Dr. Samuel D. Schmid
Programme Manager LUMACSS | Coordinator Digital Skills
Grants Office Team Member
T +41 41 229 56 04
samuel.schmid@unilu.ch
Office 3.A18
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Sam holds a BA in Political Science and a MA in World Society and Global Governance from the University of Lucerne. He received his PhD from the European University Institute in Florence in 2021. To complete his doctorate, he was a fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen, Germany. During his studies he also worked as a research associate in various projects. After being a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer (Oberassistent) and research associate at the Department of Political Science here in Lucerne, he is a team member of the Grants Office and programme manager and study advisor of LUMACSS and coordinates the Digital Skills offer.
CV Samuel D. Schmid :: List of publications
Personal Website: www.samdschmid.com
Research
Comparative immigration and citizenship politics and policy
Electoral Rights and democratic inclusion
Index Building and measurement in the social sciences
Publications
- Solano, G., Schmid, S. D., & Helbling, M. (2023). Extending Migrants’ Rights but Limiting Long-Term Settlement: Migrant Integration Policy Trends in EU and OECD Countries Between 2010 and 2019. International Migration Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183231172102
- Blatter, J., Michel, E., & Schmid, S. D. (2022). Enfranchisement regimes beyond de-territorialization and post-nationalism: definitions, implications, and public support for different electorates. Democratization, 29 (7), 1208–1229. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7660965
- Schmid, S. D. (2021). Stagnated Liberalization, Long-term Convergence, and Index Methodology: Three Lessons from the CITRIX Citizenship Policy Dataset. Global Policy, 12 (3), 338–349. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12903
- Schmid, S. D. (2020). The architecture of national boundary regimes: mapping immigration and citizenship policies in 23 democracies 1980–2010. Comparative Migration Studies, 8 (25), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00182-5
- Helbling, M., Simon, S., & Schmid, S. D. (2020). Restricting immigration to foster migrant integration? A comparative study across 22 European countries. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46 (13), 2603–2624. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1727316
- Schmid, S. D., Picooli, L., & Arrighi, J.-T. (2019). Non-universal suffrage: measuring electoral inclusion in contemporary democracies. European Political Science, 18, 695–713. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41304-019-00202-8
- Blatter, J., Schmid, S. D., & Blättler, A. (2017). Democratic Deficits in Europe: The Overlooked Exclusiveness of Nation-States and the Positive Role of the European Union. Journal of Common Market Studies, 55 (3), 449–467. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12491
- Schmid, S. D. (14 March 2024). Democratising Switzerland: The Significance of the New Naturalisation Initiative. Retrieved from https://globalcit.eu/democratizing-switzerland/
- Schmid, S. D. (2023). Democratizing Switzerland: The Significance of the New Naturalization Initiative. https://doi.org/10.17176/20230602-231132-0
- Schmid, S. D. (2022). Upgrading German Citizenship The Unfounded Unease about Easing Naturalization in Germany. Retrieved from https://verfassungsblog.de/upgrading-german-citizenship/
- Schmid, S. D. (2022). Upgrading German citizenship: The unfounded unease about easing naturalization in Germany. Retrieved from https://globalcit.eu/upgrading-german-citizenship-the-unfounded-unease-about-easing-naturalization-in-germany/
- Blatter, J., Schmid, S. D., & Michel, E. (2022). Wer soll bei nationalen Wahlen mitbestimmen dürfen? Retrieved from https://www.defacto.expert/2022/08/22/wer-soll-bei-nationalen-wahlen-mitbestimmen-durfen/
- Schmid, S. D. (2019). Die lokale Staatsbürgerschaftskrise in der Schweiz. Retrieved from https://www.defacto.expert/2019/03/11/die-lokale-staatsbuergerschaftskrise-in-der-schweiz/
- Schmid, S. D. (2019). The local citizenship crisis in Switzerland. Retrieved from https://globalcit.eu/the-local-citizenship-crisis-in-switzerland/
- Schmid, S. D., Piccoli, L., & Arrighi, J.-T. (2019). The new battles of the suffrage in today’s democracies. Retrieved from https://globalcit.eu/the-new-battles-of-the-suffrage-in-todays-democracies/
- Schmid, S. D., Blatter, J., & Blättler, A. C. (2018). How the EU Mitigates a Fundamental Democratic Deficit of European Nation-States. Retrieved from https://jcms.ideasoneurope.eu/2018/09/07/how-the-eu-mitigates-a-fundamental-democratic-deficit-of-european-nation-states/
- Blättler, A. C., Blatter, J., & Schmid, S. D. (2016). Bedenkliches Demokratiedefizit der Schweiz: Ein Viertel der Bevölkerung ist von demokratischer Mitbestimmung ausgeschlossen. Retrieved from https://www.defacto.expert/2016/10/18/demokratiedefizit/
- Schmid, S. D. (27 October 2022). Towards a Valid Global Citizenship Policy Index: Three Existing Approaches and a New Hybrid Approach. Retrieved from https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/74586
- Schmid, S. D., & Helbling, M. (2016). Validating the Immigration Policies in Comparison (IMPIC) Dataset (No. Discussion Paper SP VI 2016–202). Retrieved from https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/44764
- Blatter, J., Schmid, S. D., & Blättler, A. (2015). The Immigrant Inclusion Index (IMIX): A Tool for Assessing the Electoral Inclusiveness of Democracies with Respect to Immigrants (Working Paper Series “Glocal Governance and Democracy” No. Working Paper #8, 2nd edition). Retrieved from https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3008519
- Blatter, J., Blättler, A., & Schmid, S. D. (2015). What Happens/ed to Inclusion? A Plea and Three Proposals for Closing the Gap Between Democratic Theory and Empirical Measurement of Democracies (IPSA Committee on Concepts and Methods Working Papers Series – Political Concepts No. Working Paper #64).
Achievements
- Immigration and integration policy trends in Western democracies 1980-2019: Evolution or transformation? MIDEM Talk Series, Dresden, 2023
- Keynote address: Mental health for PhD researchers. IMISCOE PhD Day on academic mental health, Online, 2023
- Towards orderly migration or a new ‘walled’ order? Trends and dilemmas of contemporary migration policy. DEMSCORE Migration Policy Database (MIGPOL) Workshop, Uppsala, 2022
- Resolving the paradox of the liberal paradox: Immigration and citizenship policies in 23 democracies 1980-2010. IPW Lecture, Vienna, 2018
- Beyond the liberal paradox? Immigration and citizenship policies in 20 OECD countries 1980-2010. Migration Seminar, Maastricht, 2018
- The Price of Autocracy: Contextualizing the Openness-Rights Trade-Off in Labor Immigration. Colloquium on Migration and Diversity, Berlin, 2016
- Thesis of the Month, March 2022, Department of Social and Political Sciences at the European University Institute, 2022
- Honorable Mention for the Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award, IMISCOE Research Network (largest network in migration studies in Europe), 2022
- APSA Migration and Citizenship Section, Best Graduate Student Paper Award, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2022
- Three-Minute PhD Award in the Social Sciences, European University Institute, Florence, 2019
- Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Ethics, Law, and Politics, Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, 2019
- Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) 2017 Best Article Prize, University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), 2018
- MACIMIDE Junior Visiting Fellowship, Maastricht Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE), Maastricht University, 2018
- Best Paper Award, Graduate Conference, NCCR on the move (large research cluster in migration studies in Switzerland), 2017
- Scholarship of the Swiss Confederation for doctoral studies at the European University Institute, Florence, Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, 2015
- Political Studies Review, 2023
- International Migration Review, 2023
- Journal of Common Market Studies, 2022
- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2021
- American Political Science Review, 2020
- British Journal of Political Science, 2020
- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2020
- International Migration Review, 2020
