Didier Ruedin is a researcher (project officer) at the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies at the University of Neuchâtel.

My research in political sociology concerns mostly three areas. In the context of the European project SOM (Support and Opposition to Migration, FP7-financed), I work on various aspects of the politicization of migration. This comparative project examines why and when potential conflicts over migration become politicized, examining both anti-immigration and anti-racist movements. The project includes a large-scale claims analysis of newspaper articles.

In a related project, I lead a SNSF-funded project on explaining individual attitudes toward foreigners in Switzerland. In this project we combine theory from economic and political science, and use individual-level panel data from the Swiss Household Panel (SHP).

In addition, I work on political representation, including the political representation of women and ethnic groups in national legislatures. My 2009 article on the political representation of ethnic groups in a cross-national perspective won the SNIS International Geneva Award 2010.

In early 2012, I spent a good month as a visiting fellow at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna (funded by the SNSF).

Education: University of Oxford: DPhil Sociology (2009); University of Oxford: MSc Sociology (with Distinction, 2005); Open University: BSc (Hons) Social Sciences (First Class, 2004).

ORCID: 0000-0001-5213-4316, Dataverse: ruedin, R-Forge: ruedin, Mail: didier.ruedin@unine.ch