Reach out if you lack paper access or browse through our preprint: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Our study calls for considering immigrants' own experiences when monitoring their lives. We tend to have a rather narrow understanding of 'integration', neglecting immigrants' own experiences and instead focusing on their (economic) performance and closing "the gap" to the resident population.

(3/3): The stronger reactions are not migration-specific but shaped by immigrants' educational and social background. Our study thus informs the explanation of broader sociological patterns at the intersection of education and subjective well-being.

(2/3): Ethno-racial background does not make a difference: Reactions are similarly strong whether or not immigrants stand out visibly or culturally as foreigners.

New paper on educational inequalities in declining destination attachment among immigrants in @sfjournal.bsky.social (with Ruedin): doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

(1/3): Tertiary educated immigrants react particularly strong to unmet migration expectations, showing stronger declines emotional attachment

Working on the integration paradox? Join us at next year's IMISCOE conference! 👇

On June 18th, @nellageurts.bsky.social @genoni.bsky.social and I hosted the Integration Paradox Workshop @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social! 10 presentations 📃, with amazing scholars 👩‍🎓, discussing the discrepancy between so-called "objective" integration and belonging/discrimination. Let’s recap!

...and thank YOU @chlolv.bsky.social for being an awesome host! :)

💥 Join @nellageurts.bsky.social, @genoni.bsky.social, @cdiehl.bsky.social, and me at a roundtable to unravel the Integration Paradox! Whether an expert or new to the topic we are looking forward to hearing your thoughts! 📍Janskerkhof 3 1.09 ⏰14.35 #MigrationSocietalChangeConference

We had great discussions today which we will take to and share during our roundtable tomorrow at the Migration and Societal Change Conference in Utrecht - come join us at 14:35 at Janskerkhof 2-3, room 1.09! With @cdiehl.bsky.social @genoni.bsky.social and @chlolv.bsky.social!

Excited for this to happen! Diving #DIP into unravelling the integration paradox in our research workshop, tomorrow at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social!

With awesome @chlolv.bsky.social & @nellageurts.bsky.social ❤️

Happy to see our contribution on #dataviz in #migration research out (w/ Nikola Sander)! Have a look for inspiration, practical tips & R code on visualising migration flows. 🌏 Special thanks to the eds @williamlallen.bsky.social & @cvar-sil.bsky.social for having us on board 🙏 tinyurl.com/2wxu6ztx

📣 new #article

Housing cost burden of migrants and natives across the income distribution.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Key findings
▪️ rent burden is distributed increasingly unequal
▪️ the polarization is more pronounced among migrants
▪️ migrants faced steeper rent hikes than natives

Another informative and relevant piece of work from you. Thanks Nils!

Is your research about the integration paradox? Then the call below might be interesting to you. 👇

We would be excited to see you at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social in June 2025!

For partnered individuals, SWB-increases systematically depend on their influence on the migration decision. We find smallest increases for trailing partners & highest increases for leading partners. SWB of #singles increased even more. 2/2

With Stawarz, Ette and Rüger

Out now in #Migration Studies: One of the first studies that examines shifts in subjective well-being (SWB) in the course of international migration. We find evidence for increased SWB with the move, and elevated SWB in the first years after it. 1/2

academic.oup.com/migration/ad...

We often tend to assume highly qualified immigrants are doing well 👍 However, they react particularly strong to unmet migration expectations 👎

D. Ruedin (UniNe) and I wrote a short blog post about it, and the potential consequences for both immigrants and host societies 👇

tinyurl.com/nccr-blog