Wonderful to find our article with @lutzphilipp.bsky.social published in @ejprjournal.bsky.social over the holidays 👇 We explore public opinion on which principles should guide refugee distribution across EU member states Little support for current principles, but also no agreement on an alternative

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Europeans want fairer responsibility-sharing in refugee protection among member states, but disagree on which principles should guide such a fair distribution — partly due to national self-interest. New article out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social with @bencrum.nl doi.org/10.1017/S147...

Fair enough? 🎠 @lutzphilipp.bsky.social & @ecprsgeu.bsky.social's Ben Crum use an original population survey in six EU member states to ask how asylum seekers should be distributed across EU member states, and can people agree? buff.ly/83stsH8

Fair enough? Citizens’ preferences on refugee distribution in the EU | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Fair enough? Citizens’ preferences on refugee distribution in the EU

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🔥 Trending on SciLove today 🔥 🔬 Seeing Divides: Citizens’ Biased Perceptions of Political Cleavages 👤 Lutz & Does, 2026 📖 Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social 🔗 https://www.scilove.app/article/10.1007/s11109-026-10181-4 #PoliSci #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter

#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - Fair enough? Citizens’ preferences on refugee distribution in the EU - https://cup.org/3T89YUo - @lutzphilipp.bsky.social & @bencrum.nl #FirstView

Europeans want fairer responsibility-sharing in refugee protection among member states, but disagree on which principles should guide such a fair distribution — partly due to national self-interest. New article out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social with @bencrum.nl doi.org/10.1017/S147...

New paper out 📄 How do citizens mentally map political divides — and where do they go wrong? Using German survey data on immigration, we split perceptual error into 3 biases (egocentrism, conservatism & false polarization) that mirror the very divides they distort. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Seeing Divides: Citizens’ Biased Perceptions of Political Cleavages - Political Behavior

Citizens’ perceptions of political divides shape democratic processes, yet we know little about how these divides are mentally represented. This article develops a conceptual framework that integrates...

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‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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🚀 DATASET UPDATE: Migration Provisions in Preferential Trade Agreements 🌐📊 The updated version allows you to track how provisions regulating mobility, rights and control of international migration are built into trade deals worldwide. 👉 zenodo.org/records/2069... (1/2)

New paper, with Patrick Fournier & @zeynsom.bsky.social, out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social! 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... a brief 🧵

Do Citizens Perceive an empty Left-Authoritarian Quadrant? Citizen Perceptions of Parties’ Positions in a Multi-Dimensional Space - Ruth Dassonneville, Patrick Fournier, Zeynep Somer-Topcu, 2026

Given that there are few parties in the left-authoritarian quadrant of a two-dimensional ideological space, citizens that combine economically left and sociocul...

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Great Read on FirstView: Outsiders at the Ballot Box: Integration, Discrimination, and Muslims’ Electoral Behavior in Europe. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨🚨" #Brexit has made the UK economy smaller than it otherwise would have been. The effect has not been a sudden collapse, but a gradual and cumulative drag on trade, investment and productivity". @jdportes.bsky.social for @ukandeu.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-ten-y...

Brexit ten years on: the economy - UK in a changing Europe

Ahead of the ten year anniversary of the EU referendum on 23 June, UK in a Changing Europe experts have written a...

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Assistant Professor in Political Science, Specialization in Public Policy and Governance

Are you an enthusiastic public policy scholar with a passion for education? Do you conduct research on the practices and politics of collaborative governance or of digital transformation of governance...

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In exactly two weeks the EU's New Pact on Migration and Asylum will come into force. How will this reform package shape the distribution of asylum responsibilities among European countries? Read now the press release on our recent research on the fairness of Dublin transfers vu.nl/en/news/2026...

🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 in Science Advances. We meta-reanalyze 100 conjoint experiments to assess which immigrants citizens prefer around the world. Our evidence reinforces existing findings, identifies novel insights, and provides a basis for future research 1/n www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Which immigrants do citizens prefer? A meta-reanalysis of 100 conjoint experiments

Meta-reanalysis of 100 conjoint experiments reveals patterns of similarity and variation in public immigration preferences worldwide.

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@rdassonneville.bsky.social & McAllister show that education divides voters less by changing opinions than by changing political labels, as immigration increasingly shapes how Europeans understand left and right. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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100 Tage Zwangs­arbeit an Europas Grenze

Auf der Flucht wird Nathan eingesperrt und gezwungen, bei brutalen Pushbacks zu helfen.

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Soll sich die Schweiz am EU-Solidaritätsmechanismus in der Asylpolitik beteiligen? – www.defacto.expert/2026/05/18/s...

Defacto Expert@defactoexpert.bsky.social · 3mo ago

La Suisse doit-elle participer au mécanisme de solidarité du pacte de l’UE sur la migration et l’asile ? – @lutzphilipp.bsky.social, @maudbachelet.bsky.social Une revue des données sur le partage des responsabilités dans le régime d’asile commun pour y répondre. www.defacto.expert/2026/05/18/l...

La Suisse doit-elle participer au mécanisme de solidarité du pacte de l’UE sur la migration et l’asile ? – @lutzphilipp.bsky.social, @maudbachelet.bsky.social Une revue des données sur le partage des responsabilités dans le régime d’asile commun pour y répondre. www.defacto.expert/2026/05/18/l...

New article out 📘 How do Dublin transfers redistribute asylum responsibility across the EU? Our findings challenge common assumptions: Dublin transfers modestly reduce unequal distributions of asylum responsibilities. #EU #Asylum #Migration #DublinRegulation journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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The EU’s Dublin system is widely seen as unfair, but new research suggests the system has produced surprisingly fair outcomes in practice. ✍️ @lutzphilipp.bsky.social @ftrauner.bsky.social & Philipp Stutz @eupthejournal.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

The EU’s Dublin system is widely seen as unfair – but official statistics tell a different story

The EU’s Dublin system for processing asylum claims has been widely criticised. Yet new research shows the system produces surprisingly fair outcomes.

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A brief summary of our findings on how the European Dublin system redistributes asylum responsibilites can be found on @lseblogs.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

The EU’s Dublin system is widely seen as unfair – but official statistics tell a different story

The EU’s Dublin system for processing asylum claims has been widely criticised. Yet new research shows the system produces surprisingly fair outcomes.

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Philipp Lutz@lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New article out: How Dublin transfers redistribute asylum responsibility. We show that Dublin transfers modestly reduced inequitable distributions of asylum responsibilities across member states, challenging common perceptions in the debate. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New article out: How Dublin transfers redistribute asylum responsibility. We show that Dublin transfers modestly reduced inequitable distributions of asylum responsibilities across member states, challenging common perceptions in the debate. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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NEW - Uncovering Mutual Understanding on Immigration with Open-Ended Survey Questions - https://cup.org/4cXArLR - Soran Hajo Dahl (University of Bergen) #OpenAccess

Exactly! The muddling through-approach the federal govt took after the 2014 mass immigration initiative was nicely analyzed by Armingeon/ @lutzphilipp.bsky.social : link.springer.com/article/10.1... With these transitional provisions in the current proposal, such an approach would *not* be possible

Muddling between responsiveness and responsibility: the Swiss case of a non-implementation of a constitutional rule - Comparative European Politics

The tensions between responsible and responsive government have increased in the age of populism. How do politicians deal with this challenge? Do they give priority to short-term voter demands or are ...

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In June, Switzerland will vote on what is so far the most radical far-right popular initiative launched by the Swiss People‘s Party SVP: capping the population at 10M (currently ≈9.1M). In this thread, I’ll break down what it’s about and how it fits into broader findings on Swiss direct democracy

THIS IS HAPPENING! What Europeans Think about Immigration and Why It Matters James Dennison and Andrew Geddes Oxford University Press, publication date June 25 2026, £30 lnkd.in/dU8dRYuB

Thrilled that my paper (w/@sarahobolt.bsky.social,@catherinedevries.bsky.social,@simonecremaschi.bsky.social) was accepted at the American Political Science Review! We find that declining public services fuel support for the populist right — and show why the right benefits more than other parties 🧵

False Beliefs or Just Bad Guesses? Understanding Public Views on Immigration --> summary of our research on immigration misperceptions nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/false-b...

False Beliefs or Just Bad Guesses? Understanding Public Views on Immigration | nccr – on the move

What if most immigration misperceptions aren’t beliefs at all? Swiss survey evidence points to uncertainty rather than conviction.

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