My research focuses on how political parties and movements behave, communicate and strategize, with a special focus on Radical and Extreme right groups across Europe.
From “The small Lombard lookout“:
«Do you have good eyesight, boy?».
«Me?» the boy replied. «I see a sparrow a mile away»
«Would you be good to climb to the top of that tree?»
«On top of that tree? I? In half a minute I’ll get on it.»
«And you could tell me what you see up there?»
«For sure!»
«What do you want for this help?»
«What do I want?» the boy said smiling. «Nothing. It’s just a nice thing to do!»
Research & Publications
PhD in Political Studies – Project
“A Tale of Two Rights”: Distinguishing European Radical and Extreme Right Parties via Ideology, Political Behavior, and Computational Analysis
Taddei, F. (2026). “So close, Yet so Far”: political skepticism and political faith in the radical and extreme-right. Journal of Political Ideologies, 1–22.
Taddei, F. (2026). #ItalianRightGalaxy: investigating the X/Twitter network between radical and extreme-right in Italy. Social Network Analysis and Mining, 16, 48.
Taddei, F. (2025). Movement parties of the far right: Understanding nativistmobilization, By Pietro C. Gattinara and Andrea L.P. Pirro, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. 272p., €120.00 (hardback), €80.00 (ebook). Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana Di Scienza Politica, 1–3.
Taddei, F. (2025). Is the ‘Remigration and Reconquest’ committee a turning point for Italy’s extreme right?, The Loop (ECPR’s Political Science Blog)
Taddei, F. (2025). Hard Right, Far Right, or Just Wrong? Why Terminological Precision Still Matters, The Loop (ECPR’s Political Science Blog)
