September 2025 - New publication: Unmet expectations and educational differences in immigrants' declining attachment to their destination country
In this article, we test a fundamental mechanism underlying the integration paradox: Does highly educated immigrants' comparatively weak attachment to their destination country result from particularly strong reactions to unmet migration expectations?
The study was published in Social Forces and is collaborative work with Didier Ruedin (Neuchâtel). Original article
September 2025 - [Expired] Call for Abstracts for IMISCOE 2026 on studying the integration paradox
Sanne van Oosten (Oxford University), Nella Geurts (Radboud University), Chloé Lavest (Utrecht University) and myself are submitting two panels to next year's IMISCOE conference in Girona, Spain.
Send a 250-word abstract to nella.geurts(at)ru.nl if you prefer online participation, and to sanne.vanoosten(at)compas.ox.ac.uk if you prefer to present onsite. Reach out for more information.
We look forward to your submissions!
September 2025 - ECSR annual conference, Cologne & workshop of the SSA research network migration-minorities, Neuchâtel
I went to Cologne and Neuchâtel to present ongoing work on immigrants' migration behavior and how their belongingness to the destination country develops over time.
June 2025 - Research workshop on unraveling the integration paradox, Utrecht
Together with Nella Geurts (Radboud University) and Chloé Lavest (Utrecht University), I hosted an international research workshop at Utrecht University.
The workshop took place right before the second Migration and Societal Change (MSC) Conference, where we organised a roundtable as a follow-up of the workshop.
May 2025 - Research stay at the Australian National University (ANU)
I spend one month at the School of Demography at ANU in Canberra. Thanks to Natalie Nitsche for being an wonderful host!
January 2025 - Population Research Conference, Zürich
I presented research on immigrant out-migration at the inaugural conference of the Population Research Center at the University of Zurich.
November 2024 - [Expired] Call for abstracts: Workshop on the integration paradox
Together with Nella Geurts (Radboud University) and Chloé Lavest (Utrecht University), I orgnaise an international research workshop at Utrecht University to unravel the integration paradox. The workshop will take place on June 18.
Deadline for applications: February 1st, 2025.
See this information sheet for more details.
We look forward to your sibmissions!
October 2024 - New publication: A practical guide for creating circular migration plots
In this hands-on contribution, Nikola Sander (BiB) and myself give you the tools, code and tips to create your own circular migartion plots. Original article | Replication code
September 2024 - ECSR annual conference, Barcelona & Congress of the SSA, Basel
I went to Barcelona and Basel to presented ongoing work with Didier Ruedin (University of Neuchâtel) on unraveling the integration paradox among recent immigrants to Switzerland.
August 2024 - 16th ESA conference, Porto
My colleagues were in Porto to talk about two ongoing joint studies.
Lenore Sauer (BiB) presented a study in which we examine whether the degree of religiosity is an explaining factor for the integration paradox.
Nico Stawarz (BiB) presented a second study, in which we investigate shifts in subjective well-being of German returnees from abroad.
July 2024 - Liz Jacobs at the BiB
I had the pleasure to host Liz Jacobs at the BiB. She presented ongoing work on the job mobility of highly skilled Indians who moved back from the USA to India.
March 2024 - New publication: The subjective well-being of international migrants
This is one of the first studies that examines how the well-being of people changes in the course of their international migration.
The article was published in Migration Studies and is collaborative work with Nico Stawarz, Andreas Ette, and Heiko Rüger (all BiB). Original article
March 2024 - Is "reactive cosmopolitanism" a thing?
I had the pleasure to host Nella Geurts (Radboud University) at the BiB, where we presented and discussed ongoing research on the relationship between social exclusion and cosmopolitan belonging.
December 2023 - The global flow of people 2.0 - A new interactive application on the global movement of people
Ever wondered about the movement of people around the world? We created an interactive tool with which you can browse through 30 years of migration history between world regions and countries.
This project was collaborative work with Nikola Sander and Tamilwai Kolowa (BiB), Tina Frank and Clemens Schrammerl (University of Arts Linz), and Ramon Bauer (Statistics Vienna). Link (EN) | Link (DE)
November 2023 - New blog post: Unmet expectations of immigrants and their consequences
We often tend to assume that highly educated immigrants are doing well. However, they react particularly strong to unmet migration expectations. Link
October 2023 - The BiB Well-Being Monitor 2023
In this report, we look at differences in the well-being of selected groups in Germany, including immigrants and their descendants. The main focus lies on the most dissatisfied and satisfied people. PDF (DE)
September 2023 - [Expired] Call for abstracts - IMISCOE Panel on unraveling the integration paradox
Together with Nella Geurts (Radboud University), I am submitting a panel at next year's IMISCOE conference in Lisbon.
We invite contributions that aim to unravel the integration paradox. Send a 250-word abstract to andreas.genoni(at)bib.bund.de until October 11. Reach out if you have any questions.
We look forward to your submissions!
August 2023 - 4th conference of the Academy of Sociology, Berne
I gave a talk about why and how more-educated immigrants react stronger to unmet migration expectations than their less-educated peers.
July 2023 - Scientific symposium of the Federal Statistical Offie (Destatis) and the BiB, Wiesbaden
The BiB hosted a scientific conference with Destatis, where I
co-organised a session on well-being in population research with Nico Stawarz, C. Katharina Spieß, Nadja Milewski, and Volker Cihlar (all BiB).
July 2023 - Turning gold - a scientific conference to mark the 50th anniversary of the BiB
I gave a talk at the BiB's Turning Gold conference about shifts in subjective well-being in the course of international migration - a study with Nico Stawarz, Andreas Ette, and Heiko Rüger (all BiB).
Moreover, I chaired a session on "dataviz in policy relevant research", together with Nikola Sander (BiB).
June 2023 - 12th international conference of Panel Data Users in Switzerland
I traveled to Lausanne to presented ongoing work about how unmet migration expectations influence the lives of immigrants - a collaborative study with Didier Ruedin (University of Neuchâtel).