Maarten Vink
@maartenpvink.bsky.social
all about citizenship | 🇳🇱 prof @eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social 🇮🇹 🇪🇺 co-director @globalcit.bsky.social 🌏 | resident of Braga 🇵🇹 | https://eui.eu/people?id=maarten-vink | #MigCitSky | https://go.bsky.app/5vLDGon | 🚲 cyclist in Florence ⚜️
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Maarten Vink
@maartenpvink.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Good morning and blue skies over Villa Schifanoia!
Welcome to everyone new on BlueSky and 🙏 for following me.
Short intro: I am a 🇳🇱 prof at the #EUI 🇪🇺 based at a beautiful campus in the hills outside Florence 🇮🇹. I am a #polsky by training and interested in all about #citizenship #migcitsky.
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Welcome to everyone new on BlueSky and 🙏 for following me.
Short intro: I am a 🇳🇱 prof at the #EUI 🇪🇺 based at a beautiful campus in the hills outside Florence 🇮🇹. I am a #polsky by training and interested in all about #citizenship #migcitsky.
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Good @nieuws.nos.nl , now also replace the X share button with a @bsky.app one
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November 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Good @nieuws.nos.nl , now also replace the X share button with a @bsky.app one
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📣 Call for Abstracts!
Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne.
🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025.
s.gwdg.de/U27NQb
Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne.
🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025.
s.gwdg.de/U27NQb
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
📣 Call for Abstracts!
Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne.
🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025.
s.gwdg.de/U27NQb
Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne.
🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025.
s.gwdg.de/U27NQb
Another amazing achievement of the @globalcit.bsky.social team on electoral rights: @sumpierrez.bsky.social, @wegschaider.bsky.social & Rainer Baubock just published in Scientific Data (@nature.com !) on our new Migrant Electoral Rights dataset! 👏
@eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-ggp.bsky.social
@eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-ggp.bsky.social
Want to know more about the MER dataset 🤔
Read Sebastian Umpierrez de Reguero, Klaudia Wegschaider and Rainer Bauböcks explain in their new publication ⚡
MER maps migrant voting and candidacy rights in 165 countries across 60 years 🗳️🌍📊
⚡ tinyurl.com/mtm2rp53
Read Sebastian Umpierrez de Reguero, Klaudia Wegschaider and Rainer Bauböcks explain in their new publication ⚡
MER maps migrant voting and candidacy rights in 165 countries across 60 years 🗳️🌍📊
⚡ tinyurl.com/mtm2rp53
Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) New Data from 165 Countries and Six Decades - Globalcit
Sebastian Umpierrez de Reguero, Klaudia Wegschaider and Rainer Bauböck Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) New Data from 165 Countries and Six Decades, Nature, 2025. Read More ...
tinyurl.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Another amazing achievement of the @globalcit.bsky.social team on electoral rights: @sumpierrez.bsky.social, @wegschaider.bsky.social & Rainer Baubock just published in Scientific Data (@nature.com !) on our new Migrant Electoral Rights dataset! 👏
@eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-ggp.bsky.social
@eui-schuman.bsky.social @eui-ggp.bsky.social
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Very good. EU member states are obliged to recognise same sex marriages of EU citizens who have exercised free movement rights.
CJEU, free movement law/LGBT rights
New judgment: Member States (in this case Poland) are obliged to recognise same sex marriages of EU citizens who have exercised free movement rights curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
New judgment: Member States (in this case Poland) are obliged to recognise same sex marriages of EU citizens who have exercised free movement rights curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Very good. EU member states are obliged to recognise same sex marriages of EU citizens who have exercised free movement rights.
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EU Commission registers European citizens initiative calling for the full suspension of the EU/Israel association agreement
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission registers European Citizens\' Initiative on the EU-Israel Association Agreement
Today, the European Commission has registered the European Citizens\' Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel\'s violations of hu...
ec.europa.eu
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
EU Commission registers European citizens initiative calling for the full suspension of the EU/Israel association agreement
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Is there anything more beautiful than crossing the Alps by train during the winter? 🏔️ 🚂
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Is there anything more beautiful than crossing the Alps by train during the winter? 🏔️ 🚂
Thanks @bronwenmanby.bsky.social for keeping us posted as always on citizenship law developments across Africa.
Sharing your 3 posts on #dualcitizenship in:
South Africa (new portal for cit recovery)
Malawi/Zimbabwe (increased uptake)
South Sudan (barring dual citizens from public office)
Sharing your 3 posts on #dualcitizenship in:
South Africa (new portal for cit recovery)
Malawi/Zimbabwe (increased uptake)
South Sudan (barring dual citizens from public office)
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Thanks @bronwenmanby.bsky.social for keeping us posted as always on citizenship law developments across Africa.
Sharing your 3 posts on #dualcitizenship in:
South Africa (new portal for cit recovery)
Malawi/Zimbabwe (increased uptake)
South Sudan (barring dual citizens from public office)
Sharing your 3 posts on #dualcitizenship in:
South Africa (new portal for cit recovery)
Malawi/Zimbabwe (increased uptake)
South Sudan (barring dual citizens from public office)
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South Sudan: public consultations in Bahr el Ghazal State find demand South Sudanese with #dualcitizenship to be barred from holding top public offices. www.sudanspost.com/northern-bah...
Northern Bahr el Ghazal pushes to bar dual citizens from public offices - Sudans Post
Citizens in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State have called for sweeping constitutional reforms, including a controversial proposal to bar South Sudanese with dual citizenship from holding top public office...
www.sudanspost.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
South Sudan: public consultations in Bahr el Ghazal State find demand South Sudanese with #dualcitizenship to be barred from holding top public offices. www.sudanspost.com/northern-bah...
Very good. EU member states are obliged to recognise same sex marriages of EU citizens who have exercised free movement rights.
CJEU, free movement law/LGBT rights
New judgment: Member States (in this case Poland) are obliged to recognise same sex marriages of EU citizens who have exercised free movement rights curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
New judgment: Member States (in this case Poland) are obliged to recognise same sex marriages of EU citizens who have exercised free movement rights curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Very good. EU member states are obliged to recognise same sex marriages of EU citizens who have exercised free movement rights.
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⚖️ Judgment in Case C-713/23 Wojewoda Mazowiecki:
Can a Member State refuse to recognise a same-sex marriage concluded in another Member State?
🎥 💬 Judge Jan Passer explains — with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
Can a Member State refuse to recognise a same-sex marriage concluded in another Member State?
🎥 💬 Judge Jan Passer explains — with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
⚖️ Judgment in Case C-713/23 Wojewoda Mazowiecki:
Can a Member State refuse to recognise a same-sex marriage concluded in another Member State?
🎥 💬 Judge Jan Passer explains — with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
Can a Member State refuse to recognise a same-sex marriage concluded in another Member State?
🎥 💬 Judge Jan Passer explains — with subtitles in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
📰 PR 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
Interesting development in Indonesia: Global Citizenship of Indonesia (GCI), modelled after the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI), which allows foreigners of Indian ancestry to visit, work and live in India indefinitely.
Citizenship in the News 📰 🇮🇩
Indonesia grants unlimited stay permit for former citizens in lieu of dual citizenship: Govt Launches “Global Citizenship” Scheme to Solve Dual Nationality Dilemma
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Indonesia grants unlimited stay permit for former citizens in lieu of dual citizenship: Govt Launches “Global Citizenship” Scheme to Solve Dual Nationality Dilemma
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Interesting development in Indonesia: Global Citizenship of Indonesia (GCI), modelled after the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI), which allows foreigners of Indian ancestry to visit, work and live in India indefinitely.
Interesting citizenship developments in Indonesia.
Citizenship in the News 📰 🇮🇩
Indonesia grants unlimited stay permit for former citizens in lieu of dual citizenship: Govt Launches “Global Citizenship” Scheme to Solve Dual Nationality Dilemma
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Indonesia grants unlimited stay permit for former citizens in lieu of dual citizenship: Govt Launches “Global Citizenship” Scheme to Solve Dual Nationality Dilemma
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Interesting citizenship developments in Indonesia.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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For those interested in the law&procedures of citizenship acquisition, @globalcit.bsky.social has a new resource on 11 European countries - I have contributed a chapter with updates on the Belgian law
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 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
For those interested in the law&procedures of citizenship acquisition, @globalcit.bsky.social has a new resource on 11 European countries - I have contributed a chapter with updates on the Belgian law
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Explore the new GLOBALCIT Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset ❗🌐
🌍 165 countries (1960–2020)
📊 488 indicators
🗳️ voting & candidacy rights of non-citizen residents + non-resident citizens
🏛️ Differentiates election type (legislative, executive, referendum) & level
📥: tinyurl.com/yv37nj7m
🌍 165 countries (1960–2020)
📊 488 indicators
🗳️ voting & candidacy rights of non-citizen residents + non-resident citizens
🏛️ Differentiates election type (legislative, executive, referendum) & level
📥: tinyurl.com/yv37nj7m
Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset - Globalcit
Suffrage is a central element of democracy. Over time, electoral rights have increasingly become available to migrants—both as non-citizen residents and as non-resident citizens. However, existing dat...
tinyurl.com
September 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Explore the new GLOBALCIT Migrant Electoral Rights (MER) Dataset ❗🌐
🌍 165 countries (1960–2020)
📊 488 indicators
🗳️ voting & candidacy rights of non-citizen residents + non-resident citizens
🏛️ Differentiates election type (legislative, executive, referendum) & level
📥: tinyurl.com/yv37nj7m
🌍 165 countries (1960–2020)
📊 488 indicators
🗳️ voting & candidacy rights of non-citizen residents + non-resident citizens
🏛️ Differentiates election type (legislative, executive, referendum) & level
📥: tinyurl.com/yv37nj7m
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Canadian citizenship can now be passed down to people born abroad, beyond the first generation, if the parents spent a cumulative three years in Canada before the child's birth. Still contestation around "intercountry adoptees" when it comes to passing down citizenship.
Citizenship in the News 📰🇨🇦
Bill restoring citizenship for 'Lost Canadians' becomes law: Court ruled government must pass law covering some children born abroad
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Bill restoring citizenship for 'Lost Canadians' becomes law: Court ruled government must pass law covering some children born abroad
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Bill restoring citizenship for 'Lost Canadians' becomes law | CBC News
The "Lost Canadians" legislation, which aims to fix Canada's unconstitutional citizenship by descent rules, passed in the Senate Wednesday and received royal assent Thursday afternoon.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Canadian citizenship can now be passed down to people born abroad, beyond the first generation, if the parents spent a cumulative three years in Canada before the child's birth. Still contestation around "intercountry adoptees" when it comes to passing down citizenship.
Interesting 🧵 and discussion on the risks of bots for survey response, including where the bots deduce from the questions what the survey is about and give the desired answers to confirm the researchers latent hypotheses … 😳
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Interesting 🧵 and discussion on the risks of bots for survey response, including where the bots deduce from the questions what the survey is about and give the desired answers to confirm the researchers latent hypotheses … 😳
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Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
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A horrifying graphic from Pew showing the fruits of the right wing war on public health.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A horrifying graphic from Pew showing the fruits of the right wing war on public health.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
Only 48% of Republicans believe that vaccines prevent serious illness, while 80% of Democrats do.
This is not a difference of opinion in science. This is the result of a ruthless disinformation campaign.
Canadian citizenship can now be passed down to people born abroad, beyond the first generation, if the parents spent a cumulative three years in Canada before the child's birth. Still contestation around "intercountry adoptees" when it comes to passing down citizenship.
Citizenship in the News 📰🇨🇦
Bill restoring citizenship for 'Lost Canadians' becomes law: Court ruled government must pass law covering some children born abroad
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Bill restoring citizenship for 'Lost Canadians' becomes law: Court ruled government must pass law covering some children born abroad
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Bill restoring citizenship for 'Lost Canadians' becomes law | CBC News
The "Lost Canadians" legislation, which aims to fix Canada's unconstitutional citizenship by descent rules, passed in the Senate Wednesday and received royal assent Thursday afternoon.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Canadian citizenship can now be passed down to people born abroad, beyond the first generation, if the parents spent a cumulative three years in Canada before the child's birth. Still contestation around "intercountry adoptees" when it comes to passing down citizenship.
Reposted by Maarten Vink
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
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It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
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see this vacancy to work with me on educational inequalities in Europe. We have extended the deadline by 1 week, now Dec 1st, 2025. #job #postdoc #vacancy #pleaseshare
Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
see this vacancy to work with me on educational inequalities in Europe. We have extended the deadline by 1 week, now Dec 1st, 2025. #job #postdoc #vacancy #pleaseshare
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Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
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Our SPS department @eui-sps.bsky.social invites prospective PhD candidates to join the SPS Virtual Open Day 2025. A unique opportunity to discover onlnine our doctoral programme, meet faculty and researchers, and learn about life at the EUI.
📅 04-12-2025 | Online
🔗 www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
📅 04-12-2025 | Online
🔗 www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Virtual Open Day - Department of Political and Social Sciences
The EUI Department of Political and Social Sciences invites interested researchers and prospective applicants to learn more about the PhD programme. Throughout the day, seminars, workshops, and workin...
www.eui.eu
November 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Our SPS department @eui-sps.bsky.social invites prospective PhD candidates to join the SPS Virtual Open Day 2025. A unique opportunity to discover onlnine our doctoral programme, meet faculty and researchers, and learn about life at the EUI.
📅 04-12-2025 | Online
🔗 www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
📅 04-12-2025 | Online
🔗 www.eui.eu/events?id=58...