Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT)

The Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT) is an online observatory committed to fact-based and non-partisan analysis of citizenship laws and electoral rights around the world. We are a global research network based at the European University Institute as part of the Global Governance Programme at the Robert Schuman Centre. Learn more about us, or stay up to date by subscribing to our newsletter. Also check out the Global State of Citizenship Report, 2025.

Announcements

Call for Papers, CITREST Restitutive Citizenship and the Right to Return: Historical Justice, Spatiality, and the Boundaries of Belonging, Abstract 30th of September 2026

GLOBALCIT Publications

Country Report: Citizenship in Kuwait

Working Paper: Thickening European Union citizenship out of thin air : from Rottmann to Commission v Malta

New literature

Exclusive capital: how Ghanaian return migrants value dual citizenship
Exclusive capital: how Ghanaian return migrants value dual citizenship
Julia Schweers, Exclusive capital: how Ghanaian return migrants value dual citizenship, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2026.
Proportionality of terrorism-based deprivation ofcitizenship under the ECHR
Proportionality of terrorism-based deprivation ofcitizenship under the ECHR
Emil Śliwiński, Proportionality of terrorism-based deprivation of citizenship under the ECHR, The International Journal of Human Rights, 2026.
Russia’s Instrumentalization of Citizenship: A Study of the 2023 Citizenship Law
Russia’s Instrumentalization of Citizenship: A Study of the 2023 Citizenship Law
Vanessa Ruget, Russia’s Instrumentalization of Citizenship: A Study of the 2023 Citizenship Law, Nationalities Papers, 2026.

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