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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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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Germany's cabinet approved a bill in July that would allow AI use in visa, residence and asylum procedures. Josefine Flesch, Bernard Quante, and Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social, unpack the rights and bias concerns it raises. buff.ly/SZWJ2GO
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Germany's Draft Law on AI in Migration Raises Rights and Bias Concerns
Germany’s new AI migration law could reshape visa, asylum, and residence procedures. Natalie Welfens, Josefine Flesch and Bernard Quante examine risks.
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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 In "Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration?", @hlmuehlenhoff.bsky.social, Lara Sosa Popovic & @nwelfens.bsky.social investigate why migration is sidelined as a policy issue within FFP Guidelines in Germany 🇩🇪 🌟Available #OpenAccess🌟 buff.ly/eG8uces
Research article titled "Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany's FFP Guidelines" by Hanna L. Mühlenhoff, Lara Sosa Popovic and Natalie Welfens
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Columba Achilleos @columbaachilleos.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
💥 Explore the full Special Section #FeministForeignPolicy in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social. Thanks to all contributors! @tonihaastrup.bsky.social @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social @nwelfens.bsky.social @karolinefaerber.bsky.social @erdfraeuleinma.bsky.social @balnik.bsky.social @hlmuehlenhoff.bsky.social
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Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany’s FFP Guidelines | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany’s FFP Guidelines
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 02/10/2025
#OpenAccess from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - Feminist Foreign Policy Without Migration? Examining Exclusions in Germany’s FFP Guidelines - cup.org/4mQimRB - @hlmuehlenhoff.bsky.social, Lara Sosa Popovic & @nwelfens.bsky.social #FirstView
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Roman Senninger @rsenninger.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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 · 16/05/2025
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 · 09/05/2025
📖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 · 10/05/2025
Auch mal nett ☺️ Viel Spaß und sag Bescheid, wenn es mal was online gibt!
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Mega! Nur vor Ort oder auch hybrid?
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Katharina Natter @knatter.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
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...
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Why has migration research so little impact?
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Ist noch jemand beim @zeit.de #zia Kongress heute?
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Saskia Bonjour @saskiabonjour.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
One more time for the folks in the back.
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🗳️ 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...
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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.
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Das sieht super aus! Wäre auch für DE eine gute Initiative.
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Valentin Feneberg @vfeneberg.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
#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
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Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen @tgammeltoft.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Interested in maritime law and (im)mobility? check out the call for papers for our next international workshop 👇
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Dank dir sehr! Das sieht ganz perfekt aus!
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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 · 11/04/2025
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...
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"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.
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Ich forsche seit zehn Jahren zu Resettlement und finde die temporäre Aussetzung der Programme fatal - zumal sie für Personen mit besonderem Schutzbedarf gedacht sind.
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
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!) ☺️
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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.
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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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Unpacking “expectation management”: the International Organization for Migration’s pre-departure orientation for resettling refugees
This article examines the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) pre-departure orientation (PDO) trainings for resettling refugees. Scholarly knowledge about the pre-departure phase of re...
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Congrats 🥳
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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 ☺️
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Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · 17/03/2025
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 · 13/03/2025
Thank you, Grazyna! Happy to continue our conversations as we continue our academic journeys!
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Thank you, Franzisca! I will definitely share findings (and maybe also some frustrations) with you!
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Thanks, Daniel! See you at EWIS in Krakow?
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Thank you, Liberty!
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Do get in touch if you are working on similar topics in academia or practice! We will implement the project together with partners from the Berlin Governance Platform and Re:Match and look forward to transdisciplinary discussions! Here is the project idea in a nutshell
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Exciting news! 🎉 I’ve been awarded a Change! Fellowship from the @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social and will lead a research group on 'Technological Transformation in Migration & Asylum Governance' @unidue.bsky.social for the next 5y. Looking forward to this journey! tinyurl.com/5cxhxekk
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Die Gesellschaft positiv verändern: Stiftung fördert transformative Forschungsprojekte | VolkswagenStiftungSchließenWeiterWeiter
Für eine lebenswerte Gesellschaft sind positive Veränderungen nötig. Die Stiftung fördert mit "Change!" 17 Projekte mit 28 Mio. Euro, die Forschung und Praxiswissen verbinden – von Bildungsgerechtigke...
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Merci!
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Den würde ich gerne lesen! gibt es ihn auch irgendwo ohne paywall?
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Carolin Emcke @emcke.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Wie konnte es soweit kommen, dass die AfD mit ihren rassistischen, autoritären Positionen solchen Zuspruch bekommt? Alle befragen sich, was die eigenen Fehler waren. Nur in den Redaktionen der Medien gibt es anscheinend null Zweifel, null Selbstkritik. Alles weiter so. Das geht nicht.
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Just so people do not draw the wrong conclusions. Like other social democratic parties, the SPD has lost only very few voters to the far right. Today's AfD supporters are mostly not former social democrats. We outline this in detail here, for example: politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/media/1awhrc...
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Dr. Sanne van Oosten @sbvanoosten.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I see it after all elections with wins for populist radical right parties (PRRPs), also now with AfD in Germany: Weird wild stories about how much ethnic minorities vote for PRRPs, explained by stereotypes. A lot of anecdata, not much actual data. But, I recently published this paper about it:
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Wir haben gestern lange darüber gesprochen was wir tun würden wenn Autoritäre und Faschisten die Macht übernehmen. Behält man Stellen in Bürokratie und Wissenschaft, wandert man aus, wie würde man Widerstand organisieren? Als Deutscher kennt man diese Fragen. Man hat sie häufig rückblickend ... 1/
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
It matters that scientists speak out against what is being done to US science. Staying silent is neither "objective" nor "staying out of politics". Silence now *is* political - it supports the status quo, says "nothing to worry about". We need to sound the alarm. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next
The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.
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Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com · 16/02/2025
Have you checked out our new #ERSSpecialIssue V.48, Issue 4? The issue explores how migration governance relies on categorization, shaping migrants' experiences, despite discrepancies between bureaucratic labels and lived realities. Articles: buff.ly/3ElIvak
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
THE RESIST LIST IS HERE. Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
Resist List

They want us to think we’re alone. We are not.
The Resistance is Everywhere.
Hopescroll through stories of people’s noncooperation against Trump’s coup.
Jump to databases of noncooperation or trackers of ligitation and impact.
Follow our social media accounts to stay updated.
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Adding this to my reading list!
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Julian Lehmann @jlehmann.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Man kann es nicht oft genug sagen: Im Schatten von rechtsextremen Diskursen zu Migranten und Migrantinnen entwickelt sich eine Gewaltwelle. www.tagesspiegel.de/potsdam/bran...
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Vereitelter Anschlag auf Flüchtlingsheim: Ein Brandenburger Dorf schrammt an der Katastrophe vorbei
Ein 21-jähriger Sachse soll einen Sprengstoffanschlag auf eine Brandenburger Asylunterkunft geplant haben. Das Ziel: das dörfliche Sedlitz bei Senftenberg. Ein Besuch.
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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
3 days until Germany votes. While much attention has been on Friedrich Merz who is all but guaranteed to become the next chancellor, the fate of Germany’s incoming government hinges on three small parties fighting to enter parliament. Here is what fellow Europeans should watch out for on Sunday:
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
*Very* comprehensive reviews from three reviewers, super substantial and some difficult to address points. But everything framed in such a constructive and encouraging tone that I am keen to start on revisions right away. Coincidence that it is a feminist journal? #anotheracademiaispossible
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Gökhan Gültekin, Sedat Gürbüz, Said Nesar Hashemi, Mercedes Kierpacz, Hamza Kurtović, Vili Viorel Păun, Fatih Saraçoğlu, Ferhat Unvar und Kaloyan Velkov. #saytheirnames
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Lorenz Meyer @thereallorenzmeyer.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Die meisten medialen Analysen von Alice Weidels TV-Auftritten folgen einem bemerkenswerten Missverständnis: Während die Berichte die rhetorischen Siege und Niederlagen im Detail sezieren, verkennen sie den eigentlichen Zweck dieser Auftritte. 🧵 1/4
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Teresa Bücker @teresabuecker.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Ich denke seit Wochen, dass sich die komplette Politikberichterstattung endlich mal über rechtspopulistische Kommunukationsstrategien fortbilden muss. Erst recht, wenn wir noch lange einen freien Journalismus haben wollen.
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Dr. Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Auf dem Blog des @fluchtforschung.bsky.social kommentieren Kolleg:innen die aktuellen Schlagworte der politischen Debatte und wie sie aus wissenschaftlicher Sicht zu bewerten sind: Pullfaktor, Vollzugsdefizit, GEAS etc. #LauteWissenschaft #BTW2025 fluchtforschung.net/fluchtforsch...
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Therese Herrmann @theresehmann.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Zur Bundestagswahl bringen wir im Fluchtforschubgsblog @fluchtforschung.bsky.social eine Neuauflage von "Fluchtforschung gegen Mythen". Wissenschaftler:innen diskutieren die Begriffe "Pullfaktor", "Vollzugsdefizit", "Ausreisepflicht" u.a. 👇
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