in the North, while the share of switchers remains high in the South.

[Sofia Marini @_sofiamarini]

So happy that this piece, co-authored with @PanzanoGuido, is out on @Ita_PolSc_Rev!

We use multiple indicators to:
-assess Italy's democratic quality over time
-compare it to other liberal democracies
-explore their connection with party personalization and institutionalization

[Guido Panzano @PanzanoGuido]

With @_sofiamarini on @Ita_PolSc_Rev we compare post-1994 Italy's democratic quality trends with other established liberal democracies in Europe & worldwide, refreshing Morlino's foundational framework with a large-N study encompassing several sources

[Robert A. Huber @Robert_A_Huber]

How do parties compete? In Chapter 12, @_sofiamarini and @MarkusWagnerAT examine this question and ask how populist parties affect party competition. They detail how mainstream parties respond and adapt to the populist challenge.

[Sofia Marini @_sofiamarini]

@mehmetyavuuzz @ceu @CEUpolsci @littvay Congratulations Mehmet! 🥳

[Sofia Marini @_sofiamarini]

@mk4ltenegger Great paper! Congrats 🤗

[Matthias Kaltenegger @mk4ltenegger]

Do changes in a party's leadership personnel matter for party policy?

In this new article (🚨) in Party Politics, Wolfgang C. Müller and I show that new people in the main party executive introduce change in issue emphasis.🧵
🔓Open access: https://t.co/ZrIMACyDBE

[Sofia Marini @_sofiamarini]

(Belated) professional news: 📣
Excited to share that I have joined the YOUTHPOL project @AarhusUni_int as a postdoc!
Looking forward to researching party youth wings with @henrikseeberg and @zeljko_poljak. Stay tuned!

[Henrik Bech Seeberg @henrikseeberg]

Thrilled to host "Youth Politics Workshop" @AarhusUni as part of @DFF_raad YOUTHPOL project w/ @_sofiamarini @zeljko_poljak. Amazing participants @duncanmcdonnell @AmmassariSofia @JanaBelschner @HFerrinhoLopes @kira_renee_kurz @StefanieBailer, @NiklasBolin Sundstrøm & Classen.

[Sofia Marini @_sofiamarini]

Thank you so much Sarah!
I was honored to have you as examiner. Thanks for the constructive discussion ☺️

[Sofia Marini @_sofiamarini]

Heartfelt thanks to all my colleagues and friends @Dept_Government, for making my PhD journey so special. And to friends and family who were there to share this moment with me! 🍾🥂

[Sofia Marini @_sofiamarini]

I defended my doctoral thesis yesterday! 🎊👩🏻‍🎓
I'm grateful to the external reviewers @SLdeLange and Nicole Bolleyer for the comments, our chair @ThomasMMeyer for the great discussion and my supervisors @MarkusWagnerAT and @carolinaplescia for their support throughout the years!

[Sofia Marini @_sofiamarini]

@LuypaertJasmien @Gaspar_UGent @FWOVlaanderen Congrats Jasmien! 🤗🎉

[Christina Gahn @ChristinaGahn]

🎯 Publication alert! 🎯 Excited to share that my first single-authored dissertation paper is now published at The International Journal of Press/Politics #IJPP

🔓Check out the open access (thanks @univienna) paper here: https://t.co/t1HLENnk2e

[Jeanne Marlier @j_marlier]

I am thrilled to see my first publication out in the European Journal of Political Research “Why do people like technocrats?” with amazing co-authors @mk4ltenegger @laurenzennser!

🔓 Open access: https://t.co/AYpOHfSQpE

@EJPRjournal

[Christina Gahn @ChristinaGahn]

The @Dept_Government of @univienna is having a blast at @europsa ! #EPSA2024

[Christina Gahn @ChristinaGahn]

You miss a website/app for @europsa ? Based on data scraped by @Ben_Guinaudeau, I published the program to Notion here: https://t.co/x1MkWhlLDZ

It's very quick and dirty, let me know if you want me to add a specific view, let me know. If you use Notion, copy it as a template!

[BLUE, Electoral bulletins of the European Union @BLUE_GEG_org]

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