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GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · Sep 25
Explore the new GLOBALCIT Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset ❗🌐

🌍 165 countries (1960–2020)
📊 488 indicators
🗳️ voting & candidacy rights of non-citizen residents + non-resident citizens
🏛️ Differentiates election type (legislative, executive, referendum) & level

📥: tinyurl.com/yv37nj7m
Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset - Globalcit
Suffrage is a central element of democracy. Over time, electoral rights have increasingly become available to migrants—both as non-citizen residents and as non-resident citizens. However, existing dat...
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globalcit.bsky.social
Citizenship in the News 📰🇧🇩

Dual citizenship: Bangladesh’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: Bangladesh’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
January 26, 2026 at 9:17 AM
globalcit.bsky.social
Citizenship in the News 📰🇰🇭

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
January 26, 2026 at 9:15 AM
globalcit.bsky.social
Webinar Alert ❗

Africa’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 ⚖️

📅 Feb 4th 17:00 - 18:00 CET
Register: tinyurl.com/muv33mth
January 19, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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profkochenov.bsky.social
New article just accepted by🇨🇳Fudan J Hum & Soc Sci❗️
@basheska.bsky.social & I approach the concept of citizenship from the angle of its core aspect: blood aristocracy.
Pe-print @ssrn.bsky.social:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
@globalcit.bsky.social @maartenpvink.bsky.social @profjacob.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM
globalcit.bsky.social
Reminder 🚨

If you are in Florence, be sure to join us tomorrow 👇
globalcit.bsky.social GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · 17d
Join us for the first GLOBALCIT Seminar of 2026 💫

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 🇬🇭

📅 Jan 15 - 12:00 CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/4hzkubj2
January 14, 2026 at 7:17 AM
globalcit.bsky.social
📣 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
🔗 tinyurl.com/2cp2f2yd
January 13, 2026 at 6:47 AM
globalcit.bsky.social
Join us for the first GLOBALCIT Seminar of 2026 💫

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 🇬🇭

📅 Jan 15 - 12:00 CET
🔗 tinyurl.com/4hzkubj2
January 11, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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maartenpvink.bsky.social
Great piece by @ashleymhollands.bsky.social in @theconversation.com on what is happening with citizenship under Trump. Not good when the State questions the citizenship of millions of Americans.

@globalcit.bsky.social @eui-ggp.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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maartenpvink.bsky.social
“If there had been an original understanding that tracked the Trump administration’s executive order,” Professor @amandafrost.bsky.social said, “at least some of these people would have been challenged.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
A Conspicuous Gap May Undermine Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Plan
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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maartenpvink.bsky.social
Here's more on the well-informed and balanced ruling on various problematic revisions of the nationality law adopted by Portuguese parliament.: www.linkedin.com/posts/maarte...
Stoked to see that the Portuguese Constitutional Court 🇵🇹 cites both the GLOBALCIT Citizenship Law Dataset (https://lnkd.in/dgXraZJA) and our recent paper with Luuk van der Baaren and Dr. Maria… | Maa...
Stoked to see that the Portuguese Constitutional Court 🇵🇹 cites both the GLOBALCIT Citizenship Law Dataset (https://lnkd.in/dgXraZJA) and our recent paper with Luuk van der Baaren and Dr. Maria Gerdes...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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maartenpvink.bsky.social
Stoked that first citation of new paper on ‘Waves of Securitisation: The Rise, Fall and Resurgence of Citizenship Stripping Regulations in Europe, 1960–2022’ (lnkd.in/dM_jjsFt) is by the 🇵🇹 Constitutional Court!

And good use of @globalcit.bsky.social Citizenship Law Dataset (lnkd.in/dgXraZJA). 💪
December 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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✨ GLOBALCIT 2025 Wrapped 🎁

It's been a busy year at GLOBALCIT❗ Check out our latest Spotlights newsletter to catch up on our activities, major dataset updates📊, publications📚, and discussion fora 💭 from the past year.

📄 Read: tinyurl.com/ydsndzct
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GLOBALCIT Spotlights, December 2025
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December 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
globalcit.bsky.social
Are you an early career researcher? Have some time over the break? 🤔

Make sure to enter the 2026 GLOBALCIT Essay Award 🏆

Full details 👇👇
globalcit.bsky.social GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · Oct 22
Calling all early-career #Citizenship researchers 📣

Submit your entry for the 2026 GLOBALCIT – Rainer Bauböck Essay Award 🏆

The ❓ How will Artificial Intelligence transform membership, rights and practices of citizenship?

🏅 €1,000 + publication 📖

➡️ tinyurl.com/bde6wn9w
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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lorenzopiccoli.bsky.social
Italy is among the European countries with the most restrictive citizenship laws for the children of immigrants born on its territory, while several other European governments are also tightening access to citizenship.

Video by @artefr.bsky.social.

www.arte.tv/it/videos/12...
La cittadinanza in Italia - Guarda il documentario completo | ARTE in italiano
Insaf Dimassi è arrivata in Italia dalla Tunisia a soli nove mesi. Ora ha 28 anni e non ha ancora la cittadinanza italiana. Come lei, oltre 900.000 studenti sono nella stessa situazione. È uno scandal...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
globalcit.bsky.social
Citizenship in the News 🗞🇿🇦

Govt proposes merit-based system for South African citizenship: Stricter rules for the acquisition of South African citizenship have been proposed in a draft revised White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection

www.businessday.co.za/news/2025-12...
Govt proposes merit-based system for South African citizenship
A revised white paper on citizenship has been gazetted for public comment
www.businessday.co.za
December 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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jdzankic.bsky.social
NEW Publication featuring a great lineup of citizenship scholars!! :)

“The Archipelago Capitalism of Citizenship-By-Investment”, Comparative Political Studies, lnkd.in/dQPG4Q7J

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December 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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juleslepoutre.bsky.social
With the US Supreme Court now reviewing Trump’s attempt to curb birthright citizenship, our new open-access article examines how actors in France and the US frame *ius soli* as a ‘magnet’ for migration to justify reforms. Full text: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#BirthrightCitizenship #IusSoli
Ius soli under siege: a comparative analysis of France and the United States - Comparative Migration Studies
This article examines the recent restrictive shift in ius soli in France and the United States, focusing on the 2025 reforms enacted in the French island of Mayotte and through President Trump’s execu...
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December 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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maartenpvink.bsky.social
Your Friday #citizenship read delivered by @globalcit.bsky.social.

On NZ's balancing act on citizenship’s core claim to be a status of political equality with the citizenship status of Māori, as protected by the Treaty of Waitangi.
globalcit.bsky.social GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · Dec 5
New Blog Alert ❗

Kate McMillan explores the nature of the citizenship claim considered by the Waitangi Tribunal in 2025 📜⚖️

Analysing its findings and recommendations, the government's reaction, and what happens next ✒️

📖 tinyurl.com/39v42dj2
Citizenship by descent for indigenous New Zealanders: recent debates - Globalcit
This post discusses New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal’s inquiry into whether the restriction of transmission of citizenship by descent to one generation, contained in the New Zealand Citizenship Act 197...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
globalcit.bsky.social
New Blog Alert ❗

Kate McMillan explores the nature of the citizenship claim considered by the Waitangi Tribunal in 2025 📜⚖️

Analysing its findings and recommendations, the government's reaction, and what happens next ✒️

📖 tinyurl.com/39v42dj2
Citizenship by descent for indigenous New Zealanders: recent debates - Globalcit
This post discusses New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal’s inquiry into whether the restriction of transmission of citizenship by descent to one generation, contained in the New Zealand Citizenship Act 197...
globalcit.eu
December 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
globalcit.bsky.social
Looking for some winter reading ? 🤔

Check out @bronwenmanby.bsky.social thread of literature on the British citizenship policy at the dissolution of empire & the exclusion of those formerly under British rule
December 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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⏰️ Reminder ⏰️

Make sure to join us tomorrow for the last GLOBALCIT Seminar of 2025 ✨️

Lunch will follow the seminar 🥗

Full details and registration 👇👇
globalcit.bsky.social GLOBALCIT @globalcit.bsky.social · Nov 27
GLOBALCIT December Seminar ⚡

Our very own @maartenpvink.bsky.social and @jdzankic.bsky.social will present new data on whether CBI programmes, despite the criticism, have achieved their objective of fostering economic growth 🤔

📅 4 Dec, 12:00–13:00
📍 Sala Triaria

🔗 tinyurl.com/3cmmfy94
Do citizenship-by-investment programmes increase foreign direct investment?
This seminar will present new data on whether CBI programmes, despite the criticism, have achieved their objective of fostering economic growth.
www.eui.eu
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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In this blog post, I explore the ongoing restrictions on Finnish citizenship, examining their causes as well as implications for applicants and the Nordics. Thank you @globalcit.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi and @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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mpifg.bsky.social
📣 Call for Abstracts!

Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne.

🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025.

s.gwdg.de/U27NQb
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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bronwenmanby.bsky.social
Syrians for Truth and Justice recommend that the Syrian transitional justice process formally integrate the case of Kurds deprived of nationality through the 1962 census #statelessness stj-sy.org/en/strangers...
“Strangers in Their Own Homeland”: The 1962 al-Hasaka Exceptional Census and the Path to Transitional Justice in Syria - Syrians for Truth and Justice
This publication was funded by the European Union, and in partnership with the Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Syrians for…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
globalcit.bsky.social
New Blog Alert 📣

@ninaca.bsky.social analyses how radical-right influence is driving a three-phase tightening of Finland’s naturalisation regime 🇫🇮

A shift that signals a harsher, more exclusionary model of Nordic citizenship across the region 🔍

Read 📖 shorturl.at/md5zK
Restrictive citizenship reform in Finland in three acts: a paradigm shift driven by the radical right? - Globalcit
This blog post discusses the ongoing restrictive changes to naturalisation policy in Finland. It links these policy changes to domestic and regional political dynamics, both of which involve the radic...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM