🎙️ Explore the nuanced shifts in party positions on #immigration amid the European 'Migration Crisis.' Join experts Ethan vanderWilden & Marta Kozłowska as they dissect the political landscape. Tune in to this thought-provoking episode of MIDEM: Talking Democracy! #PoliticalScience #MigrationCrisis #EuropeanPolitics" Marta Kozłowska is a post-doctoral researcher at MIDEM specializing in democratic development in Central-Eastern Europe. Her research focuses on political discourse, democratic participation, and the evolution of political parties, particularly analyzing party #ideologies through their electoral manifestos. Ethan vanderWilden is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a visiting fellow at MIDEM. He explores the influence of heightened exposure to ethnic diversification at the national level on political party positions regarding immigration. In today's podcast episode, he will share his latest research findings on the conflicting and aligning incentives that parties face when confronted with this pressing issue. To Ethans latest policy brief 'Turning Right? Party Position Change on Immigration in the European ‚Refugee Crisis‘: https://forum-midem.de/2023/08/24/midem-studie-polarization-in-europe-a-comparative-analysis-of-ten-european-countries-copy/ To our #Polaritazion in Europe study: https://forum-midem.de/2023/08/24/policy-brief-meloni-und-die-italienische-migrationspolitik-copy/