Associate Professor of Public Policy at Leiden University 🇨🇭 🇵🇹 | immigration | political economy | welfare states. I am from Lausanne, Switzerland.
Leiden, Netherlands
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I won't really be posting here anymore. I can be found at alexandreafonso.bsky.social
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Switzerland in the world top 3 of remittance-sending countries (ahead of Germany).
India receives over $100 billion annually in money sent home by migrants, about 3.3% of its GDP. The Philippines gets nearly 10% this way.
The Netherlands (17 million people) ranks in the top 10 for sending countries.
Source: publications.iom.int/books/w…
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Immigration from Central and Eastern Europe increased support for right-wing Eurosceptic parties in the West, North and South of the EU 🇪🇺
Evidence from 30 national and European elections (2004-2019) in 7 countries 🇳🇱🇩🇰🇸🇪🇫🇮🇦🇹🇮🇹🇵🇹
Just published in @EUP_TheJournal
ALT https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/14651165241271979
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Een draadje (in het Nederlands ) over @JORISLUIJENDIJK's #7vinkjes met data.
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So widespread there is a handbook on it.
Book Review: The Palgrave Handbook of Imposter Syndrome in Higher Education edited by Michelle Addison, Maddie Breeze and Yvette Taylor
#ImposterSyndrome wp.me/p4m9em-chE
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Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram recently arrested in Paris, is a citizen of
- Russia
- France
- St-Kitts & Nevis
- the UAE
buff.ly/471tDZ0
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Map shows the European leaders at a crucial moment in history: the beginning of WWI.
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"The first modern Olympics would give out medals for painting, sculpture and music" buff.ly/3gCcuMQ
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Had never thought of noise-cancelling headphones in the context of exit, voice and loyalty.
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Actually, "English" is not an ethnic category in the US census. It takes about 10 seconds to look it up. Actually in the official definition "white" designates "origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa" census.gov/topics/population…
Wow. You actually run something called "the Centre for English Identity" and you are asking us this. English as I'm sure you know is an ethnic category on the U.S. census. It refers to actual or subjective ancestral origins. Do you want me to revise your course reading list?
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An instead of listening to Matt Goodwin, I recommend this very interesting througline ep on the battle for defining what "white" meant in the US npr.org/transcripts/11554892…
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Mas o que é isto? publico.pt/2024/07/30/opinia…
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We are hiring 2 assistant professors in European politics! Deadline still quite far away, but please spread the word. Feel free to reach out for any questions. P.S. we are a great team to work with (ask our recent arrivals e.g. @RonjaSczepanski)
Come and join us at CEE8 2 tenure-track Assistant Professor positions: deadline 9 january 2025.
sciencespo.fr/centre-etudes-…
@JanRovny @SciencesPo_CEE @sciencespo
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Very happy to have contributed to this (with @emilyannewolff and @SamirNegash1 ), great to see it out in the world!
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Here's another way to look at it: Mexico vs Greenland
(from @neilrkaye)
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Em dia de Estado da Nação, um trabalho sobre o pessimismo e os números da economia. Com @mesteveaqui, @bmpcarvalho, @marlon_econ, @alexandreafonso e Luísa Veloso
“Vibecession”: como o pessimismo dos portugueses contrasta com a realidade da nossa economia expresso.pt/estado-da-nacao/…
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Just discovered the existence of a far-right Spanish party named "Se Acabó La Fiesta" (the party is over(!), which won 3 seats in the EP? x.com/simonjhix/status/18120…
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