Didier Ruedin

Research Associate

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Biography

Dr Didier Ruedin is a senior lecturer at the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies at the University of Neuchâtel and a research associate at the African Centre for Migration & Society at the University of the Witwatersrand. He uses experiments and quantitative analysis to study migration, including how and why immigrants are excluded. This comprises discrimination (labour market, housing, health care), attitudes to foreigners, and political reactions in public debates.

Website: https://druedin.com/

Publications

29 publications

Journal Article

When expectations backfire: educational differences in declining destination attachment among recent immigrants ↗

Genoni, A. & Ruedin, D. (2025). When expectations backfire: educational differences in declining destination attachment among recent immigrants. Social Forces.

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‘Tell me more…’: the kind of information added influences ethnic discrimination in the Swiss rental housing market ↗

Zschirnt, E., Lacroix, J. & Ruedin, D. (2025). ‘Tell me more…’: the kind of information added influences ethnic discrimination in the Swiss rental housing market. European Societies.

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The Impact of Refugee Shocks on Host Countries: A Scoping Review ↗

Salathé, C., Malancu, N. & Ruedin, D. (2025). The Impact of Refugee Shocks on Host Countries: A Scoping Review. Comparative Population Studies.

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When politicians feel pressure to represent: Evidence from South Africa ↗

Mugglin, L., Murahwa, B. & Ruedin, D. (2025). When politicians feel pressure to represent: Evidence from South Africa. Parliamentary Affairs.

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What Is the Nexus between Migration and Mobility? A Framework to Understand the Interplay between Different Ideal Types of Human Movement ↗

Piccoli, L., Gianni, M., Ruedin, D., Achermann, C., Dahinden, J., Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, P., Nedelcu, M. & Zittoun, T. (2024). What Is the Nexus between Migration and Mobility? A Framework to Understand the Interplay between Different Ideal Types of Human Movement. Sociology.

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Towards a precise and reflexive use of migration-related terminology in quantitative research: criticism and suggestions ↗

Borrelli, L. & Ruedin, D. (2024). Towards a precise and reflexive use of migration-related terminology in quantitative research: criticism and suggestions. Comparative Migration Studies.

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How Do People Perceive Immigrants? Relating Perceptions to Numbers ↗

Sidler, P., Knotz, C. & Ruedin, D. (2024). How Do People Perceive Immigrants? Relating Perceptions to Numbers. Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics.

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Follow the media? News environment and public concern about immigration ↗

Carvalho, J., Carmo Duarte, M. & Ruedin, D. (2024). Follow the media? News environment and public concern about immigration. European Journal of Political Research.

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The Extent of Résumé Whitening ↗

Ruedin, D. & Van Belle, E. (2023). The Extent of Résumé Whitening. Sociological Research Online.

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Shared Nationality in Social Exchange: A Trust Vignette Experiment in the United States, South Africa, and Switzerland ↗

Gereke, J. & Ruedin, D. (2023). Shared Nationality in Social Exchange: A Trust Vignette Experiment in the United States, South Africa, and Switzerland. Socius.

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Restricting Human Movement During the COVID-19 Pandemic: New Research Avenues in the Study of Mobility, Migration, and Citizenship ↗

Piccoli, L., Dzankic, J., Ruedin, D. & Jacob-Owens, T. (2023). Restricting Human Movement During the COVID-19 Pandemic: New Research Avenues in the Study of Mobility, Migration, and Citizenship. International Migration Review.

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Responsiveness of Local Politicians to Immigrants Does Not Vary Systematically by Voting Rights ↗

Nicholson, M. & Ruedin, D. (2023). Responsiveness of Local Politicians to Immigrants Does Not Vary Systematically by Voting Rights. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies.

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No sign of increased ethnic discrimination during a crisis: Evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic ↗

Auer, D., Ruedin, D. & Van Belle, E. (2023). No sign of increased ethnic discrimination during a crisis: Evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic. Socio-Economic Review.

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Migration debates in the political party arena during the Covid-19 pandemic in Austria ↗

Hadj Abdou, L. & Ruedin, D. (2023). Migration debates in the political party arena during the Covid-19 pandemic in Austria. Governance.

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Migrants’ Skills Wastage in the Labor Market: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Policy Formation ↗

Cheng, Z., Guo, W., Pecoraro, M., Ruedin, D. & Tani, M. (2023). Migrants’ Skills Wastage in the Labor Market: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Policy Formation. Social Indicators Research.

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Local-to-local electoral connections for migrants: the association between voting rights in the place of origin and the propensity to vote in the place of residence ↗

Piccoli, L. & Ruedin, D. (2023). Local-to-local electoral connections for migrants: the association between voting rights in the place of origin and the propensity to vote in the place of residence. Democratization.

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How one gesture curbed ethnic discrimination ↗

Auer, D. & Ruedin, D. (2023). How one gesture curbed ethnic discrimination. European Journal of Political Research.

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Experimental evidence on how implicit racial bias affects risk preferences ↗

Auer, D. & Ruedin, D. (2023). Experimental evidence on how implicit racial bias affects risk preferences. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

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Erratum: Discrimination driven by variation in social and economic conservatism: evidence from a nationwide field experiment ↗

Lacroix, J., Ruedin, D. & Zschirnt, E. (2023). Erratum: Discrimination driven by variation in social and economic conservatism: evidence from a nationwide field experiment. European Sociological Review.

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A global network of scholars? The geographical concentration of institutes in migration studies and its implications ↗

Piccoli, L., Ruedin, D. & Geddes, A. (2023). A global network of scholars? The geographical concentration of institutes in migration studies and its implications. Comparative Migration Studies.

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Citizenship, Migration and Mobility in a Pandemic (CMMP): A global dataset of COVID-19 restrictions on human movement ↗

Piccoli, L., Dzankic, J. & Ruedin, D. (2021). Citizenship, Migration and Mobility in a Pandemic (CMMP): A global dataset of COVID-19 restrictions on human movement. PLoS ONE.

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The Many Forms of Multiple Migrations: Evidence from a Sequence Analysis in Switzerland, 1998 to 2008 ↗

Zufferey, J., Steiner, I. & Ruedin, D. (2021). The Many Forms of Multiple Migrations: Evidence from a Sequence Analysis in Switzerland, 1998 to 2008. International Migration Review.

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Politicising immigration in times of crisis: empirical evidence from Switzerland ↗

Bitschnau, M., Ader, L., Ruedin, D. & D’Amato, G. (2021). Politicising immigration in times of crisis: empirical evidence from Switzerland. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

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Introduction: The Sociology of Migration in Switzerland: Past, Present and Future ↗

Chimienti, M., Bolzman, C. & Ruedin, D. (2021). Introduction: The Sociology of Migration in Switzerland: Past, Present and Future. Swiss Journal of Sociology.

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Decision-making under uncertainty: African migrants in the spotlight ↗

Ruedin, D. (2021). Decision-making under uncertainty: African migrants in the spotlight. Social Inclusion.

Citizenship models and migrant integration: Rethinking the intersection of citizenship and migrant integration through (b)ordering ↗

Pfirte, L., Borrelli, L., Ruedin, D. & Kurt, S. (2021). Citizenship models and migrant integration: Rethinking the intersection of citizenship and migrant integration through (b)ordering. Handbook of Citizenship and Migration.

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South African Parties Hardly Politicise Immigration in Their Electoral Manifestos ↗

Ruedin, D. (2019). South African Parties Hardly Politicise Immigration in Their Electoral Manifestos. Politikon.

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Why religion? Immigrant groups as objects of political claims on immigration and civic integration in Western Europe, 1995–2009 ↗

Berkhout, J. & Ruedin, D. (2017). Why religion? Immigrant groups as objects of political claims on immigration and civic integration in Western Europe, 1995–2009. Acta Politica.

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Ethnic discrimination in hiring decisions: a meta-analysis of correspondence tests 1990–2015 ↗

Zschirnt, E. & Ruedin, D. (2016). Ethnic discrimination in hiring decisions: a meta-analysis of correspondence tests 1990–2015. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

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