Sandra Morgenstern
@snmorgenstern.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher @MZESUniMannheim Interested in Migration | Quant. Methods, Fieldwork, Experiments
❗️Early Career Women* Scholars
🏫 join us for the summer school in political methodology 📈 all payed
👩💻 See you in July (19-25) in Mannheim
🏫 join us for the summer school in political methodology 📈 all payed
👩💻 See you in July (19-25) in Mannheim
🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨
7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Free of charge (limited travel support).
Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org
#methodsky #polisky
7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers.
Free of charge (limited travel support).
Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org
#methodsky #polisky
February 2, 2026 at 1:46 PM
❗️Early Career Women* Scholars
🏫 join us for the summer school in political methodology 📈 all payed
👩💻 See you in July (19-25) in Mannheim
🏫 join us for the summer school in political methodology 📈 all payed
👩💻 See you in July (19-25) in Mannheim
Reposted by Sandra Morgenstern
🌍 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...
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...
January 29, 2026 at 2:06 PM
🌍 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...
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...
Reposted by Sandra Morgenstern
📄 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
💡 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
December 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
📄 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
💡 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
Personal 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! 💪😅
December 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Personal 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! 💪😅
Reposted by Sandra Morgenstern
We'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...
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...
Research Associate (Postdoc) Political Science § 28 Subsection 2 HmbHG
stellen.uni-hamburg.de
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
We'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...
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...
Publication 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...
💡 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...
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Publication 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...
💡 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...
Reposted by Sandra Morgenstern
🚨New working paper: Compositional Effects, Internal Migration and Electoral Outcomes
osf.io/preprints/so...
#polisciresearch
osf.io/preprints/so...
#polisciresearch
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🚨New working paper: Compositional Effects, Internal Migration and Electoral Outcomes
osf.io/preprints/so...
#polisciresearch
osf.io/preprints/so...
#polisciresearch
Reposted by Sandra Morgenstern
Just 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/3XiB6yD
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Just 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/3XiB6yD
Reposted by Sandra Morgenstern
📣 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...
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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...
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Forschung - Migranten in Europa teilen demokratische Werte
Zuwanderer 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...
www.deutschlandfunk.de
November 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
📣 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...
1/2
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...
1/2
Reposted by Sandra Morgenstern
🆕 🗳️ 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
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Liberal democratic values among immigrants in Europe: Socialisation and adaptation processes | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Liberal democratic values among immigrants in Europe: Socialisation and adaptation processes
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October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🆕 🗳️ 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
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Deadline in about a month @ all postdocs! Hope to meet you in Mannheim soon next year :)
📣 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...
❗ 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...
October 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Deadline in about a month @ all postdocs! Hope to meet you in Mannheim soon next year :)
Reposted by Sandra Morgenstern
Hello 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 🛢️🌊
Come for all the empirical modelling you know all about, stay for all the stuff about oil in Northern Europe you know less about 🛢️🌊
October 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hello 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 🛢️🌊
Come for all the empirical modelling you know all about, stay for all the stuff about oil in Northern Europe you know less about 🛢️🌊
Thank 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
It was a great pleasure to co-host the workshop "Economics and Politics of Irregular Migration" with Sebastian Leue and @paul-michel.bsky.social at the @hwwi-economics.bsky.social over the past two days.
Many thanks to all participants for the excellent presentations and lively discussions!
Many thanks to all participants for the excellent presentations and lively discussions!
October 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Thank 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
Reposted by Sandra Morgenstern
Wie 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...
Liberal democratic values among immigrants in Europe: Socialisation and adaptation processes | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Liberal democratic values among immigrants in Europe: Socialisation and adaptation processes
www.cambridge.org
October 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Wie 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...
⚠️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
📖 #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
September 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
⚠️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
📖 #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
Reposted by Sandra Morgenstern
📣 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...
❗ 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...
September 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
📣 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...
❗ 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...
🚨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!
@snmorgenstern.bsky.social examines anxiety and credibility as moderators of political information on migration. This article is open access and available now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🚨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!
Reposted by Sandra Morgenstern
New📣 „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. 🧵
Feelings of Guilt When Caring for Parents Across Borders: The Role of Gender and Country‐Specific Care Systems and Norms
It 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...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
New📣 „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. 🧵
Reposted by Sandra Morgenstern
❗❗ 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)
📃 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)
Gender Attitudes, Inequality and Migration Decision‐Making
We 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...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
❗❗ 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)
📃 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)
🚨Happy to see this published! ➡️ Different gender inequalities and how they influence migration decision-manking
👨🏫 together with @cvar-sil.bsky.social
👨🏫 together with @cvar-sil.bsky.social
Our paper “Gender Attitudes, Inequality & Migration Decision-Making” now online. Conservative gender attitudes lower preference for migration among women. Perceived structural gender inequality increases expectations of migration for men. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Gender Attitudes, Inequality and Migration Decision‐Making
We 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...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🚨Happy to see this published! ➡️ Different gender inequalities and how they influence migration decision-manking
👨🏫 together with @cvar-sil.bsky.social
👨🏫 together with @cvar-sil.bsky.social