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The Global Citizenship Observatory globalcit.eu is based at eui.eu as part of the Global Governance Programme.

We provide independent research and data on citizenship. RTs ≠ endorsements
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Explore the new GLOBALCIT Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset ❗🌐

🌍 165 countries (1960–2020)
📊 488 indicators
🗳️ voting & candidacy rights of non-citizen residents + non-resident citizens
🏛️ Differentiates election type (legislative, executive, referendum) & level

📥: tinyurl.com/yv37nj7m
Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset - Globalcit
Suffrage is a central element of democracy. Over time, electoral rights have increasingly become available to migrants—both as non-citizen residents and as non-resident citizens. However, existing dat...
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Thanks @bronwenmanby.bsky.social for keeping us posted as always on citizenship law developments across Africa.

Sharing your 3 posts on #dualcitizenship in:

South Africa (new portal for cit recovery)
Malawi/Zimbabwe (increased uptake)
South Sudan (barring dual citizens from public office)
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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On my way to Halle, Germany to join the celebratory launch of the CUREDI database on Judicial approaches to issues of cultural and religious diversity in Europe, sharing our @globalcit.bsky.social database experiences.

www.curedi-law.de
CUREDI Law Database - Cultural and Religious Diversity under State Law across Europe
CUREDI is an online database providing case law analysis on cultural and religious diversity across Europe.
www.curedi-law.de
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Call for Papers 📝📣

Citizenship in Displacement: Policies, Practices and Lived Experiences, 25–26 June 2026 in Tangier 🇲🇦

The 2-day workshop will explore how citizenship is reconfigured, negotiated, and contested in contexts of displacement 🔍

📨 Abstract due: 31 Jan 2026
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Citizenship in the News 📰 🇮🇩

Indonesia grants unlimited stay permit for former citizens in lieu of dual citizenship: Govt Launches “Global Citizenship” Scheme to Solve Dual Nationality Dilemma

www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We are delighted to announce that @ashleymhollands.bsky.social a longstanding GLOBALCIT collaborator, has been appointed as the new GLOBALCIT Coordinator and Research Fellow at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies 🎉

📰 globalcit.eu/ashley-manth...
Ashley Mantha-Hollands Appointed GLOBALCIT Coordinator - Globalcit
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ashley Mantha-Hollands as GLOBALCIT Coordinator and Research Fellow at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute. As...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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New study @globalcit.bsky.social compares conditions for citizenship acquisition in 11 European countries: most common residency requirement is 5 years, but several states require longer. Fast-track naturalisation options exist across Europe. globalcit.eu/new-globalci...
New GLOBALCIT study compares conditions for citizenship acquisition by immigrants and their descendants - Globalcit
GLOBALCIT has published a new study on “Citizenship acquisition by immigrants and their descendants: an international legal comparison”. This report, commissioned by the State Secretariat for…
globalcit.eu
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Canadian citizenship can now be passed down to people born abroad, beyond the first generation, if the parents spent a cumulative three years in Canada before the child's birth. Still contestation around "intercountry adoptees" when it comes to passing down citizenship.
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Check out our @globalcit.bsky.social Global State of Citizenship report on how the Canadian rules fit in the 🌎 picture.

globalgovernanceprogramme.eui.eu/global-state...
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Citizenship in the News 📰🇨🇦

Bill restoring citizenship for 'Lost Canadians' becomes law: Court ruled government must pass law covering some children born abroad

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Bill restoring citizenship for 'Lost Canadians' becomes law | CBC News
The "Lost Canadians" legislation, which aims to fix Canada's unconstitutional citizenship by descent rules, passed in the Senate Wednesday and received royal assent Thursday afternoon.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Call for Papers: Citizenship in Displacement (25–26 June 2026, Tangier, Morocco)

Submissions are invited for the workshop “Citizenship in Displacement: Policies, Practices, and Lived Experiences”, taking place on 25–26 June 2026 in Tangier, Morocco.
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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For those interested in the law&procedures of citizenship acquisition, @globalcit.bsky.social has a new resource on 11 European countries - I have contributed a chapter with updates on the Belgian law
New GLOBALCIT study compares the conditions of the citizenship acquisition processes for first-generation immigrants and their descendants in 11 countries 🇦🇹🇧🇪🇩🇰🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇱🇻🇳🇱🇵🇹🇸🇪🇬🇧

📰 Summary and Key Findings: tinyurl.com/56sknbxw
📖 Full Report: tinyurl.com/yc6cdszx
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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The unfinished struggle for gender equality in Ethiopia’s nationality law #equalnationality addisstandard.com/citizens-by-...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Protocol to the African Charter on HPR on the right to a nationality and the eradication of #statelessness in Africa adopted in Feb 2024 has official launch event at the AU HQ in Addis
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Delighted to see our new @globalcit.bsky.social study on the conditions for #citizenship acquisition by immigrants and their descendants, out now in #openaccess!
New GLOBALCIT study compares the conditions of the citizenship acquisition processes for first-generation immigrants and their descendants in 11 countries 🇦🇹🇧🇪🇩🇰🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇱🇻🇳🇱🇵🇹🇸🇪🇬🇧

📰 Summary and Key Findings: tinyurl.com/56sknbxw
📖 Full Report: tinyurl.com/yc6cdszx
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
New GLOBALCIT study compares the conditions of the citizenship acquisition processes for first-generation immigrants and their descendants in 11 countries 🇦🇹🇧🇪🇩🇰🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇱🇻🇳🇱🇵🇹🇸🇪🇬🇧

📰 Summary and Key Findings: tinyurl.com/56sknbxw
📖 Full Report: tinyurl.com/yc6cdszx
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
📝 New Blog on the MER dataset

What is the state of migrant electoral rights across the globe❓ by Hannah Segers

🌍📊 MER shows that while more countries grant migrants voting and candidacy rights, millions remain excluded, highlighting inequalities in democratic participation 🗳️

tinyurl.com/2uye2frs
What is the state of migrant electoral rights across the globe? - Globalcit
Hannah Segers (University of Vienna) In an increasingly interconnected world, migration continues to transform societies, economies, and political landscapes. With around 300 million people living out...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Really, what is wrong with people?

In Finland, persons who do not have any income other than unemployment benefit or social assistance will no longer be eligible to naturalize.

@globalcit.bsky.social

www.dailyfinland.fi/national/457...
Finland further tightens citizenship law
The four-party alliance government led by the Kansallinen Kokoomus (National Coalition Party-NCP) further tightened the requirements for acquiring Finnish citizenship. The
www.dailyfinland.fi
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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📢 Event alert 📢

Join us for a lecture by Rainer Bauböck, in which he builds on a recent debate at @globalcit.bsky.social by exploring the motives behind reparative citizenship and its normative value."

📍 D109 Central European University, Vienna
📅 01 December 2025 | 10:50 am
Reparative Citizenship: Offering Membership as Compensation for Historic Injustice
events.ceu.edu
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
❗ Reminder ❗

You can still join us today for this month's Seminar 👇
✨ GLOBALCIT Seminar ✨

Join Eline Westra as she explores Surinamese-Dutch resistance to dispersal policies in the 1970s–80s and their broader implications for race, community, and integration in the 🇳🇱

🗓️ Thur 6 Nov 2025 | 12:00–13:00 CET
📍 Schifanoia, Mansarda

Register 🔗 tinyurl.com/3hbf4jxa
Resisting dispersal: alternative visions on diversity and community in postcolonial Netherlands
Join Eline Westra as she explores Surinamese-Dutch resistance to dispersal policies in the 1970s–80s and their broader implications for race, community, and integration in the Netherlands.
tinyurl.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Citizenship in the News 📰🇩🇿

Fears of political targeting as Algeria revisits citizenship law:
Many argue that the bill is aimed at Algerian dissidents abroad, who justify their positions by pointing to restrictions on media and political freedoms at home.

thearabweekly.com/fears-politi...
thearabweekly.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Citizenship in the News 📰🇪🇸

Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades: About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades
About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship, including 2,500 men and women from Britain and Ireland
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Applications are now open for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2026!

📚 Full PhD funding in Politics & International Relations or Quantitative and Computational Social Science at University College Dublin

🕔 Deadline: 30 Jan 2026, 5 pm (Dublin)

www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship - UCD School of Politics and International Relations
www.ucd.ie
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Citizenship in the News 📰🇧🇼

Botswana has joined the growing list of African countries introducing Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) programs. Branded the Impact Investment Program, it is expected to take full effect early next year at a $75,000 minimum investment.

financeinafrica.com/news/botswan...
Botswana turns to investor citizenship amid weakening diamond sector - Finance in Africa
Botswana has joined a growing list of African nations rolling out citizenship-by-investment (CBI) programmes as it seeks to attract foreign capital .
financeinafrica.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
✨ GLOBALCIT Seminar ✨

Join Eline Westra as she explores Surinamese-Dutch resistance to dispersal policies in the 1970s–80s and their broader implications for race, community, and integration in the 🇳🇱

🗓️ Thur 6 Nov 2025 | 12:00–13:00 CET
📍 Schifanoia, Mansarda

Register 🔗 tinyurl.com/3hbf4jxa
Resisting dispersal: alternative visions on diversity and community in postcolonial Netherlands
Join Eline Westra as she explores Surinamese-Dutch resistance to dispersal policies in the 1970s–80s and their broader implications for race, community, and integration in the Netherlands.
tinyurl.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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It was a pleasure to participate in yesterday's webinar on "Rethinking citizenship in Europe: policies, challenges, perspectives", organised by Fondazione ISMU and to share our work @globalcit.bsky.social.

If you've missed it, check out the recording here: youtu.be/kJbkuBdYzb0?....
Rethinking citizenship in Europe: Policies, Challenges, and Perspectives.
YouTube video by Fondazione ISMU
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October 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM