GLOBALCIT has invited three scholars to comment on the implications of the Israeli government’s plans to formally annex parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the West Bank. Ariel Zemach argues in his lead piece that Israel is bound by Read More …
It is our pleasure to announce that GLOBALCIT has now published Jo Shaw‘s Working Paper Citizenship: contrasting dynamics at the interface of integration and constitutionalism. The paper explores the complex tapestry of citizenship in the European Union context, and examines Read More …
GLOBALCIT announces the publication of an open access dataset that tracks the restrictions to international travel implemented by governments in response to COVID-19, created by Lorenzo Piccoli, Jelena Dzankic, and Andreas Perret. The dataset has global coverage. It provides robust Read More …
On 6 May 2020, GlobalCit and the Migration Policy Centre will host a Webinar with three presentations on ‘The effects of COVID-19 on Mobility and Citizenship’. ‘The Effects of COVID-19 on Citizenship’ by Jelena Dzankic and Lorenzo Piccoli ‘The effects of Covid-19 on Read More …
GLOBALCIT Research Associate Lorenzo Piccoli has published an analysis of the effects of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations in The Washington Post. In his piece, Piccoli explores how, despite the shared experience of mass immobility, disparities in wealth and status create Read More …
On 30 March 2020, Eurostat published its annual statistics on the acquisition of citizenship in the European Union (EU), covering the period between 1 January and 31 December 2018. During that period, the 27 Member States granted citizenship to 672,300 Read More …
We write as U.S. political scientists who are also parents, children, and concerned citizens, to urge that measures be taken right now to ensure that a free, fair, and smooth election can take place this coming November.
A forthcoming special issue of Citizenship Studies ‘The Power to Expel: Deportation and Denationalisation in Historical, Legal and Normative Perspective’ (vol. 24, no. 3, May 2020) has been guest-edited by GLOBALCIT collaborator Rutger Birnie and co-director Rainer Bauböck. All articles are already available online. This special issue is Read More …
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) recently released its first global report on the state of national migration governance. The report, Migration Governance Indicators: A Global Perspective, provides a global overview on migration governance based on data collected and analysed Read More …
On 11 December 2019, the Parliament of India amended the Citizenship Act of 1955 approving a proposal of Amit Shah, India’s home minister and member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) of 2019 provides a path Read More …
