Our publications include academic publications (peer-reviewed books, journal articles, and book chapters), working papers (presenting work in-progress), a wide range of research and policy reports (primarily aimed at a non-academic audience), and blogs. For an overview of ongoing MPC research projects, click here.
Public opinion and immigration in Europe : can regional migration flows predict public attitudes to immigration
- Type: Working Paper
- Year of Publication: 2023
- Series/Report no.: EUI RSC, 2023/18, Migration Policy Centre
- Abstract: This article investigates how European public opinion has responded to short-term variations in regional foreign-born immigration over the past decade (2010-2019). Combining data from the European Social Survey and the [...]
- Keywords: Attitudes to immigration, Migration flows, Public opinion, Regions
EU responses to the large-scale refugee displacement from Ukraine : an analysis on the temporary protection directive and its implications for the future EU asylum policy
- Type: Book
- Year of Publication: 2023
- Citation: Firenze : European University Institute, 2023
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: This Book examines the European Union’s policy responses to large-scale dis- placement of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine and the activation and imple- mentation of the Temporary Protection Directive [...]
The European Union : from politics to politicization
- Type: Contribution to book
- Year of Publication: 2022
- Citation: James F. HOLLIFIELD, Philip L. MARTIN, Pia M. ORRENIUS and François HÉRAN (eds), Controlling immigration : a comparative perspective, fourth edition, Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2022, pp. 683-705
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: Andrew Geddes and Leila Hadj Abdou’s chapter on the European Union first de-serves praise for their apt, comprehensive, and didactic description of EU preroga-tives in the area of migration, asylum, [...]
The interdependency of border bureaucracies and mobility intermediaries : a street level view of migration infrastructuring
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2023
- Citation: Comparative migration studies, 2023, Vol. 11, Art. 1, OnlineOnly
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: Building on the case of visa procedures, this article analyses the relationship between border bureaucracies and intermediaries understood as actors, organisations and knowledge that facilitate, shape, and enable human mobility. [...]
Why did the UK leave the EU? : the state of the science of explaining Brexit
- Type: Contribution to book
- Year of Publication: 2023
- Citation: John Erik FOSSUM and Christopher LORD (eds), Handbook of the European Union and Brexit, Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2023, pp. 26-41
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: Explaining why the United Kingdom (UK) left the European Union (EU) has become something of a cottage industry since 2016. Not only was the outcome a notable electoral upset, a [...]
The role of human values in support for EU membership
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Citation: Journal of cross-cultural psychology, 2021, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 372-387
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: In recent years, there has been greater scholarly enquiry into explaining variation in support for European Union membership. We theorise that one cause of such variation is likely to be [...]
How migrant resource centres affect migration decisions : quasi-experimental evidence from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq and Pakistan
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2022
- Citation: International migration, 2022, OnlineOnly
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: Several Migrant Resource Centres (MRCs) have been set up in South Asia jointly by national governments of origin and destination countries. Their objectives include encouragement of potential migrants to seek [...]
Public opinion and the politics of migration
- Type: Contribution to book
- Year of Publication: 2022
- Citation: Peter SCHOLTEN (ed.), Introduction to migration studies : an interactive guide to the literatures on migration and diversity, Cham : Springer, 2022, IMISCOE Research Series, pp. 375-388
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: Identifying and describing attitudes to immigration, let alone explaining them and their effects, is not a simple matter. In this chapter, we first outline the major scholarly works explaining attitudes [...]
Narratives : a review of concepts, determinants, effects, and uses in migration research
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2021
- Citation: Comparative migration studies, 2021, Vol. 9, Art. 50, OnlineOnly
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: Narratives are increasingly cited by scholars, international organisations, NGOs, and governments as one of the most powerful factors in migration politics and policymaking today. However, narratives are typically conceptually underspecified, [...]
What determines the shape of migrant and non-migrant populations’ attitudes toward immigration in Europe?
- Type: Working Paper
- Year of Publication: 2023
- Series/Report no.: EUI RSC, 2023/04, Migration Policy Centre
- Abstract: Attitudes toward immigration are usually investigated from the non-migrant residents’ perspective. Much less is known about how perceptions of immigration policy and immigrants vary across immigration background lines, especially in [...]
- Keywords: Attitudes toward immigration, Interethnic relations, Group membership, Diversity, Immigrants’ integration
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