My Bluesky banner used to show this photo I took of Tel Aviv University in early 2023, during my research stay there. I happily changed it today, finally for a good reason. May all hostages return home safely, and may the region find lasting peace.

How do past political processes shape current perceptions of #migration? New study on #Soviet Union-era policies and perceptions of #migrants in the Baltic states today, with A. #Gorodzeisky & I #Leykin in Comparative Migration Studies 🔓:
comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Excited to be at #ESRA25! I somehow ended up with three presentations and co-chairing a session, but also got paid well:

2/4 On average, we find a 10 pp increase in online hostility at the time of the attack. This effect diminishes approximately seven days after the event. There is some heterogeneity across the 10 attacks, but the overall pattern is similar in all cases, see parametric and non-parametric modeling:

Hostility on #Twitter increases after Jihadist terror attacks.
New study w/ A.Gorodzeisky in Journal of #ComputationalSocialScience, analyzing ~4.5M Tweets by ~1.2M users pre- & post-10 major attacks in 5 European countries:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Google Scholar had a nice surprise today 🥳

#academicchatter

My paper on the drivers of migration news in right-wing media now found a home in Mass Communication and Society 27 (1): 50-74. It's also available 🔓 open access, check it out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Visited the Tel Aviv Museum of Art today: