Eréndira León
@erendiraleonsa.bsky.social
PhD Researcher at EUI | Migration & Asylum Research | Mixed-Methods in political science| Visiting Fellow at nccr-on the move |Previously Visiting at UCL (SPP)| Occasional photographer and full-time dancer
www.erendiraleon.com
www.erendiraleon.com
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Happy, alongside @emiliabelknap.bsky.social, to make my debut contribution with the fantastic folks at @ukandeu.bsky.social
Emilia & I use data from @britishelectionstudy.com to correct the atomistic fallacy in people's understanding the Reform UK gender gap
ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...
Emilia & I use data from @britishelectionstudy.com to correct the atomistic fallacy in people's understanding the Reform UK gender gap
ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...
Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe
Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely ...
ukandeu.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Happy, alongside @emiliabelknap.bsky.social, to make my debut contribution with the fantastic folks at @ukandeu.bsky.social
Emilia & I use data from @britishelectionstudy.com to correct the atomistic fallacy in people's understanding the Reform UK gender gap
ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...
Emilia & I use data from @britishelectionstudy.com to correct the atomistic fallacy in people's understanding the Reform UK gender gap
ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...
Happy to share that I’m in Madrid for a short visiting stay for 2 weeks working in a project with @sumpierrez.bsky.social & Roberta Perna related to welfare chauvinism, nativist discourse and the far right in Spain @ipp-csic.bsky.social
Would love to have coffee if you’re around 💫
Would love to have coffee if you’re around 💫
October 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Happy to share that I’m in Madrid for a short visiting stay for 2 weeks working in a project with @sumpierrez.bsky.social & Roberta Perna related to welfare chauvinism, nativist discourse and the far right in Spain @ipp-csic.bsky.social
Would love to have coffee if you’re around 💫
Would love to have coffee if you’re around 💫
Thank you so much for the space @uniluzern.bsky.social & @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social for the invite ✨
I’ll be presenting the work I’ve been developing at the nccr-on the move at the University of Neuchâtel on refugees political mobilization, if you’re around, let’s get a coffee ☕️ 💫
I’ll be presenting the work I’ve been developing at the nccr-on the move at the University of Neuchâtel on refugees political mobilization, if you’re around, let’s get a coffee ☕️ 💫
🎓 Excited to share this term’s PoliSci Brown Bag seminar @uniluzern.bsky.social !
✨ Small dept = lively discussions
🙌 Thanks to this great line-up (80% women!): @erendiraleonsa.bsky.social @denisetraber.bsky.social @elivolpi.bsky.social @silviaporciuleanu.bsky.social
📍 Around Lucerne? Join us!
✨ Small dept = lively discussions
🙌 Thanks to this great line-up (80% women!): @erendiraleonsa.bsky.social @denisetraber.bsky.social @elivolpi.bsky.social @silviaporciuleanu.bsky.social
📍 Around Lucerne? Join us!
October 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Thank you so much for the space @uniluzern.bsky.social & @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social for the invite ✨
I’ll be presenting the work I’ve been developing at the nccr-on the move at the University of Neuchâtel on refugees political mobilization, if you’re around, let’s get a coffee ☕️ 💫
I’ll be presenting the work I’ve been developing at the nccr-on the move at the University of Neuchâtel on refugees political mobilization, if you’re around, let’s get a coffee ☕️ 💫
✨I’ve officially started my Visiting Fellowship at nccr – on the move this term! ✨
I’m really excited about this opportunity! 😊 There’s a fantastic program of events ahead, and I’m especially looking forward to collaborating with colleagues!
If you’re around, love to grab a coffee! ☕
I’m really excited about this opportunity! 😊 There’s a fantastic program of events ahead, and I’m especially looking forward to collaborating with colleagues!
If you’re around, love to grab a coffee! ☕
September 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
✨I’ve officially started my Visiting Fellowship at nccr – on the move this term! ✨
I’m really excited about this opportunity! 😊 There’s a fantastic program of events ahead, and I’m especially looking forward to collaborating with colleagues!
If you’re around, love to grab a coffee! ☕
I’m really excited about this opportunity! 😊 There’s a fantastic program of events ahead, and I’m especially looking forward to collaborating with colleagues!
If you’re around, love to grab a coffee! ☕
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In Portuguese elections this week, we saw more evidence of the far-right's rise 🇵🇹🗳️
Is the far-right the go-to party for Europe's young men? 🤔
Two ✨FREE ACCESS✨papers can provide some answers
@tabouchadi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1332/2515...
@gefjonoff.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1332/2515...
Is the far-right the go-to party for Europe's young men? 🤔
Two ✨FREE ACCESS✨papers can provide some answers
@tabouchadi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1332/2515...
@gefjonoff.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1332/2515...
A gendered far-right wave among young voters in Western Europe?
"A gendered far-right wave among young voters in Western Europe?" published on 13 Dec 2024 by Bristol University Press.
doi.org
May 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
In Portuguese elections this week, we saw more evidence of the far-right's rise 🇵🇹🗳️
Is the far-right the go-to party for Europe's young men? 🤔
Two ✨FREE ACCESS✨papers can provide some answers
@tabouchadi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1332/2515...
@gefjonoff.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1332/2515...
Is the far-right the go-to party for Europe's young men? 🤔
Two ✨FREE ACCESS✨papers can provide some answers
@tabouchadi.bsky.social doi.org/10.1332/2515...
@gefjonoff.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1332/2515...
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🚨 Despite major investment in migration research, its impact on policy remains limited—leaving room for ideology and misinformation to dominate.
📊 Based on 70+ interviews across 38 EU projects, we why research-policy collaboration is so hard to achieve.
#MigrationCoLab🔍 loom.ly/t916yCs
📊 Based on 70+ interviews across 38 EU projects, we why research-policy collaboration is so hard to achieve.
#MigrationCoLab🔍 loom.ly/t916yCs
May 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🚨 Despite major investment in migration research, its impact on policy remains limited—leaving room for ideology and misinformation to dominate.
📊 Based on 70+ interviews across 38 EU projects, we why research-policy collaboration is so hard to achieve.
#MigrationCoLab🔍 loom.ly/t916yCs
📊 Based on 70+ interviews across 38 EU projects, we why research-policy collaboration is so hard to achieve.
#MigrationCoLab🔍 loom.ly/t916yCs
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A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
May 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A Tinder Test of Democratic Norms💋
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
New paper in @thejop.bsky.social with @bertous.bsky.social
We rely on a visual conjoint experiment, cross-sectional data, & panel data to show that affective polarization drives the normalisation of the far right among the centre-right 🇬🇧🇪🇸
doi.org/10.1086/736698
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Proud about this paper 🫶🏽
Among ‘cool’ things we do, we also
- measure class identity with social psych measures of in-group attachment
-show individual *&* aggregate descriptive rep. matters for symbolic rep.
-have cute & info-rich graphs
djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Among ‘cool’ things we do, we also
- measure class identity with social psych measures of in-group attachment
-show individual *&* aggregate descriptive rep. matters for symbolic rep.
-have cute & info-rich graphs
djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
May 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Proud about this paper 🫶🏽
Among ‘cool’ things we do, we also
- measure class identity with social psych measures of in-group attachment
-show individual *&* aggregate descriptive rep. matters for symbolic rep.
-have cute & info-rich graphs
djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Among ‘cool’ things we do, we also
- measure class identity with social psych measures of in-group attachment
-show individual *&* aggregate descriptive rep. matters for symbolic rep.
-have cute & info-rich graphs
djdevineorg.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
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Our research shows that ending birthright citizenship "would cause serious harm…to the entire United States."
It is my honor to join with 95 other social scientists, all of us specialists in US immigration, in signing this new Amicus Curiae brief.
☞ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It is my honor to join with 95 other social scientists, all of us specialists in US immigration, in signing this new Amicus Curiae brief.
☞ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Our research shows that ending birthright citizenship "would cause serious harm…to the entire United States."
It is my honor to join with 95 other social scientists, all of us specialists in US immigration, in signing this new Amicus Curiae brief.
☞ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It is my honor to join with 95 other social scientists, all of us specialists in US immigration, in signing this new Amicus Curiae brief.
☞ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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When you fire the humans and hand highly sensitive government functions to crappy A.I. tools—with zero transparency or accountability—expect chaos and harm.
Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.
April 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
When you fire the humans and hand highly sensitive government functions to crappy A.I. tools—with zero transparency or accountability—expect chaos and harm.
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So you admit, they pay taxes
IRS plan to give data to ICE could wallop California, where many immigrants pay taxes
IRS plan to give data to ICE could wallop California, where many immigrants pay taxes
A Trump administration plan to begin targeting undocumented immigrants using IRS data has sparked fear, anger and economic concern in California, where undocumented taxpayers contribute billions in local and state taxes.
www.latimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
So you admit, they pay taxes
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75 percent.
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 2:50 AM
75 percent.
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A new study led by @mpc-eui.bsky.social shows that EU residents prefer policies that offer irregular migrants pathways to legal status.
The findings provide evidence that well-designed policies toward irregular migrants can gain public approval while upholding fundamental rights.
📌 buff.ly/qYnN6T5
The findings provide evidence that well-designed policies toward irregular migrants can gain public approval while upholding fundamental rights.
📌 buff.ly/qYnN6T5
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
A new study led by @mpc-eui.bsky.social shows that EU residents prefer policies that offer irregular migrants pathways to legal status.
The findings provide evidence that well-designed policies toward irregular migrants can gain public approval while upholding fundamental rights.
📌 buff.ly/qYnN6T5
The findings provide evidence that well-designed policies toward irregular migrants can gain public approval while upholding fundamental rights.
📌 buff.ly/qYnN6T5
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Linking public service deprivation to immigration rather than to cuts & administrative burdens is a POLITICAL CHOICE
My research shows that “immigrants cutting the cue" framing was key part of far right’s rise in Europe 👇🏽
🇬🇧: ap.lc/jwBBV
🇮🇹: ap.lc/WRePJ
Yet another form of far right normalization
My research shows that “immigrants cutting the cue" framing was key part of far right’s rise in Europe 👇🏽
🇬🇧: ap.lc/jwBBV
🇮🇹: ap.lc/WRePJ
Yet another form of far right normalization
April 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Linking public service deprivation to immigration rather than to cuts & administrative burdens is a POLITICAL CHOICE
My research shows that “immigrants cutting the cue" framing was key part of far right’s rise in Europe 👇🏽
🇬🇧: ap.lc/jwBBV
🇮🇹: ap.lc/WRePJ
Yet another form of far right normalization
My research shows that “immigrants cutting the cue" framing was key part of far right’s rise in Europe 👇🏽
🇬🇧: ap.lc/jwBBV
🇮🇹: ap.lc/WRePJ
Yet another form of far right normalization
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Last week I completed another edition of my short introductory course to R for social science PhD students @fggaleiden.bsky.social. The course covers fundamentals, data wrangling, data analysis (stat models) and data visualisation. All the slides are freely available at dimiter.eu/R-tutorial.h....
April 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Last week I completed another edition of my short introductory course to R for social science PhD students @fggaleiden.bsky.social. The course covers fundamentals, data wrangling, data analysis (stat models) and data visualisation. All the slides are freely available at dimiter.eu/R-tutorial.h....
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Many people rightly point to the core role that mainstream right parties play for defending liberal democracy against the far-right threat. However, solely focusing on the centre-right ignores the errors that leftwing parties have committed that have empowered the far right. A few thoughts …
March 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Many people rightly point to the core role that mainstream right parties play for defending liberal democracy against the far-right threat. However, solely focusing on the centre-right ignores the errors that leftwing parties have committed that have empowered the far right. A few thoughts …
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Trump signed a proclamation ordering Bondi to go after immigration lawyers last night. He is alleging that lawyers illegally coach immigrants in asylum cases. Investigations will extend as far back as 8 years ago to the start of his first term.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUBJECT: Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court Lawyers
www.whitehouse.gov
March 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Trump signed a proclamation ordering Bondi to go after immigration lawyers last night. He is alleging that lawyers illegally coach immigrants in asylum cases. Investigations will extend as far back as 8 years ago to the start of his first term.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Just published on APSR First View: "Political Emancipation and Modern Jewish National Identity" by Carles Boix. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
March 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Just published on APSR First View: "Political Emancipation and Modern Jewish National Identity" by Carles Boix. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Just published on APSR First View: "Allies of the Weak: La Résistance and Jews in the Holocaust" by Kasia Nalewajko. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
March 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just published on APSR First View: "Allies of the Weak: La Résistance and Jews in the Holocaust" by Kasia Nalewajko. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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"La islamofobia también es de izquierdas y por eso Vox gana al poner el foco en tu vecino marroquí"
En este artículo, @carlosrch.bsky.social me entrevista sobre nuestro estudio (@turnbulldugarte.com & @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social) y exploramos sus implicaciones políticas.
shorturl.at/1qs28
En este artículo, @carlosrch.bsky.social me entrevista sobre nuestro estudio (@turnbulldugarte.com & @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social) y exploramos sus implicaciones políticas.
shorturl.at/1qs28
La islamofobia también es de izquierdas y por eso Vox gana al poner el foco en tu vecino marroquí
Un estudio prueba que la reacción contraria a los musulmanes es transversal por su percepción como una amenaza al colectivo LGTB o las mujeres. Esto explica el debate en la derecha tradicional sobre un acercamiento a posturas más duras en inmigración
www.elconfidencial.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"La islamofobia también es de izquierdas y por eso Vox gana al poner el foco en tu vecino marroquí"
En este artículo, @carlosrch.bsky.social me entrevista sobre nuestro estudio (@turnbulldugarte.com & @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social) y exploramos sus implicaciones políticas.
shorturl.at/1qs28
En este artículo, @carlosrch.bsky.social me entrevista sobre nuestro estudio (@turnbulldugarte.com & @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social) y exploramos sus implicaciones políticas.
shorturl.at/1qs28
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Do citizens stereotype Muslims as inherently homophobic?
In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w/ @bertous.bsky.social & @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social we answer this question using a double-list experiment across 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇳🇱
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Spoiler: Yes. 🧵
In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w/ @bertous.bsky.social & @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social we answer this question using a double-list experiment across 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇳🇱
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Spoiler: Yes. 🧵
Do Citizens Stereotype Muslims as an Illiberal Bogeyman? Evidence from a Double-List Experiment | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Do Citizens Stereotype Muslims as an Illiberal Bogeyman? Evidence from a Double-List Experiment - Volume 55
doi.org
February 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Do citizens stereotype Muslims as inherently homophobic?
In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w/ @bertous.bsky.social & @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social we answer this question using a double-list experiment across 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇳🇱
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Spoiler: Yes. 🧵
In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w/ @bertous.bsky.social & @michaelhunklinger.bsky.social we answer this question using a double-list experiment across 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇳🇱
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Spoiler: Yes. 🧵
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🚨Job opportunity!
The Pedro Arrupe Fellowship in Forced Migration Studies
In association with @campionhall.bsky.social & the Jesuit Refugee Service International
Three years, full time.
Deadline: 28 February
More info and apply ➡️ www.campion.ox.ac.uk/news/current...
The Pedro Arrupe Fellowship in Forced Migration Studies
In association with @campionhall.bsky.social & the Jesuit Refugee Service International
Three years, full time.
Deadline: 28 February
More info and apply ➡️ www.campion.ox.ac.uk/news/current...
February 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🚨Job opportunity!
The Pedro Arrupe Fellowship in Forced Migration Studies
In association with @campionhall.bsky.social & the Jesuit Refugee Service International
Three years, full time.
Deadline: 28 February
More info and apply ➡️ www.campion.ox.ac.uk/news/current...
The Pedro Arrupe Fellowship in Forced Migration Studies
In association with @campionhall.bsky.social & the Jesuit Refugee Service International
Three years, full time.
Deadline: 28 February
More info and apply ➡️ www.campion.ox.ac.uk/news/current...
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What explains asylum recognition rates? Utilizing a German refugee survey and a quasi-natural experiment in Germany, L. Gundacker, Y. Kosyakova, and G. Schneider show how regional political biases can influence an asylum seeker’s chance of obtaining protection.
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
February 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
What explains asylum recognition rates? Utilizing a German refugee survey and a quasi-natural experiment in Germany, L. Gundacker, Y. Kosyakova, and G. Schneider show how regional political biases can influence an asylum seeker’s chance of obtaining protection.
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
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A research project I am involved in is organizing a conference on the integration and naturalization of refugees and migrants and has just published the Call for Papers. The conference will take place on 13–14 November 2025 in Berlin. Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin!
#migcitsky
#migcitsky
February 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
A research project I am involved in is organizing a conference on the integration and naturalization of refugees and migrants and has just published the Call for Papers. The conference will take place on 13–14 November 2025 in Berlin. Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin!
#migcitsky
#migcitsky
Join us for our next hybrid session of the MWG that will explore the political and societal dimensions of migration and integration in 🇩🇪 @mpc-eui.bsky.social
📆 Thu 13 Feb
⏰ 14-15:30
🎙️Christina Zuber & Maria Adamopoulou
📝 Jelena Dzankic & Fotios Papadopoulos
ℹ️ www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
📆 Thu 13 Feb
⏰ 14-15:30
🎙️Christina Zuber & Maria Adamopoulou
📝 Jelena Dzankic & Fotios Papadopoulos
ℹ️ www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
February 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join us for our next hybrid session of the MWG that will explore the political and societal dimensions of migration and integration in 🇩🇪 @mpc-eui.bsky.social
📆 Thu 13 Feb
⏰ 14-15:30
🎙️Christina Zuber & Maria Adamopoulou
📝 Jelena Dzankic & Fotios Papadopoulos
ℹ️ www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
📆 Thu 13 Feb
⏰ 14-15:30
🎙️Christina Zuber & Maria Adamopoulou
📝 Jelena Dzankic & Fotios Papadopoulos
ℹ️ www.eui.eu/events?id=57...