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 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
Latest publications from the team
MANATSCHAL, Anita, 2026. Perspektiven für eine zukunftsfähige Schweizer Migrationspolitik. Eine Aussenpolitik für die Schweiz im 21. Jahrhundert.
MANATSCHAL, Anita, 2026. Perspectives pour une politique migratoire suisse durable. La politique étrangère Suisse au défi du XXIème siècle.
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.
Events
Announcements
PrixMatude 2026
Congratulations to Olivia Decker, winner of the PrixMatude 2026, awarded on March 24 for her outstanding Matura thesis, “Could youth peer-to-peer tutoring help refugees with their integration into Swiss society?”
The SFM warmly thanks her for her presentation and extends its best wishes for her future endeavors.
New publications :
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.
Survey of Ukrainian refugees in Switzerland
Are you Ukrainian refugee in Switzerland? We want to hear from you! Link to the survey
