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Dr. Natalie Welfens

@nwelfens.bsky.social

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Political Sociologist University Duisburg-Essen. Migration, refugee protection, EU external relations, IOs, gender, feminist approaches, practice theory. And cats. She/her.

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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · Dec 19

I’m excited to share that my book “Unequal Access. Categorising refugees in European Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Programmes”
will be published next year @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social! Pre-orders are now available tinyurl.com/b5kuxrj4

Looking forward to sharing this work with you all soon!

Unequal Access | McGill-Queen’s University Press

McGill-Queen’s University Press

www.mqup.ca

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 7d

#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social -

Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany’s FFP Guidelines - https://cup.org/4mQimRB

- @hlmuehlenhoff.bsky.social, Lara Sosa Popovic & @nwelfens.bsky.social

#FirstView

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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · Jun 20

Very excited to share a new preprint.

@jesperasring.bsky.social and I study how politicians engage with evidence in the real world.

Link: osf.io/8zv9s

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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · May 16

Was kommuniziert ihr euren Studis zu #KI #LLMs und #chatgpt in der Lehre und mit Blick auf Hausarbeiten und Referate? Gibt es an euren Instituten schon Leitlinien dazu?
#askingforafriend #wissenschaft

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Valentin Feneberg @vfeneberg.bsky.social · May 9

📖Buchvorstellung DIE HEIMAT DER ANDEREN. HERKUNFTSLANDINFORMATIONEN IN ASYLVERFAHREN

⚖️Wie wissen Richter:innen genug, um über Asylanträge zu entscheiden? Eine Analyse anhand der Beispiele #Syrien und #Afghanistan.

📆20. Mai 2025 @leuphana.bsky.social

www.leuphana.de/news/termine...

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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · May 10

Auch mal nett ☺️ Viel Spaß und sag Bescheid, wenn es mal was online gibt!

Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · May 9

Mega! Nur vor Ort oder auch hybrid?

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Katharina Natter @knatter.bsky.social · May 8

On 4 June I present my paper with @nwelfens.bsky.social on the impact of migration research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. @judithkohlenberger.bsky.social will act as discussant!

There will be lots of room for discussion, so please join!
The event is hybrid.
www.oeaw.ac.at/isr/institut...

Why has migration research so little impact?

www.oeaw.ac.at

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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · May 6

Ist noch jemand beim @zeit.de #zia Kongress heute?

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Saskia Bonjour @saskiabonjour.bsky.social · May 3

One more time for the folks in the back.

Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · May 2

3) Moving right on immigration normalizes the radical right, their positions and rhetoric. Normalization is a key precondition for electoral expansion of the radical right. Programmatic accommodation and collaboration normalize the radical right and open new segments of the electorate for it.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · May 2

🗳️ Populism is a warning sign.

English local elections show it again: People feel abandoned & look scapegoats.

Drawing on own research & others, I argue 👇🏽

💡 To counter populism: We need to reinvest in citizens, e.g. housing, health & dignity.

Short 🧵

📖 www.socialeurope.eu/to-counter-p...

To Counter Populism and Bolster Security, Europe Must Reinvest In Its Citizens

Facing security threats and rising populism, Europe needs state investment in citizens, not austerity that fuelled discontent.

www.socialeurope.eu

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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · Apr 28

Das sieht super aus! Wäre auch für DE eine gute Initiative.

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Valentin Feneberg @vfeneberg.bsky.social · Apr 28

#Asyl: Thym kritisiert Kritik an Abschaffung des #Amtsermittlungsgrundsatzes als konservativ bzw. innovationsresistent, prognostiziert allerdings nur ein "Mischmodell, dessen praktischer Mehrwert unklar bleibt". Wir warten gespannt auf den Gesetzesentwurf zum Mischmodell. @verfassungsblog.de

Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · Apr 22

Die Themen Asyl und Migration haben den letzten Bundestagswahlkampf maßgeblich bestimmt.

Doch welche Forderungen schafften es in den Koalitionsvertrag? Und was davon ist juristisch umsetzbar?

DANIEL THYM über die migrationspolitischen Vorhaben von Schwarz-Rot:

verfassungsblog.de/migration-un...

Zitat: „Die 17 Vorhaben bergen so manche Überraschung und rechtspolitischen Sprengstoff, bewegen sich jedoch innerhalb des Spektrums, das die deutsche Asylpolitik seit 20 Jahren prägt: Liberalisierungen und Restriktionen wechseln sich ab, wobei das Pendel derzeit in Richtung der Strenge ausschlägt.“

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Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen @tgammeltoft.bsky.social · Apr 23

Interested in maritime law and (im)mobility? check out the call for papers for our next international workshop 👇

Itamar Mann @itamann.bsky.social · Mar 12

Jessica Larsen and I are organizing a workshop in beautiful Copenhagen this coming Fall, come join us!

Special issue call for papers: Straits, Canals and Choke Points, September 15-16, 2025

mobilitylaw.ku.dk/news/2025/ca...

Thanks @mobileucph.bsky.social for hosting this project

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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · Apr 23

Dank dir sehr! Das sieht ganz perfekt aus!

Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · Apr 23

Hi! Ich suche einen guten Einführungstext zum Asylsystem Deutschlands (auf deutsch) für BA Studierende. Hat jemand Ideen?
@maxpichl.bsky.social @ulrikekrause.bsky.social @marcusengler.bsky.social @judithkohlenberger.bsky.social @jolafkleist.bsky.social @tabeascharrer.bsky.social

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IFLScience @iflscience.com · Apr 11

A new study has examined 8 million speeches from 140 years of Congress, showing a massive decline in evidence-based language since the 1970s.

www.iflscience.com/use-of-facts...

"Gut Feeling" Is Outweighing Evidence-Based Rhetoric In US Politics"

A new study has examined 8 million speeches from 140 years of Congress, showing a massive decline in evidence-based language since the 1970s.

www.iflscience.com

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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · Apr 8

Ich forsche seit zehn Jahren zu Resettlement und finde die temporäre Aussetzung der Programme fatal - zumal sie für Personen mit besonderem Schutzbedarf gedacht sind.

Jürgen Zimmerer @juergenzimmerer.bsky.social · Apr 8

Deutschland, schäme Dich in Grund und Boden! Und dies zum 80. Jahrestag des Kriegsendes, mit seinen Fluchtbewegungen.....
Und Du, @spdde , machst mit....

web.de/magazine/pol...

Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · Mar 31

Enjoy, Sarah! I recommend spending lots if time at Shakespeare and Company, in the Jardin de Luxembourg, along the Canal St Martin and in the Marais (Falafel at Chez Marianne!) ☺️

Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · Mar 27

The article is part of a fabulous special issue on "Refugee Resettlement as an Institution", guest-edited by Rawan Arar, Molly Fee, Heba Gowayed, and Blair Sackett.

Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · Mar 27

Happy to see my article on IOM's role in refugee resettlement out in @ersjournal.com. How do IOM's pre-departure courses construe knowledge about resettlement as a pathways and host societies' norms and values? What are refugees' perspective on such courses?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · Mar 21

Congrats 🥳

Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · Mar 17

Looking forward to discussing writing practices and learning from colleagues! Thank you @ecdeisa.bsky.social for organising this important event! Co-writing is already one of the best tips I can offer ☺️

ECD Group/ EISA @ecdeisa.bsky.social · Mar 17

✍🏽👩🏽‍💻We invite ECRs to our first online #WritingRetreat on March 27, 2025 at 10:30 am CET.

➡️Starting off with practical writing advice by
@nwelfens.bsky.social, @samarjit.bsky.social, and #JoanaRicarte followed by a 2hr joint online writing session.

Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · Mar 17

Special Issue: Refugee Resettlement as an Institution

Unpacking ‘Expectation Management’: The International Organisation for Migration’s #PredepartureOrientation for #Resettling Refugees

Author: @nwelfens.bsky.social

University of Duisburg-Essen

Coming soon!

#expectationManagement

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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · Mar 13

Thank you, Grazyna! Happy to continue our conversations as we continue our academic journeys!

Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thank you, Franzisca! I will definitely share findings (and maybe also some frustrations) with you!