Ala Alrababah
Assistant Professor at Bocconi University. Research on immigration, refugees, political violence. https://www.ala-alrababah.com
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahLast day to submit: Democratic Resilience and the Politics of Belonging Columbia, June 4-5, 2026 Co-Organizers: @aalrababah.bsky.social (Bocconi), @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social (Columbia), Shigeo Hirano (Columbia), @carloprato.bsky.social (Columbia) Submit: lnkd.in/eiPgt_w5 Details ⬇️
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahNew paper in @ajpseditor.bsky.social. Is descriptive representation good for substantive representation? Why do voters stay loyal to corrupt and poorly governing ethnic parties? I argue that we ought to focus less on patronage and more on dignity concerns. Defiant pride can come at a price. 1/🧵
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahCall for Submissions: Democratic Resilience and the Politics of Belonging Columbia, June 4-5, 2026 Co-Organizers: @aalrababah.bsky.social (Bocconi), @gemmadipoppa.bsky.social (Columbia), Shigeo Hirano (Columbia), @ginvernizzi.bsky.social (Bocconi) Submit: lnkd.in/eiPgt_w5 Details ⬇️
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahFinal days to submit your abstract to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference! Deadline Nov 7 - epssnet.org/belfast-2026...
- ▶️ Migration Politics 👉🏽 Section chairs: @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & @aalrababah.bsky.social 📢 Our section section brings together research on the politics of migration, including migration flows, government policies to manage mobility, and the politics of forced displacement. >>> 6/
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahLooking fwd to our Polit Econ Lunch Seminar tomorrow, where @aalrababah.bsky.social will present co-authored work on the Political Consequences of the Tour de France🚴♂️ Drop (or cycle) by, if you're in town! Paper👉 osf.io/preprints/so... PELS program👉 www.hertie-school.org/fileadmin/2_...
- Excited to co-chair the Migration Politics section with @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social at the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast. Submit your abstracts by Nov 7!
- This is your heads up that the deadline for submitting your abstract to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast is a month from now (Nov 7)! I'm chairing the Migration Politics section w/ @aalrababah.bsky.social and we're excited to receive contributions from across the discipline🕺🏻
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahThis is your heads up that the deadline for submitting your abstract to the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference in Belfast is a month from now (Nov 7)! I'm chairing the Migration Politics section w/ @aalrababah.bsky.social and we're excited to receive contributions from across the discipline🕺🏻
- ▶️ Migration Politics 👉🏽 Section chairs: @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & @aalrababah.bsky.social 📢 Our section section brings together research on the politics of migration, including migration flows, government policies to manage mobility, and the politics of forced displacement. >>> 6/
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahPlease share! Call for papers in the formal theory section at EPSS 2026 @epssnet.bsky.social. Call for papers is open: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... We welcome individual and panel submissions on all substantive areas of political science!
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahSubmit your most exciting work on migration to our section at the EPSS conference in Belfast (June 18-20, 2026). Deadline for submitting your abstract is November 7 📩 @epssnet.bsky.social
- ▶️ Migration Politics 👉🏽 Section chairs: @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & @aalrababah.bsky.social 📢 Our section section brings together research on the politics of migration, including migration flows, government policies to manage mobility, and the politics of forced displacement. >>> 6/
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahIf you work on the politics of migration, integration, or citizenship, consider submitting it to @epssnet.bsky.social and the more-than-capable hands of co-chairs @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social @aalrababah.bsky.social. Deadline is 7 November! #migcitsky #polisky
- ▶️ Migration Politics 👉🏽 Section chairs: @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & @aalrababah.bsky.social 📢 Our section section brings together research on the politics of migration, including migration flows, government policies to manage mobility, and the politics of forced displacement. >>> 6/
- Reposted by Ala Alrababah>>> It also covers work on receiving societies, such as citizenship, immigrant integration, political representation, and public attitudes toward migrants and minorities. Submissions: papers, panels, topical roundtables, or author-meets-critics. 7/
- Reposted by Ala Alrababah▶️ Migration Politics 👉🏽 Section chairs: @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social & @aalrababah.bsky.social 📢 Our section section brings together research on the politics of migration, including migration flows, government policies to manage mobility, and the politics of forced displacement. >>> 6/
- Reposted by Ala Alrababah🚨Deadline for submissions is today!🚨
- Reposted by Ala Alrababah📢 Call for Papers for EPSS 2026 conference in Belfast is out: epssnet.org/belfast-2026... We'll feature two sections each Tuesday & Thursday to provide more information about the conference. 🔝 This Thursday: European/EU Politics & Conflict, Violence, and Security 🧵
- Deadline to Apply on September 30! Please send in your application
- Reposted by Ala Alrababah🚨Registration is open for the TPBW🚨 Join us on Nov. 7-8 to discuss exciting political behavior/behaviour research. We have an awesome list of presentations and posters from all around the 🌏🌍🌎 Program: www.rubenson.org/events Registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- 🚨 New working paper alert 🚨 Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️ In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
- Existing research finds that far-right parties do well in "left-behind" places. We argue that the tour can shape this in two ways: 1- Short boosts in local economy 2- Symbolically through national visibility and recognition.
- On average, being on the Tour route lowers far-right vote share by about 0.03–0.04 SD. In recent elections, the effect exceeds 0.1 SD. This lines up with the surge in far-right support — suggesting the Tour is most effective at shifting newer, less committed voters away from the far right.
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View full threadOverall, we argue that short and highly visible place-based interventions can have political consequences, likely by reducing feelings of neglect in left-behind areas
- Reposted by Ala Alrababah🚨 Reminder: EuroWEPS-🇮🇹 applications are due 30 September 👇
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahHere is our speaker line-up: @alicirone.bsky.social, @lalamur.bsky.social, @aalrababah.bsky.social, @aliz-toth.bsky.social, @profrosiecamp.bsky.social, @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @thchau.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, @simonhix.bsky.social, @gaetanoinglese.bsky.social, @aecoppock.bsky.social ...
- 🔥 Call for papers for EPSS 2026 in Belfast: migration, forced displacement, mobility, borders, asylum, diaspora, and other migration-related topics. Excited to co-chair the Migration Politics section with @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social. Submit proposals by Nov 7! #EPSS2026
- This is an important opportunity for European poli sci: contribute to getting EPSS off to a fantastic start by submitting your work to next year’s conference. I’m section chair for Migration Politics together with @aalrababah.bsky.social and can’t wait to see the cool mig research you have for us 🔥
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahEuroWEPS is back to Italy, this time with two slots: Milan & Florence -- see below (and apply or spread the word).
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahJoin as for double(!) EuroWEPS 🇮🇹-edition, generously hosted by Bocconi (@aalrababah.bsky.social & @catherinedevries.bsky.social) & @eui-eu.bsky.social (@eliasdinas.bsky.social). Very much looking forward to this! 👇
- Apply to EuroWEPS 12/13! We're organizing the next EuroWEPS workshops at Bocconi (Nov 14) and EUI (Dec 15) to discuss designs/papers focusing on causal inference. No presentations, just constructive discussions. Early career scholars are especially welcome to apply! Submission deadline is Sep 30
- Co-organized with @eliasdinas.bsky.social @florianfoos.bsky.social @anselmhager.bsky.social Alexandra Scacco @pavisuri.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahFor #migcitsky folks - consider submitting to @epssnet.bsky.social and the migration section led by the ever-capable @kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social and @aalrababah.bsky.social
- This is an important opportunity for European poli sci: contribute to getting EPSS off to a fantastic start by submitting your work to next year’s conference. I’m section chair for Migration Politics together with @aalrababah.bsky.social and can’t wait to see the cool mig research you have for us 🔥
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahThis is an important opportunity for European poli sci: contribute to getting EPSS off to a fantastic start by submitting your work to next year’s conference. I’m section chair for Migration Politics together with @aalrababah.bsky.social and can’t wait to see the cool mig research you have for us 🔥
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahThe European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026 📍 ICC Belfast 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵
- Reposted by Ala Alrababah📣 Call for papers - 18th International Conference on #Migration and #Development 📅 Event held September 25-26, 2025 in Paris 🤝 With keynote's from: Paula Gobbi, @dmckenzie.bsky.social & @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social ⌛ Submit by July 15, 2025 #EconSky #Poverty #Inequality #Globalization
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahPlease circulate! @wpmarble and I are looking for a part-time RA to help with various data tasks. This is a remote-work position that is ideal for recent graduates who are considering applying for a social science PhD. Apply here: forms.gle/EN3JLUiNm8m4...
- See for a thread about our new paper on reducing attrition in panel surveys with @mc47.bsky.social @dmasterson.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ala Alrababah📈Attrition is a major challenge in panel surveys. ➡️ @aalrababah.bsky.social @mc47.bsky.social @dmasterson.bsky.social D.Hangartner J.Weinstein propose a framework to reduce it and offer an online platform to facilitate the logistics of the implementation www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahLots of talk on X today about rethinking the results produced by close elections RDDs. So, I thought I'd drop a few recent articles about issues that arise in this space so that folks can have them all in one place. 1/N
- Reposted by Ala Alrababah#Econsky 🎉 Excited that my first post is about #JEM25! The call for applications is now open - deadline: March 16. Join us in Milan on May 29-30, 2025, for a great workshop in applied micro, experimental & behavioral econ. Keynote: Prof. Mathieu Couttenier (ENS Lyon). 👉 demm.unimi.it/en/call-appl...
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahICYMI: Will Syrian refugees go 'home'? Looking at the experimental evidence of Syrian refugee return intentions, with work from @loribeaman.bsky.social @aalrababah.bsky.social @dmasterson.bsky.social @mirandasimon.bsky.social @thebraith.bsky.social and others www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/will...
- Only a few days left to apply
- With @ginvernizzi.bsky.social, @carloprato.bsky.social and Shigeo Hirano, we're thrilled to announce the inaugural Bocconi-Columbia Conference on Political, Social, and Economic Inequality. 📅 Mark your calendars: June 19-20, 2025 at Bocconi University!
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahHow the Swiss canton of Ticino offers hard truths about the far right My latest for @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2024/12/20/f...
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahFor our final #TBT this month (and this YEAR), @aalrababah.bsky.social & Jeremy Weinstein discuss their study on citizen attitudes towards migration of Syrian refugees to Jordan. Read more: buff.ly/41HUdG0
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahI really like this development. But it's interesting how much effort is expended on post-publication review, rather than proper pre-publication code review like I used to do at 538. Maybe checking data munging & analysis should be an integral part of peer review, done by paid journal employees -
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahNew paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹 Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state? We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out shorturl.at/zQ8bJ
- Border liberalization and immigration increased voting for the far right in Switzerland. This is despite the lack of prominence of traditional predictors associated with anti-immigration, including cultural and economic threats. Instead, we suggest a top-down mechanism to explain this finding.
- Just published on APSR First View: "The Free Movement of People and the Success of Far-Right Parties: Evidence from Switzerland’s Border Liberalization" by Ala Alrababah, Andreas Beerli, Dominik Hangartner, and Dalston Ward. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- See here for a thread about the main results bsky.app/profile/aalr...
- New paper in @apsrjournal.bsky.social with @andreasbeerli.bsky.social, Dominik Hangartner, and Dalston Ward about #immigration and voting for the #FarRight in #Switzerland
- Reposted by Ala Alrababah🎉 Thrilled that my new book, *Creating Partisans: The Organizational Roots of New Parties in Latin America*, is finally out! 🎉 @cambridgeup.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/us/universit... A brief summary: 1/n
- Reposted by Ala Alrababah🚨 New paper 🚨 with @pstanig.bsky.social forthcoming at @thejop.bsky.social 🎉 about the political consequences of climate-related disasters 🌲💦⚠️ Pre-print 👉 osf.io/preprints/os... Summary 🧵👇
- Reposted by Ala Alrababah🚨New Tool: paper-picnic.com The latest published political science research (and research in adjacent fields) every Friday. No alert chaos, no registration, no clutter. Powered by @crossref.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahNew article accepted at CPS. @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I analyze how rental market risk affects radical right support. Combining data on local rent increases with the SOEP, we find that individuals facing increasing local rents become more likely to support the AfD. 🧵
- Reposted by Ala Alrababah#Polisky 🗂️ Call for papers Bocconi University-Columbia Universiy Conference on Political, Social, & Economic Inequality 🔄 Yearly occurring conference, inaugural conference at Bocconi, June 19-20, 2025. 📆 Deadline: December 31, 2024 ℹ️ 500 words abstract form: accounts.google.com/v3/signin/id...
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahThis looks 🔥🔥🔥
- With @ginvernizzi.bsky.social, @carloprato.bsky.social and Shigeo Hirano, we're thrilled to announce the inaugural Bocconi-Columbia Conference on Political, Social, and Economic Inequality. 📅 Mark your calendars: June 19-20, 2025 at Bocconi University!
- Reposted by Ala AlrababahMy book is out! I’m grateful for the many people in Jordan, Tunisia, Stanford, and elsewhere who helped it reach this point. If you’re interested in why some autocrats stay popular or why ruling monarchs are so durable in today’s world, this book is for you! www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...
- With @ginvernizzi.bsky.social, @carloprato.bsky.social and Shigeo Hirano, we're thrilled to announce the inaugural Bocconi-Columbia Conference on Political, Social, and Economic Inequality. 📅 Mark your calendars: June 19-20, 2025 at Bocconi University!
- This yearly conference will alternate between Bocconi University 🇮🇹 and Columbia University 🇺🇸. It's a unique platform to deepen our understanding of how inequalities shape our world. 🌍
- We welcome empirical and theoretical work on a wide array of topics affecting political, economic, or social inequalities. 📌Use this form to submit the papers by December 31, 2024: forms.gle/YCmdbFdQVpMd...
- Reposted by Ala Alrababah@mclem.org on the economics of irregular migration in the US and on the economic fallout of the announced mass-deportations. www.ft.com/content/b35b...
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- New paper in @apsrjournal.bsky.social with @andreasbeerli.bsky.social, Dominik Hangartner, and Dalston Ward about #immigration and voting for the #FarRight in #Switzerland
- To study this, we examine the effect of border liberalization using a diff-in-diff, comparing regions adjacent to border crossing with areas slightly farther inside #Switzerland.
- Border liberalization increased migration from neighboring #Germany, #France, and #Italy by over 10 percentage points.
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View full threadAnd the link to the paper 😅 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
