Federico Trastulli

Federico Trastulli

Political Scientist –
University of Verona,
Italian Centre for Electoral Studies

Research

Articles

  1. Off, G., & Trastulli, F. (2025). Who Prioritises What? Determinants and Measurement of Voters’ Issue Prioritisation. European Journal of Political Research. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100091 Open Access
  2. Trastulli, F. (2025). Left Parties’ Strategies and Working-Class Vote in Contemporary Western Europe (2002–2020). Electoral Studies, 98, Article 103006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2025.103006 Open Access
  3. Capati, A., & Trastulli, F. (2025). Large-Scale Crises and Variation in Social Democratic Europeanism: The Italian Democratic Party. Politics and Governance. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.11047 Open Access
  4. Trastulli, F. (2025). Family Issues: Conceptualizing Party Family at the Issue Level. Italian Political Science Review – Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2025.10065 Open Access
  5. Prearo, M., & Trastulli, F. (2025). Rainbow Ballots: Introducing the Italian LGBTIQ+ Electoral Survey 2024. Italian Journal of Electoral Studies (IJES). https://doi.org/10.36253/qoe-17696 Open Access
  6. Prearo, M., & Trastulli, F. (2025). Double-edged Swords? Party Ideology, Activism, and Visibility in the Careers of Italian LGBT+ Politicians. Social Politics. https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxae035 Open Access
  7. Capati, A., & Trastulli, F. (2025). A Quiet Convergence: Russian Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine and Italian Parties’ Positions on the EU. Global Policy, 16(1), 28–44. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13466 Open Access
  8. Emanuele, V., & Trastulli, F. (2025). Left governmental power and the reduction of inequalities in Western Europe (1871–2020). Perspectives on Politics, 23(3), 924–943. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592724000628 Open Access
  9. Prearo, M., & Trastulli, F. (2024). LGBTIQ+ Scholars within Political Science: An Exploratory Review of PSAs’ Good Practices and (Un)Available Data Italian Political Science, 19(3), 309–323. https://doi.org/10.69101/IPS.2024.19.3.7 Open Access
  10. Emanuele, V., Guidi, M., Chiaramonte, A., Moschella, M., Bosco, A., Crulli, M., Improta, M., Lupi, M., Mannoni, E., Marino, B., Paparo, A., Piccolino, G., Sesti Osseo, G., Soare, S. C., Trastulli, F., & Verzichelli, L. (2024). New Conflicts’ Mapping in the Age of Globalization (NEWCOMING). Italian Political Science, 19(2), 168–180. https://doi.org/10.69101/IPS.2024.19.2.5 Open Access
  11. Prearo, M., & Trastulli, F. (2024). Beyond electoral performance: reviewing and advancing the literature on LGBTIQ+ political careers. Italian Political Science Review – Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, 54(2), 154–160. https://doi.org/10.1017/ipo.2024.3 Open Access
  12. Trastulli, F., & Mastroianni, L. (2024). What's new under the sun? A corpus linguistic analysis of the 2022 Italian election campaign themes in party manifestos. Modern Italy, 29(1), 51–72. https://doi.org/10.1017/mit.2023.45 Open Access
  13. Capati, A., Improta, M., & Trastulli, F. (2024). COVID-19 and party competition over the EU: Italy in Early Pandemic Times. European Politics and Society, 25(1), 93–114. https://doi.org/10.1080/23745118.2022.2095170
  14. Emanuele, V., & Trastulli, F. (2023). Squeezing Blood from a Turnip? The Resilience of Social Democratic Governmental Power in Western Europe (1871–2022)- Representation, 60(4), 645–663. https://doi.org/10.1080/00344893.2023.2292174
  15. Trastulli, F. (2022). More Left or Left No More? An In-depth Analysis of Western European Social Democratic Parties' Emphasis on Traditional Economic Left Goals (1944–2021). Frontiers in Political Science, 4, Article 873948. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2022.873948 Open Access
  16. Trastulli, F. (2022). Two is better than one? Testing a deductive MARPOR-based left-right index on Western Europe (1999-2019). Italian Journal of Electoral Studies (IJES), 85(2), 59–76. https://doi.org/10.36253/qoe-13796 Open Access
  17. Improta, M., Mannoni, E., Marcellino, C., & Trastulli, F. (2022). Voters, issues, and party loyalty: the 2022 Italian election under the magnifying glass. Italian Journal of Electoral Studies (IJES), 85(2), 3–27. https://doi.org/10.36253/qoe-13956 Open Access
  18. Trastulli, F. (2022). «Fence-Building» or «Preservation»: The Paths to Social Democratic Nationalist Position-Taking in Western Europe (2008-2018). Polis, 2, 189–218. https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1424/104521
  19. Trastulli, F. (2021). The Broken Promise of Postmaterialism? Italian Political Science, 15(3), 273–304. https://doi.org/10.69101/IPS.2020.15.3.3 Open Access

Books

  1. Prearo, M., & Trastulli, F. (2025). Politica e cittadinanza LGBTQIA+: Tra opinione pubblica, diritti e partecipazione [LGBTQIA+ politics and citizens: Public opinion, rights, and participation]. Pisa: Edizioni ETS. https://www.edizioniets.com/scheda.asp?n=9788846772589 Open Access
  2. Under contract: Trastulli, F.. Varieties of Social Democracy in Western Europe: The Impact of External Constraints on Ideological Differences. Palgrave Macmillan. Forthcoming

Chapters

  1. Prearo, M., & Trastulli, F. (2025). Una carriera arcobaleno? Elezioni e rappresentanza politica LGBT+ in Italia [A rainbow career? Elections and LGBT+ political representation in Italy]. In Pansardi, P. (ed.), Genere e leadership politica: Le carriere politiche delle donne e delle persone LGBT+ in Italia (pp. 102–127). Feltrinelli. https://fondazionefeltrinelli.it/scopri/genere-e-leadership-politica/ Open Access
  2. Angelucci, D., Trastulli, F., & Tuorto, D. (2024). Cronaca di una morte annunciata. La partecipazione elettorale in Italia, 2022 [Chronicle of a death foretold. Electoral participation in Italy, 2022]. In Chiaramonte, A., & De Sio, L. (eds.), Un polo solo. Le elezioni politiche del 2022 (pp. 107–138). Il Mulino.
  3. Bolgherini, S., & Trastulli, F. (2023). Voglia di sinistra: la collocazione sullo spettro politico [Left-right self-collocation of PD’s selectorate at the 2023 primaries]. In Grimaldi, S., & Venturino, F. (eds.), Un nuovo inizio? Il Partito Democratico e l’elezione di Elly Schlein (pp. 75–86). Padova University Press. https://www.padovauniversitypress.it/it/publications/9788869383717 Open Access
  4. Testa, A., & Trastulli, F. (2023). Nuova segretaria, solita passione: sempre altissimo l’interesse per la politica [2023 PD primaries and selectorate’s interest in politics]. In Grimaldi, S., & Venturino, F. (eds.), Un nuovo inizio? Il Partito Democratico e l’elezione di Elly Schlein (pp. 87-96). Padova University Press. https://www.padovauniversitypress.it/it/publications/9788869383717 Open Access
  5. Trastulli, F. (2021). Manifesti elettorali e posizionamento ideologico [Electoral manifestos and ideological positioning]. In Acampa, S., Gargiulo, G., Gatti, R., Mazza, R., & Paolillo, M. (eds.), Saperi, conoscenze ed esperienze in formazione (pp. 48–52). libreriauniversitaria.it Edizioni.

Current projects

  • Angelucci, A., Carrieri, L., Trastulli, F., & Vittori, D. Class, gender, and vote for left and radical right parties.
  • Crulli, M., Emanuele, V., & Trastulli, F.. Intersectionality and electoral participation.
  • Dassonneville, R., & Trastulli, F.. Working-Class Electoral Cross-Pressures in 9 Western European Countries (1989-2024).
  • De Sio, L., Paparo, A., & Trastulli, F.. Who takes the cue? Experimental evidence on voters’ political sophistication in party and leader cueing of issue positions.
  • Lourenço, P., Prearo, M., & Trastulli, F.. Riding the Electoral Cycle: Dynamics of Anti-LGBTIQ+ Mobilisation in Four Western European Countries.
  • Trastulli, F.. The Intersectional Decline of Working-Class Support for the Left: Evidence from 19 Western European countries (2002-2020).
  • Trastulli, F., Prearo, M., & Pansardi, P. Individual-level determinants of LGBTIQ+ issue attitudes: Evidence from the traditionalist Italian context.