TransDeM
TransDeM is a Research Group that explores democratization, development, and transnational dynamics in migration and globalization | @uab.cat
- ❗️Thank you to Nicolas Fliess (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity) for sharing your work on immigrant-origin politicians in party executive roles in Germany! Find all of our planned seminars on our website: lnkd.in/dTDbHwFk
- 📢 Upcoming seminar! Nicolas Fliess (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity) will present his paper, "Who gets a seat at the table? Immigrant-origin politicians in party executive roles in Germany". 📅 Monday, November 24, 12:30 📍 Seminari C, Fac. CCPP (UAB)
- Want to know what else we have in store? Find all of our scheduled seminars on our website: webs.uab.cat/transdem/sem...
- ❗️Thank you to Laurence Go (University of Oslo) for sharing your work on the effects of national elections on the political interest of over five million citizens across the globe! @laurencego.bsky.social Find all of our planned seminars on our website: lnkd.in/dTDbHwFk
- 🔔 Reminder that our next seminar is coming up on Friday. We hope to see you there!
- 📢 The next seminar of our 2025/2026 series is coming up soon! Laurence Go (University of Oslo) will present his paper, "Inattentive Citizens: Impact of Elections on Political Interest Across Five Million Citizens Worldwide". 📅 Friday, October 31, 12:30 📍 Seminari C, Fac. CCPP (UAB)
- Want to know what else we have in store? Find all of our scheduled seminars on our website: webs.uab.cat/transdem/sem…
- 📣 This year's seminar series has officially begun! ❗️Thank you to to Anna Kyriazi (University of Milan), Irina Ciornei and Roberto Pannico (UAB) for kicking it off with a presentation of their work on European social governance and political trust.
- 📢 We're happy to announce our first seminar of the 2025-2026 series! Anna Kyriazi (University of Milan), alongside Roberto Pannico and Irina Ciornei (UAB), will present "European Social Governance and Political Trust". 📅 Thursday, October 23, 12:30 📍 Seminari C, Fac. CCPP (UAB)
- Want to know what else we have in store? Find all of our scheduled seminars on our website: webs.uab.cat/transdem/sem...
- 🎉 Congratulations to Ahmed Kadiri for his excellent defense of his thesis, “Repertoires of political agency among elite return migrants: the case of Morocco”. From all your TransDeM colleagues: well done, Dr. Kadiri! We can’t wait to see what you do next. 👏
- Reposted by TransDeMThe GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology 2025 is underway! 🎉 3 short courses kicked off this morning. Over 3.5 weeks, global participants explore survey methods & more. 👏 Welcome to all, and huge thanks to our sponsors @infas.de & @veriangroup.com for their support! @gesis.org
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- Reposted by TransDeM📢 New publication alert: "Rural representation in Europe: The presence of place in national parliaments" by @gricoc.bsky.social, @rgarciadelhorno.bsky.social and @ehernandez.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by TransDeM1.3K followers & counting. Thank you all for your incredible support! The EPSS journey is just getting started & we couldn’t do it without you. Thank you for so many of you who already joined EPSS! If you haven't already, please join: epssnet.org/sign-up/#join Let’s do this together.
- Reposted by TransDeM🚨 Call for papers 📢 VIII Jornada de Comportament i Opinió Pública de Catalunya / 8th Catalan Political Behavior & Public Opinion Workshop 📅 6 de novembre de 2025 / November 6, 2025 at @IBEI 📩 Deadline: 4 de juliol / July 4. Submission: 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 👇
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- Reposted by TransDeMThrilled to share our new article published in Policy Design and Practice doi.org/10.1080/2574... With Diana Velasco and Alejandra Boni of bsky.app/profile/inge... #TransformativeInnovation #Governance #SustainabilityTransition #PolicyEntrepreneurship #Catalonia #RIS3CAT @tipconsortium.bsky.social
- Reposted by TransDeMTwo Ph.D. positions on transnational retirement at Utrecht University within ERC project RETIREWEL! Deadline for application on 15th of August, 2025. Read more here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat... and www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
- 🗣️Do not miss out on our seminar tomorrow! Anca Turcu (University of Central Florida) will present "Electorate by Design? Explaining the Effects of Transnational Electoral Engineering on Voter Turnout." 📅Wed, June 11, 13:00 📍Seminari E, Fac. CCPP (UAB)
- Last TransDeM seminar of the semester‼️ Anca Turcu (University of Central Florida) will present "Electorate by Design? Explaining the Effects of Transnational Electoral Engineering on Voter Turnout", co-authored with @sumpierrez.bsky.social. 📅Wed, June 11, 13:00 📍Seminari E, Fac. CCPP (UAB)
- Last TransDeM seminar of the semester‼️ Anca Turcu (University of Central Florida) will present "Electorate by Design? Explaining the Effects of Transnational Electoral Engineering on Voter Turnout", co-authored with @sumpierrez.bsky.social. 📅Wed, June 11, 13:00 📍Seminari E, Fac. CCPP (UAB)
- ➡️“Supranational redistribution and support for European integration.” This recent paper by Irina Ciornei explores the potential effect of social policies targeted at European citizens on the support for the EU.
- Check out our latest post on Divulga UAB to learn more about the paper: www.uab.cat/web/news-det...
- Last Tuesday, we had the pleasure of having @filipkostelka.bsky.social present his work "Change in Migrants’ Political Attitudes: Acculturation and Cosmopolitanization" in our joint seminar with @dec-gr.bsky.social. We thank all the audience for attending and for the engaging discussion.
- Do not miss out on our seminar with @filipkostelka.bsky.social tomorrow‼️ 📅Tue May 27, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Fac. CCPP (UAB) Organised with @dec-gr.bsky.social.
- 🗣️Next TransDeM-DEC seminar: @filipkostelka.bsky.social (European University Institute) will present "Change in Migrants’ Political Attitudes: Acculturation and Cosmopolitanization", co-authored with @evakrejcova.bsky.social and Nicolas Sauger. 📅Tue May 27, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Fac. CCPP (UAB)
- 🗣️Next TransDeM-DEC seminar: @filipkostelka.bsky.social (European University Institute) will present "Change in Migrants’ Political Attitudes: Acculturation and Cosmopolitanization", co-authored with @evakrejcova.bsky.social and Nicolas Sauger. 📅Tue May 27, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Fac. CCPP (UAB)
- New publication‼️ Irina Ciornei has just published her latest paper titled "Supranational redistribution and support for European integration" in European Union Politics. You can find it available at: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/YH2P8...
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- Reposted by TransDeMNext seminar 📢: Next Tuesday (13th May) @sandraleon.bsky.social will present "Disaster in a Distrustful Democracy: Public Reactions to the DANA crisis in Spain" co-authored with @amuitz.bsky.social 📍Sala de Juntes 🕐 13:00 Join us!
- Reposted by TransDeM📢New publication alert! "The value of Liberal Democracy: Assesing Citizens' Commitment to Democratic Principles", by @sergiferrer.bsky.social @ehernandez.bsky.social , Enrique Prada and Damjan Tomic in European Journal of Political Reserach! ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- 🎉🎉 Excited to share that our paper "The Value of Liberal Democracy: Assessing Citizens’ Commitment to Democratic Principles", co-authored with @ehernandez.bsky.social, Enrique Prada and Damjan Tomic, is now published in the European Journal of Political Research!🎉
- Reposted by TransDeMVery happy to share the program of our workshop on culture, organized with @emmylindstam.bsky.social and @ricarthuguet.bsky.social. It will take place on June 25th, the day before EPSA starts, at @iepolisci.bsky.social (IE Tower). If you'd like to join, feel free to get in touch with one of us!
- In yesterday's TransDeM seminar, Lisa Marie Borrelli presented her recent work, "Making migrants deportable: the internationalization of restrictive policies through transferred responsibility and borrowed legitimacy."
- We thank @louiserouge.bsky.social for the great presentation and the audience for the engaging discussion!
- ➡️ Do not miss out on our seminar with Lisa Marie Borrelli (HES-SO Valais-Wallis)! 📅Wed, April 9, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Fac. CCPP (UAB)
- 🗣️Next TransDeM seminar: Lisa Marie Borrelli (HES-SO Valais-Wallis) will present her paper "Making migrants deportable: the internationalization of restrictive policies through transferred responsibility and borrowed legitimacy." 📅Wed April 9, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Fac. CCPP (UAB)
- Reposted by TransDeMSixth #EUGOVSeminar of the 2024-2025 course: Austerity and Trust in EU Institutions. Speaker: Merve Biten Butorac (University of Amsterdam). Discussant: Irina Ciornei (UAB). Place and date: April 7th, 13:00, Sala Europa, European Documentation Centre, UAB.
- ➡️ "The social worker as border guard: how and why British welfare workers are disposed to control immigration." This recent paper by Reinhard Schweitzer and Andreas Streiter explores how social workers in the UK have taken on a central role in implementing migration control policies.
- You can discover more about the topic in the latest post on our website: webs.uab.cat/transdem/202...
- Reposted by TransDeM📢 Next seminar: Next Tuesday (25th March) @klaramueller.bsky.social (Universität Mannheim) will present “How Snap Election Calls Shape Vote Intention Uncertainty: Lessons From Germany and Spain” co-authored with @aleferna.bsky.social 📍Sala de Juntes 🕐 13:00
- ➡️"Bolstering autocracy, hindering democracy: EU migration policies in Morocco." This recent paper by @luisafaustini.bsky.social addresses how EU migration externalisation policies have been reinforcing authoritarianism in Morocco, instead of promoting democratic change.
- If you want to learn more about her paper, check out our latest post on Divulga UAB: www.uab.cat/web/news-det...
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- 📢Next TransDeM seminar, in collaboration with @eugovresearch.bsky.social: @francesconicoli.bsky.social (Polytechnic University of Turin) will present his work "A functional theory of legitimacy in the EU." 📅Thu 13 Mar, 13:00 📍Sala de Juntes, Faculty of Political Science and Sociology (UAB)
- REMINDER‼️ We are holding our first seminar of this semester next Monday. Irina Ciornei (UAB) will present her paper "Identity and Social Justice in the EU". 📅Mon 3 Mar, 12:30 📍Seminari B (B1/167), Fac. Political Science UAB
- NEW DATE ⚠️ Our first seminar of the second semester has been postponed: Irina Ciornei (UAB) will present her paper "Identity and Social Justice in the EU". 📅Mon 3 March, 12:30 📍Room TBC soon Check the updated programme of our seminars below:
- Reposted by TransDeM📢 Next seminar: Next Tuesday (18th February) @turnbulldugarte.com (University of Southampton) will present: “Explaining LGBTQ electoral choices: 'Voting for those who vote for us'” 📍Sala de Juntes 🕐 13:00 Join us!
- Reposted by TransDeMTo know more about their findings, check out our latest post on DivulgaUAB: www.uab.cat/web/news-det...
- Reposted by TransDeMWhy do autocracies enfranchise their citizens abroad❓ A recent paper published by @nicolasfliess.bsky.social, @evaostergaard.bsky.social, and Ali Kiani in the scope of the MIGRADEMO project addresses this question, employing a large-N event history analysis.
- First seminar of the second semester‼️ Irina Ciornei (UAB) will present her paper "Identity and Social Justice in the EU". 📅Wed 26 Feb, 12:30 📍Seminari C, Fac. CCPP You can check more information about the other seminars we have planned in the programme below:
- Reposted by TransDeMPlease spread the word: Reminder that, together with @emmylindstam.bsky.social and Joan Ricart-Huguet, we are organising a pre-EPSA workshop on Culture on June 25th at IE University. The deadline to submit papers is next week (Feb 15th). More details here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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- Reposted by TransDeM📢Next seminar: Next Tuesday (4th February) (ESADE) Pedro Rey Biel will present his working paper “Ideological Alignment and EvidenceBased Policy Adoption” 📍Sala de Graus (⚠️) 🕐 13:00 Join us!
- Do not miss out on our first seminar of the second semester‼️ Irina Ciornei (UAB) will present her paper "Identity and Social Justice in the EU": 📅Wed Feb 26, 12:30-13:30 📍Seminari C, Fac. CCPP
- You can check all the seminars we have planned for this semester in the programme below.
- How can migration influence political change in countries of origin? We have a new article out on the topic, which draws on a paper published by Vladimir Bortun, @evaostergaard.bsky.social, and Anatolie Coșciug in the scope of the @migrademo.bsky.social project.
- They focus on how migrants from Borșa, a small town in Romania, mobilised back home to elect Toader Mihali, a returnee entrepreneur, as mayor. Link 🔗: www.uab.cat/web/news-det...
- Reposted by TransDeMAfter a highly successful first edition at UAB, the second Doctoral Workshop on Comparative Social and Public Policy, which will take place at @PolitiquesUPF on 8-9 May 2025. Please share and don't miss out – submit your abstract by February 2nd, 2025!
- ➡️ Which lessons can be learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic about vulnerability and research ethics? We invite you to find out more about it in our article posted on Divulga UAB, which draws from a paper published by our members @denizpelek.bsky.social, Vladimir Bortun, and @evaostergaard.bsky.social.
- Link to the article 🔗 www.uab.cat/web/news-det...
- Reposted by TransDeMPolitical Science & Politics has a call for papers for a special issue on Immigration & Elections. The deadline for manuscript submission is February 1, 2025. urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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- Reposted by TransDeMWith @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Simone Bertoli, we are thrilled to announce the Call for Papers for the 3rd edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration on 23-24 June 2025 @CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Submit until 23 February 2025 on economig2025.sciencesconf.org
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- Check out the recap of this great event held by @migrademo.bsky.social‼️
- 🗣️New blog post is out! You can find our most recent blog post with a recap of the Migrademo Final Workshop on our website. ➡️ migrademo.eu/migrademo-fi...
- Reposted by TransDeM‼️ Call for papers for the Barcelona DEC Workshop on Political Behavior and Public Opinion 👉 webs.uab.cat/grdec/2025-w... deadline: January 15th
