Public engagement

My research engages with public and policy debates on migration, asylum, and European integration. This page collects my policy papers and outreach publications. For a detailed list of public contributions, see my CV.

For media requests, public talks, or advisory work, please email me.

Policy papers

• Trauner, F., Lutz, P., & Stutz, P. (November 2025) Towards a fairer EU asylum policy: Lessons from the Dublin system for the EU’s Solidarity Mechanism. Discussion Paper. Brussels: European Policy Centre.

• Bachelet, M. & Lutz, P. (August 2025) Europe’s divide on immigration: Making responsibility-sharing work. Policy Brief in a Nutshell 26. Neuchâtel: nccr on the move. Also available in French and German.

• Herrmann, M., Zogg, P., & Lutz, P. (February 2025) Analyse des Algorithmus und seiner Nutzung zur Verteilung der Asylsuchenden auf die Kantone. Report for the Swiss Parliamentary Administrative Control. Ostermundigen: PrivatePublicConsulting. [In German]

• Lutz, P., Solenthaler, N., & Sutter, N. (October 2020) Die Zirkulär-Bewilligung: Das brachliegende Potenzial der Drittstaatenmigration. foraus policy brief. Zurich. [In German]

• Brantschen, S., Lutz, P., Portmann, L., Faoro, N., & Wäspi, F. (February 2019) Swiss Refugee Partnership: Eine neue Zulassungspolitik im Schweizer Asylwesen. foraus Discussion Paper No. 38. Zurich/Geneva. [Summary in AsylNews, No. 3, September 2019]

• Lutz, P., Kaufmann, D., Stünzi, A., & Egli, S. (2017) Prisoners of the Dublin Dilemma: How to reform the Common European Asylum System? foraus Discussion Paper No. 32. Zurich/Geneva. [German version: Gefangen im Dublin-Dilemma, December 2016]

• Kaufmann, D. & Lutz, P. (February 2015) Gefangen im Nullsummenspiel: Eine Bewertung der MEI-Umsetzungsvorschläge. foraus Discussion Paper No. 23. Zurich/Geneva. [In German]

Short articles & blog posts

• Lutz, P. & Bachelet, M. (2026) Soll sich die Schweiz am EU-Solidaritätsmechanismus in der Asylpolitik beteiligen? DeFacto. (Also available in French.)

• Lutz, P., Trauner, F, & Stutz, P. (2026) The EU’s Dublin system is widely seen as unfair - but official statistics tell a different story LSE European Politics Blog.

• Lutz, P. & Bachelet, M. (2026) The new pact on migration and asylum: Political developments and implications for European responsibility-sharing. ASYL, 01/2026: 8–14.

• Lutz, P. & Bitschnau, M. (2026) Why we need to rethink what we know about public views on immigration. The Loop (ECPR), 20 January.

• Manser-Egli, S. & Lutz, P. (2025) Integration dispensation: Why immigrants face stronger social norms. Blog post nccr on the move, 3 November. (Reposts on DeFacto)

• Manser-Egli, S. & Lutz, P. (2025) Voor immigranten gelden strengere sociale normen Sociale Vraagstukken.

• Lutz, P. (2025) Niederlassung statt Mobilität: Der Fehlanreiz restriktiver Einwanderungspolitik., Terra cognita - Schweizer Zeitschrift zu Integration und Migration. Migration und Mobilität weiterdenken: Perspektiven aus der Forschung, Ausgabe 41.

• Rausis, F., Bachelet, M., & Lutz, P. (2024) UN refugee agencies: Vulnerable funding structures and a looming legitimacy crisis. Forced Migration Review, 74.

• Bachelet, M., Rausis, F. & Lutz, P. (2024) Defunding UNRWA: What is at stake? Blog post DeFacto,2.December 2024. Published in English, French and German.

• Lutz, P. & Lavenex, S. (2024) Switzerland comes to terms with being a country of immigration. Migration Information Source, Migration Policy Institute, 18 September.

• Lutz, P. (2024) The Politics of Free Movement: What Have We Learned? Blog post nccr on the move.

• Bachelet, M. & Lutz, P. (2024) A new pact on migration and asylum: What changes for responsibility-sharing in the European Union? Blog post nccr on the move, 28 February.

• Lavenex, S, Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, P. & Lutz, P. (2023) What have trade agreements to do with migration policy? Blog post Migration Policy Center (European University Institute)

• Lutz, P. (2021) How the 2015 migration crisis shaped the bordering preferences of EU citizens. LSE EUROPP, 25 February.

• Lutz, P. (2020) Personenfreizügigkeit in der Krise? Blog post nccr on the move. Repost on DeFacto & Public talk

• Lutz, P. & Bitschnau, M. (2020) Why most people are wrong about immigration Article in Routed Migration and (Im)mobility Magazine.

• Stünzi, A., Kaufmann, D., Lutz, P. & Manser-Egli, S. (2019) SWie kann die europäische Asylpolitik reformiert werden? Terra cognita - Schweizer Zeitschrift zu Integration und Migration: Asylpolitische Perspektiven, Ausgabe 35.

• Lutz, P. & Manser-Egli, S. (2019) [*Schengen-Dublin als öffentliches Gut eines integrierten Europas(https://nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/schengen-dublin-als-offentliches-gut-eines-integrierten-europas/) Blog post nccr on the move, 17.Mai 2019.

• Lutz, P. (2017) Warum Heimat nach Gestaltung statt Konservierung verlangt (Blog post philosophie.ch, 28.Juni 2017).

• Lutz, P. (2017) Wie Migranten Muslime wurden Islam in der Schweiz, Bulletin der Schweizerischen Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften 2/2017.