Sofia Marini

Research

My research focuses on political parties, in particular their internal organisation and ideological change.

Publications

Peer-reviewed journals

  • [Forthcoming] Are populist radical parties in government perceived as more moderate? Accepted at European Political Science Review.
  • 2025 Twenty Thousand Leagues below the Po: Career Patterns and Party Institutionalisation in the Lega (Nord). Regional & Federal Studies (online first) – with Piccolino G.
  • 2025 Do more inclusive parties change less? Intraparty democracy and programmatic change. West European Politics, 48 (2), 270–296.
  • 2025 Italy’s Democratic Quality and the Role of Political Parties: Comparative Empirical Patterns. Italian Political Science Review, 55 (2), 138-155. – with Panzano, G.
  • 2023 Right-wing victory in the 2022 Italian parliamentary election: territorial patterns and systemic implications. Italian Journal of Electoral Studies, 86(1), 29-50. – with Piccolino, G.

Chapters in edited volumes

  • 2024 Populist parties and party competition. In Huber, R.A. & Jankowski, M. (Eds.). Populism: An Introduction. SAGE Publications – with Wagner, M.

Others

  • 2023 Fratelli d’Italia nei consigli regionali. Il Mulino, 72 (2), 179-186. – with Piccolino, G.
  • 2022 The Scale of Trust: Local, Regional, National and European Politics in Perspective. GEG Working Paper. – with Arrighi JS., Battestini JT., Coatleven L., Hublet F., and Queudet V.
  • 2020 Institutions and foreign interferences. Study for the AFCO Committee of the European Parliament. –with Bressanelli E., di Palma A., Inglese G., and Repetto E.
  • 2019 Il Partito Verde Europeo e le sfide dell’europeizzazione. In Giusti, S. (Ed.) Idee per l’Europa. Quaderni del Circolo Rosselli, XXXIX (135).

Public outreach

  • 2024 Regional elections in Liguria, Emilia-Romagna and Umbria, October-November 2024. BLUE, 5, online first. Available here.
  • 2023 Regional election in Latium, 12-13 February 2023. BLUE, 4, online first. – with Hublet, F. Available here.
  • 2023 Parliamentary election in Italy, 25 September 2022. BLUE, 3, 109-113. – with Plescia, C. Available here.
  • 2022 Italian municipal elections (Rome and Milan), October 2021. BLUE, 2, 158-162. Available here.