Valerio Alfonso Bruno

Valerio Alfonso Bruno is research fellow at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, where he collaborates with Polidemos (Centre for the Study of Democracy and Political Change), also a fellow at Far-Right Analysis Network (FRAN) and member of the Center for European Futures (CEF). He works on European and Italian politics, with a focus on populist and radical right-wing parties. He has recently contributed to the The Routledge Handbook of Far-Right Extremism in Europe and The Routledge Handbook of Non-Violent Extremism and is currently working on the books The Rise of the Radical-Right in Italy (ibidem) with J. F. Downes and A. Scopelliti and Brothers of Italy: Organisation, Leadership and Ideology (Springer) with M. Morini. His analyses and interviews have appeared, among others, in The Financial Times, The Economist, France 24, Al Jazeera, The Sunday Times, and The Telegraph.