Carlo Berti, Ph.D.

I am currently a Researcher at Charles University (Department of Journalism, Institute of Communication Studies and Journalism, Faculty of Social Sciences) in Prague. My research project investigates the relationship between journalism, populism, and extremism, with a focus on the European Union. 

Previously, I was a María Zambrano Fellow at the Department of Communication Studies, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain), and a postdoctoral researcher at the School of International Studies, University of Trento (Italy). I hold a PhD in Communication Studies from Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand).

My research has been published in international journals such as Journalism ; New Media & Society ; Journalism Studies ; The Communication Review ; Media, Culture & Society ; Poetics .
I am the co-editor (with Carlo Ruzza and Paolo Cossarini) of "The impact of populism on European institutions and civil society" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). I am the co-author (with Piercamillo Davigo) of the book "Corruzione. Societa' e politica dall'Italia alla Nuova Zelanda" (Castelvecchi, 2024).

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4591-0791

• 2025: UAAT International Young Visiting Scholar Program for 2025 - National Chengchi University, Taiwan: total value TWD 177,500. Visiting Scholar at IMICS (International Master's Program in International Communication Studies). Funding Body: University Academic Alliance in Taiwan.
• 2024-2026: MSCA Fellowships CZ – UK2 (Programme Johannes Amos Comenius) – Charles University, Czech Republic : total value CZK 3,532,880 (~ € 140,000). Principal investigator. Funding Body: Czech Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport; European Union (co-funding).
• 2022-2024: María Zambrano Grant to attract international talent – ​​Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain : total value €98,420. Principal Investigator. Funding Body: Next Generation EU; Spanish Ministry of Universities; Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia.
• 2015-2018: AUT Vice-Chancellor's Doctoral Scholarship 2014 - Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand:  total value NZ$97,000. Funding Body: AUT University.

Journalism studies; Populism; European Union politics; Italian politics; Political communication; Human-wildlife coexistence.