🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)! 🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée! Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland! Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social

First instalment of my substack primer on right-wing populism in Europe is out. jacobedenhofer.substack.com/p/explaining...

There is a town in Switzerland where there are more Portuguese nationals than Swiss nationals www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-od...

Striking visualisation of the global mobility divide! Also chance to highlight some relevant research... 🧵

Is there a pro-refugee policy skeptics can support? The idea of private sponsorship seems to work exactly because it taps into people's widespread conservative intuitions about responsibility and local control, while channeling their faith networks and addressing cost concerns.

How do states balance open markets with pressure to control migration? Studying Switzerland, S. Lavenex, P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, M. Alvarado, and P. Lutz show how business migration as a high-skilled market model offers an escape from the liberal paradox. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/migr...

🚨 Nouveau Policy Brief sur le partage des responsabilités dans la gouvernance migratoire européenne 🚨 Le soutien du public dépend de la perception de l’équité. Nous proposons des règles d’équité contraignantes avec une mise en œuvre flexible pour dépasser les blocages politiques.

🚨 Neuer Policy Brief 🚨 Wie kann Verantwortungsteilung in der europäischen Migrationspolitik gelingen? Die öffentliche Unterstützung hängt stark von der wahrgenommenen Fairness ab. Wir schlagen verbindliche Fairnessregeln mit flexibler Umsetzung vor, um politische Blockaden zu überwinden.

🚨 New Policy Brief 🚨 How to address responsibility-sharing in European migration governance? Public support hinges on perceived fairness. We propose binding fairness rules with flexible implementation to overcome political deadlocks. 📖 Read the full brief: nccr-onthemove.ch/wp_live14/wp...

Restriktive Einwanderungsregeln verhindern Auswanderung. Über diese oft unbeachtete, unbeabsichtigte und kontraproduktive Folge restriktiver Migrationspolitik durfte ich in der soeben erschienen Ausgabe von terra cognita einen Beitrag verfassen.

A milestone today: my first PhD publication, co-authored with Fabio Wasserfallen, is out in the @spsr.bsky.social. The article compares Swiss Euroscepticism—just as the title promises. The article is open access: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...

The twin article also just dropped: After having introduced 'business migration', we demonstrate how this admission channels allows Switzerland to navigate the 'liberal paradox' of competing pressures for economic openness and political closure. academic.oup.com/migration/ar...

New publication out! We conceptualise the phenomenon of 'business migration' as an increasingly important type of migration in advanced economies and demonstrate its importance in the case of Switzerland comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10....

🚨 New call for the SGEU FUTURE Grants! 🚨 Are you a PhD student doing research on 🇪🇺 European integration? Do you need financial support for your fieldwork? If yes, apply to the new edition of the SGEU Future Grants. Deadline is 30 September 2025. Details here: ecpr.eu/news/news/de...

Groot interview met de enige echte @casmudde.bsky.social over de Nederlandse politiek in @parool.nl. De must read voor dit weekend www.parool.nl/cs-b5839f93/

Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings: -Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove) -Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%) news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...

NEW - The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW - @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Last month, I gave this keynote address at a wonderful workshop in Dresden, organized by @jakubw.bsky.social & @olivieroangeli.bsky.social It is addressed to scholars and students working on, or interested in, the (comparative) study of far left and far right parties (in Europe).

New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Eine neue Studie zeigt mittels einer Umfrage auf, dass die Erfüllung gewisser sozialer Normen, die typischerweise im Rahmen der «Integration» verlangt werden, von «Ausländern» stärker erwartet wird als von der Gesellschaft als ganzes.

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

Italy's migrant camps in Albania have been hailed by the EU as a model for the bloc, but new data shows construction costs almost doubled... www.ftm.eu/articles/mel...

1934 trat das erste gesamtschweizerische «Ausländergesetz» in Kraft, das auf einer rassistischen «Auslese»-Ideologie gründete. Die Bedürfnisse der Wirtschaft bestimmten über die «Selektion der Ausländer». (1/2)

Integration for whom? New publication mit @lutzphilipp.bsky.social 🙌 🎯 In diesem Paper untersuchen wir typische "Integrationsnormen" in der Gesellschaft. Dabei stellen wir fest, dass gewisse soziale Normen für "Ausländer" stärker gelten als für die Gesellschaft als ganzes. (1/3)

🌍 Just launched: The Global State of Citizenship 2025 report ⚡ Explore trends in citizenship laws across 191 countries (2020–2024), including dual citizenship, gender equality, immigrant inclusion & more 📊 🔗 Read the full report: globalgovernanceprogramme.eui.eu/global-state...

❗ The 𝘞𝘡𝘉 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯 (@wzb.bsky.social‬) establishes a 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 for the 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 and is looking for its future 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 ❗ 📣 Let all the excellent democracy researchers out there know! ⁣ ⁣ wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire... ⁣ #Polisky @epsanet.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social

Ein paar Klarstellungen und Einordnungen zu 40 Jahre Schengensystem. Vor allem auch im Verhältnis zu Asylpolitik und Binnenmarkt. Ein kurzer Thread (1/11) 👇

The PVV has left the Dutch coalition. What does this mean? Will there we be new elections? When? Who will win? Which government will form? 🧵

🚨 New Paper in the Journal of European Public Policy 🚨 Think anti-immigration sentiment is here to stay? 🧠 Think again. New research by Alessia Aspide (in which I play a small role) reveals a new insight: when people understand immigration as a solution to fiscal crisis, attitudes shift 1/2

Immigrants increase innovation and economic growth [full stop]

🚨🚨 The Secretary General of @coe.int, Alain Berset on Saturday pushed back against a call by nine EU Member States to make it easier to expel #migrants who commit crime warning that courts must not be “weaponized” for political gain. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/coun...

Two vacancies for assistant professor (tenure track) at our Department of Political Science. One on International Relations, the other on EU Politics and Governance. I may be biased, but would 100% recommend applying. We are a warm, collegial, ambitious department. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Why do some people gain access to rights, mobility, or full membership in a country—while others are excluded? To unpack the themes of this year’s MPC-GLOBALCIT conference, we spoke with 2️⃣ participating scholars: Ashley Mantha-Hollands & Lorenzo Piccoli Full interview 📌 www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...

Radikale Rechte, radikale Linke – und ihre Antworten auf Migration, Klima & Co: Am 3./4. Juni findet unser Workshop von MIDEM und HAIT mit @jakubw.bsky.social in Dresden statt Mit dabei: Speaker aus Dresden & dem Ausland – und eine spontane Keynote von Cas Mudde Kommt vorbei – es gibt noch Plätze!

We are looking to hire post-doc interested in working on migration, citizenship, and diaspora. Come join us in Münster! Generous contract + no teaching for 2 years. Many details and link to job add here: sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe... Please PM me incase you have questions!

We're hiring! Two tenure-track openings for Assistant Professors in Political Science or International Relations. Sharing = 🙏❤️ www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

Tomorrow! with an intervention by @maudbachelet.bsky.social based on our article on UN refugee funding under legitimacy pressures www.fmreview.org/financing-di...

Two days well spent at the @mpc-eui.bsky.social @globalcit.bsky.social annual conference with a great bunch of interesting contributions on the contested boundaries of global migration and citizenship

With today's debacle of the Labour White Paper on Immigration keep in mind there is another way. Look at the courage of Germany's center-left gov last year to adopt not v popular citizenship reform, lowering residence req from eight to five years and accepting dual cit. www.dw.com/en/germanys-...

Int'l #funding has been shrinking for years, & with the development sector facing an unprecedented funding cliff, it's time for fresh, creative investment in #migrant & #refugee communities. FMR 74 explores transformative approaches to the humanitarian system: www.fmreview.org/financing-di... #Aid

I look forward to discuss our chapter w Sandra Lavenex, Mariana Alvarado & @lutzphilipp.bsky.social on business mobility as temporary labour migration next week at the ILO - join us to learn more about trade, migration and migrant rights! www.ilo.org/meetings-and...

🗳️ Populism is a warning sign. English local elections show it again: People feel abandoned & look scapegoats. Drawing on own research & others, I argue 👇🏽 💡 To counter populism: We need to reinvest in citizens, e.g. housing, health & dignity. Short 🧵 📖 www.socialeurope.eu/to-counter-p...

Artikelserie «Kantone als Labore für Menschenrechte» Die Verfassung von @baselstadt.bsky.social garantiert das Recht auf familienergänzende Tagesbetreuung. Basel-Stadt ist der einzige Kanton, der dieses gleichstellungsfördernde Recht in der Verfassung verankert hat. Artikel lesen buff.ly/Zujq0Uc

🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social ❓Political implications of labor market transformation Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city. Deadline: May 18, 2025. tinyurl.com/postdoczurich #polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo

CJEU, EU citizenship New judgment: Malta's investor citizenship law breached EU law by commercialising EU citizenship Press release - curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo... Judgment full text - curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

“Trump’s approval rating is lower than for any past president at the 100-day mark in their first or second terms.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social! German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf Please share

In general, people systematically rescale estimates of proportions toward more central prior expectations, resulting in the consistent overestimation of smaller groups and underestimation of larger groups www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Trump is slapping a 31% tariffs on Swiss exports (vs. 20% for EU countries), claiming that Switzerland's tariff on US imports is 61%. In fact, Switzerland taxes them at 0,0825%. www.rts.ch/info/monde/2....

Tomorrow!