Alicia Poole and Thomas Soehl,
“A Citizen Just Like You: The Role of Complex Contagion and Resemblance for Decisions to Naturalize“,
International Migration Review,
2023.
Ashley Mantha-Hollands,
“Attachment Issues: Assessing the Relationship Between Newcomers and the Constitution“,
William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal,
2023.
Bethany Shockley and Justin Gengler,
“Sharing citizenship: economic competition, cultural threat, and immigration preferences in the rentier state“,
Political Science Research and Methods,
2023.
Kickoff contribution by Neha Jain. Comments by Jelena Džankić, Eleanor Knott, Lindsey N. Kingston, Ramesh Ganohariti, Timothy Jacob-Owens, Bronwen Manby, Peter Spiro, Rainer Bauböck, Noora Lori, Lior Erez, and Neha Jain
This blogpost argues that the proposed reforms to the citizenship law in Switzerland constitute a paradigm shift in naturalization law, especially because they abandon most integration conditions. On the other hand, the reform would overhaul the locally administered Swiss naturalization system.
This blog examines the recent decision of the South African Supreme Court of Appeal overturning automatic loss of citizenship without ministerial approval to retain dual citizenship. The post situates the decision amongst the wider set of decisions by African courts on the right to dual citizenship, and finds trends that emerge from these decisions.
On 13 June 2023, the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, and UN Women met with leaders from governments to call for action to end gender-based discrimination in nationality laws. The meeting was held Read More …
Introduction and Response by Dieter Gosewinkel ; comments by Daniela Luigia Caglioti, Rainer Bauböck, Maarten Prak and Jo ShawRead More …
GLOBALCIT Co-Director Prof. Jo Shaw has been awarded an honorary doctorate (honoris causa) by the University of Helsinki’s Faculty of Law in recognition of her outstanding academic achievements. The conferment ceremony will take place on Friday, 16 June 2023 at Read More …
This is the third in a series of blog posts on The Global State of Citizenship, accompanying the launch of an updated version of the GLOBALCIT Citizenship Law Dataset. The first blog post on discrimination in citizenship law was published on May 1. The second blog post on security-based citizenship deprivation was published on May 12. This blog post highlights what is new in the updated version of the Dataset compared to its predecessor.
