Phil Triadafilopoulos

@philtriadafilos.bsky.social

Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto Scarborough & Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Studying international migration & membership politics, & school choice. Interested in the Montreal Canadiens, guitar, & fishing.

There's a common notion that acculturation harms immigrant health, but acculturation is multidimensional (e.g., linguistic, residential, social). My new work shows it's the *mismatch* between dimensions - not acculturation itself - that explains immigrants' health decline: doi.org/10.1177/0022...

Is Acculturation the Culprit? Acculturative Discordance and Immigrants’ Later-Life Health - Leafia Zi Ye, 2026

Immigrants have similar or higher disability levels than the U.S.-born in later life, which is puzzling given they have a health advantage upon arrival. A popul...

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‘Net migration targets won’t solve Australia’s temporary migration problem’ is one of the conclusions highlighted in a report by the Australian National University’s Migration Hub. Report author and former COMPAS colleague Alan Gamlen and Emeritus Professor Peter McDonald explore the findings.⬇️

Why net migration targets won’t solve Australia’s temporary migration problem

Important work documenting the scale of the impact of ending birthright citizenship: "we project 41 “unauthorized” births per 1,000 unauthorized Asians, compared with 17 “unauthorized” births per 1,000 among Latinos."

U.S. Migration Metrics@usmigrationmetrics.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Research by Jenny Van Hook and @nicolekreisberg.bsky.social on the Ending of Birthright Citizenship and its Disparate Impacts is now published in @readdemography.bsky.social , click the link to read more. Follow @usmigrationmetrics.bsky.social for more. url: read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

The University of Texas System has passed a set of rules regulating the teaching of "controversy." The administration of each university in the system gets to decide what constitutes controversy. I've published an op-ed in the Austin Statesman respoonding.

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Thanks to David Common and the team at CBC Radio’s Metro Morning for the opportunity to discuss the intensifying political debate over Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada. Metro Morning with David Common: What would scrapping the temporary foreign worker program mean for Canada?

New publication with Breyer, Sterba, &Schwerdt @excinequality.bsky.social In an experiment, a 1/3 of respondents are able to identify the actual distribution of pensions according to the German pension regime. Politicians do a bit better. Citizens & politicians want more redistributive pensions.

Between Beveridge and Bismarck: Preferences for redistribution through public pensions

We examine preferences for redistribution in Germany’s public pension system as well as notions of fairness of the system, using survey and experiment…

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