Ich freue mich sehr auf den Besuch am Luzerner Theaterfestival „Die grosse Menschenschau“ am 19. Dezember – wo ich über europäische Migrationspolitik und was Forschung zu besseren Lösungen beitragen kann referieren darf. 👉 Infos & Tickets: neubad.org/event/die-gr....

New paper with @mhamjediers.bsky.social German judges have discretion to apply rehabilitative juvenile criminal law (Jugendstrafrecht) or punitive adult criminal law to 18–20-year-old offenders. We show that immigrant youths are ~10 percentage points less likely to be sentenced under juvenile law

Integrationsdispensation: Warum für Migrant*innen strengere soziale Normen gelten --> neuer Blogbeitrag, jetzt lesen nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/integra... @s-manser-egli.bsky.social

Integration Dispensation: Why Immigrants Face Stronger Social Norms --> read our new blog post nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/integra... @s-manser-egli.bsky.social

Hanna runs into Sue. Sue asks: ‘Do you want to stop by for a coffee some time?’ What is the best thing Hanna can do? Maybe you know the right answer to this question. Maybe you don’t. And maybe you don’t have to know it. While social norms shape all our... (1/3) 🧵 nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/integra...

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨 The Hannah-Arendt Institute in Dresden is looking for an Assistant Director. (In German)

❗️Please share widely: TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T... Deadline: 10 Dec 2025

This is the final 'poll of polls' before the Dutch elections. Three parties at the same level, and two more not much smaller. Given the high percentage of late deciders and voters in doubt, the outcome is still very much uncertain. 🧵

After a huge post-election flip in economic perceptions, I thought Democrats and Republicans might be lying to pollsters to send a partisan message — but I was wrong! New in the Journal of Experimental Political Science (open access): doi.org/10.1017/XPS....

Geert Wilders failed in government, but the far right retains its grip on the Netherlands | Cas Mudde

We have just advertised a Full Prof position in the Political and Social Sciences department at the EUI (@eui-sps.bsky.social). Here are the details. Please spread the word, and get in touch if you have any questions. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

🧭 Natascha Zaun takes the long view on how EU migration policy evolved from integration to selective consolidation: from Amsterdam to today's ad hoc Schengen suspension 👇 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 New LSE job in political science 🚨 We're looking for a *Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy* to join the LSE School of Public Policy Please share! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

🚨 New article out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social with @svenhegewald.bsky.social “The changing geography of support for European integration in the shadow of the Ukraine war." How did Russia’s invasion reshape public support for EU policies? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you have missed this, the United Nations International Migrant Stock database has been updated to the end of 2024 [commencing in 1990], providing totals and percentages by destination and by country of origin for all UN countries and territories: www.un.org/development/...

Happy to see our findings on the 'migration bias' — the fact that migrants face stronger social norms than society at large — on Sociale Vraagstukken, with some thoughts on the Dutch integrationist discourse. @lutzphilipp.bsky.social www.socialevraagstukken.nl/migratiesame...

Is het in overeenstemming met democratische waarden om van immigranten te eisen dat ze trouw beloven aan normen die niet van burgers worden verwacht en gehandhaafd? www.socialevraagstukken.nl/migratiesame... @s-manser-egli.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social

Hoe 'remigratie' mainstream wordt in de Nederlanse politiek

The Trump administration sees trade deficits as “national emergencies”. Ever wondered why people seem to dislike imports? Very happy that my paper "Mercantilism 2.0: American and Chinese Mass Public Opinions Toward Trade Balances" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨New article out 🚨 How do states seek to influence the spatial distribution of refugees within their borders? We conceptualise & measure refugee dispersal policies across Europe ➡️ common feature of asylum policies, more restrictive with functional pressure and local autonomy doi.org/10.1111/gove...

🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are? @simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions Thread 🧵1/10

Die legendäre @leewas.bsky.social -Abstimmungsnadel tickt – mit Liveprognose in Echtzeit! Jetzt den Abstimmungssonntag verfolgen: tagesanzeiger.ch cc @lucasleemann.bsky.social #abst25 #chvote #Eigenmietwert #EID

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🚨📢 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) 👇