Publications

Book

In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular (Columbia University Press, 2025)

• Best Dissertation Award, APSA Migration and Citizenship Section (Honorable Mention)

Peer-reviewed Publications

20. Kustov, Alexander and Yaoyao Dai. 2025 (Registered Report Accepted-in-Principle). What is Populism Good for? An Experimental Test of Mobilization Effects. Research & Politics.

19. Dennison, James and Alexander Kustov. 2025. Public Belief in the “Great Replacement Theory”. International Migration Review. (final draft) (online appendix)

18. Pardelli, Giuliana and Alexander Kustov. 2025. More Turnover, Less Turnout? Domestic Migration and Political Participation across Communities. British Journal of Political Science. (final draft) (online appendix) (replication materials)

17. Kustov, Alexander and Michelangelo Landgrave. 2025. Immigration is Difficult?! Informing Voters About Immigration Policy Fosters Pro-immigration Views. Journal of Experimental Political Science. (final draft) (OSF pre-print) (replication materials)

16. Kustov, Alexander. 2024. Beyond Changing Minds: Raising the Issue Importance of Expanding Legal Immigration. Perspectives on Politics. (final draft) (OSF pre-print) (replication materials)

15. Kustov, Alexander and Giuliana Pardelli. 2024. Beyond Diversity: The Role of State Capacity in Fostering Social Cohesion in Brazil. World Development. 180: 106625. (final draft)

14. Dai, Yaoyao and Alexander Kustov. 2024. (In)effectiveness of Populism: A Conjoint Experiment of Campaign Messages. Political Science Research and Methods. 12 (4): 849-856. (final draft) (online appendix) (replication materials)

• Mentions: The Loop

13. Dennison, James and Alexander Kustov. 2023. The Reverse Backlash: How the Success of Populist Radical Right Parties Relates to More Positive Immigration Attitudes. Public Opinion Quarterly. 87 (4): 1013–1024. (final draft) (replication materials)

• Mentions: Financial Times, Die Presse, Nepszava, Politico, Economist, Niskanen Center, Good Authority, The Conversation

12. Kustov, Alexander. 2023. Testing the Backlash Argument: Voter Responses to (Pro-)Immigration Reforms. Journal of European Public Policy. 30 (6): 1183-1203. (final draft) (replication materials)

• Mentions: De Correspondent, Niskanen Center, Bipartisan Policy Center, Good Authority

11. Kustov, Alexander. 2023. Do Anti-immigration Voters Care More? Documenting the Issue Importance Asymmetry of Immigration Attitudes. British Journal of Political Science. 53 (2): 796-805. (final draft) (online appendix) (replication materials)

• Mentions: Washington Post, Die Welt, Inkstick Media, 3Streams, Institute for Public Policy Research, Economist

10. Santiago, Abdiel, Alexander Kustov, and Ali A. Valenzuela. 2023. In the Shadow of the Stars and Stripes: Testing the Malleability of U.S. Support for Puerto Rican Statehood. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. 33 (3), 343-353. (final draft)

• Mentions: Washington Post

9. Dennison, James, Alexander Kustov, and Andrew Geddes. 2023. Public Attitudes to Immigration in the Aftermath of COVID-19: Little Change in Policy Preferences, Big Drops in Issue Salience. International Migration Review. 57 (2): 557-577. (SSRN draft) (final draft)

• Mentions: Mixed Migration Centre, European Parliament

8. Pardelli, Giuliana and Alexander Kustov. 2022. When Coethnicity Fails. World Politics. 74 (2): 249-284. (APSA pre-print) (final draft) (replication materials)

7. Dai, Yaoyao and Alexander Kustov. 2022. When Do Politicians Use Populist Rhetoric? Populism as a Campaign Gamble. Political Communication. 39 (3): 383-404. (final draft) (replication materials)

• Mentions: 3Streams

6. Kustov, Alexander. 2022. ‘Bloom where you’re planted’: explaining public opposition to (e)migration. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 48 (5): 1113-1132. (final draft)

• Best Paper Award in Migration/Nationalism, Association for the Study of Nationalities

5. Kustov, Alexander, Dillon Laaker, and Cassidy Reller. 2021. The Stability of Immigration Attitudes: Evidence and Implications. Journal of Politics. 83 (4): 1478-1494. (SSRN draft) (final draft) (replication materials)

• Mentions: Washington Post, Politico, USA Today, Center for Global Development, Social Market Foundation, International Organization for Migration, The Migration Observatory, International Republican Institute, Resolution Foundation, International Centre for Migration Policy Development, European Parliament, European Parliament II, 3Streams, Bipartisan Policy Center

4. Kustov, Alexander. 2021. Borders of Compassion: Immigration Preferences and Parochial Altruism. Comparative Political Studies. 54 (3-4): 445–481. (final draft) (replication materials)

• Best Paper Award, APSA Migration and Citizenship Section (Honorable Mention)
• Mentions: Overseas Development Institute, Institute for Progress, Bipartisan Policy Center

3. Kustov, Alexander. 2019. Is There a Backlash Against Immigration from Richer Countries? International Hierarchy and the Limits of Group Threat. Political Psychology. 40 (5): 973-1000. (final draft)

• Naomi C. Turner Prize for Best Paper, World Association for Public Opinion Research

2. Kustov, Alexander, and Giuliana Pardelli. 2018. Ethnoracial Homogeneity and Public Outcomes: The (Non)effects of Diversity. American Political Science Review. 112 (4): 1096-1103. (final draft) (replication materials)

1. Kustov, Alexander. 2017. How Ethnic Structure Affects Civil Conflict: A Model of Endogenous Ethnic Grievance. Conflict Management and Peace Science. 34 (6): 660–679. (final draft) (replication materials)

• RAM Prize for Best Thesis in Social Sciences, University of Mannheim