STREET, Alexander

Max Weber Fellow 2011-2012  

Email Alexander.Street@EUI.eu     
Tel. [+39] 055 4685 693
Office VF 56

European University Institute
Max Weber Programme
Via delle Fontanelle 10
I-50014 San Domenico

Departmental affiliation: Political and Social Sciences  
Mentor: Rainer Bauböck 

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I study the politics of immigration and diversity in rich democracies. Recent immigration gives fresh urgency to perennial questions: the meaning of citizenship, the role of the state in reducing or reinforcing inequality, and the reasons for stability and change in inter-group relations. I address these questions using interviews, comparative analysis, observational and experimental data. 

I will complete a Ph.D. in political science at UC Berkeley in August 2011. My dissertation examines why some foreign residents in Germany and Austria become citizens while others do not. The title is: ‘Citizenship Begins at Home: How Families Shape Migrant Incorporation.’ I am also working on the public opinion effects of the London 2005 bombings, the electoral impact of immigrant candidates in Germany, and the links between inter-group attitudes and preferences on US health policy.

At Berkeley I have taught classes on immigration and citizenship, empirical methods, comparative politics and political economy. I have also studied in Berlin and Oxford.