The Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies (SFM) is a research and training institute at the University of Neuchâtel. It was founded in 1995 with the aim of pragmatically contributing to discussions on topics related to migration.

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SFM Studies 97

Panorama de la diversité au sein du personnel de l’administration de la Ville d’Yverdon-les-Bains

Didier Ruedin, avec la collaboration de Veton Meta-Neziri, 2025

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Latest publications from the team

MANATSCHAL, Anita, HASANAJ, Valon, RUEDIN, Didier, BORRELLI, Lisa Marie, 2026. Migrantization of mobile EU citizens? Assessing the impact of political reception contexts on bureaucratic discrimination. Comparative Migration Studies.

D’AMATO, Gianni, 2026. Eine Geschichte der Schweizer Migrationspolitik. In: AMETI, Sanija, MAZZONE, Lisa, MOSIMANN, Nadja, WERMUTH, Cédric, ZWICKY, Pascal, Migrationsland Schweiz: Mythen, Realitäten und Perspektiven. Zürich: Edition 8. S. 25-37. ISBN 978-3-85990-594-8.

GÓMEZ DÍAZ, Jana, THOMANN, Eva, MANATSCHAL, Anita, FERNÁNDEZ-I-MARÍN, Xavier, 2026. Identity- versus effort-based bureaucratic discrimination among mobile European Union citizens: Evidence from conjoint experiments. European Union Politics.

RUEDIN, Didier, EFIONAYI-MÄDER, Denise, RADU, Irina, POLIDORI, Alessandra, STALDER, Lisa, 2026. The curious case of lower reported racial discrimination in healthcare. medRxiv.

D’AMATO Gianni, RUEDIN Didier, 2026. Immigration and populist political strategies: Switzerland as a metaphor. In: SCHILLER Maria, SCHOLTEN Peter (eds.), Handbook on Migration and Public Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 199‑216. ISBN 978-1-0353-2731-7.

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AMETI, Sanija, MAZZONE, Lisa, MOSIMANN, Nadja, WERMUTH, Cédric, ZWICKY, Pascal, 2026. Migrationsland Schweiz: Mythen, Realtitäten und Perspektiven. Edition 8. ISBN 978-3-85990-594-8.

SCHILLER Maria, SCHOLTEN Peter (eds), 2026. Handbook on Migration and Public Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-0353-2731-7.


The Politics of Migration. A Policy-Oriented Summer School

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  • Dates: 12-17 July 2026
  • Target participants: Master’s students, with a maximum of 21 participants
  • Application period: 15 November 2025 – 15 March 2026

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