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Maarten Vink
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all about citizenship | ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ prof @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ co-director @globalcit.bsky.social ๐ŸŒ | resident of Braga ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น | https://eui.eu/people?id=maarten-vink | #MigCitSky | https://go.bsky.app/5vLDGon | ๐Ÿšฒ cyclist in Florence โšœ๏ธ .. more

Political science 65%
Sociology 19%
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Good morning and blue skies over Villa Schifanoia!

Welcome to everyone new on BlueSky and ๐Ÿ™ for following me.

Short intro: I am a ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ prof at the #EUI ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ based at a beautiful campus in the hills outside Florence ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น. I am a #polsky by training and interested in all about #citizenship #migcitsky.

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The SAVE Act would block millions of American citizens from voting by effectively requiring a passport or birth certificate to register to vote. More than 21 million Americans lack ready access to those documents. bit.ly/4qS8wBr
The Bad Voting Bill that Refuses to Die
The SAVE Act would stop millions of eligible Americans from voting.
www.brennancenter.org

Fantastic quote.

โ€œUncertainty abounds,โ€ said Jane Ryngaert, of Notre Dame University. โ€œItโ€™s hard to say much about anything.โ€

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Economists reject Kevin Warshโ€™s claim that AI boom will enable rate cuts
FT-Booth Survey shows scepticism of productivity gains forecast by Trumpโ€™s pick as next Fed chair
giftarticle.ft.com
The Home Secretary has several times said she thinks levels of net migration remain quite high + are comparatively high

This is mainly a vibe.

There are a few factual mistakes/over-spins in her explanation of why she thinks this but many journalists + MPs may not quite notice those.

Iโ€™m really looking forward to this online seminar with the great Beth Wellman!

#migcitsky @migcitpol.bsky.social @migcitizenapsa.bsky.social
Seminar: Emigrant voting rights: a question of national belonging โ“

Join Elizabeth Iams Wellman (University of Memphis) to examine the initial legal extension of voting rights to citizens abroad in sub-Saharan Africa ๐ŸŒ

๐Ÿ—“ 19 Feb
โฐ 17:00โ€“18:00 CET
๐Ÿ’ป Online

Registration ๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/5anybrcs

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Seminar: Emigrant voting rights: a question of national belonging โ“

Join Elizabeth Iams Wellman (University of Memphis) to examine the initial legal extension of voting rights to citizens abroad in sub-Saharan Africa ๐ŸŒ

๐Ÿ—“ 19 Feb
โฐ 17:00โ€“18:00 CET
๐Ÿ’ป Online

Registration ๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/5anybrcs

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๐Ÿ“š New literature on citizenship and statelessness

๐Ÿ” Global statelessness and the limits of the โ€œeradicationโ€ framing
โš–๏ธ Discretion, bureaucracy, and law in naturalization processes
๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ Citizenship, language, and political knowledge

And more in our database ๐Ÿ”— globalcit.eu/category/cit...
Citizenship literature Archives - Globalcit
globalcit.eu

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This is not how democracy looks like.
This is just insane. Itโ€™s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.

(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
This is just insane. Itโ€™s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.

(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

Ambiguous phrasing, morally inconsistent and practically impossible. So makes no sense.

www.kabinetsformatie2025.nl

Weird phrasing of half-hearted plan new Dutch gov to โ€œmodernise nationality lawโ€ and accept dual citizenship: yes for Dutch abroad (?), not for immigrants in NL.

Makes no sense.

On my way to Berlin on another fabulous train ride crossing the Alps. Looking forward to catching up with the (Union) citizenship crowd. Will be speaking on the Brexit naturalisation effect and its implications for EU citizenship.

Thanks for invite @dimitrispieker.bsky.social

lnkd.in/dkwMQ29g

Very worrying development.
Citizenship in the News ๐Ÿ“ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ

Cambodia Finalizes Process to Arbitrarily Strip Citizenship: New Sub-Decree Allows Revocation without Conviction, Review, or Appeal

www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
Cambodia Finalizes Process to Arbitrarily Strip Citizenship
The Cambodian government has issued formal instructions that will allow it to arbitrarily strip Cambodians of citizenship without any judicial review or appeal.
www.hrw.org

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Citizenship in the News ๐Ÿ“ฐ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ

Dual citizenship: Bangladeshโ€™s latest political flashpoint before elections: A divide over whether dual citizens should be allowed to contest has led to protests that are threatening to derail the February 12 elections

www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Dual citizenship: Bangladeshโ€™s latest political flashpoint before elections
A divide over whether dual citizens should be allowed to contest is threatening Bangladesh's February elections.
www.aljazeera.com

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Citizenship in the News ๐Ÿ“ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ

Cambodia Finalizes Process to Arbitrarily Strip Citizenship: New Sub-Decree Allows Revocation without Conviction, Review, or Appeal

www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...
Cambodia Finalizes Process to Arbitrarily Strip Citizenship
The Cambodian government has issued formal instructions that will allow it to arbitrarily strip Cambodians of citizenship without any judicial review or appeal.
www.hrw.org
Really looking forward to this @globalcit.bsky.social webinar in two weeks!
Webinar Alert โ—

Africaโ€™s new treaty on statelessness and the right to a nationality: How to make it work?

Two years after adoption, this webinar examines the AU Protocol on the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness โš–๏ธ

๐Ÿ“… Feb 4th 17:00 - 18:00 CET
Register: tinyurl.com/muv33mth

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Webinar Alert โ—

Africaโ€™s new treaty on statelessness and the right to a nationality: How to make it work?

Two years after adoption, this webinar examines the AU Protocol on the Right to a Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness โš–๏ธ

๐Ÿ“… Feb 4th 17:00 - 18:00 CET
Register: tinyurl.com/muv33mth
EU emergency meeting today at 17:00 CET today - and I guess article 42.7 TEU, the EU's mutual defence clause, might come up. I wrote an explainer here how it works:

geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/standing-t...
Standing together: article 42.7 TEU, the EU's mutual defence clause
An overview of the EU's mutual defence framework - and what it means on the current context
geopoliticaleurope.substack.com

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Join us at the EUI on 14-15 May!
๐Ÿ“ฃ Call for Papers: Annual GLOBALCIT and @mpc-eui.bsky.social Conference: Architectures of Global Mobility

We invite scholars, researchers, and practitioners from all disciplines to explore the complex system governing the movement of people across borders

Abstract: 3 Feb
๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/2cp2f2yd

Join us in Florence on 14-15 May for this year's Annual Conference of the @mpc-eui.bsky.social and @globalcit.bsky.social !

CfP: www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

Deadline: 3 February

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๐Ÿ“ฃ Call for Papers: Annual GLOBALCIT and @mpc-eui.bsky.social Conference: Architectures of Global Mobility

We invite scholars, researchers, and practitioners from all disciplines to explore the complex system governing the movement of people across borders

Abstract: 3 Feb
๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/2cp2f2yd

Looking forward and join us in person this Thursday at noon if you are around in Florence!
Join us for the first GLOBALCIT Seminar of 2026 ๐Ÿ’ซ

Julia Schweers will examine how pathways to dual citizenship shape socio-economic outcomes, with particular attention to migrants from the Global South who naturalise in countries of the Global North ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ

๐Ÿ“… Jan 15 - 12:00 CET
๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/4hzkubj2

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Join us for the first GLOBALCIT Seminar of 2026 ๐Ÿ’ซ

Julia Schweers will examine how pathways to dual citizenship shape socio-economic outcomes, with particular attention to migrants from the Global South who naturalise in countries of the Global North ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ

๐Ÿ“… Jan 15 - 12:00 CET
๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/4hzkubj2
Working with EU-SILC, but don't know which variables are available in each year?๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿ†˜๐Ÿณ๏ธ
๐Ÿ›ŸMISSY can help!๐Ÿ›Ÿ
Simply select years, data set, file type & concepts to quickly get an overview, with optional csv export.
Details like frequencies across countries also available!
๐Ÿ”— www.gesis.org/en/missy/mat...

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