Giorgio Malet
@giorgiomalet.bsky.social
Political scientist at ETH Zürich. Interested in public opinion, democratic representation, and EU politics.
www.giorgiomalet.net
www.giorgiomalet.net
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How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations?
In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.
tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.
tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Educational Networks, Social Closure, and Cleavage Stabilization - Volume 55
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November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
How are contemporary cleavage structures stabilized in times of declining mass social and political organizations?
In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.
tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
In this new paper with @davidattewell6.bsky.social @bjpols.bsky.social, we suggest that homogeneous social (educational) networks provide part of the answer.
tinyurl.com/49cs8jwp
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Share widely with your students in Switzerland 🇨🇭thinking about a PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social
𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭
21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET
@alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions.
👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭
21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET
@alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions.
👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
PhD Prep Talk: Switzerland
Meet an EUI Researcher and alumnus from your country!
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November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Share widely with your students in Switzerland 🇨🇭thinking about a PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social
𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭
21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET
@alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions.
👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝗨𝗜 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 🇨🇭
21 Nov 2025 | 2:30pm CET
@alissasiara.bsky.social introduces the program & life at EUI, I share my experience, and we answer your questions.
👉 Register: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
🚨 New article out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social with @svenhegewald.bsky.social
“The changing geography of support for European integration in the shadow of the Ukraine war."
How did Russia’s invasion reshape public support for EU policies?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“The changing geography of support for European integration in the shadow of the Ukraine war."
How did Russia’s invasion reshape public support for EU policies?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🚨 New article out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social with @svenhegewald.bsky.social
“The changing geography of support for European integration in the shadow of the Ukraine war."
How did Russia’s invasion reshape public support for EU policies?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“The changing geography of support for European integration in the shadow of the Ukraine war."
How did Russia’s invasion reshape public support for EU policies?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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On the continuity between Deaghi and Meloni, I have written in 2023 with Salvatore Vassallo here ⬇️
We were not wrong.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
We were not wrong.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
On the continuity between Deaghi and Meloni, I have written in 2023 with Salvatore Vassallo here ⬇️
We were not wrong.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
We were not wrong.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Excited to share my first single-authored dissertation paper!
I study how voters react to party differentiation in coalitions. Voters like clear partisan signals, but the gains are short-lived and limited to aligned supporters.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I study how voters react to party differentiation in coalitions. Voters like clear partisan signals, but the gains are short-lived and limited to aligned supporters.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Excited to share my first single-authored dissertation paper!
I study how voters react to party differentiation in coalitions. Voters like clear partisan signals, but the gains are short-lived and limited to aligned supporters.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I study how voters react to party differentiation in coalitions. Voters like clear partisan signals, but the gains are short-lived and limited to aligned supporters.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New semester, new great lineup for our #InternationalStudies seminar with amazing speakers at @uni-konstanz.de
➡️ Gabriella Gricius @ggricius.bsky.social
➡️ Fabio Franchino
➡️ Livia Schubiger
➡️ Kenneth Schultz
➡️ Giorgio Malet @giorgiomalet.bsky.social
➡️ Timon Forster @timonforster.bsky.social
➡️ Gabriella Gricius @ggricius.bsky.social
➡️ Fabio Franchino
➡️ Livia Schubiger
➡️ Kenneth Schultz
➡️ Giorgio Malet @giorgiomalet.bsky.social
➡️ Timon Forster @timonforster.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
New semester, new great lineup for our #InternationalStudies seminar with amazing speakers at @uni-konstanz.de
➡️ Gabriella Gricius @ggricius.bsky.social
➡️ Fabio Franchino
➡️ Livia Schubiger
➡️ Kenneth Schultz
➡️ Giorgio Malet @giorgiomalet.bsky.social
➡️ Timon Forster @timonforster.bsky.social
➡️ Gabriella Gricius @ggricius.bsky.social
➡️ Fabio Franchino
➡️ Livia Schubiger
➡️ Kenneth Schultz
➡️ Giorgio Malet @giorgiomalet.bsky.social
➡️ Timon Forster @timonforster.bsky.social
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Citizens in 🥜-regions closer to Russia became more supportive of EU defence, enlargement & foreign policy after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine (exception: energy policy)
By @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @svenhegewald.bsky.social
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
By @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @svenhegewald.bsky.social
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Citizens in 🥜-regions closer to Russia became more supportive of EU defence, enlargement & foreign policy after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine (exception: energy policy)
By @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @svenhegewald.bsky.social
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
By @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @svenhegewald.bsky.social
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU?
Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇
@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.
Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇
@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.
September 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
You have work on politics in Europe, European integration or the EU?
Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇
@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.
Submit it to next year's @epssnet.bsky.social conference section on "European and EU Politics“ 👇
@bjornhoyland.bsky.social & I are open to diverse proposals with a European dimension.
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Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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New publication with @kgattermann.bsky.social :
“Does media framing of election results affect whether voters perceive parties as election winners or losers?”
@polstudies.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
A short 🧵:
“Does media framing of election results affect whether voters perceive parties as election winners or losers?”
@polstudies.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
A short 🧵:
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September 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
New publication with @kgattermann.bsky.social :
“Does media framing of election results affect whether voters perceive parties as election winners or losers?”
@polstudies.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
A short 🧵:
“Does media framing of election results affect whether voters perceive parties as election winners or losers?”
@polstudies.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
A short 🧵:
Together with @jellekoedam.bsky.social, @tinepaulsen.bsky.social, and @nicolaiberk.bsky.social, we brought together an amazing group of researchers doing exciting work here in Zurich — and it turned into a super fun, engaging workshop. Huge thanks to everyone who joined and made it so special!
July 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Together with @jellekoedam.bsky.social, @tinepaulsen.bsky.social, and @nicolaiberk.bsky.social, we brought together an amazing group of researchers doing exciting work here in Zurich — and it turned into a super fun, engaging workshop. Huge thanks to everyone who joined and made it so special!
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🚨EPSA 2025 friends, Program Committee co-chair here....
We still have a few great panels missing discussants!!
**Details below: 1/n**
PLEASE RETWEET AND CONSIDER DISCUSSING :)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
if you are able to assist with any of these roles please email: info@epsanet.org ASAP
We still have a few great panels missing discussants!!
**Details below: 1/n**
PLEASE RETWEET AND CONSIDER DISCUSSING :)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
if you are able to assist with any of these roles please email: info@epsanet.org ASAP
Full Conference Overview_EPSA.2025.xlsx
docs.google.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🚨EPSA 2025 friends, Program Committee co-chair here....
We still have a few great panels missing discussants!!
**Details below: 1/n**
PLEASE RETWEET AND CONSIDER DISCUSSING :)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
if you are able to assist with any of these roles please email: info@epsanet.org ASAP
We still have a few great panels missing discussants!!
**Details below: 1/n**
PLEASE RETWEET AND CONSIDER DISCUSSING :)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
if you are able to assist with any of these roles please email: info@epsanet.org ASAP
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Great tribute to Hanspeter Kriesi's impressive research career now happening at the European University Institute. @eui-sps.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Great tribute to Hanspeter Kriesi's impressive research career now happening at the European University Institute. @eui-sps.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social
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Brexit has featured prominently in the Swiss debate about CH-EU relations. Here we provide a more systematic study, using panel data to study changes in attitudes over time.
DISINTEGRATION publ #8 @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social test the “have your cake and eat it, too” argument with voters. Drawing on a panel survey, they show that Brexit had a small but non-negligible impact on Swiss voters’ expectations about EU resolve. doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Have your cake and eat it, too? Switzerland and the feasibility of differentiated integration after Brexit
A key Eurosceptic argument is that countries can selectively retain only those aspects of European integration from which they benefit, while opting out of those aspects they dislike. How convincin...
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May 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Brexit has featured prominently in the Swiss debate about CH-EU relations. Here we provide a more systematic study, using panel data to study changes in attitudes over time.
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🚨 New book alert!
Policy Preparation Inside the European Commission is out with OUP @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
It’s about the behind-the-scenes stage of EU policymaking that shapes everything—yet rarely gets the spotlight: how the Commission prepares its proposals.
Link: doi.org/10.1093/9780...
Policy Preparation Inside the European Commission is out with OUP @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
It’s about the behind-the-scenes stage of EU policymaking that shapes everything—yet rarely gets the spotlight: how the Commission prepares its proposals.
Link: doi.org/10.1093/9780...
May 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🚨 New book alert!
Policy Preparation Inside the European Commission is out with OUP @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
It’s about the behind-the-scenes stage of EU policymaking that shapes everything—yet rarely gets the spotlight: how the Commission prepares its proposals.
Link: doi.org/10.1093/9780...
Policy Preparation Inside the European Commission is out with OUP @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
It’s about the behind-the-scenes stage of EU policymaking that shapes everything—yet rarely gets the spotlight: how the Commission prepares its proposals.
Link: doi.org/10.1093/9780...
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🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social
❓Political implications of labor market transformation
Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city.
Deadline: May 18, 2025.
tinyurl.com/postdoczurich
#polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo
❓Political implications of labor market transformation
Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city.
Deadline: May 18, 2025.
tinyurl.com/postdoczurich
#polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo
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April 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🚨3-Year Postdoc Position in Zurich @ipz.bsky.social
❓Political implications of labor market transformation
Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city.
Deadline: May 18, 2025.
tinyurl.com/postdoczurich
#polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo
❓Political implications of labor market transformation
Plenty of flexibility, no teaching obligations, great research environment in an highly livable city.
Deadline: May 18, 2025.
tinyurl.com/postdoczurich
#polisky #poliscijobs #psjminfo
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🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Bremen 🚨
Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org
Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org
April 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Bremen 🚨
Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org
Open to PhD students and early career scholars Fully-funded places available for applicants, deadline 1st of May 📅 summerschoolwpm.org
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There have been many "new cleavage" articles in the 1990s and 2000s, but I have always found this particular one to be the most insightful and prescient. 👇
April 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There have been many "new cleavage" articles in the 1990s and 2000s, but I have always found this particular one to be the most insightful and prescient. 👇
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Every once in a while, we write articles we truly care about.
This is one of them, and I am so happy and proud to see it published at ISQ:
This is one of them, and I am so happy and proud to see it published at ISQ:
Responding to Unilateral Challenges to International Institutions
Abstracts. How do international institutions respond to unilateral challenges by its member states, such as non-compliance, blocking of reforms, renegotiat
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March 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Every once in a while, we write articles we truly care about.
This is one of them, and I am so happy and proud to see it published at ISQ:
This is one of them, and I am so happy and proud to see it published at ISQ:
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How do attitudes to 🇪🇺 European integration relate to political ideology and policy preferences?
A major update of my study:
- I added the latest 2023 ESS data for citizens and 2024 CHES data for parties
- I built an app to explore these relationships across datasets, indicators, years & countries
A major update of my study:
- I added the latest 2023 ESS data for citizens and 2024 CHES data for parties
- I built an app to explore these relationships across datasets, indicators, years & countries
March 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
How do attitudes to 🇪🇺 European integration relate to political ideology and policy preferences?
A major update of my study:
- I added the latest 2023 ESS data for citizens and 2024 CHES data for parties
- I built an app to explore these relationships across datasets, indicators, years & countries
A major update of my study:
- I added the latest 2023 ESS data for citizens and 2024 CHES data for parties
- I built an app to explore these relationships across datasets, indicators, years & countries
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Very happy that my paper has just been published at @apsrjournal.bsky.social!
Do insurgents help or hurt genocide targets? Contrary to common belief, I find that insurgent presence reduced Jewish victimisation during the Holocaust in France.
Here's what I discovered 👇
1/6
Do insurgents help or hurt genocide targets? Contrary to common belief, I find that insurgent presence reduced Jewish victimisation during the Holocaust in France.
Here's what I discovered 👇
1/6
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 2:34 PM
Very happy that my paper has just been published at @apsrjournal.bsky.social!
Do insurgents help or hurt genocide targets? Contrary to common belief, I find that insurgent presence reduced Jewish victimisation during the Holocaust in France.
Here's what I discovered 👇
1/6
Do insurgents help or hurt genocide targets? Contrary to common belief, I find that insurgent presence reduced Jewish victimisation during the Holocaust in France.
Here's what I discovered 👇
1/6
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News from the DISINTEGRATION project:
In a new working paper, @giorgiomalet.bsky.social, @tommccraehunter.bsky.social, @scherzinger.bsky.social and I find that how people view the EU is influenced by what kind of EU policies the media are focusing on and how this chimes with people‘s preferences.
In a new working paper, @giorgiomalet.bsky.social, @tommccraehunter.bsky.social, @scherzinger.bsky.social and I find that how people view the EU is influenced by what kind of EU policies the media are focusing on and how this chimes with people‘s preferences.
***GRAPH OF THE MONTH***
Does media-reported EU policy focus shape legitimacy perceptions? Our new study finds that ideological leanings matter: left-wing voters reward EU focus on regulation & climate, while right-wing voters prefer immigration policies.
Does media-reported EU policy focus shape legitimacy perceptions? Our new study finds that ideological leanings matter: left-wing voters reward EU focus on regulation & climate, while right-wing voters prefer immigration policies.
March 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
News from the DISINTEGRATION project:
In a new working paper, @giorgiomalet.bsky.social, @tommccraehunter.bsky.social, @scherzinger.bsky.social and I find that how people view the EU is influenced by what kind of EU policies the media are focusing on and how this chimes with people‘s preferences.
In a new working paper, @giorgiomalet.bsky.social, @tommccraehunter.bsky.social, @scherzinger.bsky.social and I find that how people view the EU is influenced by what kind of EU policies the media are focusing on and how this chimes with people‘s preferences.
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Very happy that our paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social & E Dinas) has been accepted @bjpols.bsky.social .
We've seen the center right increasingly adopt far-right rhetoric.
Our experiment in 🇩🇪 finds that this erodes anti-prejudice norms *more* than when the far-right employs similar rhetoric.
1/3
We've seen the center right increasingly adopt far-right rhetoric.
Our experiment in 🇩🇪 finds that this erodes anti-prejudice norms *more* than when the far-right employs similar rhetoric.
1/3
February 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Very happy that our paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social & E Dinas) has been accepted @bjpols.bsky.social .
We've seen the center right increasingly adopt far-right rhetoric.
Our experiment in 🇩🇪 finds that this erodes anti-prejudice norms *more* than when the far-right employs similar rhetoric.
1/3
We've seen the center right increasingly adopt far-right rhetoric.
Our experiment in 🇩🇪 finds that this erodes anti-prejudice norms *more* than when the far-right employs similar rhetoric.
1/3
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How should we study party polarization in Europe?
Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
NEW -
Multidimensional Party Polarization in Europe: Cross-Cutting Divides and Effective Dimensionality - cup.org/4gLJspU
- @jellekoedam.bsky.social, Garret Binding & @mrsteenbergen.bsky.social
Multidimensional Party Polarization in Europe: Cross-Cutting Divides and Effective Dimensionality - cup.org/4gLJspU
- @jellekoedam.bsky.social, Garret Binding & @mrsteenbergen.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
How should we study party polarization in Europe?
Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
Happy to share that our paper on *multidimensional* polarization is now out @bjpols.bsky.social! (more 👇)
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we talk about borders all the time, but how do citizens think about them?
pretty cool article by my (former) @ethzurich.bsky.social colleagues @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social, @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and Jana Lipps based on survey research
academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
pretty cool article by my (former) @ethzurich.bsky.social colleagues @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social, @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and Jana Lipps based on survey research
academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
Understanding Preferences over Borders
Abstract. The governance of international borders has evolved into a contentious issue of political competition along the cosmopolitan-nationalistic divide
academic.oup.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
we talk about borders all the time, but how do citizens think about them?
pretty cool article by my (former) @ethzurich.bsky.social colleagues @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social, @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and Jana Lipps based on survey research
academic.oup.com/isq/article/...
pretty cool article by my (former) @ethzurich.bsky.social colleagues @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social, @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and Jana Lipps based on survey research
academic.oup.com/isq/article/...