Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Thank you 🙏 & the text is really good - I admire your eye to the details 010
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternMary Amme-Shiraef @maryshiraef.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Witnessing the hard-earned successes of migration scholars like @snmorgenstern.bsky.social is a major highlight of my job. This one inspired a little creative writing session. More edits needed or ready to roll? 📽️ 151
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Was interviewed by @zeitonline.bsky.socia on the topic of migration and information in light of recent events. Read here (not open access): www.zeit.de/gesellschaft... 0143
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternKorinna Lindemann @korinlind.bsky.social · 14/07/2026One week left to apply! 0136
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternJohannes B. Gruber @jbgruber.bsky.social · 15/07/2026New preprint: my contribution for @marhai.bsky.social and @emesedomahidi.bsky.social 's The Handbook of Computational Communication Research discusses the transition of the field from bag-of-words to word embeddings to transformer based contextualized embeddings. doi.org/10.31235/osf... 2122
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternMZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 29/06/2026MZES project director Dr. Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social has been awarded this year’s prize from the Prof. Dr Anna and Prof. Dr Jörg Jiri Bojanovsky Foundation. The Foundation supports early-career researchers at the University of Mannheim in the field of empirical research... 1/5 1151
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 08/05/2026doi.org/10.1080/0022...doi.orgA Gendered Bystander Effect: Experimental Evidence on the Vulnerability to International Human Trafficking of Wo(Men) in TanzaniaWhich gender is more vulnerable to human trafficking recruitment, and does a bystander from the community reduce situational vulnerability? Moving away from the passive victim framework, we hypothe... 020
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Now in print 🙌 In prep we were told that the recruitment-scenario in our experiment was “naive or Global South specific”. But recent trafficking ( #Epstein-files ) revelations show: ▶️The question is not only “who would fall for this?” but under which conditions risky decisions become rational. 180
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 08/05/2026doi.org/10.1080/0022...doi.orgA Gendered Bystander Effect: Experimental Evidence on the Vulnerability to International Human Trafficking of Wo(Men) in TanzaniaWhich gender is more vulnerable to human trafficking recruitment, and does a bystander from the community reduce situational vulnerability? Moving away from the passive victim framework, we hypothe... 020
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Das sind tolle Neuigkeiten für Hamburg 🎉 010
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternRalph Scott @ralphscott.bsky.social · 31/03/2026🚨 NEW REPORT! 🚨 What is the state of the UK academic job market in politics, and what does this mean for the field and #highered? In a new @psaecn.bsky.social report, @lawrencemckay.bsky.social @williamlallen.bsky.social and I find worrying trends in job adverts and HESA data from 2012-25 #PSA26psa.ac.ukAcademic Job Market Trends in Politics and International Relations - Political Studies AssociationAcademic Job Market Trends in Politics and International Relations: Evidence from the UK, 2012-25 Authored by: Dr Ralph Scott, Dr Lawrence McKay, and Dr William Allen Read the full report here Execu... 16138
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 23/03/2026To add examples. We had more conceptual questions like „Is it a still a decision if there is war?“ but also quite specific ones like „Why do people still live in New York? I would emigrate from there because I heard the rents are really high, especially close to a park.“ 010
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Explained emigration to 8–12 year olds at the Children’s University @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social 👩🏫 Big questions and lots of curiosity! 🌱✨ For kids in MA - spring lectures are fully booked but fall lectures will be online soon: www.uni-mannheim.de/studium/lebe... 1133
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternInstitute of Sociology · University of Bern @soziologie-unibe.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Sociology Research Colloquium Who considers migrating as the climate changes? @snmorgenstern.bsky.social from @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social presents experimental findings on climate literacy, future orientation, and gendered migration aspirations. 📅March 4, 2026, 4:15–5:45 p.m. 📍UNIBE, vonRoll B202 011
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 02/02/2026❗️Early Career Women* Scholars 🏫 join us for the summer school in political methodology 📈 all payed 👩💻 See you in July (19-25) in Mannheim 071
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternNOVAFRICA @novafrica.bsky.social · 29/01/2026🌍 What does the evidence say about international migration and economic development? Read the new @voxdev.bsky.social literature review on “International Migration" co-edited by NOVAFRICA Scientific Director and @NovaSBE Professor @catiabatista.bsky.social 👉 voxdev.org/voxdevlit/in... 075
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternKarsten Donnay @karstendonnay.bsky.social · 19/12/2025📄 New paper out in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social with my amazing co-author @plutscher.bsky.social ! 💡 Ever wondered if authoritarian strongman messaging also works in democracies? We find that, yes, it did under Trump during the BLM protests in the U.S. in 2020. polisky csssky socsky commsky 12713
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Personal update: proud owner of the first pair of MZES merchandise socks. Being a staff representative @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social for four years was totally worth it! 💪😅 1112
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Amazing! Ich freue mich sehr für dich und die zukünftigen Doktorand*innen - super Projekt! 010
Reposted by Sandra Morgensterntheresa gessler @gessler.bsky.social · 01/12/2025We're looking for a colleague (postdoc) 📢 @politikuhh.bsky.social 3+3 years Doing your own research while teaching 2.5 courses per semester Research agenda with links to our team (democracy, digital politics, political competition/behaviour) DL 🗓️ 05/01 stellen.uni-hamburg.de/jobposting/6...stellen.uni-hamburg.deResearch Associate (Postdoc) Political Science § 28 Subsection 2 HmbHG 05171
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 21/11/2025⚠️ This suggests gendered targeting might be even more skewed than we thought ⚠️ Prevention efforts need to tackle both vulnerability AND unequal targeting 000
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Publication in Journal of Development Studies 💡 Rethinking vulnerability to international human trafficking in theoretical frame: agency instead of passive victimhood 🚻 No baseline gender gap—but: a gendered bystander effect, increasing men’s vulnerability, not women’s doi.org/10.1080/0022... 1101
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternMoritz Marbach @moritz-marbach.com · 13/11/2025🚨New working paper: Compositional Effects, Internal Migration and Electoral Outcomes osf.io/preprints/so... #polisciresearch 12613
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternDenis Cohen @denis-cohen.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Just published in @bjpols.bsky.social: @sergipardos.bsky.social and I show that inter-regional moves in pursuit of employment security reduce individual worries about immigration—a mobility pattern that, in the aggregate, reinforces spatial polarization in anti-immigration sentiment. cup.org/3XiB6yDcup.orgRegional Labor Markets, Residential Mobility, and Anti-Immigration Sentiment | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge CoreRegional Labor Markets, Residential Mobility, and Anti-Immigration Sentiment - Volume 55 18938
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternMZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 03/11/2025📣 Migrant*innen in Europa teilen demokratische Werte Meldung der @dpa.com zur Studie von MZES-Vorstandsmitglied Marc Helbling, @fguelzau.bsky.social ( @svrmigration.bsky.social ) und MZES-Fellow @snmorgenstern.bsky.social Pressemitteilung folgt. 👉 www.deutschlandfunk.de/migranten-in... 1/2deutschlandfunk.deForschung - Migranten in Europa teilen demokratische WerteZuwanderer in Deutschland und anderen Staaten in Europa haben laut einer Untersuchung ähnlich ausgeprägte demokratische Werte wie Menschen ohne Migrationshintergrund. Das ergab eine Studie der Univers... 1119
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternEuropean Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 29/10/2025🆕 🗳️ Using surveys across 🇪🇺 & 🇩🇪 @fguelzau.bsky.social Marc Helbling & @snmorgenstern.bsky.social compare migrants from democratic vs. non-democratic countries to see whether support for #LiberaDemocratic values differs between migrants in Europe and non-migrants 📖buff.lyLiberal democratic values among immigrants in Europe: Socialisation and adaptation processes | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge CoreLiberal democratic values among immigrants in Europe: Socialisation and adaptation processes 022
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Deadline in about a month @ all postdocs! Hope to meet you in Mannheim soon next year :) 021
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternFederica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Hello Mannheim! I'm presenting tomorrow at the Centre for European Social Research. Come for all the empirical modelling you know all about, stay for all the stuff about oil in Northern Europe you know less about 🛢️🌊 1205
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Thank you so much for organising and curating these well-fitting research presentations on irregular #migration - @langlotzsarah.bsky.social @paul-michel.bsky.social and Sebastian @hwwi-economics.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternSVR Migration @svrmigration.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Wie unterscheiden sich die liberaldemokratischen Werte von Migranten und Nicht-Migranten in Europa? Dr. Gülzau, Prof. Helbling und Dr. Sandra Morgenstern veröffentlichen dazu einen Artikel im European Journal of Political Research 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgLiberal democratic values among immigrants in Europe: Socialisation and adaptation processes | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge CoreLiberal democratic values among immigrants in Europe: Socialisation and adaptation processes 155
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2025The results complement the exiting work on migration information campaigns by @jorgencarling.bsky.social @jaspertjaden.bsky.social @jamesrdennison.bsky.social @macartan.bsky.social 020
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2025www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comCredibility and/or anxiety - The moderators of political information on migrationIn the policy of migration information campaigns Western governments aim to influence perceptions on irregular migration in potential sending countrie… 121
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2025⚠️New publication @ssreditorial.bsky.social 📖 #ethics in the practical implementation of #migration information campaigns ➡️ Sender credibility and Anxiety-trigger both impactful for information provision ➡️ but via distinct paths: No double-down-effect 🛄 Multi-treatment RCT, N=2612 in Nigeria 1103
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Super! Herzlichen Glückwunsch an dich und die Uni Hamburg 🙌 110
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternMZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 22/09/2025📣 Attention, postdoctoral researchers! ❗ Apply now for our MZES Visiting Fellowships 😊 💡 Spend 2-4 weeks at the MZES to share ideas 💰 Funding for accommodation, travel, daily allowance 📆 Deadline: 28 November Full information: 👉 www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/en/news/deta... 02726
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 17/09/2025🚨So happy to see this article finally out! I still think it’s among my best. Thank you, @breunig.bsky.social and @anselmhager.bsky.social, for your support throughout this crazy ride! 030
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternDeZIM-Institut @dezim-institut.de · 03/09/2025New📣 „Feelings of Guilt When Caring for Parents Across Borders“ by D. Schiefer, M. Nowicka (Integration Dept.) & S. Morgenstern @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social compares male & female residents in GER who provide #care to parents living abroad, with individuals whose parents also reside in GER. 🧵onlinelibrary.wiley.comFeelings of Guilt When Caring for Parents Across Borders: The Role of Gender and Country‐Specific Care Systems and NormsIt is well established that families maintain ties across national borders. Research shows that caregiving obligations between adult children and their parents can induce care burden and negatively i... 212
Reposted by Sandra MorgensternMZES Uni Mannheim @mzesunimannheim.bsky.social · 20/05/2025❗❗ New #OpenAccess Publication ❗❗ 📃 Gender Attitudes, Inequality and Migration Decision-Making by @snmorgenstern.bsky.social and @cvar-sil.bsky.social 🌍 Survey data from young adults across South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the MENAT region. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (1/4)onlinelibrary.wiley.comGender Attitudes, Inequality and Migration Decision‐MakingWe explore the role of gender-unequal attitudes towards gender norms and perceived structural gender inequality in the migration decision-making of men and women. Adopting a conceptual model based on... 112
Sandra Morgenstern @snmorgenstern.bsky.social · 12/05/2025🚨Happy to see this published! ➡️ Different gender inequalities and how they influence migration decision-manking 👨🏫 together with @cvar-sil.bsky.social 052