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.
Latest Studies
SFM Studies 89
Une carte citoyenne pour La Chaux-de-Fonds : opportunités et difficultés de mise en oeuvre.
Lisa Stalder, en collaboration avec Denise Efionayi-Mäder et Gianni D’Amato, 2025.
Sous mandat du Service de l’intégration et de la cohésion sociale de la Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Jana Bobokova, Didier Ruedin, Gianni D’Amato, 2025.
Latest publications from the team
HETT, Valeriia, 2025. Beyond temporary protection? Scenarios for Ukrainian refugees in Switzerland. Center for Open Science. SocArXiv.
CARVALHO, João, RUEDIN, Didier, 2025. Enough of what? Changes in support for Chega between 2019 and 2025. SocArXiv.
GENONI, Andreas, RUEDIN, Didier, 2025. When expectations backfire: educational differences in declining destination attachment among recent immigrants. Social Forces.
POLIDORI, Alessandra, MARCOS, Rémi (éd.), BOURDIEU Pierre, 2025. La parola e il potere: l’economia degli scambi linguistici. Varazze : PM Edizioni. ISBN 979-12-5534-021-8.
HETT, Valeriia, RUEDIN, Didier, 2025. Ukrainian Refugees in Switzerland 3 Years On: A First Look. OSF.
BESSER Aïcha, KONÉ Myriam, TAMPISE KLEBO Daniska (éd.), 2025. Constellations Afropéennes : 13 portraits intimes de personnalités afrodescendantes suisses. Bookelis. ISBN 979-10-424-6274-1.
MARINO Anna, HATEGEKIMANA Vestin, 2025. Framing Migration and Migrants Through Border Crises: The Case of Ceuta and Melilla. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies. Vol. 23, n° 3, pp. 384‑403.
Events
Announcements
For MigCit Students: EuMIGS Info Webinar
- 21 November 2025, 12:15 to 13:45
- More information at https://www.unine.ch/sfm/evenement/eumigs-info-webinar
PrixMatude Migration
Every year, the SFM awards a prize for the best Swiss high school thesis on a topic related to migration or inclusion of immigrants in the broadest sense. The PrixMatude Migration is open to students from all Swiss high schools (lycées, gymnases, collèges). More information here. Submission deadline: January 10, 2026
Survey of Ukrainian refugees in Switzerland
Are you Ukrainian refugee in Switzerland? We want to hear from you! Link to the survey
