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.

• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Symbolic Policy. Cambridge University Press, 1, 2024, ⟨10.1017/9781009290975⟩. ⟨hal-04818743⟩
• Florence Faucher. Les rituels de vote en France. Extinction de vote ?, Presses Universitaires de France, pp.10-15, 2022. ⟨hal-03994696⟩
• Florence Faucher, Gérôme Truc. Introduction. Facing Terrorism in France. Facing Terrorism in France, Springer International Publishing, pp.1-12, 2022, ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-94163-5_1⟩. ⟨hal-03929997⟩
• Florence Faucher, Laurie Boussaguet. At the Upper Echelons of the State: Symbols to Build National Unity. Palgrave Macmillan. Facing Terrorism in France. Lessons from the 2015 Paris Attacks, 2022. ⟨hal-03678365⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. « Partygate » : quand Boris Johnson joue les trouble-fêtes. 2022. ⟨hal-03596658⟩
• Florence Faucher, Gérôme Truc. Facing Terrorism in France. Palgrave Macmillan. Springer International Publishing; Springer International Publishing, 2022, 9783030941635. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-94163-5⟩. ⟨hal-03678323⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher, Christian Freudlsperger. Performing Crisis Management: National Repertoires of Symbolic Action and Their Usage during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe. Political Studies, 2021, ⟨10.1177/00323217211058305⟩. ⟨hal-03479373⟩
• Florence Faucher. Boris Johnson: a passing populist buzz?. 2021. ⟨hal-03263657⟩
• Florence Faucher. Boris Johnson : une fièvre populiste passagère ?. 2021. ⟨hal-03263773⟩
• Florence Faucher. An anthropology of contemporary political parties: Reflexions on methods and theory. Ephemera : Theory and Politics in Organization, 2021, 21 (2), pp.53 - 75. ⟨hal-03371234⟩
• Florence Faucher, Colin Hay. Breaking up is hard to do Royaume-Uni et Union européenne après le Brexit. Politique étrangère, 2020, Brexit, le malheur de rompre, 2020/4 (Hiver), pp.13-26. ⟨10.3917/pe.204.0013⟩. ⟨hal-03053962⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher, Vincent Tiberj, Gérôme Truc. Le pouvoir et l'opinion publique face aux attentats de 2015. 2020. ⟨hal-03054103⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Comment mobiliser les populations ? La réponse symbolique des exécutifs français, italien et britannique. Marc Lazar; Guillaume Plantin; Xavier Ragot. Le Monde d'aujourd'hui, Presses de Sciences Po, pp.243 - 262, 2020, 9782724626704. ⟨hal-02978096⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Au sommet de l'Etat : des symboles pour construire l'unité natonale. Gérôme Truc. Face aux attentats, Presses Universitaires de France, pp.65 - 78, 2020, 9782130824411. ⟨hal-02978070⟩
• Florence Faucher, Gérôme Truc (Dir.). Face aux attentats. Faucher Florence; Truc Gérôme. Presses Universitaires de France, pp.108, 2020, Laviedesidées.fr, 9782130824411. ⟨hal-02978060⟩
• Florence Faucher, Gérôme Truc. Introduction. Face aux attentats. Faucher Florence; Truc Gérôme. Face aux attentats, PUF, pp.5-10, 2020, La vie des idées, 9782130824411. ⟨halshs-02971535⟩
• Keith Dixon, Cécile Ducourtieux, Florence Faucher, Hubert Védrine. Le Brexit. Les « rendez-vous du politique » de la BNF du 16 février 2019. Revue de l'Union européenne, 2020, 641 (Septembre 2020), pp.504 - 516. ⟨hal-03380881⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Le yoyo de BoJo : la gestion symbolique de la crise du Covid-19 au Royaume-Uni. 2020. ⟨hal-02978095⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Beyond a “gesture”: the treatment of the symbolic in public policy analysis. French Politics, 2020, Special Issue: Does Policy Implementation in Gender Equality Policy Matter in France—A Cross Sectoral Approach, 18 (1-2), p.189-205. ⟨10.1057/s41253-020-00107-9⟩. ⟨hal-02487243⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Comment Emmanuel Macron a raté son rendez-vous symbolique avec les Français. 2020. ⟨hal-02888724⟩
• Florence Faucher. Boris Johnson hospitalisé, comment le Royaume-Uni est-il dirigé ?. 2020. ⟨hal-03455871⟩
• Florence Faucher. Au sommet de l’État : les symboles pour construire l’unité nationale. Face aux attentats, PUF, pp.65-78, 2020, La Vie des Idées. ⟨hal-03994714⟩
• Florence Faucher. L'article à lire pour comprendre les élections législatives anticipées au Royaume-Uni (et leurs conséquences sur le Brexit). 2019. ⟨hal-03455997⟩
• Florence Faucher, Catherine C. Marshall. Elections européennes: au Royaume-Uni, une campagne à marche forcée. 2019. ⟨hal-03471444⟩
• Florence Faucher. Interview. Brexit : Jeremy Corbyn et ses contradictions. 2019. ⟨hal-03457675⟩
• Florence Faucher, Nuria Garcia. France: Political development and data for 2017. European Journal of Political Research, 2018, Political Data Yearbook 2017, 57 (1), pp.98-107. ⟨10.1111/2047-8852.12225⟩. ⟨hal-02184049⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. La politique des symboles : le gouvernement français face aux attentats de 2015. 2018. ⟨hal-03471553⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. La construction des discours présidentiels post-attentats à l’épreuve du temps. Mots: les langages du politique, 2018, Discours post-attentats, 118, pp.95-115. ⟨10.4000/mots.23867⟩. ⟨hal-02184070⟩
• Florence Faucher, Daniel Boy. Fifty Shades of Green? Political differences between elites, members and supporters of Europe Ecologie Les Verts. Environmental Politics, 2017, 27 (1), pp.161-185. ⟨10.1080/09644016.2017.1385149⟩. ⟨hal-02184173⟩
• Florence Faucher. Brexit. Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2017. Revue Française de Science Politique, 2017, 67 (5), pp.953 - 955. ⟨10.3917/rfsp.675.0946⟩. ⟨hal-03414278⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Quand l’État convoque la rue. Gouvernement & action publique, 2017, 2, pp.37 - 61. ⟨10.3917/gap.172.0037⟩. ⟨hal-02184176⟩
• Florence Faucher. C’est arrivé près de chez vous. Le ressentiment en politique dans le Wisconsin, et au-delà. Revue Française de Science Politique, 2017, 67 (4), pp.715 - 717. ⟨10.3917/rfsp.674.0715⟩. ⟨hal-03399179⟩
• Florence Faucher. L'attentat de Londres peut-il changer la culture anglaise ? (Interview). 2017. ⟨hal-02186294⟩
• Florence Faucher, Laurie Boussaguet. The Politics of Symbols: Reflections on the French Government’s Framing of the 2015 Terrorist Attacks. Parliamentary Affairs, 2017, 71 (1), pp.169-195. ⟨10.1093/pa/gsx013⟩. ⟨hal-01664262⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Identity and Citizenship as Symbolic Responses to Terrorist Attacks. The Case of France in 2015. Percosi costituzionali, 2017, 2.2017, pp.511 - 530. ⟨hal-02396220⟩
• Florence Faucher, Nuria Garcia. France. European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook, 2016, 55 (1), pp.99-105. ⟨10.1111/2047-8852.12122⟩. ⟨hal-02186327⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Mobiliser des symboles pour répondre au terrorisme. LIEPP Policy Brief, 2016, 28, ⟨10.25647/liepp.pb.28⟩. ⟨hal-02186338⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. The Politics of Symbols. Reflections on the French government’s framing of the 2015 terrorist attacks. The Charlie Hebdo Critical Juncture: European Public Spheres Before and After the Paris Attacks, Oct 2016, Florence Scuela Normale Superior, Italy. ⟨hal-02368596⟩
• Florence Faucher. Le Royaume désuni, ou le « bateau ivre ». 2016. ⟨hal-02385453⟩
• Florence Faucher. Les paris risqués de David Cameron. 2016. ⟨hal-02385454⟩
• Florence Faucher. How to choose the Leader. Reflecting on Changes in British Parties Selection Procedures. Political development workshop, May 2016, Nuffield College, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-02385463⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Des symboles pour répondre au terrorisme ?. Journées d’études du Centre d’études européennes de Sciences Po, May 2016, Paris, France. ⟨hal-02368605⟩
• Florence Faucher, Colin Hay. The vote as a ritual. France and the UK. Political development workshop, May 2016, Nuffield College, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-02295421⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. The French government’s framing of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. Deparmental seminar, School of Social sciences: politics and international relations, Apr 2016, Southampton University, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-02368613⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Resilience against terror after the 2015 attacks in Paris. The French government and the politics of symbols. 23rd International Conference of Europeanists Resilient Europe? (CES), Apr 2016, Philadelphia, United States. ⟨hal-02368609⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. The symbolic dimension of public policy. Analysing the responses of the French government to the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. Political Studies Association, Mar 2016, Brighton, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-02368614⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Gouverner par les symboles. Les réponses du gouvernement face aux attentats de janvier 2015. Séminaire général du Centre d’études européennes de Sciences Po, Mar 2016, Paris, France. ⟨hal-02297159⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Mobiliser les symboles pour répondre au terrorisme. L’exécutif français face aux attentats de janvier et novembre 2015. Journée d’étude : Les attentats de Paris : analyses croisées, Jan 2016, Université de Rouen, France. ⟨hal-02368616⟩
• Florence Faucher. Populism in Europe: Realities and Interpretations. Workshop organized by the Centre d’études européennes & the Centre d’histoire of Sciences Po, Feb 2016, Sciences Po, France. ⟨hal-02297209⟩
• Laurie Boussaguet, Florence Faucher. Quand l’Etat convoque la rue. La Marche républicaine du 11 janvier 2015. Journée d’études : 2015 : une année (de) symbole(s) ? Les réactions aux attentats terroristes, Jan 2016, Sciences Po, LIEPP, France. ⟨hal-02297179⟩