People

Francesco Raffaelli

AFFILIATION
College
St Hugh's College
Course
DPhil Politics

I am a PhD student at DPIR at the University of Oxford.

My research focuses on the fields of identity politics, comparative political economy, and political behaviour, with a geographical focus on Western European countries. Methodologically, my research employs surveys, laboratory experiments, and causal inference.

Overall, my current research encompasses the following topics.

  1. public opinion's nuances on immigration and positive attitudes towards immigrants;  

  2. the politicisation of new issues related to gender, sexuality, and race; 

  3. the formation of attitudinal bundles across different political dimensions.

I hold a BSc in Economic and Social Sciences and a MSc in Politics and Policy Analysis from Bocconi University (Milan, Italy). During the Spring of 2024, I was a Visiting Student Research Collaborator at the Bobst Center at Princeton University.