🔔 Deutschland sucht dringend Fachkräfte – doch ausländische Arbeitskräfte treffen je nach Landkreis auf sehr unterschiedliche Chancen bei Arbeitsbewilligungen. 📊 Das zeigt ein neues Gutachten von @geraldschneider.bsky.social Schneider & Constantin Wohlfart @uni-konstanz.de. ➡️ t1p.de/46j53

Is Galtung’s pessimism about sanctions still warranted today? @geraldschneider.bsky.social revisits the question with evidence on economic sanctions from 1949–2023. It shows that Galtung’s scepticism still matters for today’s sanctions politics. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

New article on Johan Galtung´s 1967 article on sanctions against Rhodesia out at @journalofgss.bsky.social. I argue that the controversial peace scholar’s pessimism regarding sanctions was partly a product of his time.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Here is the direct link to this new article on bureaucratic discrimination. We show, based on a large sample of caseworkers, that media reports on social welfare fraud influence decisions on unemployment benefits.

Illiberal Norms, Media Reporting, and Bureaucratic Discrimination: Evidence from State-Citizen Interactions in Germany - Stefanie Rueß, Gerald Schneider, Jan P. Vogler, 2025

Recent research on the rise of radical right-wing parties highlights the activation of deeply rooted illiberal norms in society, including hostility toward marg...

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The Politics of Inequality@excinequality.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Eine neue Studie unseres Clusters @uni-konstanz.de zeigt: Negative Medienberichte über bestimmte Migrant*innengruppen können bei der Vergabe von Bürgergeld zu Diskriminierung führen! Mehr Infos: t1p.de/lv33e @steffiru.bsky.social @geraldschneider.bsky.social @janvogler.bsky.social

Anke Hoeffler, Tanja Kupisch, and I are happy to announce three doctoral positions in the project "Lifting the Veil of Violence: Inequality and Representation after War” (LiVV) at ‪the Cluster of Excellence @excinequality.bsky.social‬ at @uni-konstanz.de‬. stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...

3 Doctoral Positions in LiVV – Project Cluster “The Politics of Inequality”

Deadline: September 24, 2025

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10.1080/1369183x.2025.2550130 New article on administrative inequality in the handling of dual citizenship requests, co-authored with the incredible Christina Zuber as part of our @excinequality.bsky.social projects. We show that local preferences influence caseworkers' decisions.

Anke Hoeffler, Tanja Kupisch, and I are happy to announce three doctoral positions in the project "Lifting the Veil of Violence: Inequality and Representation after War” (LiVV) at ‪the Cluster of Excellence @excinequality.bsky.social‬ at @uni-konstanz.de‬. stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...

3 Doctoral Positions in LiVV – Project Cluster “The Politics of Inequality”

Deadline: September 24, 2025

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Interview translated into Persian with some colleagues and me on trade, sanctions, and the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the USA. An issue that is tragically neglected, probably due to the constant distractions from the White House. eghtesaad24.ir/fa/news/3057....

چشم انداز و فرصت‌های سرمایه گذاری آمریکا در ایران کدامند؟/ ترامپ نمی‌گذارد نتانیاهو جلوی توافق با تهران را بگیرد | اقتصاد24

اخیرا بحث سرمایه گذاری آمریکا در ایران مطرح شده و مقامات کشورمان نیز با این مسئله مخالفتی را ابراز نکرده و حتی مسعود پزشکیان از آن نیز استقبال کرده است، اما این

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Informatives Interview bei @ntvde.bsky.social zu Ergebnissen aus verschiedenen Projekten @excinequality.bsky.social @fgz-risc.bsky.social mit Maren Lüdecke & Stefanie Rueß www.n-tv.de/panorama/Dam...

"Damit werden Asylanträge in Deutschland zur Lotterie"

Die Gleichheit vor dem Gesetz gehört zum Fundament des Rechtsstaats - und kommt in Deutschland zunehmend in Bedrängnis. Eine Forschergruppe warnt vor "administrativer Diskriminierung". So variieren di...

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Now assigned to the March issue of Migration Studies.

Migration Studies@migrationjrnl.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

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...

New article on economic coercion journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... with Patrick Weber and Alessia Invernizzi, two former @uni-konstanz.de‬ doctoral students We show that the sanction regimes of both the EU and the USA are biased,

Discriminatory coercion: Understanding the biases of EU and US sanctions - Gerald Schneider, Patrick M Weber, Alessia Invernizzi, 2025

This article examines the biases the two most important senders of economic sanctions, the European Union and the United States, frequently introduce into their...

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