GLOBALCIT
@globalcit.bsky.social
The Global Citizenship Observatory globalcit.eu is based at eui.eu as part of the Global Governance Programme.
We provide independent research and data on citizenship. RTs ≠ endorsements
We provide independent research and data on citizenship. RTs ≠ endorsements
Call for Papers 📝📣
Citizenship in Displacement: Policies, Practices and Lived Experiences, 25–26 June 2026 in Tangier 🇲🇦
The 2-day workshop will explore how citizenship is reconfigured, negotiated, and contested in contexts of displacement 🔍
📨 Abstract due: 31 Jan 2026
Citizenship in Displacement: Policies, Practices and Lived Experiences, 25–26 June 2026 in Tangier 🇲🇦
The 2-day workshop will explore how citizenship is reconfigured, negotiated, and contested in contexts of displacement 🔍
📨 Abstract due: 31 Jan 2026
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Call for Papers 📝📣
Citizenship in Displacement: Policies, Practices and Lived Experiences, 25–26 June 2026 in Tangier 🇲🇦
The 2-day workshop will explore how citizenship is reconfigured, negotiated, and contested in contexts of displacement 🔍
📨 Abstract due: 31 Jan 2026
Citizenship in Displacement: Policies, Practices and Lived Experiences, 25–26 June 2026 in Tangier 🇲🇦
The 2-day workshop will explore how citizenship is reconfigured, negotiated, and contested in contexts of displacement 🔍
📨 Abstract due: 31 Jan 2026
New GLOBALCIT study compares the conditions of the citizenship acquisition processes for first-generation immigrants and their descendants in 11 countries 🇦🇹🇧🇪🇩🇰🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇱🇻🇳🇱🇵🇹🇸🇪🇬🇧
📰 Summary and Key Findings: tinyurl.com/56sknbxw
📖 Full Report: tinyurl.com/yc6cdszx
📰 Summary and Key Findings: tinyurl.com/56sknbxw
📖 Full Report: tinyurl.com/yc6cdszx
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
New GLOBALCIT study compares the conditions of the citizenship acquisition processes for first-generation immigrants and their descendants in 11 countries 🇦🇹🇧🇪🇩🇰🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇱🇻🇳🇱🇵🇹🇸🇪🇬🇧
📰 Summary and Key Findings: tinyurl.com/56sknbxw
📖 Full Report: tinyurl.com/yc6cdszx
📰 Summary and Key Findings: tinyurl.com/56sknbxw
📖 Full Report: tinyurl.com/yc6cdszx
Calling all early-career #Citizenship researchers 📣
Submit your entry for the 2026 GLOBALCIT – Rainer Bauböck Essay Award 🏆
The ❓ How will Artificial Intelligence transform membership, rights and practices of citizenship?
🏅 €1,000 + publication 📖
➡️ tinyurl.com/bde6wn9w
Submit your entry for the 2026 GLOBALCIT – Rainer Bauböck Essay Award 🏆
The ❓ How will Artificial Intelligence transform membership, rights and practices of citizenship?
🏅 €1,000 + publication 📖
➡️ tinyurl.com/bde6wn9w
October 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Calling all early-career #Citizenship researchers 📣
Submit your entry for the 2026 GLOBALCIT – Rainer Bauböck Essay Award 🏆
The ❓ How will Artificial Intelligence transform membership, rights and practices of citizenship?
🏅 €1,000 + publication 📖
➡️ tinyurl.com/bde6wn9w
Submit your entry for the 2026 GLOBALCIT – Rainer Bauböck Essay Award 🏆
The ❓ How will Artificial Intelligence transform membership, rights and practices of citizenship?
🏅 €1,000 + publication 📖
➡️ tinyurl.com/bde6wn9w
🚨 Webinar Alert 🚨
Join us for the online launch of the new Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset, the most comprehensive global dataset on migrant suffrage to date 🌐
📅 Oct 15 | 17:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 Register www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Join us for the online launch of the new Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset, the most comprehensive global dataset on migrant suffrage to date 🌐
📅 Oct 15 | 17:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 Register www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
October 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🚨 Webinar Alert 🚨
Join us for the online launch of the new Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset, the most comprehensive global dataset on migrant suffrage to date 🌐
📅 Oct 15 | 17:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 Register www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Join us for the online launch of the new Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset, the most comprehensive global dataset on migrant suffrage to date 🌐
📅 Oct 15 | 17:00 CEST
📍 Online
🔗 Register www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
📢 Applications are open for SAF(E) 2026!
The Apatride Network invites you to join the 3rd Annual Statelessness Awareness Forum 🌎
🎯 Theme: Achieving Sustainable Impact
📍 Malta | 19–22 Mar 2026
⏰ Apply by Oct 31, 2025
Full details and registration form 🔗 apatride.eu/safe/
The Apatride Network invites you to join the 3rd Annual Statelessness Awareness Forum 🌎
🎯 Theme: Achieving Sustainable Impact
📍 Malta | 19–22 Mar 2026
⏰ Apply by Oct 31, 2025
Full details and registration form 🔗 apatride.eu/safe/
September 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📢 Applications are open for SAF(E) 2026!
The Apatride Network invites you to join the 3rd Annual Statelessness Awareness Forum 🌎
🎯 Theme: Achieving Sustainable Impact
📍 Malta | 19–22 Mar 2026
⏰ Apply by Oct 31, 2025
Full details and registration form 🔗 apatride.eu/safe/
The Apatride Network invites you to join the 3rd Annual Statelessness Awareness Forum 🌎
🎯 Theme: Achieving Sustainable Impact
📍 Malta | 19–22 Mar 2026
⏰ Apply by Oct 31, 2025
Full details and registration form 🔗 apatride.eu/safe/
📣 Call for Papers 📣
Citizenship Challenges for Children and Young People: Barriers, Borders, and Bureaucracy in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 🌍🚧📜
📝 Abstracts: 20 Oct 2025
📄 Drafts: 31 Mar 2026
📍 Workshop: Barcelona, 14–15 May 2026 (TBC)
✅ Final Paper: 17 Jul 2026
Full Details 👇
Citizenship Challenges for Children and Young People: Barriers, Borders, and Bureaucracy in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 🌍🚧📜
📝 Abstracts: 20 Oct 2025
📄 Drafts: 31 Mar 2026
📍 Workshop: Barcelona, 14–15 May 2026 (TBC)
✅ Final Paper: 17 Jul 2026
Full Details 👇
September 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
📣 Call for Papers 📣
Citizenship Challenges for Children and Young People: Barriers, Borders, and Bureaucracy in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 🌍🚧📜
📝 Abstracts: 20 Oct 2025
📄 Drafts: 31 Mar 2026
📍 Workshop: Barcelona, 14–15 May 2026 (TBC)
✅ Final Paper: 17 Jul 2026
Full Details 👇
Citizenship Challenges for Children and Young People: Barriers, Borders, and Bureaucracy in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 🌍🚧📜
📝 Abstracts: 20 Oct 2025
📄 Drafts: 31 Mar 2026
📍 Workshop: Barcelona, 14–15 May 2026 (TBC)
✅ Final Paper: 17 Jul 2026
Full Details 👇
Immigrant Inclusion 🔎
June 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Immigrant Inclusion 🔎
Gender Equality in Focus 🔍
June 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Gender Equality in Focus 🔍
Birthright Citizenship: A Snapshot 📸
June 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Birthright Citizenship: A Snapshot 📸
⚖️🛂 How secure is citizenship status?
🔹 2/3 of countries allow revocation for state security reasons
🔹 50% in Oceania, 67% in Europe, 80% in Africa
🔹 Often targets naturalised citizens
🔸 Loss can mean statelessness & denial of return
🔸 Security grounds are increasingly used to strip citizenship
🔹 2/3 of countries allow revocation for state security reasons
🔹 50% in Oceania, 67% in Europe, 80% in Africa
🔹 Often targets naturalised citizens
🔸 Loss can mean statelessness & denial of return
🔸 Security grounds are increasingly used to strip citizenship
June 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
⚖️🛂 How secure is citizenship status?
🔹 2/3 of countries allow revocation for state security reasons
🔹 50% in Oceania, 67% in Europe, 80% in Africa
🔹 Often targets naturalised citizens
🔸 Loss can mean statelessness & denial of return
🔸 Security grounds are increasingly used to strip citizenship
🔹 2/3 of countries allow revocation for state security reasons
🔹 50% in Oceania, 67% in Europe, 80% in Africa
🔹 Often targets naturalised citizens
🔸 Loss can mean statelessness & denial of return
🔸 Security grounds are increasingly used to strip citizenship
🛂🌍 How long must immigrants wait for citizenship?
🔹 5 years is the most common
🔹 Global average 7 years
🔹 17 countries offer shorter routes, mainly in the Americas
🔸 1/3 of foreign-born live where >5 years is required
🔸 1 in 4 countries demand 10+ years of residence
🔹 5 years is the most common
🔹 Global average 7 years
🔹 17 countries offer shorter routes, mainly in the Americas
🔸 1/3 of foreign-born live where >5 years is required
🔸 1 in 4 countries demand 10+ years of residence
June 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🛂🌍 How long must immigrants wait for citizenship?
🔹 5 years is the most common
🔹 Global average 7 years
🔹 17 countries offer shorter routes, mainly in the Americas
🔸 1/3 of foreign-born live where >5 years is required
🔸 1 in 4 countries demand 10+ years of residence
🔹 5 years is the most common
🔹 Global average 7 years
🔹 17 countries offer shorter routes, mainly in the Americas
🔸 1/3 of foreign-born live where >5 years is required
🔸 1 in 4 countries demand 10+ years of residence
👩👦🌍 Gender Equality?
🔹 50 of 191 countries discriminate based on sex, gender or sexuality
🔹 8% bar mothers from passing citizenship if the child born in-country, 11% for children born abroad
🔹 43 countries restrict women’s spousal citizenship rights
🔸 Nearly 2B people affected
🔸 Reform is slow
🔹 50 of 191 countries discriminate based on sex, gender or sexuality
🔹 8% bar mothers from passing citizenship if the child born in-country, 11% for children born abroad
🔹 43 countries restrict women’s spousal citizenship rights
🔸 Nearly 2B people affected
🔸 Reform is slow
June 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
👩👦🌍 Gender Equality?
🔹 50 of 191 countries discriminate based on sex, gender or sexuality
🔹 8% bar mothers from passing citizenship if the child born in-country, 11% for children born abroad
🔹 43 countries restrict women’s spousal citizenship rights
🔸 Nearly 2B people affected
🔸 Reform is slow
🔹 50 of 191 countries discriminate based on sex, gender or sexuality
🔹 8% bar mothers from passing citizenship if the child born in-country, 11% for children born abroad
🔹 43 countries restrict women’s spousal citizenship rights
🔸 Nearly 2B people affected
🔸 Reform is slow
🍼🌍 How is birthright citizenship granted around the world?
🔹 43% of countries grant it by birth in the territory
🔹 All countries grant it to children of citizens born abroad, over half without restrictions
🔹 But ~20% restrict if both parents are born abroad
🔹 43% of countries grant it by birth in the territory
🔹 All countries grant it to children of citizens born abroad, over half without restrictions
🔹 But ~20% restrict if both parents are born abroad
June 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🍼🌍 How is birthright citizenship granted around the world?
🔹 43% of countries grant it by birth in the territory
🔹 All countries grant it to children of citizens born abroad, over half without restrictions
🔹 But ~20% restrict if both parents are born abroad
🔹 43% of countries grant it by birth in the territory
🔹 All countries grant it to children of citizens born abroad, over half without restrictions
🔹 But ~20% restrict if both parents are born abroad
✨ Join us on Thursday for this month's Global Citizenship Seminar ✨
💭 Imke Harbers on how ethnicity shapes access to civil registration and the political exclusion of undocumented groups
📍 Sala Triaria
🕛 12–13
Self-catered lunch in the canteen after 🍽️
Register here www.eui.eu/events?id=56...
💭 Imke Harbers on how ethnicity shapes access to civil registration and the political exclusion of undocumented groups
📍 Sala Triaria
🕛 12–13
Self-catered lunch in the canteen after 🍽️
Register here www.eui.eu/events?id=56...
May 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
✨ Join us on Thursday for this month's Global Citizenship Seminar ✨
💭 Imke Harbers on how ethnicity shapes access to civil registration and the political exclusion of undocumented groups
📍 Sala Triaria
🕛 12–13
Self-catered lunch in the canteen after 🍽️
Register here www.eui.eu/events?id=56...
💭 Imke Harbers on how ethnicity shapes access to civil registration and the political exclusion of undocumented groups
📍 Sala Triaria
🕛 12–13
Self-catered lunch in the canteen after 🍽️
Register here www.eui.eu/events?id=56...
We are happy to announce the winner of the 2025 Rainer Bauböck Essay Award 🏅
Timothy Anderson and his Essay: Civilizational Citizenship: Geopolitics and the Remaking of Belonging in Estonia 🇪🇪
The award ceremony marked the close of the first day of the annual conference
Congrats Timothy 👏
Timothy Anderson and his Essay: Civilizational Citizenship: Geopolitics and the Remaking of Belonging in Estonia 🇪🇪
The award ceremony marked the close of the first day of the annual conference
Congrats Timothy 👏
May 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We are happy to announce the winner of the 2025 Rainer Bauböck Essay Award 🏅
Timothy Anderson and his Essay: Civilizational Citizenship: Geopolitics and the Remaking of Belonging in Estonia 🇪🇪
The award ceremony marked the close of the first day of the annual conference
Congrats Timothy 👏
Timothy Anderson and his Essay: Civilizational Citizenship: Geopolitics and the Remaking of Belonging in Estonia 🇪🇪
The award ceremony marked the close of the first day of the annual conference
Congrats Timothy 👏
⚡️Happening now⚡️
Day one of the @mpc-eui.bsky.social and GLOBALCIT annual conference
Contested boundaries: migration and citizenship regimes in comparative perspective 💬🗯
With an amazing collection of migration and citizenship scholars, gathered together in sunny Florence ☀️
Day one of the @mpc-eui.bsky.social and GLOBALCIT annual conference
Contested boundaries: migration and citizenship regimes in comparative perspective 💬🗯
With an amazing collection of migration and citizenship scholars, gathered together in sunny Florence ☀️
May 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
⚡️Happening now⚡️
Day one of the @mpc-eui.bsky.social and GLOBALCIT annual conference
Contested boundaries: migration and citizenship regimes in comparative perspective 💬🗯
With an amazing collection of migration and citizenship scholars, gathered together in sunny Florence ☀️
Day one of the @mpc-eui.bsky.social and GLOBALCIT annual conference
Contested boundaries: migration and citizenship regimes in comparative perspective 💬🗯
With an amazing collection of migration and citizenship scholars, gathered together in sunny Florence ☀️
⏳ Time is running out! Submit your essay for the Rainer Bauböck 2025 Essay Award by 31 March 2025! 📝🏆
Win €1,000, get published, and present your work in Florence! 🌍✨
Topic: How will geopolitics affect future citizenship laws and policies ❓
🔗 Full Details: shorturl.at/MLqXv
Win €1,000, get published, and present your work in Florence! 🌍✨
Topic: How will geopolitics affect future citizenship laws and policies ❓
🔗 Full Details: shorturl.at/MLqXv
March 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
⏳ Time is running out! Submit your essay for the Rainer Bauböck 2025 Essay Award by 31 March 2025! 📝🏆
Win €1,000, get published, and present your work in Florence! 🌍✨
Topic: How will geopolitics affect future citizenship laws and policies ❓
🔗 Full Details: shorturl.at/MLqXv
Win €1,000, get published, and present your work in Florence! 🌍✨
Topic: How will geopolitics affect future citizenship laws and policies ❓
🔗 Full Details: shorturl.at/MLqXv
📢 Join Tamar de Waal for this month’s GLOBALCIT seminar as she explores the societal ethos of citizenship in the Netherlands—from WWII to the present 🇳🇱
📅 20 February 2025 | 12:00 - 13:00 CET
📍 Sala Triaria, Villa Schifanoia
Register 🔗 www.eui.eu/events?id=56...
📅 20 February 2025 | 12:00 - 13:00 CET
📍 Sala Triaria, Villa Schifanoia
Register 🔗 www.eui.eu/events?id=56...
February 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
📢 Join Tamar de Waal for this month’s GLOBALCIT seminar as she explores the societal ethos of citizenship in the Netherlands—from WWII to the present 🇳🇱
📅 20 February 2025 | 12:00 - 13:00 CET
📍 Sala Triaria, Villa Schifanoia
Register 🔗 www.eui.eu/events?id=56...
📅 20 February 2025 | 12:00 - 13:00 CET
📍 Sala Triaria, Villa Schifanoia
Register 🔗 www.eui.eu/events?id=56...
Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for this months seminar with @ashleymhollands.bsky.social
Great discussions and thoughts shared 💭
Great discussions and thoughts shared 💭
January 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for this months seminar with @ashleymhollands.bsky.social
Great discussions and thoughts shared 💭
Great discussions and thoughts shared 💭
Recent events in the US, have sparked interest in global birthright citizenship policies 🗺️
Our GLOBALCIT dataset, shows a worldwide comparison
36% of countries offer territorial citizenship:
🟩 19% unconditional ius soli ( e.g 🇺🇸, 🇨🇦)
🟨 17% conditional ius soli ( e.g 🇮🇪, 🇩🇪, 🇬🇧)
🔗 shorturl.at/TpsUh
Our GLOBALCIT dataset, shows a worldwide comparison
36% of countries offer territorial citizenship:
🟩 19% unconditional ius soli ( e.g 🇺🇸, 🇨🇦)
🟨 17% conditional ius soli ( e.g 🇮🇪, 🇩🇪, 🇬🇧)
🔗 shorturl.at/TpsUh
January 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Recent events in the US, have sparked interest in global birthright citizenship policies 🗺️
Our GLOBALCIT dataset, shows a worldwide comparison
36% of countries offer territorial citizenship:
🟩 19% unconditional ius soli ( e.g 🇺🇸, 🇨🇦)
🟨 17% conditional ius soli ( e.g 🇮🇪, 🇩🇪, 🇬🇧)
🔗 shorturl.at/TpsUh
Our GLOBALCIT dataset, shows a worldwide comparison
36% of countries offer territorial citizenship:
🟩 19% unconditional ius soli ( e.g 🇺🇸, 🇨🇦)
🟨 17% conditional ius soli ( e.g 🇮🇪, 🇩🇪, 🇬🇧)
🔗 shorturl.at/TpsUh
🚨 Submit your proposal for the upcoming conference co-hosted with @mpc-eui.bsky.social
📝 Scholars, researchers and practitioners from all disciplines are invited to submit contributions with methodological or conceptual innovations on the topic.
Full call here ➡️ loom.ly/uSJFa5w
📝 Scholars, researchers and practitioners from all disciplines are invited to submit contributions with methodological or conceptual innovations on the topic.
Full call here ➡️ loom.ly/uSJFa5w
December 9, 2024 at 2:40 PM
🚨 Submit your proposal for the upcoming conference co-hosted with @mpc-eui.bsky.social
📝 Scholars, researchers and practitioners from all disciplines are invited to submit contributions with methodological or conceptual innovations on the topic.
Full call here ➡️ loom.ly/uSJFa5w
📝 Scholars, researchers and practitioners from all disciplines are invited to submit contributions with methodological or conceptual innovations on the topic.
Full call here ➡️ loom.ly/uSJFa5w
New #Citizenship Literature! 🌍📚
This week's GLOBALCIT pick: 📘 Statelessness in Public Law by Dorota Pudzianowska, our Poland country expert 🇵🇱
📖 Now available open access!
🔗 Explore even more new #migsky literature in our dedicated literature database: tinyurl.com/5n7pr623
This week's GLOBALCIT pick: 📘 Statelessness in Public Law by Dorota Pudzianowska, our Poland country expert 🇵🇱
📖 Now available open access!
🔗 Explore even more new #migsky literature in our dedicated literature database: tinyurl.com/5n7pr623
December 3, 2024 at 1:20 PM
New #Citizenship Literature! 🌍📚
This week's GLOBALCIT pick: 📘 Statelessness in Public Law by Dorota Pudzianowska, our Poland country expert 🇵🇱
📖 Now available open access!
🔗 Explore even more new #migsky literature in our dedicated literature database: tinyurl.com/5n7pr623
This week's GLOBALCIT pick: 📘 Statelessness in Public Law by Dorota Pudzianowska, our Poland country expert 🇵🇱
📖 Now available open access!
🔗 Explore even more new #migsky literature in our dedicated literature database: tinyurl.com/5n7pr623
This month's seminar: Citizenship (dis)connected with @jdzankic.bsky.social ✨
📅 05 December 2024 | 🕐 13:00 -14:00
Join us to explore how citizenship policies shaped state-building, democratisation, and backsliding in post-communist Europe, focusing on Montenegro 🇲🇪 and Serbia 🇷🇸
➡️ t.ly/BpUpJ
📅 05 December 2024 | 🕐 13:00 -14:00
Join us to explore how citizenship policies shaped state-building, democratisation, and backsliding in post-communist Europe, focusing on Montenegro 🇲🇪 and Serbia 🇷🇸
➡️ t.ly/BpUpJ
November 29, 2024 at 10:27 AM
This month's seminar: Citizenship (dis)connected with @jdzankic.bsky.social ✨
📅 05 December 2024 | 🕐 13:00 -14:00
Join us to explore how citizenship policies shaped state-building, democratisation, and backsliding in post-communist Europe, focusing on Montenegro 🇲🇪 and Serbia 🇷🇸
➡️ t.ly/BpUpJ
📅 05 December 2024 | 🕐 13:00 -14:00
Join us to explore how citizenship policies shaped state-building, democratisation, and backsliding in post-communist Europe, focusing on Montenegro 🇲🇪 and Serbia 🇷🇸
➡️ t.ly/BpUpJ