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The research group for WELfare and MIGration (WelMig) at NTNU in Norway is an interdisciplinary research group working on issues related to welfare state, migration and integration. https://www.ntnu.edu/web/isa/welfare-and-migration
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New publication from our #WelMig research group leader @robertoiacono.org in @plosone.org: "The Welfare versus Work Paradox". Link to the paper here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The Welfare versus Work Paradox
How can countries balance work incentives and access to welfare without violating the principle that work shall always be strictly preferred to welfare? In a context in which wages stagnate or drop, a...
journals.plos.org
New publication from our #WelMig research group leader @robertoiacono.org in @plosone.org: "The Welfare versus Work Paradox". Link to the paper here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The Welfare versus Work Paradox
How can countries balance work incentives and access to welfare without violating the principle that work shall always be strictly preferred to welfare? In a context in which wages stagnate or drop, a...
journals.plos.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Thanks @brankomilan.bsky.social 4 an amazing & enriching book presentation today for our @welmigntnu.bsky.social research group @NTNU, touching upon different hot topics (global inequality, immigration, degrowth, trade wars, wealth & politics). We hope to welcome you in Norway in person next time!
April 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Dear followers, we continue our series of online book presentations on the 1. of April (15-16 CET) with a conversation with @brankomilan.bsky.social, related to his forthcoming book:"The World Under Capitalism". DM to @robertoiacono.org if u are interested in joining digitally #inequality #migration
March 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Thanks very much @akoustov.bsky.social for a very interesting and enriching presentation. It generated a stream of Qs and interest in our WelMig research group! Welcome to Norway and NTNU at any time!
We look very much forward to @akoustov.bsky.social's book presentation to our research group at NTNU in February 2025. DM or drop us a mail if you want to receive the invitation to join the event digitally #welmigntnu
My book, In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular, has an official cover and publication date of March 2025, with praise from some good folks.

It is time to make immigration popular before it's too late, so pre-order your copy now. Let's go!

www.amazon.com/Our-Interest...
February 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
@baardsmed.bsky.social og @robertoiacono.org fra WelMig gruppa har skrevet kronikk om krav til aktivitet og sanksjoner til velferdsmottakere. Den kan lese her: www.forskersonen.no/kronikk-meni... #NAV #Sosialpolitikk
NAV straffer trygde­­mottakere vilkårlig
KRONIKK: Trygdemottakere er pålagt krav til aktivitet av Nav. Likevel straffes brudd på aktivitetsplikten sjeldent. Det gjelder flere typer ytelser, inkludert sosialhjelp, dagpenger og arbeidsavklarin...
www.forskersonen.no
February 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We look V much forward to @ivemarx.bsky.social presenting (digitally) his new book *Zero Poverty Society* academic.oup.com/book/56424 to our @welmigntnu.bsky.social research group @ NTNU this Friday 14.00-15.00 CET. DM/email @robertoiacono.org if you wish to attend digitally. #minimumincome #poverty
Zero Poverty Society: Ensuring a Decent Income for All
Abstract. This book is about preventing poverty. The notion that every person living amidst the relative affluence of the rich world has a right to a minim
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February 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Superb defense. Congrats again to the new doctor and supervisor!
Yesterday @baardsmed.bsky.social elegantly defended his doctoral thesis at NTNU & earned his PhD in Social Policy! Opponents were @ivemarx.bsky.social & Anne Grete Tøge. Proud supervisor @robertoiacono.org & a memorable day for our research group! A thread🧵on Bård's research during these 4 yrs below
January 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Yesterday @baardsmed.bsky.social elegantly defended his doctoral thesis at NTNU & earned his PhD in Social Policy! Opponents were @ivemarx.bsky.social & Anne Grete Tøge. Proud supervisor @robertoiacono.org & a memorable day for our research group! A thread🧵on Bård's research during these 4 yrs below
January 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Fantastic book on program evaluation: regression adjustment, matching, IV, DID, LATE, and regression discontinuity. Cerulli is a superb teacher. I’ve attended a few of his courses, like Machine Learning. If you get the chance, don’t miss his sessions at Timberlake! #DataScience
December 9, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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My god. It’s happening. A post-Bashar Syria.

The transition starts now. Make no mistake: it will be incredibly rocky.

But today, take a beat to hear the soft, human joy of many Syrians as they cry, embrace, learn if wrongly jailed loved ones survived & vow “now we can go home.” 🧵
December 8, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Our new Helgasetr campus at NTNU.
December 6, 2024 at 5:12 AM
We look very much forward to @akoustov.bsky.social's book presentation to our research group at NTNU in February 2025. DM or drop us a mail if you want to receive the invitation to join the event digitally #welmigntnu
My book, In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular, has an official cover and publication date of March 2025, with praise from some good folks.

It is time to make immigration popular before it's too late, so pre-order your copy now. Let's go!

www.amazon.com/Our-Interest...
December 4, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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New study out in @asenevents.bsky.social exploring anti-immigrant attitudes across 28 post-communist countries.

How applicable are Western theoretical concepts for explaining anti-immigrant outside of a Western context?

Not very much, our findings suggest

Open access link: bitly.cx/qJD3
Outside the Western bubble: Explaining anti‐immigrant attitudes in 28 post‐communist countries
Most studies on anti-immigrant attitudes have been conducted within the US or in Western European countries. As a result, the theoretical frameworks utilised to comprehend these attitudes are often b...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Outside the Western bubble: Explaining anti-immigrant attitudes in 28 post-communist countries

Read the latest research from our WelMig member David Andreas Bell here:

doi.org/10.1111/nana...
Outside the Western bubble: Explaining anti‐immigrant attitudes in 28 post‐communist countries
Most studies on anti-immigrant attitudes have been conducted within the US or in Western European countries. As a result, the theoretical frameworks utilised to comprehend these attitudes are often b....
doi.org
December 2, 2024 at 8:51 PM
The WelMig research group welcomes application for visiting positions. We wish to invite early-career scholars from other universities working on Welfare&Migration to physically visit us at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway. NTNU offers access to its facilities, however financial support is not provided.
December 2, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Navigating environmental fragility: (Mal)coping and adaptation strategies in the socio-environmental system of the Mtendeli Refugee Camp, Tanzania

Read the latest research from our WelMig member www.ntnu.edu/employees/as... here:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Navigating environmental fragility: (Mal)coping and adaptation strategies in the socio-environmental system of the Mtendeli Refugee Camp, Tanzania
The study conducts a systems analysis of coping and adaptation strategies in Tanzanian refugee camps, focusing on the Mtendeli camp as a case study. I…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Drivers and trajectories of multinational migrations of West African international students

Read the latest research from our WelMig member www.ntnu.edu/employees/ma... here:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Drivers and trajectories of multinational migrations of West African international students
This article focuses on international students from West Africa and their migration trajectories. Based on in-depth interviews, we investigate the migration drivers and students' motivations to becom...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:27 PM
The Journey to Teruel: Immigrant Women’s Pathways to the Domestic Sector in Rural Spain

Read the latest research from our WelMig member www.ntnu.no/ansatte/hect... here:

doi.org/10.1177/2163...
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December 2, 2024 at 8:09 PM
(In)visible Sanctions: Micro-level Evidence on Compulsory Activation for Young Welfare Recipients

Read the latest research from our WelMig member @robertoiacono.org here:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
(In)visible Sanctions: Micro-level Evidence on Compulsory Activation for Young Welfare Recipients | Journal of Social Policy | Cambridge Core
(In)visible Sanctions: Micro-level Evidence on Compulsory Activation for Young Welfare Recipients
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December 2, 2024 at 8:06 PM
(Mis-)Perceptions, information, and political polarization: A survey and a systematic literature review

Read the latest research from our WelMig member @robertoiacono.org in the European J of Political Economy here:

doi.org/10.1016/j.ej...
December 2, 2024 at 7:38 PM
We are setting up an exciting online seminar series starting in 2025. If you have some exciting research that you would like to present and receive feedback on, do not hesitate to take contact with us! You ccan contact directly the research group leader @robertoiacono.org
December 2, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Perceptions and realities: Explaining welfare chauvinism in Europe

Read the latest research from our WelMig member @davidabell.bsky.social in the JESP

doi.org/10.1177/0958...
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December 2, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Who would never grant them equal rights? A comparative analysis of welfare chauvinism in Central and Eastern Europe

Read the latest research from our WelMig member @davidabell.bsky.social here:

doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Who would never grant them equal rights? A comparative analysis of welfare chauvinism in Central and Eastern Europe
Welfare chauvinism is often understood as the sentiment that the benefits and services of the welfare state should primarily be given to the native population and not immigrant minorities. Using li...
doi.org
December 2, 2024 at 7:12 PM