Feature: More on Understanding Attitudes

News:

The Observatory of Public Attitudes to Migration (OPAM) has officially launched. It "aims to enhance understanding of attitudes to migration through presentation, analysis and evaluation of data from all EU member states." Currently, visitors to the site can access data about attitudes by country and by various indicators. A publications section is also available. For more info., read this interview with OPAM's director.

Publications:

This listing builds on an earlier post on attitudes by bringing together items that were referenced on this blog since April 2017:

#WorldRefugeeWeek: How Australians Feel about Refugees (The Interpreter Blog, June 2017) [text]
- Reports on results of recent Lowy Institute poll, which explores Australian attitudes towards the world.

American Attitudes on Refugees and the U.S. Travel Ban (RI Blog, May 2017) [text]

"Another Story: What Public Opinion Data Tell Us about Refugee and Humanitarian Policy," Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 5, no. 2 (2017) [open access]

"The Behavioral Immune System Shapes Political Intuitions: Why and How Individual Differences in Disgust Sensitivity Underlie Opposition to Immigration," American Political Science Review, vol. 111, no. 2 (May 2017) [abstract]
- Postprint available via Aarhus Univ. IR.

"Demographic and Ideological Correlates of Negative Attitudes towards Asylum Seekers: A Meta-analytic Review," Australian Journal of Psychology, Early View, 5 May 2017 [full-text via ResearchGate]

"Engaging Host Society Youth in Exploring How They Construe the Influence of Social Media on the Resettlement of Syrian Refugees," Personal Construct Theory & Practice, vol. 14 (2017) [full-text]
- See also related Phys.org article.

Engendering Empathy, Begetting Backlash: American Attitudes toward Syrian Refugees, Working Paper, no. 17-01 (Stanford-Zurich Immigration Policy Lab, May 2017) [text via SSRN]  
- See also related Washington Post article.

Explaining Attitudes to Immigration in France, EUI Working Paper, no. RSCAS 2017/25 (Migration Policy Centre, 2017) [text]

"Explaining Opposition to Refugee Resettlement: The Role of NIMBYism and Perceived Threats," Science Advances, vol. 3, no. 9, e1700812 (Sept. 2017) [open access]
- See also related Dartmouth College press release.

"Exploring the Impact of Local Context on Attitudes towards Refugees," Paper presented at ECPR General Conference 2017, Oslo, 6-9 Sept. 2017 [text]

The Geography of Anti-Immigrant Attitudes across Europe, 2002-2014, Working Paper, no. 138 (International Migration Institute, July 2017) [text]

Global Shapers Survey 2017 (World Economic Forum, Aug. 2017) [access]
- This annual survey is "designed to highlight youth perceptions on the state of the world and action-oriented recommendations in five areas: Global Outlook, Governance, Values, Technology, and the Workplace." A question on refugees was included. Follow the link above to access the full report and data. See also this related Amnesty International news article and WEF blog post.

"How Can We Blunt Prejudice against Immigrants?," Science Magazine, 17 May 2017 [free full-text]

Maybe Arguing about Immigration Isn’t Totally Hopeless After All (Medium, April 2017) [text]

"Oxytocin-enforced Norm Compliance Reduces Xenophobic Outgroup Rejection," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 114, no. 35 (Aug. 2017) [open access]

"Partisanship, Local Context, Group Threat, and Canadian Attitudes Towards Immigration and Refugee Policy," Migration Studies, Advance Articles, 23 Sept. 2017 [preprint]

Public Attitudes to Immigration in Germany in the Aftermath of the Migration Crisis (Migration Policy Centre, 2017) [text]

Refugee Resettlement in Small Cities: Vermonter Poll (Univ. of Vermont, Aug. 2017) [text]

‘Refugees Welcome’ and the Myth of Two Europes (Political Critique, July 2017) [text]

Some Good News about Public Attitudes to Refugees (Refugees Deeply, May 2017) [text]

Understanding Public Attitudes Towards Refugees and Migrants (ODI, June 2017) [text]
- "Understanding public attitudes towards refugees and migrants within their host communities is an increasingly important task. This working paper is intended as a primer – outlining current global polling data on public attitudes, and analysing what the literature has to say about the drivers influencing these attitudes." See also summary of a related meeting.

Where Do You Find the Most Resistance to Immigration? (Immigration Impact, Aug. 2017) [text]

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