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Philipp Lutz

@lutzphilipp.bsky.social
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Political scientist at University of Geneva 🇨🇭 & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 🇳🇱 | Interested in migration & EU politics 🇪🇺

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Empfehle allen diese 15 Minuten von @bertpsch.bsky.social dazu was dieser Moment bedeutet. Es macht in der Kürze klar deutlich wie die AfD einzuordnen ist und welcher Umbruch gerade passiert bei dem das Stigma um diese Partei und ihren Rechtsextremismus verschwindet open.spotify.com/episode/2ynW...
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Kommentar zum AfD-Sieg: Der Ernstfall ist jetzt (Wahlkreis-Spezial)
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We’re hiring! Poli Sci & IR department at IE University in Madrid is hiring three tenure-track Assistant Professors, starting 1st of September 2027, in: Comparative Politics: lnkd.in/ePDfwjJB International Relations: lnkd.in/eDu5vGTf Political Economy: lnkd.in/eciDukTA 1/3
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Magda Breyer @mabreyer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
How do individuals normatively assess changes to the social order and what does this tell us about electoral realignment? New publication with @dpzollinger.bsky.social and Tabea Palmtag out now in the Journal of European Public Policy 😊 doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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Ben Crum @bencrum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Wonderful to find our article with @lutzphilipp.bsky.social published in @ejprjournal.bsky.social over the holidays 👇 We explore public opinion on which principles should guide refugee distribution across EU member states Little support for current principles, but also no agreement on an alternative
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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Fair enough? 🎠 @lutzphilipp.bsky.social & @ecprsgeu.bsky.social's Ben Crum use an original population survey in six EU member states to ask how asylum seekers should be distributed across EU member states, and can people agree? buff.ly/83stsH8
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Fair enough? Citizens’ preferences on refugee distribution in the EU | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Fair enough? Citizens’ preferences on refugee distribution in the EU
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SciLove @scilove.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🔥 Trending on SciLove today 🔥 🔬 Seeing Divides: Citizens’ Biased Perceptions of Political Cleavages 👤 Lutz & Does, 2026 📖 Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social 🔗 www.scilove.app/article/10.1007/s11… #PoliSci #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
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🔥 Trending today: Seeing Divides (Lutz & Does, 2026) - 31/07/26
Citizens systematically misperceive political divides through cognitive biases that distort how they understand others' views on issues like immigration. 🧠🗳️📊
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 28/07/2026
#OpenAccess from @ejprjournal.bsky.social - Fair enough? Citizens’ preferences on refugee distribution in the EU - cup.org/3T89YUo - @lutzphilipp.bsky.social & @bencrum.nl #FirstView
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Europeans want fairer responsibility-sharing in refugee protection among member states, but disagree on which principles should guide such a fair distribution — partly due to national self-interest. New article out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social with @bencrum.nl doi.org/10.1017/S147...
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Fair enough? Citizens’ preferences on refugee distribution in the EU | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Fair enough? Citizens’ preferences on refugee distribution in the EU
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
New paper out 📄 How do citizens mentally map political divides — and where do they go wrong? Using German survey data on immigration, we split perceptual error into 3 biases (egocentrism, conservatism & false polarization) that mirror the very divides they distort. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Seeing Divides: Citizens’ Biased Perceptions of Political Cleavages - Political Behavior
Citizens’ perceptions of political divides shape democratic processes, yet we know little about how these divides are mentally represented. This article develops a conceptual framework that integrates...
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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026
‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Korinna Lindemann @korinlind.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
📢 Job Ad: I am looking for one doctoral researcher (75%) in my newly funded DFG project on misperceptions and factual information on immigration from 1.10. or soon after! 📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim 💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
📢 Hiring a postdoc at @VU Amsterdam! Join my NWO project on the social norms of immigrant integration. Duration of 6 months, flexible start. Deadline 15 July 👇 workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/po... #AcademicJobs #MigrationResearch #PoliticalScience
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Vacancy — Postdoctoral Position (0.8 FTE): Social Norms of Immigrant Integration
Do you have an interest in public opinion on migration, and have you recently attained your PhD (or will you soon attain it)? Then please apply for this postdoctoral position on integration norms in i...
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🚀 DATASET UPDATE: Migration Provisions in Preferential Trade Agreements 🌐📊 The updated version allows you to track how provisions regulating mobility, rights and control of international migration are built into trade deals worldwide. 👉 zenodo.org/records/2069... (1/2)
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Migration Provisions in Preferential Trade Agreements (MITA) Dataset
The MITA dataset is the broadest and most inclusive databases on preferential trade agreements with regard to migration. We include all international trade agreements that were signed between 1960 and...
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Ruth Dassonneville @rdassonneville.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
New paper, with Patrick Fournier & @zeynsom.bsky.social, out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social! 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... a brief 🧵
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Do Citizens Perceive an empty Left-Authoritarian Quadrant? Citizen Perceptions of Parties’ Positions in a Multi-Dimensional Space - Ruth Dassonneville, Patrick Fournier, Zeynep Somer-Topcu, 2026
Given that there are few parties in the left-authoritarian quadrant of a two-dimensional ideological space, citizens that combine economically left and sociocul...
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Journal of Experimental Political Science @jepsjournal.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Great Read on FirstView: Outsiders at the Ballot Box: Integration, Discrimination, and Muslims’ Electoral Behavior in Europe. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Outsiders at the Ballot Box: Integration, Discrimination, and Muslims’ Electoral Behavior in Europe | Journal of Experimental Political Science | Cambridge Core
Outsiders at the Ballot Box: Integration, Discrimination, and Muslims’ Electoral Behavior in Europe
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🚨🚨" #Brexit has made the UK economy smaller than it otherwise would have been. The effect has not been a sudden collapse, but a gradual and cumulative drag on trade, investment and productivity". @jdportes.bsky.social for @ukandeu.bsky.social ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-ten-y...
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Brexit ten years on: the economy - UK in a changing Europe
Ahead of the ten year anniversary of the EU referendum on 23 June, UK in a Changing Europe experts have written a...
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Steven Van de Walle @stevenvdwalle.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Jobs! 1. Assistant prof. Public Policy and Governance, Amsterdam www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3612...
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Assistant Professor in Political Science, Specialization in Public Policy and Governance
Are you an enthusiastic public policy scholar with a passion for education? Do you conduct research on the practices and politics of collaborative governance or of digital transformation of governance...
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
In exactly two weeks the EU's New Pact on Migration and Asylum will come into force. How will this reform package shape the distribution of asylum responsibilities among European countries? Read now the press release on our recent research on the fairness of Dublin transfers vu.nl/en/news/2026...
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Dublin asylum system fairer than assumed, but not by design - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
The European Dublin asylum system distributed responsibility for asylum seekers across EU member states more fairly than is often assumed.
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Marcel Roman @mfroman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨 in Science Advances. We meta-reanalyze 100 conjoint experiments to assess which immigrants citizens prefer around the world. Our evidence reinforces existing findings, identifies novel insights, and provides a basis for future research 1/n www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Which immigrants do citizens prefer? A meta-reanalysis of 100 conjoint experiments
Meta-reanalysis of 100 conjoint experiments reveals patterns of similarity and variation in public immigration preferences worldwide.
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Research & Politics @respol.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
@rdassonneville.bsky.social & McAllister show that education divides voters less by changing opinions than by changing political labels, as immigration increasingly shapes how Europeans understand left and right. Read more here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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100 Tage Zwangs­arbeit an Europas Grenze
Auf der Flucht wird Nathan eingesperrt und gezwungen, bei brutalen Pushbacks zu helfen.
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Defacto Expert @defactoexpert.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Soll sich die Schweiz am EU-Solidaritätsmechanismus in der Asylpolitik beteiligen? – www.defacto.expert/2026/05/18/s...
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Soll sich die Schweiz am EU-Solidaritätsmechanismus in der Asylpolitik beteiligen? – DeFacto
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Defacto Expert @defactoexpert.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
La Suisse doit-elle participer au mécanisme de solidarité du pacte de l’UE sur la migration et l’asile ? – @lutzphilipp.bsky.social, @maudbachelet.bsky.social Une revue des données sur le partage des responsabilités dans le régime d’asile commun pour y répondre. www.defacto.expert/2026/05/18/l...
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Florian Trauner @ftrauner.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
New article out 📘 How do Dublin transfers redistribute asylum responsibility across the EU? Our findings challenge common assumptions: Dublin transfers modestly reduce unequal distributions of asylum responsibilities. #EU #Asylum #Migration #DublinRegulation journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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LSE European Politics @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The EU’s Dublin system is widely seen as unfair, but new research suggests the system has produced surprisingly fair outcomes in practice. ✍️ @lutzphilipp.bsky.social @ftrauner.bsky.social & Philipp Stutz @eupthejournal.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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The EU’s Dublin system is widely seen as unfair – but official statistics tell a different story
The EU’s Dublin system for processing asylum claims has been widely criticised. Yet new research shows the system produces surprisingly fair outcomes.
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A brief summary of our findings on how the European Dublin system redistributes asylum responsibilites can be found on @lseblogs.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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The EU’s Dublin system is widely seen as unfair – but official statistics tell a different story
The EU’s Dublin system for processing asylum claims has been widely criticised. Yet new research shows the system produces surprisingly fair outcomes.
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
New article out: How Dublin transfers redistribute asylum responsibility. We show that Dublin transfers modestly reduced inequitable distributions of asylum responsibilities across member states, challenging common perceptions in the debate. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
NEW - Uncovering Mutual Understanding on Immigration with Open-Ended Survey Questions - cup.org/4cXArLR - Soran Hajo Dahl (University of Bergen) #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract text from a paper discussing the immigration debate. It highlights a study conducted in Norway and summarizes findings about how arguments from opposing sides are perceived and countered.
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Exactly! The muddling through-approach the federal govt took after the 2014 mass immigration initiative was nicely analyzed by Armingeon/ @lutzphilipp.bsky.social : link.springer.com/article/10.1... With these transitional provisions in the current proposal, such an approach would *not* be possible
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Muddling between responsiveness and responsibility: the Swiss case of a non-implementation of a constitutional rule - Comparative European Politics
The tensions between responsible and responsive government have increased in the age of populism. How do politicians deal with this challenge? Do they give priority to short-term voter demands or are ...
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Rahel Freiburghaus @rfrbrghs.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
In June, Switzerland will vote on what is so far the most radical far-right popular initiative launched by the Swiss People‘s Party SVP: capping the population at 10M (currently ≈9.1M). In this thread, I’ll break down what it’s about and how it fits into broader findings on Swiss direct democracy
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Andrew Geddes @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
THIS IS HAPPENING! What Europeans Think about Immigration and Why It Matters James Dennison and Andrew Geddes Oxford University Press, publication date June 25 2026, £30 lnkd.in/dU8dRYuB
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Zach Dickson @zachdickson.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Thrilled that my paper (w/@sarahobolt.bsky.social,@catherinedevries.bsky.social,@simonecremaschi.bsky.social) was accepted at the American Political Science Review! We find that declining public services fuel support for the populist right — and show why the right benefits more than other parties 🧵
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
False Beliefs or Just Bad Guesses? Understanding Public Views on Immigration --> summary of our research on immigration misperceptions nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/false-b...
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False Beliefs or Just Bad Guesses? Understanding Public Views on Immigration | nccr – on the move
What if most immigration misperceptions aren’t beliefs at all? Swiss survey evidence points to uncertainty rather than conviction.
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Neu erschienen: Migrationsland Schweiz: Mythen, Realitäten und Perspektiven (Denknetz), mit meinem Beitrag: „Warum das Migrationsland Schweiz eine (neue) Erzählung braucht“. Viele lesenwerte Beiträge zur Gestaltung von Migration in der Zukunft. pdf-Download --> www.denknetz.ch/migrationsla...
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Migrationsland Schweiz - Mythen, Realtitäten und Perspektivenraum Schule
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Stuart Soroka @snsoroka.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I am excited about this new paper, Negativity & Misinformation, just out with @cbwlezien.bsky.social in @polcommjournal.bsky.social: "durable biases in information processing, by media organizations and humans more generally, can produce misinformation and misperceptions..." doi.org/10.1080/1058...
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Negativity and Misinformation
There are large and growing bodies of research highlighting inaccuracies in news coverage. In this paper, we suggest that negativity biases account for a substantial portion of longstanding inaccur...
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
New article out in ASYL: What implications of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum for European Responsibility-sharing? A political breakthrough but not overcoming the structural and political hurdles to an effective implementation asyl.recht.ch/de/artikel/0... @maudbachelet.bsky.social
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The New Pact on Migration and Asylum: Political Developments and Implications for European Responsibility-Sharing
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
📢 New article out in the Journal of European Public Policy (with @maudbachelet.bsky.social ): Europe’s immigration divide: multidimensional responsibility-sharing as a solution? Europe is deeply divided on migration. 🧵👇
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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
✨ A silver bullet for EU migration policy? 🤔 @lutzphilipp.bsky.social and Maud Bachelet test whether Europeans support EU member states choosing their contribution to a common migration policy (border protection, money, relocation, etc.). 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
📢 New article out in the Journal of European Public Policy (with @maudbachelet.bsky.social ): Europe’s immigration divide: multidimensional responsibility-sharing as a solution? Europe is deeply divided on migration. 🧵👇
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🚨🚨Biggest #EU news of today: #Iceland looks to fast-track vote on joining EU as referendum on EU accession could come as early as August, departing from original plan for 2027 ref. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/icel...
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Iceland looks to fast-track vote on joining EU
A referendum on resuming membership talks had been expected in 2027, but could come as early as this August.
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Lior Sheffer @liorsheffer.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
New and open access, in @psrm.bsky.social: What happens when we make politicians draw distributions? Nic Dias, @jacklucas.bsky.social and I explore whether the large errors politicians make about public opinion are artificially inflated by how researchers ask them to estimate it /1 cup.org/4kltoyE
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Sophie Mainz @sophiemainz.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Happy that my article just published in PSRM! In "Inclusion to Exclude“, I show that when politicians invoke women's rights to justify anti-immigration positions, it shifts citizens' policy preferences - but differently so depending on their prior views. doi.org/10.1017/psrm... [Thread below]
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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
NEW PAPER ALERT! My paper, with @bjornhoyland.bsky.social , on how “policy loss” shapes support for the EU has just been published in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. Check it out! 1/
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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
💭 Based on @psrm.bsky.social research, @lutzphilipp.bsky.social & Marco Bitschnau reveal that many false beliefs about #Immigration are merely low-confidence guesses, rather than firmly held views. 🤔 This distinction has important implications for understanding public opinion. ➡️ bit.ly/3NvPq5i
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Why we need to rethink what we know about public views on immigration
You might think that most people have misperceptions about immigration. Yet many false beliefs are merely low-confidence guesses, rather than firmly held views. Drawing on new Swiss survey evidence, P...
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Horizons Magazine @horizons-en.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
German-speaking Swiss tend to expect greater #integration from ‘foreigners’ than from ‘people in general’. This bias, absent in French-speaking Switzerland, was measured by @s-manser-egli.bsky.social and @lutzphilipp.bsky.social as part of the NCCR "On the Move".
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More Swiss than the Swiss
Horizons - In brief
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
New piece in @goodauth.bsky.social on what Trump's actions in Venezuela might mean. goodauthority.org/news/what-ha...
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What happens now in Venezuela – and the world?
What happens now in Venezuela – and the world? Trump’s no-guardrails foreign policy raises big questions about the global order, not just about who will run Venezuela.
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Not surprising. Eurobarometer survey has shown the same thing a few years ago. For a more comprehensive coverage of public misperceptions, see our review www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Misperceptions about Immigration: Reviewing Their Nature, Motivations and Determinants | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Misperceptions about Immigration: Reviewing Their Nature, Motivations and Determinants - Volume 53 Issue 2
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Tout le monde ne doit pas s’intégrer au même degré Notre recherche avec @s-manser-egli.bsky.social est présentée dans le magazine Horizons 👇 www.revue-horizons.ch/2025/12/04/t...
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Tout le monde ne doit pas s’intégrer au même degré
Horizons - En bref
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Philipp Lutz @lutzphilipp.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
More Swiss than the Swiss --> Summary of our research into unequal integration norms www.horizons-mag.ch/2025/12/04/b...
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More Swiss than the Swiss
Horizons - In brief
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Simon Otjes @simonotjes.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
De NRC interviewde Arend Lijphart de belangrijkste Nederlandse politicoloog www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Politicoloog Arend Lijphart: ‘De VS waren nooit echt democratisch’
Politicologie: Arend Lijphart (89) is de belangrijkste Nederlandse politicoloog aller tijden. Hij werd bekend door zijn werk over de verzuiling, maar vanuit zijn huis in San Francisco volgt hij nu voo...
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