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Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame

Book Cover: In Our Interest by Alexander Kustov

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Why US Nationalism is Essential after 250 Years
Popular by Design · Jul 3, 2026
Essay
Air Conditioning, Scourge of the French Left
The Wall Street Journal · Jun 29, 2026
Op-ed
Why Evidence-based Policymaking Is Overrated
Popular by Design · Jun 25, 2026
Essay
Trump Has Not Turned Americans Against Immigrants: A Conversation with Greg Sargent
The UnPopulist · Jun 22, 2026
Mention
How Canada (Un)made My Thinking on Immigration
Popular by Design · Jun 9, 2026
Essay
Immigration is not unpopular because people are irrational or hateful
Wissenschaft weltoffen · Jun 9, 2026
Interview
Academics Must Wake Up on AI (with Alexander Kustov)
Conspicuous Cognition · Jun 2, 2026
Interview
Pangram Policing is the New Grammar Nazism
Popular by Design · Jun 1, 2026
Essay
In the U.S., Skilled Immigration Is Popular, but No Party Defends It (Negli Stati Uniti l'immigrazione qualificata è popolare, ma nessun partito la difende)
Focus America · May 29, 2026
Mention
This immigration policy is a winner. It just needs a champion.
The Washington Post · May 21, 2026
Op-ed
Why politicians struggle to read the public on immigration
Financial Times · May 18, 2026
Interview
Stanford professor teaches his classes ‘tech-free’—here’s the skill he wants his students to build
CNBC · May 12, 2026
Mention
LinkedIn Is Doing What Bluesky Was Supposed to Do
Popular by Design · May 11, 2026
Essay
Chasing Public Opinion, UK Immigration Policy Has Swung Cyclically
Migration Policy Institute · Apr 24, 2026
Analysis
Immigration in a Changing World
Ideas Matter (WashU) · Apr 16, 2026
Podcast
Academics Need to Wake Up on AI, Part III
Popular by Design · Apr 15, 2026
Essay
AI Is a Better Researcher Than You
The Chronicle of Higher Education · Apr 8, 2026
Mention
Most Americans Support Legal Immigration. Why Can't We Enact Clear Policy?
Solutions with Henry Blodget (Vox) · Apr 6, 2026
Interview
Strategic Silence That Distorts Public Discourse (Strategisches Schweigen, das den öffentlichen Diskurs verzerrt)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung · Apr 5, 2026
Op-ed
The Cost of Ruling Looms Over the GOP Ahead of Midterms
Liberty Nation News · Apr 4, 2026
Mention
How the Left Accidentally Bolstered the Nativist Right
The Atlantic · Apr 2, 2026
Op-ed
Disinformation: The Urgency of Doing Nothing (Désinformation: l'urgence de ne rien faire)
Le Temps · Mar 30, 2026
Mention
What Is Populism Actually Good for?
Popular by Design · Mar 26, 2026
Essay
Public Engagement Is Good for Your Research
Popular by Design · Mar 22, 2026
Essay
Why America Is So Much Better Than Europe at Immigration
The Argument · Mar 18, 2026
Essay
How We Miscategorize the Categorizers
Futures of Difference · Mar 15, 2026
Analysis
The Gay Marriage Playbook Won't Work for Immigration
Popular by Design · Mar 13, 2026
Essay
Money & Macro Talks: In Our Interest — Making Immigration Popular
Money & Macro · Mar 12, 2026
Interview
Spread the Word: Legal Immigration Is Difficult
Laissez-faire, laissez-passer · Mar 9, 2026
Essay
How to Win Friends and Increase Skilled Immigration
City Journal · Mar 6, 2026
Mention
Academics Need to Wake Up on AI, Part II
Popular by Design · Mar 4, 2026
Essay
Superintelligence Is Already Here and Now
Asia Times · Mar 3, 2026
Mention
Academics Need to Wake Up on AI
Popular by Design · Mar 2, 2026
Essay
Making Immigration Popular with Alex Kustov
Opinion Science · Mar 2, 2026
Interview
Western Countries Do Not "Need" Immigration
Popular by Design · Feb 19, 2026
Essay
What's the Matter with Foreign Students?
Popular by Design · Feb 16, 2026
Essay
Reflections on "The Uncomfortable Truths about Immigration"
Popular by Design · Feb 10, 2026
Essay
Making immigration popular by making better policies
EUI Research Shorts · Jan 30, 2026
Analysis
How Trump transformed immigration policy
Good Authority · Jan 30, 2026
Analysis
The Uncomfortable Truths About Immigration
Popular by Design · Jan 22, 2026
Essay
'Bad, Bad News for the G.O.P. Over the Long Haul'
The New York Times · Jan 15, 2026
Mention
In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular
Foreign Affairs · Dec 16, 2025
Mention
Immigration Is Not One Thing That Has Effects
Popular by Design · Dec 8, 2025
Analysis
Why Japan Is So Uncanny… Uncannily Normal
Popular by Design · Nov 25, 2025
Essay
Mention: Let's automate immigration policy
The Argument · Nov 14, 2025
Mention
Analysis
What Is Canada's Immigration Policy?
Council on Foreign Relations · Oct 17, 2025
Mention
The only way to reduce immigration's salience as a political problem is to make the system work better
Konrad Foundation · Oct 10, 2025
Interview
The Formula for Making Immigration Popular With American Voters
Reason Magazine · Oct 1, 2025
Essay
Do People Like Refugees more than Economic Immigrants?
Popular by Design · Sep 17, 2025
Analysis
"Why Don't You House Them Yourself?" — Because I Legally Can't
Popular by Design · Sep 3, 2025
Analysis
Why Skilled Migration Is Popular: It's Not What You Think
Popular by Design · Aug 18, 2025
Analysis
How to Win on Immigration: Targeted Policies That Benefit the Economy Can Counter Rising Populism
Foreign Affairs · Aug 12, 2025
Essay
Welcome to "Popular by Design": A newsletter about immigration policies that work
Popular by Design · Aug 8, 2025
Essay
Good Chat: How democracies can make immigration more popular
Good Authority · Jun 26, 2025
Podcast
Trump's popularity depends on the one thing he absolutely can't do
Vox · Jun 24, 2025
Mention
MPI-MMG in Dialogue: How Immigration can be made popular
Max Planck Institute · May 20, 2025
Interview
The Myth of the Xenophobic Voter
Columbia University Press Blog · May 19, 2025
Essay
Making Immigration Popular Ft. Alexander Kustov
The New Liberal Podcast · May 13, 2025
Podcast
Canada as a role model: How to make migration popular again in Germany
Sächsische Zeitung · May 9, 2025
Essay
Behold the Great American Immigration Thermostat
Laissez-faire, laissez-passer · May 6, 2025
Essay
Mention: Immigration, Deportations, and Trump's Popularity
The Atlantic · May 2025
Mention
Good to Know: Populism
Good Authority · Mar 21, 2025
Explainer
Germany's far-right party made huge gains in the 2025 elections
Good Authority · Feb 26, 2025
Analysis
The coming politics of population decline
Good Authority · Feb 10, 2025
Analysis
Can Trump manage immigration effectively – and not just reduce it?
Good Authority · Jan 21, 2025
Op-ed
Changing minds on immigration reform means changing voters' priorities, not just their positions
LSE Blog · Jan 17, 2025
Analysis
Better Policies, Not Preaching, Can Make Immigration Popular
Politics and Rights Review · Jan 15, 2025
Op-ed
Good to Know: The public is a thermostat
Good Authority · Jan 3, 2025
Explainer
Could immigration become popular among voters? Interview with Alexander Kustov
Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw · 2025
Interview
Managing the Immigration Paradox
Law Gazette · 2025
Mention
Make migration popular again! It can be done, says this researcher
De Correspondent · Nov 17, 2024
Interview
America's immigrant voters and the 2024 presidential election
Brookings · Nov 13, 2024
Mention
What does Trump's second term mean for immigration?
Good Authority · Nov 13, 2024
Analysis
Trump Says the Country Is 'Dying.' The Data Says Otherwise.
The New York Times · Oct 29, 2024
Mention
The U.S. immigration debate is a mess. It's different in Canada
Good Authority · Oct 14, 2024
Op-ed
Mention: The Great Immigration Public-Opinion Reversal
The Atlantic · Oct 2024
Mention
Voters care about issues, even lobstermen
Slow Boring · Aug 28, 2024
Mention
Good to Know: Issue importance in politics
Good Authority · Aug 26, 2024
Explainer
Good to Know: What is sociotropic voting?
Good Authority · Aug 13, 2024
Explainer
Two Opposing Developments That Changed American Politics
The New York Times · Aug 7, 2024
Mention
Why Americans have reversed their thinking on immigration
Good Authority · Jul 25, 2024
Analysis
Politicians on all sides campaign on restricting immigration
Good Authority · Jun 20, 2024
Analysis
Why some countries are less welcoming to international students
Good Authority · May 20, 2024
Analysis
Do Programmatic Pro-Immigration Reforms Ever Hurt Democracy?
Migration Policy Centre Blog · May 16, 2024
Analysis
How to Make Immigration Popular Through Demonstrably Beneficial Policies
Bipartisan Policy Center · May 7, 2024
Podcast
Good to Know: Public backlash
Good Authority · May 6, 2024
Explainer
Mention: Without Realising It, Britain Has Become a Nation of Immigrants
The Economist · Mar 18, 2024
Mention
How immigration could shape the elections of 2024
LSE Blog · Feb 19, 2024
Essay
The two sides of immigration backlash
Niskanen Center · Jan 3, 2024
Podcast
60 years of campaign speeches reveal why we'll hear more divisive rhetoric in 2024
3Streams · Jul 9, 2023
Essay
Persuading People on Immigration is Hard but Here's What Can be Done
Migration Policy Centre Blog · Jun 13, 2023
Analysis
Mention: British Voters Want More Immigrants but Less Immigration
The Economist · May 25, 2023
Mention
Mention: The Expiration of Title 42 Is a Reality Check
Politico · May 12, 2023
Mention
Mention: How the Far Right's Rise Has Made Europeans More Pro-Immigration
Financial Times · May 2023
Mention
Why pro-immigration advocates face a systematic disadvantage
3Streams · Oct 25, 2022
Essay
Immigration opponents are far more passionate than supporters
The Washington Post · Jul 14, 2022
Op-ed
Ethnic diversity as an outcome: the coevolution of state capacity and racial demography in Brazil
Broadstreet Blog · Mar 25, 2022
Analysis
Why immigration policy needs more enlightened nationalism
Center for Growth and Opportunity · Jan 10, 2022
Essay
Puerto Ricans voted to become the 51st U.S. state — again
The Washington Post · Nov 13, 2020
Op-ed
'Bloom where you're planted' or why people dislike (e)migration
ISPP Blog · Jun 22, 2020
Analysis
Mention: Trump's Racial Rhetoric Keeps Base Mobilized Through Repetition
USA Today · Aug 9, 2019
Mention
The Parochial Altruist: Why Voters Are Sceptical About Immigration
LSE Blog · Dec 18, 2018
Analysis
Does it Matter that People Overestimate the Number of Muslims in America?
Political Violence at a Glance · Dec 22, 2016
Analysis