Caterina Froio

Caterina Froio (PhD EUI 2015; HDR Sciences Po 2023) is Associate Professor in Political Science at Sciences Po (CEE). Caterina’s research focuses on political participation, particularly in the context of far-right politics in Europe. She explores why and how individuals are drawn to far-right ideologies in both elections and civil society, shedding light on the societal and individual factors that influence political engagement and challenge democratic norms.

Before joining Sciences Po, Caterina held research and teaching positions at the University of Colorado at Boulder (Department of Political Science), the University of Oxford (Oxford Internet Institute) and the Catholic University of Lille (European School of Political and Social Sciences). Since January 2025, she is Editor in Chief of the 'European Journal of Political Research' and since 2019 she is the editor of the Routledge series ‘Extremism & Democracy’.

Research

Caterina is currently working on the following projects:

• FROM THE BALLOTS TO THE STREETS: FAR RIGHT PROTEST MOBILIZATION IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES (funded by a SAB grant- Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques). The project explores the drivers and consequences of far-right mobilization in the aftermaths of the 2008 Great Recession.
• AUTHLIB - Neo-authoritarianisms in Europe and the liberal democratic response (funded by the Horizon Europe programme). The project explores diverse forms of opposition to democracy, as well as their social, psychological and historical causes, their organisational background and their political implications.

Publications

Available on https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3715-1665 

Caterina Froio teaches courses on populism at Sciences Po's School of Public Affairs (EAP) and on the impact of digital technology on politics for Sciences Po's School of Research and Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA).

Since the start of the 2024-2025 academic year, she is the co-scientific coordinator of the Master in Political Science, Major in Comparative Politics at the School of Research.

To know more

• Her publications are available on HAL, Academia and Researchgate.