About Dr Marianna Griffini
Marianna Griffini joined Northeastern University London in 2023 as Assistant Professor in International Relations and Anthropology in the Department of Politics, International Relations, Sociology and Anthropology. Marianna holds a PhD in European and International Studies from King’s College London, where she worked as a Lecturer from 2020 to 2023.
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Dr Marianna Griffini's Research
Marianna’s research focuses on party politics, especially on populism, on institutionalisation of populist parties, on Italian politics, and on race and gender. She has taught widely on topics related to comparative politics, democracy, immigration, post-colonialism, and International Political Economy. She is member of the EU COST Action CA22165 – Redressing Radical Polarisation: Strengthening European Civil Spheres facing Illiberal Digital Media (DepolarisingEU).
Marianna published her first monograph on The Politics of Memory in the Italian Populist Radical Right: From Mare Nostrum to Mare Vostrum (Routledge) in 2023.
Marianna’s peer-reviewed publications include:
Tortola, Pier Domenico and Griffini, Marianna, “Abuses of the Past by the Italian Far Right: A First Assessment of the Meloni Government”, Journal of Contemporary European Studies (2024)
Griffini, Marianna, “Walking on the tightrope between moderation and radicalisation: the first 100 days of the Meloni government”, Italian Journal of Electoral Studies (2023)
Griffini, Marianna, “Preface”, in Valerio Alfonso Bruno, James F. Downes, and Alessio Scopelliti, The Rise of the Radical Right in Italy. A New Balance of Power in the Right-Wing Camp (ibidem Press/Columbia University Press 2024)
Griffini, Marianna, “ ‘How can you feel guilty for colonialism? It is a folly’: colonial memory in the Italian populist radical right”, European Politics and Society (2022)
Griffini, Marianna, “Critical Discourse Analysis”, “Nativism”, in Cristiano Gianolla and Maíra Magalhães Lopes (eds), Populisms and Emotions Glossary (2022)
Griffini, Marianna, “The Civic Discourse: Representing Immigrants in the Italian Far Right”, in Anita Auer (ed.), Approaches to Migration, Language, and Identity, Peter Lang (2021)
Griffini, Marianna, “The Italian Far Right at the Crossroads of Populism and Nationalism”, in Simona Talani and Matilde Rosina (eds), Tidal Waves? The Political Economy of Populism and Migration in Europe, Peter Lang (2019)
Marianna has contributed to the following blogs: LSE Blog, 2020; ECPR The Loop blog, 2023 and is well-versed in relations with the media (including TV, radio, newspapers, podcasts). Among others, she was interviewed by the BBC, Sky News, France24, the CNN, CBC Canada, ABC Australia, the Financial Times, Euronews, and Bloomberg. Marianna welcomes media enquiries.
Marianna was invited as a guest speaker at the following talks: LSE Philosophy, Politics and Economics Seminar, 2022; Royal Holloway University of London JMCE workshop, 2022; MacEwan University (Canada) JMCE workshop, 2022; Fordham University, London, 2020; University La Sapienza, Rome, 2018.
Marianna carried out the public engagement event “The Politics of Memory in the Populist Radical Right”, hosted by the Local Council Department of Culture, Cremona (Italy), 2024.
Dr Marianna Griffini's Teaching
At NU London Marianna is teaching Introduction to Politics and International Relations, as well as supervising undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations. She has taught widely on topics related to comparative politics, political anthropology, and international political economy, especially on matters related to immigration, postcolonialism, and democracy. Marianna gained significant administrative experience as the co-convenor of the Policies and Governance in Europe (PAGE) Double Degree at King’s College London (2021-2023), where she also held the role of Deputy Director of the Centre for Italian Politics (2020-2023).