Articles by Marco Bitschnau

June 29, 2022

Misperceptions drive immigration politics and undermine democracy

Marco Bitschnau

Most people hold deep-seated misperceptions about immigration, painting its nature, effects, and governance in excessively dark colours. This reflects concerns about out-group threat and tends to be resistant to correction efforts. It is also, argue Marco Bitschnau and Philipp Lutz, highly problematic for democracies

Marco Bitschnau

PhD Candidate, Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies, University of Neuchâtel

Marco holds a BA in Sociology, Politics, and Economics from Zeppelin University, an MPhil in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, and a Certificate in International Affairs and Strategy from Sciences Po Paris.

He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Neuchâtel and a research fellow of nccr – on the move.

In 2021–2022, he was a visiting researcher at the University of California, Berkeley.

Marco’s research interests relate to questions of migration, mobility, identity, and social conflict.

He has also written on populism and nationalism.

He tweets @MBitschnau

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