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
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.
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