Claire L. Adida – The Conversation

Migrants pray at a March 2 demonstration at San Ysidro crossing port in Tijuana, Mexico, to demand clearer U.S. migration policies. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images

March 16, 2021

When Americans recall their roots, they open up to immigration

Claire L. Adida, University of California, San Diego; Adeline Lo, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Lauren Prather, University of California, San Diego; Melina Platas, New York University, and Scott Williamson, New York University

Research suggests that reminding Americans – Democrats and Republicans – of their family history creates empathy for immigrants and more favorable views toward immigration.

The director of the Paris mosque, Dalil Boubakeur, in the front line Stephane Mahe/Reuters

January 21, 2015

The cycle of anti‑Muslim discrimination in France is likely to worsen

Marie-Anne Valfort, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; Claire L. Adida, University of California, San Diego, and David Laitin, Stanford University

Muslims in France and the French host population are locked in a discriminatory equilibrium. This is the conclusion, summarized in our soon-to-be published book, of a six-year research program that investigates…

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