Alexander Kustov is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Political Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He studies democratic governance and public opinion with a focus on managing immigration and ethnic tensions in high-income countries. His book "In Our Interest: How to Make Immigration Popular" (Columbia University Press) examines under what conditions most people would accept more open immigration policies.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 528 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9361-8739 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/akoustov/ | |
| X/Twitter | https://twitter.com/akoustov |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexander-Kustov |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Migration policy and law
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
Methods
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Quantitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
Roles
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University, Charlotte, United States
Assistant Professor -
Yale University
University, New Haven, United States
Postdoctoral Associate
Research
Beyond Diversity: The Role of State Capacity in Fostering Social Cohesion in Brazil
| Authors | Alexander Kustov, Giuliana Pardelli |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | World Development |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The (in)effectiveness of populist rhetoric: a conjoint experiment of campaign messaging
| Authors | Yaoyao Dai, Alexander Kustov |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Political Science Research and Methods |
In the shadow of the stars and stripes: testing the malleability of U.S. support for Puerto Rican statehood
| Authors | Abdiel Santiago, Alexander Kustov, Ali A. Valenzuela |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties |
Do Anti-immigration Voters Care More? Documenting the Issue Importance Asymmetry of Immigration Attitudes
| Authors | Alexander Kustov |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | British Journal of Political Science |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Testing the backlash argument: voter responses to (pro-)immigration reforms
| Authors | Alexander Kustov |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Journal of European Public Policy |
When Coethnicity Fails
| Authors | Giuliana Pardelli, Alexander Kustov |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | World Politics |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
When Do Politicians Use Populist Rhetoric? Populism as a Campaign Gamble
| Authors | Yaoyao Dai, Alexander Kustov |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Political Communication |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Reproduction of 'Changing Tides: Public Attitudes on Climate Migration'
| Authors | Alexander Kustov |
| Year | 2022 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Stability of Immigration Attitudes: Evidence and Implications
| Authors | Alexander Kustov, Dillon Laaker, Cassidy Reller |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | The Journal of Politics |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Borders of Compassion: Immigration Preferences and Parochial Altruism
| Authors | Alexander Kustov |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Comparative Political Studies |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
‘Bloom where you’re planted’: explaining public opposition to (e)migration
| Authors | Alexander Kustov |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
Is There a Backlash Against Immigration From Richer Countries? International Hierarchy and the Limits of Group Threat
| Authors | Alexander Kustov |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Political Psychology |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Ethnoracial Homogeneity and Public Outcomes: The (Non)effects of Diversity
| Authors | ALEXANDER KUSTOV, GIULIANA PARDELLI |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | American Political Science Review |
How ethnic structure affects civil conflict: A model of endogenous grievance
| Authors | Alexander Kustov |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Conflict Management and Peace Science |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Beyond Changing Minds: Raising the Issue Importance of Expanding Legal Immigration
| Authors | Alexander Kustov |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Seat Safety and Female (Under)representation in the U.S. Congress
| Authors | Akhil Rajan, Alexander Kustov, Maikol Cerda, ... |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
More Turnover, Less Turnout? Domestic Migration and Political Participation Across Communities
| Authors | Giuliana Pardelli, Alexander Kustov |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal Name | British Journal of Political Science |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Reverse Backlash: How the Success of Populist Radical Right Parties Relates to More Positive Immigration Attitudes
| Authors | James Dennison, Alexander Kustov |
| Year | 2023 |
| Citations (WoS) | 1 |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Public Attitudes to Immigration in the Aftermath of COVID-19: Little Change in Policy Preferences, Big Drops in Issue Salience
| Authors | James Dennison, Alexander Kustov, Andrew Geddes |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | International Migration Review |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |