Research

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Benasaglio Berlucchi A and Kellam M (2023) Who’s to Blame for Democratic Backsliding: Populists, Presidents or Dominant Executives? Democratization 30(5) 815-835

Benasaglio Berlucchi A and Hino A (2022) Still valuable? Reconsidering the role of authoritarian values among Japanese voters. Japanese Journal of Political Science 23(2) 129-145.

Benasaglio Berlucchi A (2021) Populism without Host Ideologies: A New Home for Voters with Exclusionary Attitudes in Italy’s Five Star Movement? Party Politics 28(5) 811–825.

Other contributions

"Understanding the populism of the Five Star Movement – and its continuity with the past" Invited blog post at https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/ LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) Blog, August 2021

The Japanese response to the Coronavirus Outbreak. A challenge to Japan’s democratic institutions?” Invited blog post at https://pex-network.com/ (Presidents, Executives and Cabinet Politics), April 2020

Invited research presentations

“Democrazie in ritirata: il caso giapponese tra mito e realtà [Democracies in retreat and the Japanese case, myth or reality?]” Gesshin Association, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, February 2023

“La dimensione Liberty-Authority e le abitudini di voto in Giappone (2003-2019) [The Liberty-Authority Dimension and Voting Behavior in Japan (2003-2019)]” Gesshin Association, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, October 2021

“Populism without host ideologies: A new home for voters with exclusionary attitudes in Italy’s Five Star Movement?” Invited talk at UTokyo x Waseda Political Science Colloquium, Tokyo, March 2021

International conferences

Benasaglio Berlucchi, Antonio. "Elite Convergence in and outside the EU: Party Positions and Voter Perceptions" American Political Science Association, Los Angeles, USA, September 2023

Benasaglio Berlucchi, Antonio. “Mainstream Party Convergence in and outside the EU: Party Positions and Voter Perceptions” International Political Science Association, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 2023

Benasaglio Berlucchi, Antonio. “Still valuable? Reconsidering the role of authoritarian values among Japanese voters” Midwest Political Science conference, Chicago, USA, April 2022

Kellam, Marisa and Antonio Benasaglio Berlucchi. "Who’s to blame for democratic backsliding, populists, presidents or dominant executives?" Midwest Political Science conference, Chicago, USA, April 2022

Grant-in-Aid Projects

2022 – 2024 [Principal Investigator] Fleeing the Mainstream: Party Positions and Voter Perceptions in Contemporary Liberal Democracies, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up No. 22K20119, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

2019 – 2022 [Co-investigator] The New Welfare-Growth Mix: Political Analysis of Social Investment in OECD Countries, KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) No. 19H00585, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.