Public engagement
My research engages with public and policy debates on migration, asylum, and European integration through public talks, think-tank work, policy advocacy, and media commentary. It has been featured in outlets including SRF, Tagesanzeiger, Le Temps, NZZ, Die Zeit, SwissInfo, EurActiv, EUobserver and The Telegraph.
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 · Op-ed (NZZ)
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. PDF
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. & Bitschnau, M. (2022) Misperceptions drive immigration politics and undermine democracy. The Loop.
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) Wie 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 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.
Public events
Medien-Dialog Migration (20. August 2025): Der EU-Migrations- und Asylpakt: Was die Reform bezweckt, wie sie umgesetzt wird und was sich konkret verändert
Mit Philipp Lutz, Adriana Romer und Maud Bachelet, moderiert von Natalie Avanzino.
Abstimmungsdebatte (27.08.2020): Zahlen und Analysen über aktuelle Migrationsbewegungen in und aus der Schweiz
Podiumsdiskussion mit Jonathan Zufferey, Sarah Progin-Theuerkauf, Ensar Can, Philipp Lutz, moderiert von Simone Prodolliet.