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Anne Rasmussen @annerasmussen.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social

Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?

@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions

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LeeWas @leewas.bsky.social · 11d

Die legendäre @leewas.bsky.social -Abstimmungsnadel tickt – mit Liveprognose in Echtzeit!

Jetzt den Abstimmungssonntag verfolgen: tagesanzeiger.ch

cc @lucasleemann.bsky.social #abst25 #chvote #Eigenmietwert #EID

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 13d

For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte

www.theguardian.com

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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 16d

tolle Neuigkeiten, gratuliere Reto!

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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 20d

🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)!

🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée!

Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland!

Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · Apr 7

First instalment of my substack primer on right-wing populism in Europe is out.
jacobedenhofer.substack.com/p/explaining...

Explaining the emergence and consolidation of right-wing populism: Part I

Stylised facts, or what has actually happened?

jacobedenhofer.substack.com

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 25d

There is a town in Switzerland where there are more Portuguese nationals than Swiss nationals www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-od...

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Fabian Gülzau @fguelzau.bsky.social · Sep 9

Striking visualisation of the global mobility divide! Also chance to highlight some relevant research... 🧵

Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · Sep 9

There was lots of data to play with for #TidyTuesday this week where we're looking at the power of different passports! ✈️

I decided to try out the idea of using small multiples and highlighting to untangle a spaghetti chart with lots of lines 📊

#RStats #DataViz #ggplot2

Chart showing how rankings of passports have changed over time, split by region with top one in each highlighted. European are ranked high, and UAE has had a dramatic rise.

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Alexander Kustov @akoustov.bsky.social · Sep 3

Is there a pro-refugee policy skeptics can support?

The idea of private sponsorship seems to work exactly because it taps into people's widespread conservative intuitions about responsibility and local control, while channeling their faith networks and addressing cost concerns.

"Why Don't You House Them Yourself?" — Because I Legally Can't

The political promise and limits of private refugee sponsorship

alexanderkustov.substack.com

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Migration Studies @migrationjrnl.bsky.social · Sep 2

How do states balance open markets with pressure to control migration? Studying Switzerland, S. Lavenex, P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, M. Alvarado, and P. Lutz show how business migration as a high-skilled market model offers an escape from the liberal paradox.

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/migr...

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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · Aug 28

Thank you, here is the correct URL nccr-onthemove.ch/wp_live14/wp...

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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨 Nouveau Policy Brief sur le partage des responsabilités dans la gouvernance migratoire européenne 🚨

Le soutien du public dépend de la perception de l’équité. Nous proposons des règles d’équité contraignantes avec une mise en œuvre flexible pour dépasser les blocages politiques.

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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨 Neuer Policy Brief 🚨 Wie kann Verantwortungsteilung in der europäischen Migrationspolitik gelingen? Die öffentliche Unterstützung hängt stark von der wahrgenommenen Fairness ab. Wir schlagen verbindliche Fairnessregeln mit flexibler Umsetzung vor, um politische Blockaden zu überwinden.

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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨 New Policy Brief 🚨 How to address responsibility-sharing in European migration governance? Public support hinges on perceived fairness. We propose binding fairness rules with flexible implementation to overcome political deadlocks.

📖 Read the full brief: nccr-onthemove.ch/wp_live14/wp...

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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · Aug 26

Die Ausgabe enthält viele lesenswerte Beiträge aus der Forschungsküche des nccr – on the move. Ihr findet die Ausgabe «Migration und Mobilität weiterdenken: Perspektiven aus der Forschung» hier: issuu.com/pomona.media...

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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · Aug 26

Restriktive Einwanderungsregeln verhindern Auswanderung. Über diese oft unbeachtete, unbeabsichtigte und kontraproduktive Folge restriktiver Migrationspolitik durfte ich in der soeben erschienen Ausgabe von terra cognita einen Beitrag verfassen.

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Mirco Good @goodmirco.bsky.social · Aug 21

A milestone today: my first PhD publication, co-authored with Fabio Wasserfallen, is out in the @spsr.bsky.social. The article compares Swiss Euroscepticism—just as the title promises. The article is open access: doi.org/10.1111/spsr...

Bar chart comparing public perceptions of the EU across European countries. Switzerland stands out with one of the highest shares of negative views (very negative or fairly negative) and the lowest positive evaluations, similar only to the UK and Czech Republic. Most other countries, including Norway and Iceland, show more positive or neutral attitudes.

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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · Aug 13

The twin article also just dropped: After having introduced 'business migration', we demonstrate how this admission channels allows Switzerland to navigate the 'liberal paradox' of competing pressures for economic openness and political closure. academic.oup.com/migration/ar...

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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · Aug 11

New publication out! We conceptualise the phenomenon of 'business migration' as an increasingly important type of migration in advanced economies and demonstrate its importance in the case of Switzerland comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Business migration between labour and trade: evidence from Switzerland - Comparative Migration Studies

Largely unnoticed by the migration literature, business migration has established itself as a form of labour migration that is substantial in terms of numbers and receives preferential treatment in in...

comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com

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ECPR Standing Group on the European Union 🇪🇺 @ecprsgeu.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨 New call for the SGEU FUTURE Grants! 🚨

Are you a PhD student doing research on 🇪🇺 European integration? Do you need financial support for your fieldwork?

If yes, apply to the new edition of the SGEU Future Grants.

Deadline is 30 September 2025. Details here:

ecpr.eu/news/news/de...

New call for the SGEU FUTURE Grants

European Consortium for Political Research

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Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · Jul 12

Groot interview met de enige echte @casmudde.bsky.social over de Nederlandse politiek in @parool.nl. De must read voor dit weekend www.parool.nl/cs-b5839f93/

Hoogleraar Cas Mudde is een van de toonaangevende kenners van extreemrechts: ‘Sociaaldemocraten hebben de PVV-kiezer niet verloren en ze gaan die ook nooit winnen’

De Nederlandse hoogleraar Cas Mudde is vanuit de VS een van de toonaangevende kenners van extreemrechts. Op bezoek in Nederland reflecteert hij op de Nederlandse politiek: ‘De gemiddelde PVV-stemmer z...

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Jul 11

Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)

news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Jul 11

NEW -

The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW

- @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the role of symbolic right-wing politics in cultural consumption, specifically referencing wine and classical music in pubs, based on a survey from Switzerland with 1,550 respondents.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Jul 9

Last month, I gave this keynote address at a wonderful workshop in Dresden, organized by @jakubw.bsky.social & @olivieroangeli.bsky.social

It is addressed to scholars and students working on, or interested in, the (comparative) study of far left and far right parties (in Europe).

Cas Mudde: From extremism theory to populism studies

YouTube video by Forum MIDEM

www.youtube.com

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · Jul 7

New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

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