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I am a Political Scientist specialized in Democracy, Comparative Political Behavior, and EU Politics, using mixed-methods and a computational (text analysis) approach. I was previously a post-doctoral researcher at Aarhus University in Denmark and completed my PhD in Political Science at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

In my dissertation, I studied the consequences of party polarization in European multiparty systems for citizens’ political behavior and citizens' relationship toward parties. My thesis assesses the effect of party polarization on electoral participation, and whether this electoral mobilization is concentrated among (affectively polarized) partisans or a broader range of voters.

As part of the DEMNORM project, my latest research has focused on challenges to democracy and, in particular, on the role of political elites and their rhetoric.

In general, I have a keen interest in research methods. In my research, I use advanced computational text analyses methods (NLP, AI) programmed in R and Python; quantitative methods (multilevel modeling and experimental designs), and qualitative designs and analysis using focus groups data.

You can download my general CV an my Academic CV at the following links.