Nicola Guerra
Adjunct Professor (Docent), PhD
nicola.guerra@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2519-7041 |
Quali- and quantitative methods, oral history, in-depth interviews, applied ethnography, applied linguistics, qualitative thematic analysis, quantitative semantic analysis, sociolinguistics.
Political violence and radicalism; Far right – Far Left; Political Terrorism in Post-War Europe; History of extremist ideologies, Language & Ideology nexus, Hate-speech, Hooliganism, Social Movements.
Profile
A multidisciplinary scholar with research and teaching interest in modern and contemporary history, political science, and sociolinguistics.
Areas of research interest: Political violence and radicalism; Far right – Far Left; Political Terrorism in Post-War Europe; History of extremist ideologies, Language & Ideology nexus, Hate-speech, Hooliganism, Social Movements, Urban Subcultures.
Quali- and quantitative methods, oral history, in-depth interviews, applied ethnography, applied linguistics, qualitative thematic analysis, quantitative semantic analysis, sociolinguistics, Storytelling, Design Thinking.
Before joining academia, I worked 10+ years in Corporate Marketing and have broad Business Administration, Project and Team management experience.
Academic Qualifications
Title of Docent in Modern Italian History and Society, University of Turku, Finland, 2013.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Turku, Faculty of Humanities, Finland, Italian Language and Culture, 2013.
Master of Science in Economics, University of Pisa, Italy, 1999.
- The dark green agenda: tracing ecofascist ideologies and identities in Italy (2025)
- Identities
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Far Right and Israeli Intelligence, a Collaborative Relationship in Italy in the 1970s (2025)
- Journal of Intelligence History
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The link between right-wing political radicalism and geopolitical action. The Yugoslav wars and the action of the opposing factions of the European extreme right (2025)
- Critical Studies on Terrorism
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The politics of sacrifice: Remembering Italy’s Rogo di PrimavalleIdeologies and narratives of Italian foreign fighters in the Russian-Ukrainian war (2025)
- Journal of modern italian studies
(B1 Non-refereed review article in a scientific journal) - Far-right European foreign fighters in the Yugoslav and Ukraine wars. Ideological and geopolitical implications between Westernist and Eurasianist radicalismsThe radical Westernization of the European far right and the role of the Organisation Armée Secrète during the Algerian War (2024)
- European Politics and SocietyDynamics of Asymmetric Conflict
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Foreign fighters from the far right and extreme left in the Russia–Ukraine conflict (2024) Nicola Guerra
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2024) Nicola Guerra
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2024)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Italian Far Right from 1945 to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict (2023) Guerra, Nicola
(D6 Editorial work for a professional compilation book) - The Russian-Ukrainian war has shattered the European far right : The opposing influences of Steve Bannon and Aleksandr Dugin (2023)
- European Politics and Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



