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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

These are the most common family names in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. www.rts.ch/info/suisse/...

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Very happy to see this out on perceptions of welfare deservingness for different categories of migrants, together with @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social and Samir Negash @fggaleiden.bsky.social, open access in EPSR:

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Gianni Infantino is an embarrassment for his country in the sense that none of his corruption seems to serve the purpose of Switzerland winning the world cup title.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

World Cup 2322, Greenland, tropical heat. As in every Portugal game, the mummy of Cristiano Ronaldo is wheeled onto the pitch while 10 players battle the opposing team.

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 23/06/2026

#OpenAccess from @epsrjournal.bsky.social - Not all migrants are equal: public support for migrant welfare access by migrant type and social protection scheme - cup.org/44hn5Vj - Samir Mustafa Negash, @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social & @alexandreafonso.bsky.social #FirstView

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I made a small visualisation of the birthplace and nation represented of players at the World Cup. Stunning 96(!) players born in France. You can play with it here: claude.ai/public/artif...

Network diagram on a dark green background titled "The Birthplace Map: World Cup 2026 Squads," with the subtitle "node size = degree (players + countries connected)." Gold circles represent the 48 World Cup nations and smaller grey-green circles represent countries that only supplied players without fielding their own team, positioned roughly according to real-world geography (Americas on the left, Africa and Europe in the center, Asia and Oceania on the right). Curved green lines connect birth countries to the nations players represent, with thicker lines indicating more players. France is the largest node by far, connected to 15 countries totaling 76 players, including thick lines to Algeria, Haiti, Senegal, Congo DR, and Côte d'Ivoire. The Netherlands is the second-largest hub, with an especially thick line to Curaçao (26 players). Other notable hubs include Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Morocco, and the United Kingdom (split into England and Scotland). A legend at the bottom explains the gold/grey node colors and the line-width scale; a footer credits the source as worldcup.csv, 1,248 squad entries, 282 cross-border players.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I made a small visualisation of the birthplace and nation represented of players at the World Cup. Stunning 96(!) players born in France. You can play with it here: claude.ai/public/artif...

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Lorenzo Piccoli @lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

When people think about migrants and welfare, they often ask a simple question: Should migrants have access to social benefits? Our new paper with @alexandreafonso.bsky.social and Samir Negash suggests the answer is much more nuanced. @epsrjournal.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/exntas9d 🧵 1/6

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Will Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Congrats! Well-timed and from a brief skim seems to chime with what we find regarding NHS health access versus other forms of benefits. I like the segmented language too. Would love to meet up and compare notes if any of you are going to @epssnet.bsky.social this week. bsky.app/profile/will...

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Absolutely fascinating polling by @christabelcoops.bsky.social @thinklabour.bsky.social. Says a lot about the (mis)perceptions of voters - and the cues they use to evaluate the social background of politicians.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Today! Moderated by @alexandreafonso.bsky.social Very much looking forward to it!

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The MAGA World Cup event is back on, thanks to @alexandreafonso.bsky.social 🙏 Same time, roughly same place, same format. All welcome!

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Clearly shows we are a serious contender for the title, since they're starting to use all sorts of dirty tricks against us.

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🚨🚨 #Switzerland’s star striker Breel Embolo has been barred from entering #US ahead of #WorldCup following a last-minute decision by US authorities to review his #clearance to travel. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/swit...

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Switzerland’s star striker barred from entering US ahead of World Cup

Breel Embolo has hasn’t traveled to the U.S. yet, but his team is saving his seat for him.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Does being high-skilled protect you from ethnic bias when applying for a UK visa? In a new pre-registered experiment to be published in International Migration Review, I find that high occupational status doesn't shield immigrants from ethnic prejudice — it may activate it.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Have to admit I enjoyed reading this somehow.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

In my time "going woke" was just called "acknowledging what everybody knows is true"?

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Preparing to teach another class in Dutch and am reminded of this evaluation I got at KCL.

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Lucy Barnes @lucy-barnes.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Do we understand the politics of this kind of cost-shock inflation (and the policies that might help address it)? I think not so much: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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The Politics of Inflation

Inflation returned to the foreground of political economies worldwide after 2019, after 30 years of relative quiescence. Inflation remains unpopular—including among those who are hurt by the policies ...

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

If you are looking for a fun, interesting, and collegial conference where not everything is the same old stuff, @sasemeeting.bsky.social is it. I had a terrific time in Limerick 2024 with great talks by tons of amazing folks. This year, Bordeaux looks great too. sase.org/events/2026-...

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Bordeaux 2026 | SASE Annual Conferences

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

failed at unblocking our kitchen sink, imagine if I had to unblock the strait of hormuz

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Very happy that this article with Samir Negash and Lorenzo Piccoli has just been accepted at the European Political Science Review. In it we show that "welfare chauvinism" is much more nuanced than many assume.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

J'ai été étonné de réaliser que beaucoup de nos amis français pensent qu'en Suisse Romande, nous disons "octante" pour "quatre-vingts". Nous disons en fait 'huitante'. 'Octante' est essentiellement un mythe. dis-voir.ch/2024/11/16/h...

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Huitante, octante ou quatre-vingts?

En français, il existe deux systèmes de numérotation pour les dizaines, qui reflètent deux façons distinctes de compter. Le premier repose sur la base dix (ou système décimal). Dans ce système, les…

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Eric Weinberger @ericweinberger.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

"Whether someone has paid taxes and social contributions turns out to be the single largest predictor of perceived deservingness in the entire study—larger than legal status or country of origin. ... Even an undocumented migrant who has paid taxes is rated more deserving than a citizen who has not."

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Percentage of votes for André Ventura (radical right) and AJ Seguro (centre-left) in the 2nd round of the 2026 Portuguese presidential elections. Parishes plotted by share of population with tertiary education.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

In the Portuguese presidential election, very clear victory of the centre-left candidate Segura against the radical right Ventura.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Here's an interesting difference in the vote of the Portuguese diaspora in my country of birth (Switzerland) and the country where I live in yesterday's presidential election: in Switzerland the right-wing populist candidate gets 63% (!) of the vote while he comes only third in the Netherlands: 10%

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World Elects @electsworld.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

🇵🇹#Portugal, presidential election exit poll (1st round): Seguro (PS): 30-35 % Ventura (CH): 20-24 % Cotrim (IL): 17-21 % Gouveia E Melo (-): 11-14 % Marques Mendes (PSD): 8-11 % Filipe (CDU): 1-3 % Martins (BE): 1-3 % Pinto (L): 0-1 % ... RTP, #Presidenciais2026

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I'm sure every Greenlander is dying to trade free healthcare for the right to carry AR-15s around.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Look, if I had promised my working-class racist constituency lots of money *but* I didn't want to take it from my billionaire friends, perhaps I would also try to seize it elsewhere by imperialist means.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

So Maduro, a ruling head of state, is charged of "possession of machine guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Can I tell my NYC mayor story again today? Ok, fine.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Not exactly a Xmas merrymaking post, but I wrote something on the changing environment for international academics in the Netherlands and how it has changed over the last 10 years: open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...

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Alessia Aspide @aspidea.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

✨ MaxCPE is back! ✨ Don’t miss this week's webinar on Wednesday, 17th Dec, at 1pm CEST. Alexandre Afonso (@alexandreafonso.bsky.social) will present his co-authored paper on public opinion towards immigrants & Martin Ruhs will join us to discuss. ✉️ Drop an email to maxcpe@mpifg.de to sign up

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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

🚨 MAX-CPE is back! Our online series on Comparative Political Economy offers monthly workshops on topics ranging from financial nationalism to tax havens and geofinance. Coming up December 17, 2025: “Making Global Migration More Acceptable?” by @alexandreafonso.bsky.social s.gwdg.de/vcF6uF

Date: December 17, 2025, 13:00. Title: "Making Global Migration More Acceptable? How the Rights and Obligations of Immigrants Upon Arrical Shape Preferences for Immigrant Admission." Speaker: Alexandre Afonso.

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Roderik Rekker @roderikrekker.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨 In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

This is the BBC headline on yesterday's coup in Guinea Bissau. However reports in the Portuguese press (GB was a Portuguese colony) imply that the detention of the president is a smokescreen and he may have orchestrated the coup himself?

Solderiers seize power in Guinea Bissau and detain the president

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Looking forward to our next PEPP talk with @huysmans.bsky.social, December 2 in the Hague cc. @mileskellerman.bsky.social

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Looking forward to our next PEPP talk with @huysmans.bsky.social, December 2 in the Hague cc. @mileskellerman.bsky.social

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Happy to inform you that because of the cloudflare outage I cannot mark exams

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

"But Switzerland's boring": this looks like a really cool article based on qualitative interviews with ultra rich people on whether they'd move for tax reasons academic.oup.com/ser/advance-... cc. @gabrielzucman.bsky.social

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