Manchester Metropolitan University
Publications
Journal articles
Peer-reviewed article with Luke Shuttleworth and Aurelien Mondon in Journal of Contemporary European Studies about the limits of an electoral cordon sanitaire
Peer-reviewed article with George Newth and Aurelien Mondon in Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics about the categories and definitions we use in academia to characterise the far right
Peer-reviewed article with Antonia Vaughan in European Journal of Politics and Gender about ethical responsibilities and pressures when researching the far right
Peer-reviewed article in Journal of Political Ideologies exploring the meaning of the 'mainstream' and how it shapes our understanding of far-right mainstreaming
Peer-reviewed article with George Newth in Critical Discourse Studies about how the Italian far right tries to represent itself to appear more mainstream
Peer-reviewed article in Journal of Language and Politics on combining different forms of discourse analysis to tackle complex political issues
Peer-reviewed article with Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter in the Journal of Political Ideologies which provides a framework for analysing the mainstreaming of the far right
Peer-reviewed article with Aurelien Mondon in Politics about the Guardian's use of populism and the implications for far-right mainstreaming
Peer-reviewed article in Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power about far-right opposition to Turkish accession to the EU
Books & Chapters
Palgrave Macmillan book on combined approaches to discourse analysis, detailing how and why we might combine these traditions
Chapter in The Ethics of Researching the Far Right on the ethical implications of how we communicate our research on far-right politics
Book chapter with Jana Goyvaerts, Aurelien Mondon, Jason Glynos and Benjamin De Cleen in Research Handbook on Populism about the implications of the over- and mis-use of 'populism' as a descriptor
Book chapter with Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter in Capitalism's Conscience about the Guardian's coverage of racism and the far right
Blogs & Short articles
Short article on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's speech on immigration in May 2025
Blog piece evaluating the 2024 UK General Elections and the lessons we can learn from it
Interview on the Language and Politics blog about my JLP article on discourse analysis
Report section with Aurelien Mondon in Community Policy Forum's report 'Far-Right Islamophobia in the UK'.
Short article in Open Democracy with Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter
Blog piece with Aurelien Mondon and Aaron Winter about our article
Blog piece for the Institute for Policy Research about my article
Other
Doctoral thesis on the mainstreaming of the far right during the Brexit referendum campaign
Short review in the e-Extreme Newsletter of Katsambekis's 2023 article on authoritarianism