Nicolas Fliess

Research

Published

  • Fliess, Nicolas (2026). “Transnational party activism: why do migrants become active in political parties from their country of origin?” Political Geography. Read Article

  • Østergaard-Nielsen, Eva, Laurence Go and Nicolas Fliess (2026). “Absence makes the vote grow farther? Emigrant vs. domestic votes for democracy across 180 homeland elections.” American Journal of Political Science. Accepted for publication.

  • Go, Laurence, Nicolas Fliess and Eva Østergaard-Nielsen (2026). "Political interdependence: evidence from emigrant voter turnout in 1267 Elections worldwide.” Journal of the European Economic Association. Forthcoming. Read Article

  • Fliess, Nicolas and Karen Schönwälder (2025). “Widespread, but also popular? Exploring attitudes to diversity policies.” European Political Science Review. Read Article

  • Fliess, Nicolas, Ali Kiani and Eva Østergaard-Nielsen (2024). “Why do autocracies enfranchise their citizens abroad? A large-N event history analysis, 1990-2010.” Democratization. Read Article

  • Fliess, Nicolas (2021). “Campaigning across continents: How Latin American parties link up with migrant associations abroad.” Comparative Migration Studies. Read Article

  • Fliess, Nicolas and Eva Østergaard-Nielsen (2021). “Extension of voting rights to emigrants.” In: Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science. Ed. Sandy Maisel. New York: Oxford University Press. Read Here · Open Access

Working Papers

  • “Immigrant-origin and Group Advocacy: How Party Executives define their Positioning” (with Karen Schönwälder). Under Review

  • “Inside the inner circle? Immigrants as party executives. Evidence from Germany.”

Research in Progress

  • “Pride & Prejudice: Impact of national days on patriotism and attitudes toward immigrants” (with Laurence Go). Presented at: Yale University iCl workshop 2025; EPSA 2025; EUI Florence GLOBALCIT 2024 conference.