Anton Ahlén

Anton Ahlén serves as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Researcher at Uppsala University's Department of Political Science, focusing on migration policy's intersection with welfare-state frameworks and immigrant integration dynamics.

Education:

• PhD in Political Science, Uppsala University (2022)

His research spans international migration systems, welfare-state responses to migration, and social policy adaptations, with particular expertise in family migration regulation across European contexts. His methodological approach combines comparative policy analysis with quantitative techniques to examine how welfare regimes shape immigration outcomes.

Recent publications demonstrate consistent focus on family migration mechanisms, revealing how admission policies affect migration flows and how welfare-state typologies influence policy development. His work bridges political science, migration studies, and social policy through rigorous empirical analysis of European migration governance.

Scientific awards:

• 2023 Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award for "Managing migration in modern welfare states: Essays on the development, causes, and effects of policies regulating family immigration"

He actively contributes to three major research initiatives: Varieties of Attitudes to Family Migration (VoFAME) analyzing public opinion through conjoint experiments; Protecting Irregular Migrants in Europe (PRIME) examining institutional protection frameworks; and the Migration Policy Database (MIGPOL) within DEMSCORE compiling comparative migration policy data across European states.