The Parliament of Malta has unanimously voted to change the country’s constitution and expand its electoral franchise by reducing the age threshold for voting in national and European Parliament elections to 16 years of age. Read more here. For details Read More …
GLOBALCIT Co-director Jo Shaw as been elected as one of 66 new Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). As an RSE Fellow, Prof. Shaw will “provide independent and expert advice to policymakers, support aspiring entrepreneurs, develop research capacity Read More …
On 23 February 2018, the Overseas Electoral Bill (the Bill’), which abolishes a 15 year limit to the franchise for non-resident citizens, passed second reading with a clear majority in the UK House of Commons and will now proceed for scrutiny by a Public Bill Committee. It was presented as a private member’s bill by Glyn Davies MP (Conservative) and sponsored, inter alia, by Mike Gapes MP (Labour) and Layla Moran MP (Liberal Democrats). Read More …
By Jens Hainmueller, Duncan Lawrence, Justin Gest, Michael Hotard, Rey Koslowski and David D. Laitin, A randomized controlled design reveals barriers to citizenship for low-income immigrants, PNAS, 2018
By Michael A. Hansen and Jennifer L. Clemens, What to expect when you’re electing: the relationship between far-right strength and citizenship policy in Europe, Contemporary European Politics, 2018
Check out Christine Hobden’s report on citizenship law in South Africa
The Winter 2018 issue of the American Political Science Association (APSA) Migration and Citizenship Newsletter includes a research institute profile for GLOBALCIT. Read about our previous and planned activities and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any Read More …
The Supreme Court decides that a registration condition in the British Nationality Act which is impossible to satisfy for descendants of the female line has to be ignored. Section 5(1) of the British Nationality Act 1948 stipulated the the general rule Read More …
