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Federica Zardo
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Senior Researcher at Danube University Krems - European Union politics, migration, asylum, international relations
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Federica Zardo @federicazardo.bsky.social · Jun 17
🚨 The full MigFund database is now publicly available.
It covers EU funding for migration and asylum from 2000 to 2023, across both internal and external programmes.
1,700+ funding measures.
All major instruments, from AMIF to EUTF.
You can download it here: zenodo.org/records/1568...
MigFund Dataset
MigFund tracks over 1,700 EU-funded measures related to migration and asylum policy between 2000 and 2023. It covers internal and external instruments, coded by sub-policy area, target group, geograph...
zenodo.org
federicazardo.bsky.social
Great discussions yesterday at #EMNAustria2025 with @austria.iom.int A lot of food for thoughts on the future of migration governance but also of international cooperation more broadly.
austria.iom.int IOM Austria @austria.iom.int · 4d
📢 Today in Vienna: EMN Austria National Conference 2025!

Experts from Austria, EU, UN and partner countries exchange to strengthen international cooperation on migration.

Stay tuned → emn.at/en/emn-austr...

#EMNAustria2025
#EMNmigration
Panel and audience at the EMN Austria National Conference 2025
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
federicazardo.bsky.social
Sometimes you leave a conference with just a few notes, sometimes with many ideas, and sometimes with empty hands. But sometimes, you walk away with both ideas and emotions.

Thank you, escapes.unimi.it/archivio-con..., for this beautiful experience, and ActionAid Italia, for inviting me.
September 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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theguardian.com
Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik
Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik
Political platitudes and a few trucks of aid won’t save the children dying now. But they show leaders can’t ignore public opinion for ever, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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demigkrems.bsky.social
💶 New on scilog:
How does EU funding shape migration policy? The project MigFund reveals a growing focus on border control and externalization.

🗃️ The research is led by political scientist Federica Zardo (@federicazardo.bsky.social).

📖 Read more: scilog.fwf.ac.at/en/magazine/...
An origami bird folded from a 500-euro banknote sits among green leaves on a branch. | © butenkow / Adobe Stock
July 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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fwf-at.bsky.social
Die EU setzt migrationspolitische Maßnahmen u.a. mit Fördergeldern. Politikwissenschaftlerin @federicazardo.bsky.social zeigte, dass sich der Fokus in Richtung Abschottung & Auslagerung an Drittstaaten verschiebt. #Migrationspolitik #scilog @unikrems.bsky.social

scilog.fwf.ac.at/magazin/was-...
Was EU-Fördermittel über Europas Migrationspolitik verraten
Die EU setzt migrationspolitische Maßnahmen unter anderem in Form von Fördergeldern. Die Politikwissenschaftlerin Federica Zardo nimmt den Weg des Geldes unter die Lupe. Ihre Analyse zeigt: Der Fokus ...
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June 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
federicazardo.bsky.social
🚨 The full MigFund database is now publicly available.
It covers EU funding for migration and asylum from 2000 to 2023, across both internal and external programmes.
1,700+ funding measures.
All major instruments, from AMIF to EUTF.
You can download it here: zenodo.org/records/1568...
MigFund Dataset
MigFund tracks over 1,700 EU-funded measures related to migration and asylum policy between 2000 and 2023. It covers internal and external instruments, coded by sub-policy area, target group, geograph...
zenodo.org
June 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reposted by Federica Zardo
filipecampante.bsky.social
If at this point you’re still saying that this is remotely related to antisemitism or viewpoint diversity, you are part of the problem.
ericcolumbus.bsky.social Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · May 6
🚨🚨 Deranged letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon to Harvard’s president, cutting off federal funding for any new grants.

Worth reading in full. It is NUTS.
THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION WASHINGTON, DC 20202 May 5, 2025 Dr. Alan Garber Office of the President Harvard University Massachusetts Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 Dr. Garber, The Federal Government has a sacred responsibility to be a wise and important steward of American taxpayer dollars. Harvard University, despite amassing a largely tax-free $53.2 billion dollar endowment (larger than the GDP of 100 countries), receives billions of dollars of taxpayer largess each year. Receiving such taxpayer funds is a privilege, not a right. Yet instead of using these funds to advance the education of its students, Harvard is engaging in a systemic pattern of violating federal law. Where do many of these "students" come from, who are they, how do they get into Harvard, or even into our country—and why is there so much HATE? These are questions that must be answered, among many more, but the biggest question of all is, why will Harvard not give straightforward answers to the American public? Harvard University has made a mockery of this country's higher education system. It has invited foreign students, who engage in violent behavior and show contempt for the United States of America, to its campus. In every way, Harvard has failed to abide by its legal obligations, its ethical and fiduciary duties, its transparency responsibilities, and any semblance of academic rigor. It had scrapped standardized testing requirements and a normalized grading system. This year Harvard was forced to adopt an embarrassing "remedial math" program for undergraduates. Why is it, we ask, that Harvard has to teach simple and basic mathematics, when it is supposedly so hard to get into this "acclaimed university"? Who is getting in under such a low standard when others, with fabulous grades and a great understanding of the highest levels of mathematics, are being rejected? Harvard has even been embroiled in humiliating plagiarism scandals, exposed clearly and plainly in the media, with respect to your then… running the institution in a totally chaotic way. Harvard alumnus and highly successful hedge fund manager Bill Ackman noted that, under her leadership, Harvard has become "a political advocacy organization for one party." Ackman has called for the resignation of Pritzker, concluding that the "[t)he mismanagement here is Penny Pritzker" and noting that any serious corporation would have removed her after a litany of recent failings and the fact that, incredibly, "Harvard is not in a good financial position." According to Ackman, one of the world's foremost finance experts, Harvard's so-called S53 billion endowment is "massively overstated as far as what it's really worth," and Harvard has irresponsibly taken out $8 billion in debt. If this is true, it is concerning evidence of Harvard's disastrous mismanagement, indicating an urgent need for massive reform-not continued taxpayer investment. If Harvard prefers not to change, then Harvard should have no problem using its overflowing endowment to fund its bloated bureaucracy. At its best, a university should fulfill the highest ideals of our Nation, and enlighten the thousands of hopeful students who walk through its magnificent gates. But Harvard has betrayed this ideal. Perhaps most alarmingly, Harvard has failed to abide by the United States Supreme Court's ruling demanding that it end its racial preferencing, and continues to engage in ugly racism in its undergraduate and graduate schools, and even within the Harvard Law Review itself. Our universities should be bastions of merit that reward and celebrate excellence and achievement. They should not be incubators of discrimination that encourage resentment and instill grievance and racism into our wonderful young Americans. The above concerns are only a fraction of the long list of Harvard's consistent violations of its own legal duties. Given these and other concerning allegations, this letter is to inform you that Harvard should no longer seek GRANTS from the fede… Federal Agencies. The Administration's priorities have not changed and today's letter marks the end of new grants for the University. These requests will advance the best interests of Harvard University, so it can reclaim its status as a respected educational institution for the future leaders of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter! Sincerely, Linda E. McMahon Secretary of Education
May 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Reposted by Federica Zardo
geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social
Now out and #openaccess in Geopolitics: "Beyond the Internal-External Policy Divide: How the EU Communicates on Migration" by Caterina Carta, Federica Zardo & Mattia Sguazzini
@mattiasguazzini.bsky.social @federicazardo.bsky.social
Download and read for free:
www.tandfonline.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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alemanno.bsky.social
Boom. Harvard University unveils a fresh website entirely focusing on its impact on society.

Magnificent, yet long overdue. Thanks Donald!
www.harvard.edu
Harvard University
Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally.
www.harvard.edu
April 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
federicazardo.bsky.social
New open access article out in @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social Beyond the internal-external policy divide: how the EU communicates on migration by Caterina Carta, @mattiasguazzini.bsky.social and me! Read here 👇and a short thread 🧵 below!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Beyond the Internal-External Policy Divide: How the EU Communicates on Migration
Focusing on statements produced by the European External Action Service and several Commissioners, this paper explores how various institutional actors conceive of and discuss migration policies. I...
www.tandfonline.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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xkcd.com
Tariffs xkcd.com/3073
April 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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alanbeattie.bsky.social
We should all remember this whenever CEOs are treated as sages on anything except their own industry, and sometimes only their own company.
nicholasgrossman.bsky.social Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Apr 5
Bankers and CEOs’ surprise and dismay over Trump’s massive tariffs appears genuine.

They really did believe in an Imaginary Reliable Trump, one who was tossing meat to the rubes but would do what a Wall St. CEO would do, and told each other this to the point it was socially-reinforced groupthink.
Tariffs Expose Wall Street's Misplaced Faith in Trump
Bankers and business leaders imagine a more reliable, less protectionist version of the president than the one that actually exists. Now they're finding out the hard way.
www.arcdigital.media
April 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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judithkohlenberger.bsky.social
New publication on Refugee Well-Being, based on survey data among Syrians in Austria. Out now at Refugee Survey Quarterly (Oxford Journals). Open Access.

academic.oup.com/rsq/advance-...
Navigating a Paradox: Well-Being and Dimensions of (Non-)Belonging of Syrian Refugees in Austria
ABSTRACT. This article examines the challenges Syrian refugees who arrived in Austria between 2008 and 2021 face in building social capital, where a lack o
academic.oup.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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ecpr.bsky.social
🌍 Migration between #MENA and the #EU is evolving. What challenges and opportunities lie ahead?
⚠️ Don’t miss this crucial discussion with experts @federicazardo.bsky.social @tsourapas.bsky.social @helhahn.bsky.social
📅 Thu 20 Mar, 14:00–15:30 GMT 📍 Online

#MENAsky #IRsky #polisky #migcitsky
From the MENA to the EU: Migration diplomacy, challenges and opportunities
ECPR Webinar on Middle Eastern Policy and EU Relations
buff.ly
March 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
federicazardo.bsky.social
Join us next Thursday 20th of March for a discussion on the present and future of EU-MENA relations on migration 👇
ecpr.bsky.social European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · Mar 4
🌍 Political instability, economic gaps, legal barriers—what’s next for MENA-EU #migration?
👩‍💻 Join our FREE webinar to explore challenges & opportunities
📅 Thu 20 Mar, 14:00–15:30 GMT
🗣️ @federicazardo.bsky.social @tsourapas.bsky.social @helhahn.bsky.social

#MENAsky #IRsky #polisky #migcitsky
From the MENA to the EU: Migration diplomacy, challenges and opportunities
ECPR Webinar on Middle Eastern Policy and EU Relations
buff.ly
March 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Reposted by Federica Zardo
anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Since writing this article, I have received messages from federal civil servants who tell me it is accurate, and that they are frightened. Please share this with anyone who doesn't understand the scale of the transformation.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
www.theatlantic.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
federicazardo.bsky.social
The address is so painful to watch. Some democrats are literally crying.
March 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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jeffsharlet.bsky.social
If you’re a professor in a classroom today & you don’t mention this, I believe you’re doing your students a profound disservice. This is targeted 1st at international students, but it’s deliberately broad enough to lay groundwork for a scene Trump & Hegseth have fantasized: troops on campus.
A truth from Trump that reads “All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter”
March 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
federicazardo.bsky.social
Join us at #ISA2025 for our roundtable "Sliding Doors in Human Mobility: Legal Pathways and Border (Im)permeability". A stellar lineup of experts will discuss the tensions between legal routes for migration and the tightening of borders. See you in Williford B!
March 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Reposted by Federica Zardo
danielavintila.bsky.social
Looking forward to our next #IMISCOE Spring Conference

🔎Topic: "The Regularity of Irregularity: Rethinking Migration Paradigms"
🗓️17-19 March 2025, Krems (Austria) & online (hybrid format)

✍️ Sign up now (free registration 🔜 3 March)

All details here: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...
2025 IMISCOE Spring Conference
Welcome to the IMISCOE Spring-Conference Krems 2025 at University for Continuing Education Krems
www.donau-uni.ac.at
February 18, 2025 at 6:50 AM