MICHALIS MOUTSELOS

Research Themes

I study the determinants of political behavior and political protest among persons of immigrant origin in European democracies. A secondary research focus relates to the transformation of political conflict in European democracies in the aftermath of the Eurozone and refugee crises. In addition, I have been a member of the MPI-MMG CityDiv research group since 2015, investigating city-level responses to increasing population heterogeneity.

My work lies at the intersection of comparative politics, political behavior, social movements and ethnic/migration studies.

Political behavior and protest among persons of immigrant origin

Neighborhoods against the State: Urban policy and violent protest in Western Europe. Dissertation defended in 2016. Politics Department, Princeton University (ProQuest Copy).

Fighting for their neighborhood: urban policy and anti-state riots in France. Social Forces 98 (4): 1719-1743, June 2020 .

Estates against the State? Evidence from the 2005 wave of French riots. Political Geography 76: 102088, February 2020.

Praying on Friday, voting on Sunday? Mosque Attendance and voter turnout in three West European democracies. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 46(11): 2275-2292, August 2020.

Group consciousness and political behavior among citizens of immigrant origin: The case of France. MMG Working Paper, (15-07).

City-level responses to increasing population diversity

The Immigrant Presence in Collaborative Structures of Urban Politics. (with Karen Schönwälder). Governance. Advance Online Publication. March 2021.

What explains diversity-policy adoption? Policy entrepreneurs and advocacy coalitions in two French cities. Ethnic and Racial Studies 43 (11): 2001-2021. July 2020.

Economy or Justice? How Urban Actors Respond to Diversity (with Christian Jacobs, Julia Martinez-Ariño, Maria Schiller, Karen Schönwälder & Alexandre Tandé). Urban Affairs Review 56(1): 228-253, January 2020.

Why do some cities adopt more diversity policies than others? A study in France and Germany (with Julia Martinez-Ariño, Karen Schönwälder, Christian Jacobs, Maria Schiller & Alexandre Tandé). Comparative European Politics 17 (5), 651-672. October 2019.

Vielfalt and diversité: how local actors evaluate heterogeneity and immigration in two non-multicultural societies (with Maria Schiller, Christine Lang & Karen Schönwälder). Comparative Migration Studies. Advance Online Publication. December 2020

Cities and the Challenge of Diversity (CityDiv): The Survey, Technical Report. (with Christian Jacobs, Julia Martinez-Ariño, Maria Schiller, Karen Schönwälder & Alexandre Tandé) MMG Working Paper, (17-09).

Political conflict in the aftermath of the Eurozone and refugee crises.

Do media systems matter? A comparative study of editorials on the migration crisis in the UK, German and Greek traditional press. (with Theodora Maniou). Journalism. Advance Online Publication.

Puzzled out? The unsurprising outcomes of the Greek bailout negotiations (with Darren J. Lim and Michael McKenna). Journal of European Public Policy 26 (3), 325-343 .

"Immobility in times of crisis? The case of Greece" (with Georgia Mavrodi). In Lafleur J-M, Stanek M., eds. South-North migration of EU citizens in times of crisis. Springer: 2016.

“Diaspora policies, consular services and social protection for Greek citizens abroad” (with Georgia Mavrodi) in Lafleur J-M; Vintila D., eds. Migration and Transnational Social Protection in Post-Crisis Europe. Springer: 2020.