Right Rising
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Augusta Dell'Omo
Augusta Dell'Omo has hosted 31 episodes.
Augusta is an Ernest May Predoctoral Fellow in History and Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center. When not hosting Right Rising, Augusta researches global white nationalist movements, specializing in groups in the U.S. and South Africa. You can find her written work on the Washington Post and Rantt Media, and hosting 15 Minute History.
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James F. Downes
James F. Downes has hosted 5 episodes.
Dr. James F. Downes is a Senior Fellow and Head of the Populism Research Unit at CARR. James is a Lecturer in Comparative Politics and is on the Programme Mangement Committee of the MSSc in Public Policy Programme and Head of Undergraduate Admissions, in the Department of Government & Public Administration at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (SAR, China). James is also a Research Fellow at both CeRSP (Italy) and at the Global Europe Centre (Brussels School of International Studies/University of Kent).
James researches on the ‘rise’ of populist radical right parties in Western and Central-Eastern Europe alongside the key issue of immigration (right-wing party competition). His country areas of expertise include the UK, Germany and Italy alongside Hungary.
He has also written frequent articles on contemporary European populism in outlets such as JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies (Forthcoming), Electoral Studies, Routledge Contemporary China Series, Routledge Handbook on Non-Violent Extremism (Forthcoming), ibidem Press/Columbia University Press, openDemocracy alongside LSE EUROPP and Democratic Audit amongst others.
Alongside his co-authors, Valerio Alfonso Bruno and Alessio Scopelliti, James is writing a book relating to the 'Rise' of the Radical Right in Italian Politics with ibidem Press/Columbia University Press (Forthcoming in 2022). He also has an article currently under review at the journal Government & Opposition.
James has conducted expert interviews for CNBC, CNN and El Pais relating to Brexit, EU Politics & Populism.
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Alexander Reid Ross
Alexander Reid Ross has hosted 7 episodes.
Alexander Reid Ross received his PhD in Geography from Portland State University where he lectures on human-natural systems and climate change.