For all those interested in the class composition of the anti-regime protests in Serbia, @vujoilic has some interesting data. Apart from showing a widespread support in almost all segments of society, the data suggest the support for the protests is consistent over time.

A study of the Liverpool boycott of The Sun newspaper following the Hillsborough disaster, led by @Lucas_P_daSilva, has found it shaped perceptions of political parties and made people more left wing. Read more at: https://t.co/xVtL3MSEpu

Hiring part-time RA! Join our UCD/WID project on profit & wealth concentration and corporate tax in the US. Skills: scraping SEC 10-Ks, data analysis (R/Stata/Python), interest in inequality & governance. Deadline: Aug 15 Apply: CV + 300 words → aidan.regan@ucd.ie

I call on #Serbia to refrain from excessive use of force and arbitrary arrests. See my statement⬇️ https://t.co/ZrSAROuCtz

Full support to the people of #Serbia protesting for freedom, democracy, transparency and accountability by the Vučić regime. Time for Europe to show support for their fight. Stop appeasement, now! #pumpaj

Join us for the first Research Ireland Forum – 5th June 2025. This hybrid event will bring together stakeholders in person and online to engage with speakers and panels on key strategic priorities for the agency. Register here: https://t.co/1hwxKenIPn

Yahye Jacfar, a young scholar from Somalia, breaks down the harsh reality of Somalian immigrants. He reminds us immigration is not just an economic issue - it's a human one. #FreshTake #Migration

Completely nonsensical politicization of scientistics identifying and correcting problems in science. - Gino's research was not "promoting progressive ideas" - The problems were not found by "bloggers," but by leading researchers/faculty in the same scientific discipline.

Electoral campaigns usually do not help; actually they intensify the anti-immigrant attitudes:

There is a very interesting gender aspect of immigrant acceptance:

Individual immigrants and immigration are not the same thing:

Specific focus on asylum seekers and their acceptance in Europe:

This one provides a very strong argument for prevalence of non-economic concerns in preferences towards immigration:

Here I shortly point to 5 studies I believe provide a very good guidance on how attitudes towards the immigration and immigrants are formed: 🪡

The path from host to hostile country is very short when newly-arrived immigrants are perceived as a threat and discriminated against.

In a rather TikTok style I reiterated the importance of the role of host-country populations covered in some notable studies on immigrant integration - first and foremost (pretty safe to call this one) a classic in the field:

I gave an interview for @ysi_commons last week explaining the origins of hostility towards immigrants in Europe which is closely related to my Ph.D. which studies how immigrants respond to hostility in their host countries.

Some of our members in the Irish Times this morning with a strong message on the concerning trends within Irish academia. Universities are increasingly run like businesses, and PhD researchers (especially non-EU) are on the coalface of this. 👇👇

Ecem Nazlı Üçok explores how #StudentProtests in #Turkey 🇹🇷, #Serbia 🇷🇸, and #Georgia 🇬🇪 reflect more than isolated unrest — they reveal a transnational wave of political mourning, democratic erosion, and #GenZ led resistance ✊. https://t.co/OdENUjZ0rm

Here's to another year at TRiSS under the stewardship of Prof Ronan Lyons and yours truly! All the best to the Class of 2024/25, we miss you already... @TCDPoliticalSci @TCDsociology @SWSP_TCD @tcdslscs @tcdeconomics @TCDBusiness @SchoolofEdTCD @ClinSpeechTCD @TCD_SSP @ceph_ie