Laura Montecchio

PhD candidate at King's College London | Research on the paradox of elitism in populist radical right parties & their use gender and religion in IT, FR, GR

[Laura Montecchio @laura_mntch]

My Gender Update article for @EJPGjournal on the surrogacy ban in Italy has just been published: https://t.co/ijKBeYi2hm

[FRANCE 24 English @France24_en]

🇺🇸🇮🇹 #Trump and Giorgia Meloni struck an upbeat tone on a possible US-EU #tariffs deal, as the Italian PM launched a White House charm offensive.

🗣️ “Make the West great again,” #Meloni said.

📺 For analysis, @Yinka_Oyetade speaks with @laura_mntch of King’s College London

[The International Spectator @intl_spectator]

🔍Take a look inside the new #SpecialIssue out now!

👉 Right move? #Populist Radical #RightParties and #Europe

🔗 https://t.co/yR9MMPoG6z

@AnselmKuesters @transit_star @Griffini_mari @AdrianoCozzoli1 @FifiGianmarco @laura_mntch

[The Loop. A Political Science Blog from @ECPR @ECPR_TheLoop]

✨'Understanding Populism'✨, a new book edited by The Loop #FutureOfPopulism series editors is out now!
👏Congratulations @Zulianello_M & @PetraGuasti!

[Populism in Action Project @_PiAP]

Just out from our own team member @Zulianello_M (with @PetraGuasti). In Italian, with translations already on the way...

[Petra Guasti @PetraGuasti]

✨✨✨ 🚀 Out today! “Capire il populismo” (Understanding Populism), edited by @Zulianello_M & me – a one-of-a-kind book busting 6 myths about populism in 85 chapters by 104 authors. This is not your usual book on populism!

[Marianna Griffini @Griffini_mari]

📚Happy to have contributed (with @laura_mntch) to this fantastic book offering to the Italian-speaking public an innovative approach to the study of populism through a vast range of thematic mini-chapters. Thank you @Zulianello_M and @PetraGuasti for your Herculean efforts!

[The International Spectator @intl_spectator]

⚠ New #Blog post online!

👉Read now "Italy’s Populist Radical Right and the War on Gender Rights"

🔗https://t.co/AmTIHfBJqa

✒ @laura_mntch

#Gender #Rights #Italy

[KCL Department of Political Economy @Kingspol_econ]

NEW: In a new paper for @intl_spectator, Laura Montecchio (@laura_mntch) examines Italy’s populist radical right and anti-gender discourses 🇮🇹📝

Read more here 👇
https://t.co/UhZcC96myW

[KCL Department of Political Economy @Kingspol_econ]

You can read more from our PhD student @laura_mntch on the French election and the populist radical right here 👇🇫🇷

https://t.co/rIgny7a9CH

[King's College London @KingsCollegeLon]

The resurgence of the left in the French elections shows the role of voter mobilisation & depth of republican values – but the far right "remains a cohesive force" while the left is "fragmented" warns @laura_mntch.
“The spectre of the far right looms large and cannot be ignored."

[Northeastern Global News @NUGlobalNews]

The far-right #NationalRally could be about to form the next government in #France. Here’s how it has tried to broaden its appeal. ⤵️
https://t.co/HQpuwDutFN

[UACES Graduate Forum @UACESgf]

Session 2 of day 2 at the @UACES Graduate Forum Research Conference 2024 saw papers presented on Critical Approaches to European Studies, with Dr. Claske Vos from @UvA_Amsterdam as discussant

Take a look at the photos below to see our delegates in action at #UACESgf24 👇

[UACES Graduate Forum @UACESgf]

Day 2 of the @UACES Graduate Forum Research Conference 2024 kicked off with an interactive session, Practical Training - Writing an Abstract, chaired by @ESimanschi ✍️

Check out the photos below to see our postgraduate and early-career researchers discussing their abstracts 👇

[UACES Graduate Forum @UACESgf]

#UACESgf24 continues with two more compelling sessions:

🔹 The Rule of Law in the EU
🔹 Common Foreign & Security Policy, with Dr @beste_isleyen, President of @europeanisa, as discussant

Stay tuned for the final two sessions of the day plus the keynote by @MarynaShevtsova ⭐️

[KCL Department of Political Economy @Kingspol_econ]

🎙️ Our #PhD student @laura_mntch was a guest on the latest episode of the Call My Supervisor! podcast 🎙️

Laura spoke about her research, 'the Paradox of the Populist Radical Right Elitism in France, Germany, and Italy' 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🗳️

Give it a listen 👂
https://t.co/M81mmcoWTP

[Davide Vampa @DavideVampa]

Full day at #PSA24, and particularly happy to see a packed room for our @PSA_IPSG panel, with papers by @Griffini_mari @laura_mntch @MeBergman2 @michelecrepaz and yours truly. Many thanks to co-convenors @Zulianello_M & @Laura_Polverari and to @JakubWondreys for chairing!

[☀️👀 @zei_squirrel]

it was this sick, depraved weaponization of fake victimhood and crocodile tears that some Zionist student tried to pull on Norman Finkelstein, the biggest mistake of her life because it created a permanent public record of Norman's brilliant response absolutely destroying it: