Call for Papers: 8th POLECONUK Annual Conference @unibirmingham.bsky.social, June 8 to 9, 2026.
This year we have a special session for graduate students and a Best Graduate Paper Award.
Submission deadline is February 28, 2026.
Details below:
Migrant Electoral Rights Dataset (1960-2020)
📊 Link to dataset: hdl.handle.net/1814/93661
📕 Link to codebook: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
💼 Link to 400 page documentation: cadmus.eui.eu/server/api/c...
Hoy, en @nadaesgratis.bsky.social publicamos un texto de @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social sobre la imposibilidad de que las politicas de disuasion migratoria sean efectivas.
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Very happy to see my research featured on VoxDev.
British politics has become fluid. Only 42% of voters have stayed loyal since 2019 (vs 70% a decade ago). Major changes are within ideological blocs rather than across them. Even Reform UK is not immune to churn: only 54% of early supporters have stayed with them.
More here: tinyurl.com/29y55d85
Why can't anyone stop the boats?
Those who have faced extreme hardship will not be deterred by threats of detention or deportation. Deterrence cannot work as migration policy: it cannot compete with hope of a better life.
Escribo para el Nada Es Gratis.
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Suffrage is a central element of democracy. Over time, electoral rights have increasingly become available to migrants—both as non-citizen residents and as non-resident citizens. However, existing dat...
“When you lose your life many times, you become not so afraid”
Why has every government attempt to deter small boat crossings been so ineffective? I explore why detterence can not work as migration policy.
Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/poleconn...
UK’s plan for digital ID cards to curb illegal migration has sparked backlash—over 2.7M signed a petition against it.
Opposition is highest where trust in MPs is lowest. Reform voters oppose digital IDs most—anti-establishment sentiment outweighs anti-immigration stance
More here: shorturl.at/lr1cs
With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, we are happy to announce the CfPapers for the
4th edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration
on May 26-27, 2026 @uc3meconomics.bsky.social, Spain.
Submit until February 1, 2026 on economig2026.sciencesconf.org
Por Apurav Bhatiya.
La migración irregular es uno de los temas más politizados de Europa. Aunque la mayoría de las personas migrantes llega por vías legales, los cruces maritimos, ya sea por el Medite...
Por Apurav Bhatiya.
La migración irregular es uno de los temas más politizados de Europa. Aunque la mayoría de las personas migrantes llega por vías legales, los cruces maritimos, ya sea por el Medite...
Call for Papers: 8th POLECONUK Annual Conference, University of Birmingham, June 8-9, 2026.
The conference will include a special session for graduate students to present their research. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome. No registration fee. Submission Deadline: Feb 28.
Santiago Sanchez-Pages
Joël Machado
🆕 Rallying around the flag: How political narratives can turn conflict into votes
Today on VoxDev, Yatish Arya (Ashoka University) & Apurav Bhatiya (University of Birmingham) discuss how conflict can translate into electoral support in India: https://ow.ly/CE4c50XtlVp
In India, conflict boosts electoral support for incumbents only when leaders and media make it politically salient, turning soldier deaths into narratives of national strength.
"¿Por qué nadie consigue detener las pateras?"
@apuravbhatiya.bsky.social
"Cuando pierdes la vida muchas veces, el miedo se vuelve pequeño. Quien ha soportado dificultades extremas, no se va a frenar por amenazas de detención, deportación o cárcel."
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Por Apurav Bhatiya.
La migración irregular es uno de los temas más politizados de Europa. Aunque la mayoría de las personas migrantes llega por vías legales, los cruces maritimos, ya sea por el Medite...
