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Martin Ruhs is affiliated with the European University Institute in Italy and conducts research primarily within the social sciences. Their work focuses on areas intersecting sociology, political science, and economics, addressing topics related to migration, labor dynamics, welfare, and political participation.

The researcher has explored a range of topics, including:

  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Regional Resilience and Development

The subfields of study where their publications are concentrated include sociology and political science, political science and international relations, general health professions, soil science, and economics and econometrics.

Martin Ruhs has published in several academic venues, with frequent contributions appearing in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Migration Studies
  • Comparative Migration Studies
  • Politics Philosophy & Economics
  • European Union Politics

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Martin Ruhs include:

  • "Who cares what the people think? Public attitudes and refugee protection in Europe," 2022, Politics Philosophy & Economics
  • "Rethinking labour migration: Covid-19, essential work, and systemic resilience," 2021, Comparative Migration Studies (author Bridget Anderson)
  • "The ethics of migration policy dilemmas," 2022, Migration Studies (author Rainer Bauböck)
  • "What asylum and refugee policies do Europeans want? Evidence from a cross-national conjoint experiment," 2021, European Union Politics (author Anne-Marie Jeannet)
  • "The elusive triple win: addressing temporary labour migration dilemmas through fair representation," 2022, Migration Studies (author Rainer Bauböck)

Frequent collaborators in research include Rainer Bauböck, Tobias Heidland, Bridget Anderson, Anne-Marie Jeannet, and Joakim Palme.

Best Publications

  • The Price of Rights

    Martin Ruhs

  • The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration

    Martin Ruhs

  • Numbers vs. Rights: Trade-Offs and Guest Worker Programs1

    Martin Ruhs;Philip Martin

  • Who Needs Migrant Workers?: Labour Shortages, Immigration, and Public Policy

    Martin Ruhs;Bridget Anderson

  • Fair Enough? Central and East European Migrants in Low-Wage Employment in the UK

    Bridget Anderson;Martin Ruhs;Ben Rogaly;Sarah Spencer

  • The potential of temporary migration programmes in future international migration policy

    Martin Ruhs

  • Semi-compliance and illegality in migrant labour markets: an analysis of migrants, employers and the state in the UK

    Martin Ruhs;Bridget Anderson

  • Who Needs Migrant Workers

    Martin Ruhs;Bridget Anderson

  • Researching illegality and labour migration

    Bridget Anderson;Martin Ruhs

  • Migrant workers: who needs them?: a framework for the analysis of staff shortages, immigration, and public policy

    Bridget Anderson

  • Migrants' Lives Beyond the Workplace: The Experience of Central and East Europeans in the UK

    Sarah Spencer;Martin Ruhs;Bridget Anderson;Ben Rogaly

  • Managing the Immigration and Employment of Non-EU Nationals in Ireland

    Martin Ruhs

  • The Ethics of Labor Immigration Policy

    Martin Ruhs;Ha-Joon Chang

  • Migrant Rights, Immigration Policy and Human Development

    Martin Ruhs

  • Ireland: From Rapid Immigration to Recession

    Martin Ruhs;Emma Quinn

  • Temporary Foreign Worker Programmes: Policies, Adverse Consequences, and the Need to Make Them Work

    Martin Ruhs

  • Semi-Compliance in the Migrant Labour Market

    Martin Ruhs;Bridget Anderson

  • Rethinking labour migration: Covid-19, essential work, and systemic resilience.

    Bridget Anderson;Friedrich Poeschel;Martin Ruhs;Martin Ruhs

  • Economic research and labour immigration policy

    Martin Ruhs

  • The Potential of Temporary Migration Programme in Future International Migration Policy

    Martin Ruhs

  • The ethics of migration policy dilemmas

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  • Institutional contexts of political conflicts around free movement in the European Union: a theoretical analysis

    Martin Ruhs;Joakim Palme

  • What asylum and refugee policies do Europeans want? Evidence from a cross-national conjoint experiment

    Anne-Marie Jeannet;Tobias Heidland;Martin Ruhs

  • Reliance on migrant labour: inevitability or policy choice?

    Bridget Anderson;Martin Ruhs

Frequent Co-Authors

Bridget Anderson
Bridget Anderson University of Bristol
Joakim Palme
Joakim Palme Uppsala University
Philip L. Martin
Philip L. Martin University of California, Davis
Ha-Joon Chang
Ha-Joon Chang School of Oriental and African Studies
Jonathan Wadsworth
Jonathan Wadsworth Royal Holloway University of London

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