Welfare policies and inequality are key topics in the #EP2024 🇪🇺 It is crucial to understand "Welfare Euroscepticism" in this context and in light of the rise and normalisation of the radical right across Europe. Read more on this in my recent publications:

Geert Wilders’ PVV is projected to receive the best election result for PVV in any European Parliament election. The primary concern of Dutch voters? You guessed it: Migration and asylum 🇪🇺

The Social Policy & Admi nistration special issue by Zhen Im, Janine Leschke and me "Towards Social Europe? Obstacles and opportunities in the multi-level governance of welfare states" is now complete 🥳🥳🥳 Have a look! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679515/2…

❌Social Policy & Administration: Volume 58, Issue 4 Special Issue: Towards a Social Europe 🇪🇺❌ 👇👇👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14679515/5…

1⃣Gianna Maria Eick,  Zhen Jie Im,  Janine Leschke: Towards Social Europe? Obstacles and opportunities in the multi-level governance of welfare states onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sp…

9⃣Gianna M. Eick: The hidden side of Social Europe: Revealing welfare Euroscepticism through focus group discussions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sp…

I am thrilled that I have been awarded a NWO Funding Veni grant for my project "Social investment and migration"!! 🥳🥳🥳 I cannot wait to spend the next 4 years exploring social investment as a way to overcome welfare chauvinism 🙌

I am over the moon to announce that NWO Funding approved a research proposal that Wouter van der Brug, Armen Hakhverdian, and I developed 💫💫💫 "Social policy preferences, vote choice and trust" This is a 5-year project and we will soon hire a research team with PhD students!!

Now with issue number: Free Movement versus European Welfare States? Variations of the Fiscal Effects of EU Migrants across Welfare State Regimes - Marcus Österman, Joakim Palme, Martin Ruhs, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Many thanks Verena Seibel and @FageHedegaard for organising such inspiring panels on migration and welfare ESPAnet2024! I had a lot of fun presenting my new work on "Investing in Migration" and listening to and discussing with many wonderful colleagues 😊

I am happy to see my book "Welfare Chauvinism in Europe" displayed at ESPAnet2024 😍 My publisher Elgar Sociology is currently offering 50% off using the code ESPA24 🥳🥳🥳

🌟We are hiring!🌟 Two PhD Positions with Wouter van der Brug, Armen Hakhverdian and me in our new NWO Funding project 'Social Policy Preferences, Vote Choice and Trust'. Join our large and interdisciplinary team of social scientists at the AISSR (no longer active on X) vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Two-Ph…

PhD positions with great team & on great project! 👇👇

Nieuw interview met @_sociaalnet "Welvaartschauvinisme: sociale rechten enkel voor de ‘eigen’ mensen?”. Op 10 oktober geef ik ook een webinar over dit onderwerp, meer info hier: sociaal.net/achtergrond/we…

1 week left to apply for a full-time PhD position in our new research project UvA Amsterdam. We look forward to your applications! 🌷 vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Two-Ph…