Welcome!

I am Sofia Ammassari, an Italian political scientist based in Brisbane, Australia.

Before moving here in 2020 to do my PhD, I lived in New Delhi, working first for the European Union Delegation to India and later at Ashoka University. I was awarded my PhD in August 2023 from Griffith University, where I am currently a Research Fellow.

My main research interests are the populist radical right, women’s and youth political participation, and party organisation. I have published on these topics in top-ranked journals such as European Journal of Political Research, Political Studies and Party Politics. My first book, Grassroots Women of the Populist Radical Right, is forthcoming with Oxford University Press. You can learn more about my work on this page, and view a list of my publications here.

In addition to my research, I convene the undergraduate course ‘The Rise of Global Populism’ and serve as the Early Career Researcher (ECR) representative for my faculty, the Griffith Business School.

Outside of work, I enjoy travelling, reading novels (currently Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende), listening to all sorts of music from ’60s rock to ’00s pop, hitting the gym, and trying out some cocktail recipes from my mixology books.