Happy, alongside @emiliabelknap.bsky.social, to make my debut contribution with the fantastic folks at @ukandeu.bsky.social Emilia & I use data from @britishelectionstudy.com to correct the atomistic fallacy in people's understanding the Reform UK gender gap ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...

Happy to share that I’m in Madrid for a short visiting stay for 2 weeks working in a project with @sumpierrez.bsky.social & Roberta Perna related to welfare chauvinism, nativist discourse and the far right in Spain @ipp-csic.bsky.social Would love to have coffee if you’re around 💫

Thank you so much for the space @uniluzern.bsky.social & @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social for the invite ✨ I’ll be presenting the work I’ve been developing at the nccr-on the move at the University of Neuchâtel on refugees political mobilization, if you’re around, let’s get a coffee ☕️ 💫

✨I’ve officially started my Visiting Fellowship at nccr – on the move this term! ✨ I’m really excited about this opportunity! 😊 There’s a fantastic program of events ahead, and I’m especially looking forward to collaborating with colleagues! If you’re around, love to grab a coffee! ☕

In Portuguese elections this week, we saw more evidence of the far-right's rise 🇵🇹🗳️ Is the far-right the go-to party for Europe's young men? 🤔 Two ✨FREE ACCESS✨papers can provide some answers @tabouchadi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1332/2515... @gefjonoff.bsky.social doi.org/10.1332/2515...

🚨 Despite major investment in migration research, its impact on policy remains limited—leaving room for ideology and misinformation to dominate. 📊 Based on 70+ interviews across 38 EU projects, we why research-policy collaboration is so hard to achieve. #MigrationCoLab🔍 loom.ly/t916yCs

A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸 doi.org/10.1086/736698

Proud about this paper 🫶🏽 Among ‘cool’ things we do, we also - measure class identity with social psych measures of in-group attachment -show individual *&* aggregate descriptive rep. matters for symbolic rep. -have cute & info-rich graphs djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Our research shows that ending birthright citizenship "would cause serious harm…to the entire United States." It is my honor to join with 95 other social scientists, all of us specialists in US immigration, in signing this new Amicus Curiae brief. ☞ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

When you fire the humans and hand highly sensitive government functions to crappy A.I. tools—with zero transparency or accountability—expect chaos and harm.

So you admit, they pay taxes

75 percent.

A new study led by @mpc-eui.bsky.social shows that EU residents prefer policies that offer irregular migrants pathways to legal status. The findings provide evidence that well-designed policies toward irregular migrants can gain public approval while upholding fundamental rights. 📌 buff.ly/qYnN6T5

Linking public service deprivation to immigration rather than to cuts & administrative burdens is a POLITICAL CHOICE My research shows that “immigrants cutting the cue" framing was key part of far right’s rise in Europe 👇🏽 🇬🇧: ap.lc/jwBBV 🇮🇹: ap.lc/WRePJ Yet another form of far right normalization

Last week I completed another edition of my short introductory course to R for social science PhD students @fggaleiden.bsky.social. The course covers fundamentals, data wrangling, data analysis (stat models) and data visualisation. All the slides are freely available at dimiter.eu/R-tutorial.h....

Many people rightly point to the core role that mainstream right parties play for defending liberal democracy against the far-right threat. However, solely focusing on the centre-right ignores the errors that leftwing parties have committed that have empowered the far right. A few thoughts …

Trump signed a proclamation ordering Bondi to go after immigration lawyers last night. He is alleging that lawyers illegally coach immigrants in asylum cases. Investigations will extend as far back as 8 years ago to the start of his first term. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Just published on APSR First View: "Political Emancipation and Modern Jewish National Identity" by Carles Boix. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Just published on APSR First View: "Allies of the Weak: La Résistance and Jews in the Holocaust" by Kasia Nalewajko. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

"La islamofobia también es de izquierdas y por eso Vox gana al poner el foco en tu vecino marroquí" En este artículo, @carlosrch.bsky.social me entrevista sobre nuestro estudio (@turnbulldugarte.com & @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social) y exploramos sus implicaciones políticas. shorturl.at/1qs28

Do citizens stereotype Muslims as inherently homophobic? In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w/ @bertous.bsky.social & @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social we answer this question using a double-list experiment across 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 doi.org/10.1017/S000... Spoiler: Yes. 🧵

🚨Job opportunity! The Pedro Arrupe Fellowship in Forced Migration Studies In association with @campionhall.bsky.social & the Jesuit Refugee Service International Three years, full time. Deadline: 28 February More info and apply ➡️ www.campion.ox.ac.uk/news/current...

What explains asylum recognition rates? Utilizing a German refugee survey and a quasi-natural experiment in Germany, L. Gundacker, Y. Kosyakova, and G. Schneider show how regional political biases can influence an asylum seeker’s chance of obtaining protection. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/migr...

A research project I am involved in is organizing a conference on the integration and naturalization of refugees and migrants and has just published the Call for Papers. The conference will take place on 13–14 November 2025 in Berlin. Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin! #migcitsky

Join us for our next hybrid session of the MWG that will explore the political and societal dimensions of migration and integration in 🇩🇪 @mpc-eui.bsky.social 📆 Thu 13 Feb ⏰ 14-15:30 🎙️Christina Zuber & Maria Adamopoulou 📝 Jelena Dzankic & Fotios Papadopoulos ℹ️ www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

I have created a searchable list of 80+ migration-related movies, offering various perspectives on human movement, identity, and mobility. What movies would you add? #Migration #MigrationStudies #MigrationStories datawrapper.dwcdn.net/aiSfx/1/

Do you know any refugee-led organisations in Europe? #RLO We're profiling them! 👉Help us identify their work and amplify their impact. 🌐 Survey in 9 languages ⏳ 15 minutes to fill in Participate here: loom.ly/Tm_V-b4

✨Pretty please help us out to disseminate this survey and/or fill it if you are working in an organisation like this ✨

Today, @politico.eu listed #GiorgiaMeloni as the most influential person in #Europe. How did this occur in foreign and security policy and what does this mean? A short thread 🧵 www.politico.eu/list/politic...

Los ministros de Justicia de la UE han dado luz verde, con el voto contrario de España, a una propuesta que facilita a los Estados miembros castigar penalmente a quien ayude a los migrantes por motivos humanitarios a entrar en terreno de la Unión

Just published on APSR First View: "Representation at Risk: Evaluating Levels and Consequences of Violence against Immigrant-Background Politicians" by Sandra Håkansson and Nazita Lajevardi. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It is way too early to discuss Syrian refugee returns – the fall of the Assad regime just occurred, events are unpredictable, and stability is fragile. The governance of Syria will go through a transition period and much of what this will involve is unknown.

This vast seizure and deportation of US citizens, authorized immigrants, and unauthorized immigrants will reduce economic growth and job creation, and cause an inflation spike by curtailing aggregate supply more than aggregate demand—>

Does grassroots mobilization against the far right help or hurt the movement electorally? @francescocolombo.bsky.social, @ferraraale.bsky.social, @fabriberna.bsky.social, Elias Dinas, and Foteini-Maria Vassou explore this in Sardinia after local groups mobilized against the far right in 2020.

A number of European countries suspended asylum applications for Syrians. This will create limbo and forced returns. Once again we ask who cares for the human rights of displaced? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This week the 🇳🇱 parliament adopted a motion. To keep track of data on cultural and religious norms and values. Not on everyone. But on “Dutch people with a migration background”. Scandalous. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Communication campaigns are increasingly used to shape perceptions and attitudes towards migration. Yet, there is little data available on migration communication campaigns. The Migration Communications Campaigns Database aims to change this. migrationpolicycentre.eu/campaigns/

🚨 BREAKING: The Government is increasing the move-on period from 28 to 56 days. The 28 day period put women at risk of further harm, including homelessness and destitution. This change is great news and will make a huge difference. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 1/2

New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹 Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state? We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out shorturl.at/zQ8bJ

It was a pleasure to be interviewed for the Mixed Migration Review 2024 Migration between salience, populism and cognitive dissonance mixedmigration.org/wp-content/u... @mpc-eui.bsky.social

Interesting finding from Germany: rent burdens are increasingly unequally distributed across populations. Strongest rent increases among migrant populations

Why does integration sometimes lead to more #discrimination? In our survey experiment on the “integration paradox“, immigrants & descendants who learned about research on discrimination against immigrants were (20% of SD) more likely to disclose personal experiences. doi.org/10.1111/pops...

‼️ Call for papers for the Barcelona DEC Workshop on Political Behavior and Public Opinion 👉 webs.uab.cat/grdec/2025-w... deadline: January 15th

🎉 Thrilled that my new book, *Creating Partisans: The Organizational Roots of New Parties in Latin America*, is finally out! 🎉 @cambridgeup.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/us/universit... A brief summary: 1/n

Highlights from today’s #AmericasMigrationBrief include: ➡️ New bill in 🇨🇱 takes restrictionist approach to immigration, would incentivize informality, limit access to services ➡️ 🇻🇪🇨🇴🇭🇹 lead asylum requests in OECD ➡️ 🇸🇻 state of exception prompts displacement www.migrationbrief.com/p/americas-m...

And the link to the paper 😅 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Thrilled to announce the release of Uprooted: How Post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe with Cambridge UP 🎉🎉 The book argues that accommodating the displaced population can strengthen states and benefit local economies in the long run. 📚 [Amazon: tinyurl.com/24m2mbkf] See thread below:

This will very likely improve the lives of both the immigrants and Spanish citizens as economic and social cohesion might increase. The last regularisation was in 2005, and much work was done by grassroots organisations for this :)