Political Sociology, Université Paris Cité, France
Valentina Nava is a PhD candidate in political sociology at Université Paris Cité. She studies contemporary far-right politics in Italy through ethnography, with interests in fascist and post-fascist ideology and anti-LGBTQ+ politics. Her dissertation examines why a historically left-leaning rural community has shifted toward Fratelli d’Italia. Drawing on participant observation, interviews, and archival research, the project traces how socioeconomic decline and perceived inequalities crystallize into moral judgments about labor and belonging that resonate with far-right appeals. Her...
