Barbara Pisciotta and Daniela Verena Huber explore how populism fuels societal divisions and provides fertile ground for democratic backsliding. This allows populist leaders to increase their own power at the expense of the opposition
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Sciences, Roma Tre University
Daniela is scientific advisor to the Istituto Affari Internazionali in Rome and co-editor of The International Spectator.
Her research interests include IR theories and methodologies, international relations and contemporary politics in the Middle East, as well as EU and US foreign policy towards the Middle East and their role in conflicts.
On these issues, she has published two monographs (Palgrave and State University of New York Press), 15 peer-reviewed articles, 7 edited books, 6 book chapters and numerous research papers and commentaries.
