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International Academic Mobility: Directions for a Fairer Knowledge Production Landscape

Didier Ruedin — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:30:18 +0000

International academic mobility has become integral to contemporary academia and is widely promoted in policy discourses as a driver of mutual understanding, excellence, innovation, knowledge production, and research partnerships. Yet injustices, inequalities, and colonial legacies still shape who can move, under what conditions, and whose knowledge is recognized and valued.

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“A Step in the Right Direction”: Perspectives on Prioritizing Scholars from the Global South

Didier Ruedin — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:49:37 +0000

Since 2014, the nccr – on the move has supported researchers on the move by funding short-term visiting fellowships, fostering international collaborations, and helping early-career scholars join its annual Neuchâtel Graduate Conference of Migration and Mobility Studies (NGC). Over time, the center began prioritizing applicants from the “Global South” to

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Building Lives in Uncertainty: Ukrainian Refugees in Switzerland

Didier Ruedin — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:36:38 +0000

A new survey of Ukrainian refugees in Switzerland shows that life under the temporary protection of Status S is anything but passive waiting. Refugees are striving to integrate, learning the local languages, working, and raising children while figuring out how to navigate the Swiss institutions. At the same time, those

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Paths to Power: What Shapes the Political Careers of People with a Migration Background in Switzerland?

Didier Ruedin — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 07:30:44 +0000

During the legislative period 2019-2023, 39% of Switzerland’s population had a migration background, yet only 16% of national parliamentarians came from this demographic. This gap is not merely statistical, it is a reflection of structural barriers that determine who gets to participate in shaping the country’s future. Our project on

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Implicit Racial Bias Affects Risk Preferences

Didier Ruedin — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:30:06 +0000

Discrimination is difficult to notice, as it often takes place in everyday situations, such as during job applications or apartment searches. To test this, we ran an online experiment that transformed decision-making into a game-like experience to capture the behavior of ordinary people. What we found striking was that people’s

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Can You Write a Paper in a Day?

Didier Ruedin — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 06:00:50 +0000

In the spirit of a hackathon, we, a team of researchers, launched an ambitious project to write a complete academic paper in a day. While facing challenges such as time constraints as well as difficulties in collaborative simultaneous writing, by the end of the day, we kind of succeeded in

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La participation électorale des résident⸱e⸱s étranger⸱ère⸱s

Didier Ruedin — Wed, 15 May 2024 07:49:37 +0000

L’un des principes des démocraties modernes est que la population peut participer à la prise de décision par le biais d’élections. Dans nombre de villes et régions, le droit de vote sur le plan local a été étendu aux résident⸱e⸱s étranger⸱ère⸱s dans le but de renforcer la légitimité de la

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We Know a Lot About Ukrainian Refugees

Didier Ruedin — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 08:30:52 +0000

Russia’s ‘22 invasion of Ukraine has led to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, with millions of Ukrainians seeking refuge abroad. While international efforts have tried to support the displaced, the scale of migration presents many challenges for host countries. In this context, many social scientists have sought to analyze the situation.

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Departure for the Promised Land? Unmet Expectations of Immigrants and Their Consequences

Didier Ruedin — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:03:24 +0000

The future looked bright when Jennifer moved to Switzerland for her new job over a year ago. And yet, here she was, sitting at the kitchen table, frustrated by the events of the past week, not getting the promotion she was promised, and no one turning up for her birthday

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Tracking the Movements of Expatriates

Didier Ruedin — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 07:30:19 +0000

Globalization and intense global competition for highly-educated workers (expatriates) are drawing attention to their international mobility in OECD countries. However, the collection of international migration data lags behind, resulting in inconsistent and confusing estimates of expatriates worldwide. Tracking the real-time movements of this population has become increasingly challenging, leading to

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