Maarten Vink
@maartenpvink.bsky.social
all about citizenship | 🇳🇱 prof @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social 🇮🇹 🇪🇺 co-director @globalcit.bsky.social 🌏 | resident of Braga 🇵🇹 | https://eui.eu/people?id=maarten-vink | #MigCitSky | https://go.bsky.app/5vLDGon | 🚲 cyclist in Florence ⚜️
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Maarten Vink
@maartenpvink.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Good morning and blue skies over Villa Schifanoia!
Welcome to everyone new on BlueSky and 🙏 for following me.
Short intro: I am a 🇳🇱 prof at the #EUI 🇪🇺 based at a beautiful campus in the hills outside Florence 🇮🇹. I am a #polsky by training and interested in all about #citizenship #migcitsky.
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Welcome to everyone new on BlueSky and 🙏 for following me.
Short intro: I am a 🇳🇱 prof at the #EUI 🇪🇺 based at a beautiful campus in the hills outside Florence 🇮🇹. I am a #polsky by training and interested in all about #citizenship #migcitsky.
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Haha, de Uitsluitpiet wil niks. Fatsoenpiet vindt het niet zijn probleem en nu moet Treinpiet het oplossen
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Haha, de Uitsluitpiet wil niks. Fatsoenpiet vindt het niet zijn probleem en nu moet Treinpiet het oplossen
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🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
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Another gorgeous autumn day in the hills around Florence 🍂
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Another gorgeous autumn day in the hills around Florence 🍂
Another gorgeous autumn day in the hills around Florence 🍂
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Another gorgeous autumn day in the hills around Florence 🍂
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🚨BREAKING: A civil rights organization sued the Trump administration Saturday over a new policy barring nonprofits from helping new U.S. citizens register to vote. The lawsuit calls the policy part of a “broader effort to ensure that new Americans cannot exert their democratic will on the nation.”
Lawsuit Blasts Trump’s Bid to Keep New Citizens From Registering to Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨BREAKING: A civil rights organization sued the Trump administration Saturday over a new policy barring nonprofits from helping new U.S. citizens register to vote. The lawsuit calls the policy part of a “broader effort to ensure that new Americans cannot exert their democratic will on the nation.”
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📝 New Blog on the MER dataset
What is the state of migrant electoral rights across the globe❓ by Hannah Segers
🌍📊 MER shows that while more countries grant migrants voting and candidacy rights, millions remain excluded, highlighting inequalities in democratic participation 🗳️
tinyurl.com/2uye2frs
What is the state of migrant electoral rights across the globe❓ by Hannah Segers
🌍📊 MER shows that while more countries grant migrants voting and candidacy rights, millions remain excluded, highlighting inequalities in democratic participation 🗳️
tinyurl.com/2uye2frs
What is the state of migrant electoral rights across the globe? - Globalcit
Hannah Segers (University of Vienna) In an increasingly interconnected world, migration continues to transform societies, economies, and political landscapes. With around 300 million people living out...
tinyurl.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
📝 New Blog on the MER dataset
What is the state of migrant electoral rights across the globe❓ by Hannah Segers
🌍📊 MER shows that while more countries grant migrants voting and candidacy rights, millions remain excluded, highlighting inequalities in democratic participation 🗳️
tinyurl.com/2uye2frs
What is the state of migrant electoral rights across the globe❓ by Hannah Segers
🌍📊 MER shows that while more countries grant migrants voting and candidacy rights, millions remain excluded, highlighting inequalities in democratic participation 🗳️
tinyurl.com/2uye2frs
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📢 Event alert 📢
Join us for a lecture by Rainer Bauböck, in which he builds on a recent debate at @globalcit.bsky.social by exploring the motives behind reparative citizenship and its normative value."
📍 D109 Central European University, Vienna
📅 01 December 2025 | 10:50 am
Join us for a lecture by Rainer Bauböck, in which he builds on a recent debate at @globalcit.bsky.social by exploring the motives behind reparative citizenship and its normative value."
📍 D109 Central European University, Vienna
📅 01 December 2025 | 10:50 am
Reparative Citizenship: Offering Membership as Compensation for Historic Injustice
events.ceu.edu
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
📢 Event alert 📢
Join us for a lecture by Rainer Bauböck, in which he builds on a recent debate at @globalcit.bsky.social by exploring the motives behind reparative citizenship and its normative value."
📍 D109 Central European University, Vienna
📅 01 December 2025 | 10:50 am
Join us for a lecture by Rainer Bauböck, in which he builds on a recent debate at @globalcit.bsky.social by exploring the motives behind reparative citizenship and its normative value."
📍 D109 Central European University, Vienna
📅 01 December 2025 | 10:50 am
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This is accurate.
Here is a serious and rigorous analysis in @thelancet.com, backing up the claim. —> www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Here is a serious and rigorous analysis in @thelancet.com, backing up the claim. —> www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is accurate.
Here is a serious and rigorous analysis in @thelancet.com, backing up the claim. —> www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Here is a serious and rigorous analysis in @thelancet.com, backing up the claim. —> www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Really, what is wrong with people?
In Finland, persons who do not have any income other than unemployment benefit or social assistance will no longer be eligible to naturalize.
@globalcit.bsky.social
www.dailyfinland.fi/national/457...
In Finland, persons who do not have any income other than unemployment benefit or social assistance will no longer be eligible to naturalize.
@globalcit.bsky.social
www.dailyfinland.fi/national/457...
Finland further tightens citizenship law
The four-party alliance government led by the Kansallinen Kokoomus (National Coalition Party-NCP) further tightened the requirements for acquiring Finnish citizenship.
The
www.dailyfinland.fi
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Really, what is wrong with people?
In Finland, persons who do not have any income other than unemployment benefit or social assistance will no longer be eligible to naturalize.
@globalcit.bsky.social
www.dailyfinland.fi/national/457...
In Finland, persons who do not have any income other than unemployment benefit or social assistance will no longer be eligible to naturalize.
@globalcit.bsky.social
www.dailyfinland.fi/national/457...
thanks for the Friday fun @podmalm.bsky.social 😂
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
thanks for the Friday fun @podmalm.bsky.social 😂
Really, what is wrong with people?
In Finland, persons who do not have any income other than unemployment benefit or social assistance will no longer be eligible to naturalize.
@globalcit.bsky.social
www.dailyfinland.fi/national/457...
In Finland, persons who do not have any income other than unemployment benefit or social assistance will no longer be eligible to naturalize.
@globalcit.bsky.social
www.dailyfinland.fi/national/457...
Finland further tightens citizenship law
The four-party alliance government led by the Kansallinen Kokoomus (National Coalition Party-NCP) further tightened the requirements for acquiring Finnish citizenship.
The
www.dailyfinland.fi
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Really, what is wrong with people?
In Finland, persons who do not have any income other than unemployment benefit or social assistance will no longer be eligible to naturalize.
@globalcit.bsky.social
www.dailyfinland.fi/national/457...
In Finland, persons who do not have any income other than unemployment benefit or social assistance will no longer be eligible to naturalize.
@globalcit.bsky.social
www.dailyfinland.fi/national/457...
Full moon over Florence 🌕
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Full moon over Florence 🌕
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Are you a PhD or early career researcher in EU law and politics? Come to the Europa Institute of the University of Edinburgh to give a paper at our PhD/ECR Workshop on the topic of "Defending the European Union". Dates: 23-24 April 2026. Details here: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Are you a PhD or early career researcher in EU law and politics? Come to the Europa Institute of the University of Edinburgh to give a paper at our PhD/ECR Workshop on the topic of "Defending the European Union". Dates: 23-24 April 2026. Details here: www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Applications are now open for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2026!
📚 Full PhD funding in Politics & International Relations or Quantitative and Computational Social Science at University College Dublin
🕔 Deadline: 30 Jan 2026, 5 pm (Dublin)
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
📚 Full PhD funding in Politics & International Relations or Quantitative and Computational Social Science at University College Dublin
🕔 Deadline: 30 Jan 2026, 5 pm (Dublin)
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship - UCD School of Politics and International Relations
www.ucd.ie
November 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Applications are now open for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2026!
📚 Full PhD funding in Politics & International Relations or Quantitative and Computational Social Science at University College Dublin
🕔 Deadline: 30 Jan 2026, 5 pm (Dublin)
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
📚 Full PhD funding in Politics & International Relations or Quantitative and Computational Social Science at University College Dublin
🕔 Deadline: 30 Jan 2026, 5 pm (Dublin)
www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
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Citizenship in the News 📰🇪🇸
Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades: About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades: About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades
About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship, including 2,500 men and women from Britain and Ireland
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Citizenship in the News 📰🇪🇸
Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades: About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades: About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Zojuist reactie ingediend bij de internetconsultatie voor zeer problematische wetsvoorstel om de verblijfstermijn voor naturalisatie te verlengen van vijf naar tien (!) jaar.
Hopelijk verdwijnt dit in de prullenbak zodra er een nieuwe regering is. Bij deze argumenten daarvoor.
lnkd.in/ddJeFyjt
Hopelijk verdwijnt dit in de prullenbak zodra er een nieuwe regering is. Bij deze argumenten daarvoor.
lnkd.in/ddJeFyjt
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Zojuist reactie ingediend bij de internetconsultatie voor zeer problematische wetsvoorstel om de verblijfstermijn voor naturalisatie te verlengen van vijf naar tien (!) jaar.
Hopelijk verdwijnt dit in de prullenbak zodra er een nieuwe regering is. Bij deze argumenten daarvoor.
lnkd.in/ddJeFyjt
Hopelijk verdwijnt dit in de prullenbak zodra er een nieuwe regering is. Bij deze argumenten daarvoor.
lnkd.in/ddJeFyjt
Zojuist reactie ingediend bij de internetconsultatie voor zeer problematische wetsvoorstel om de verblijfstermijn voor naturalisatie te verlengen van vijf naar tien (!) jaar.
Hopelijk verdwijnt dit in de prullenbak zodra er een nieuwe regering is. Bij deze argumenten daarvoor.
lnkd.in/ddJeFyjt
Hopelijk verdwijnt dit in de prullenbak zodra er een nieuwe regering is. Bij deze argumenten daarvoor.
lnkd.in/ddJeFyjt
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Zojuist reactie ingediend bij de internetconsultatie voor zeer problematische wetsvoorstel om de verblijfstermijn voor naturalisatie te verlengen van vijf naar tien (!) jaar.
Hopelijk verdwijnt dit in de prullenbak zodra er een nieuwe regering is. Bij deze argumenten daarvoor.
lnkd.in/ddJeFyjt
Hopelijk verdwijnt dit in de prullenbak zodra er een nieuwe regering is. Bij deze argumenten daarvoor.
lnkd.in/ddJeFyjt
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🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
November 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
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If you know anyone considering doing a PhD in political science or sociology, encourage them to apply to the EUI PhD program and join the institute's landmark 50th cohort of PhD researchers in the SPS Department! Applications from Central and Eastern Europe are particularly welcome!
🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
If you know anyone considering doing a PhD in political science or sociology, encourage them to apply to the EUI PhD program and join the institute's landmark 50th cohort of PhD researchers in the SPS Department! Applications from Central and Eastern Europe are particularly welcome!
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✨ GLOBALCIT Seminar ✨
Join Eline Westra as she explores Surinamese-Dutch resistance to dispersal policies in the 1970s–80s and their broader implications for race, community, and integration in the 🇳🇱
🗓️ Thur 6 Nov 2025 | 12:00–13:00 CET
📍 Schifanoia, Mansarda
Register 🔗 tinyurl.com/3hbf4jxa
Join Eline Westra as she explores Surinamese-Dutch resistance to dispersal policies in the 1970s–80s and their broader implications for race, community, and integration in the 🇳🇱
🗓️ Thur 6 Nov 2025 | 12:00–13:00 CET
📍 Schifanoia, Mansarda
Register 🔗 tinyurl.com/3hbf4jxa
Resisting dispersal: alternative visions on diversity and community in postcolonial Netherlands
Join Eline Westra as she explores Surinamese-Dutch resistance to dispersal policies in the 1970s–80s and their broader implications for race, community, and integration in the Netherlands.
tinyurl.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
✨ GLOBALCIT Seminar ✨
Join Eline Westra as she explores Surinamese-Dutch resistance to dispersal policies in the 1970s–80s and their broader implications for race, community, and integration in the 🇳🇱
🗓️ Thur 6 Nov 2025 | 12:00–13:00 CET
📍 Schifanoia, Mansarda
Register 🔗 tinyurl.com/3hbf4jxa
Join Eline Westra as she explores Surinamese-Dutch resistance to dispersal policies in the 1970s–80s and their broader implications for race, community, and integration in the 🇳🇱
🗓️ Thur 6 Nov 2025 | 12:00–13:00 CET
📍 Schifanoia, Mansarda
Register 🔗 tinyurl.com/3hbf4jxa
If you're in Florence this week, join us on Thursday @eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social for this month's citizenship seminar on Resisting dispersal: alternative visions on diversity and community in postcolonial Netherlands, with Eline Westra (Leiden Uni).
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
Resisting dispersal: alternative visions on diversity and community in postcolonial Netherlands
Join Eline Westra as she explores Surinamese-Dutch resistance to dispersal policies in the 1970s–80s and their broader implications for race, community, and integration in the Netherlands.
www.eui.eu
November 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
If you're in Florence this week, join us on Thursday @eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social for this month's citizenship seminar on Resisting dispersal: alternative visions on diversity and community in postcolonial Netherlands, with Eline Westra (Leiden Uni).
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
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Making the American Passport Less Great
The US, which topped the index in 2014, has dropped out of the top ten for the first time since the Henley Passport ranking began in 2006.
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
The US, which topped the index in 2014, has dropped out of the top ten for the first time since the Henley Passport ranking began in 2006.
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Making the American Passport Less Great
The US, which topped the index in 2014, has dropped out of the top ten for the first time since the Henley Passport ranking began in 2006.
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
The US, which topped the index in 2014, has dropped out of the top ten for the first time since the Henley Passport ranking began in 2006.
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...