Caterina Froio, Ph.D.

caterina.froio@sciencespo.fr

Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris

Address: 28 Rue des Saints Peres

City: Paris - 75006

Country: France

About Me:

Caterina Froio is Assistant Professor in Political Science/e-politics at Sciences Po, Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE). She is also an affiliate researcher to the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX; University of Oslo). 
Caterina's research and teaching focus on the relationship between citizens and elites in contemporary democracies with special attention to political parties, protest politics, digital media, right-wing extremism & populism.Caterina is convenor of the ECPR standing group on Extremism and Democracy (since 2018) and editor of the homonymous Routledge series (since 2019).

Research Interests

Political Parties and Interest Groups

Political Communication

Networks And Politics

Extremism, Radicalism, Populism

E-politics

Countries of Interest

France

Germany

Italy

United Kingdom

My Research:

Caterina is currently working on two projects:1) WHAT DO THE PEOPLE WANT? ANALYSING ONLINE POPULIST CHALLENGES TO EUROPE (funded by the Volkswagen foundation in partnership with the Oxford Internet Institute and GESIS). The project examines how (digital) media exposure shapes political behaviour, notably support for far-right parties and nativist worldviews.    2) FROM THE BALLOTS TO THE STREETS: FAR RIGHT PROTEST MOBILIZATION IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES (funded by a SAB grant- Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques in partnership with the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence). The project explores the drivers and consequences of far-right mobilization in the aftermaths of the 2008 Great Recession.