About

Dr Théo Aiolfi is a Marie Curie postdoctoral researcher affiliated with CY Cergy Paris University as well as a visiting fellow at Vrije Universiteit Brussels. His interdisciplinary research interests combine political science, performance and communication studies to analyse the connection between form and content in politics. He recently published the edited volume "Performing Left Populism" with Goran Petrovic Lotina and will publish his first monograph, entitled "The Populist Style: Trump, Le Pen and Performances of the Far Right", with Edinburgh University Press in 2024. His current postdoctoral project focuses on the influence of populism on green politics.

Research Interests

Comparative Politics, Elites, Green Politics, National Identity, Political Leadership, Populism, Representation, Critical Theory, Post-Structuralism, Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Qualitative, Climate Change, Communication

Current/Upcoming Events

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Environmental Politics
• Elites and Political Leadership
• Extremism and Democracy
• Political Communication
• Political Representation
• Political Theory