📣 Postdoc vacancy! I am looking for a qualitative postdoc (3 years, 100%) to join my ERC project #RESTATE (Refugees’ Political Participation and State-(Re)Making in Displacement, 85%) and my project #SYREALITY (Syrian Imaginations of Europe meet Reality, 15%) starting preferably on 1 January 2026.

Our project manager Eva Fortes was delighted to co-chair a panel at the IMISCOE Annual Conference last week. The panel discussed the need to decenter #migration research by making a careful shift in the object of study: how do we categorize migrants? And who benefits? #SocialScience #AcademicSky

🔥 Fresh off the press 🔥 We’re excited to launch 12 open-access CITWIDE Country Reports on the state of citizenship across CEE Europe 🇪🇺 Co-funded by the EUI Widening Europe Programme 💡 Explore: ⚖️ Legal reforms 🌍 Internationalisation 📊 Demographic shifts 🗣️ Current developments Read them all here 👇

Boost your research skills with our 🚀 beginner #quantitative courses in Greece this summer 👇 Introduction to R Introduction to Social Network Analysis Introduction to Conjoint Experiments Workshop 📆 26–28 Aug buff.ly/DzR6x2x Includes observer access to #ecprgc25 #ecprms #PoliSky #AcademicSky

Check out our new @globalcit.bsky.social report on The Global State of Citizenship! > Find out more about how citizenship is regulated 🌎 > Focus on gender equality, immigrant inclusion, security of status > Explore new data on regulations in 191 countries up to 2024 Online now at 🔗 loom.ly/JeESa3g

🗣️Do not miss out on our seminar tomorrow! Anca Turcu (University of Central Florida) will present "Electorate by Design? Explaining the Effects of Transnational Electoral Engineering on Voter Turnout." 📅Wed, June 11, 13:00 📍Seminari E, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

Last TransDeM seminar of the semester‼️ Anca Turcu (University of Central Florida) will present "Electorate by Design? Explaining the Effects of Transnational Electoral Engineering on Voter Turnout", co-authored with @sumpierrez.bsky.social. 📅Wed, June 11, 13:00 📍Seminari E, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

➡️“Supranational redistribution and support for European integration.” This recent paper by Irina Ciornei explores the potential effect of social policies targeted at European citizens on the support for the EU.

Last Tuesday, we had the pleasure of having @filipkostelka.bsky.social present his work "Change in Migrants’ Political Attitudes: Acculturation and Cosmopolitanization" in our joint seminar with @dec-gr.bsky.social. We thank all the audience for attending and for the engaging discussion.

Do not miss out on our seminar with @filipkostelka.bsky.social tomorrow‼️ 📅Tue May 27, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Fac. CCPP (UAB) Organised with @dec-gr.bsky.social.

🗣️Next TransDeM-DEC seminar: @filipkostelka.bsky.social (European University Institute) will present "Change in Migrants’ Political Attitudes: Acculturation and Cosmopolitanization", co-authored with @evakrejcova.bsky.social and Nicolas Sauger. 📅Tue May 27, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

New publication‼️ Irina Ciornei has just published her latest paper titled "Supranational redistribution and support for European integration" in European Union Politics. You can find it available at: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/YH2P8...

Our paper “Gender Attitudes, Inequality & Migration Decision-Making” now online. Conservative gender attitudes lower preference for migration among women. Perceived structural gender inequality increases expectations of migration for men. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

In yesterday's TransDeM seminar, Lisa Marie Borrelli presented her recent work, "Making migrants deportable: the internationalization of restrictive policies through transferred responsibility and borrowed legitimacy."

🗣️Next TransDeM seminar: Lisa Marie Borrelli (HES-SO Valais-Wallis) will present her paper "Making migrants deportable: the internationalization of restrictive policies through transferred responsibility and borrowed legitimacy." 📅Wed April 9, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Fac. CCPP (UAB)

➡️ "The social worker as border guard: how and why British welfare workers are disposed to control immigration." This recent paper by Reinhard Schweitzer and Andreas Streiter explores how social workers in the UK have taken on a central role in implementing migration control policies.

➡️"Bolstering autocracy, hindering democracy: EU migration policies in Morocco." This recent paper by @luisafaustini.bsky.social addresses how EU migration externalisation policies have been reinforcing authoritarianism in Morocco, instead of promoting democratic change.

📢Next TransDeM seminar, in collaboration with @eugovresearch.bsky.social: @francesconicoli.bsky.social (Polytechnic University of Turin) will present his work "A functional theory of legitimacy in the EU." 📅Thu 13 Mar, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology (UAB)

REMINDER‼️ We are holding our first seminar of this semester next Monday. Irina Ciornei (UAB) will present her paper "Identity and Social Justice in the EU". 📅Mon 3 Mar, 12:30 📍Seminari B (B1/167), Fac. Political Science UAB

NEW DATE ⚠️ Our first seminar of the second semester has been postponed: Irina Ciornei (UAB) will present her paper "Identity and Social Justice in the EU". 📅Mon 3 March, 12:30 📍Room TBC soon Check the updated programme of our seminars below:

Why do autocracies enfranchise their citizens abroad❓ A recent paper published by @nicolasfliess.bsky.social, @evaostergaard.bsky.social, and Ali Kiani in the scope of the MIGRADEMO project addresses this question, employing a large-N event history analysis.

First seminar of the second semester‼️ Irina Ciornei (UAB) will present her paper "Identity and Social Justice in the EU". 📅Wed 26 Feb, 12:30 📍Seminari C, Fac. CCPP You can check more information about the other seminars we have planned in the programme below:

With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Simone Bertoli, we are thrilled to announce the Call for Papers for the 3rd edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration on 23-24 June 2025 @CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Submit until 23 February 2025 on economig2025.sciencesconf.org

You can check all the seminars we have planned for this semester in the programme below.

Do not miss out on our first seminar of the second semester‼️ Irina Ciornei (UAB) will present her paper "Identity and Social Justice in the EU": 📅Wed Feb 26, 12:30-13:30 📍Seminari C, Fac. CCPP

New article is out ‼️ It focuses on how migrants can affect political change in their locality of origin, drawing on a paper published as part of the Migrademo project. Go check it out!

Check it out if you are interested in the concept of vulnerability in social science research ethics!

"Psychological factors have received insufficient attention in #migration literature (...)" In this #interview, James Dennison and Olivera Komar discuss the importance of broadening traditional explanations to understand why some people migrate, and others do not. Learn more: loom.ly/lxOb9Go

🌐 How can we make migration work for all? Learn how CERC Migration at @torontomet.bsky.social is addressing the many migration challenges facing people and societies around the world. 🎥 youtu.be/6EgnPy2FRLg

Authoritarian regimes host most of the world’s refugees - and sometimes have among the world's most progressive refugee policies. How can we make sense of this paradox? Watch a recent talk in which @alexanderbetts.bsky.social discussed his new research in progress youtu.be/laQ8E5EQLjA

🗣️New blog post is out! You can find our most recent blog post with a recap of the Migrademo Final Workshop on our website. ➡️ migrademo.eu/migrademo-fi...

🗣️We are happy to announce we are on Bluesky now. Stay tuned for updates on our research!