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Samuele Lucidi

Samuele is a PhD Candidate in Politics at LUISS Guido Carli. In
2022, he earned his Bachelor’s degree at Sapienza University in Rome,
spending a semester abroad at the University of Lille. In 2024, he
obtained a Master’s degree from the University of Florence and a joint
Master’s degree from Scuola Normale Superiore and Scuola Superiore
Sant’Anna. His research interests focus on the transformations of
political parties, with particular attention to movement-parties and
their relationships with mainstream parties.

Provisional Research Title: Between Movements And Parties: Measuring Movementism In European Political Parties (2010–2025)

E-mail: slucidi@luiss.it

CV:

MA (II Level): Political and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, joint degree with Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (2022-24). Magna cum Laude.

MA: Politics, Institutions and Market, University of Florence (2022-24). Magna cum Laude.

BA: Political Sciences and International Relations, Sapienza University (2019-22). Magna cum Laude.

Research interests:

Party systems and change, social movements, populism

Publications:

Lucidi, S. (2025). The movementization of political parties: a new trend in party politics? Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana Di Scienza Politica, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2025.10064

Lucidi, S. (2025). The Evolving Political Discourse of Movement-Parties: The Case of La France Insoumise – Nouveau Front Populaire in the 2024 French Legislative Elections. Partecipazione e Conflitto, 18(2), 331–354. DOI: 10.1285/i20356609v18i2p331 http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/31361

Lucidi, S. (2025). Environmental issue in new movement parties: The French case of La France Insoumise. In G. Scichilone (Ed.), Planet women peace (pp. 85–100). Napoli: Editoriale Scientifica. ISBN 979-12-235-0308-9