Articles by Mirko Crulli

January 11, 2024

🔮 The geography of European populism: unveiling nuances beyond stereotypes

Mirko Crulli

Mirko Crulli questions the cliché that populism thrives only in ‘left-behind’ places. While populist parties, especially radical-right ones, are typically stronger in peripheral and low-density areas, populist strongholds exist within thriving cities. Several factors, including composition, context, and place-based identities, help explain geographic variations in populist support across contemporary Europe

Mirko Crulli

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, Luiss University, Rome

Mirko is also a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science of the University of Pisa.

He has been a visiting postgraduate research student at the Department of Politics, University of Surrey.

His main research interests concern cleavage politics, voting behaviour and public opinion, populism and radical-right parties and attitudes.

He tweets @CrulliMirko

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