Publications
"Natural disasters and redistributive demands: evidence from a major earthquake" Accepted at Socio-economic Review. [Author Accepted Manuscript]
Meierrieks, D. & Pañeda-Fernández, I. (2026). Do climate conditions in origin shape return migration intentions? Evidence from a survey of West Africans in Germany" with Daniel Meierrieks. International Migration, 64(3), 1-16.
Coverage: WZB News
Pañeda-Fernández, I., Kamphorst, J., van de Rijt, A., Battu, B. (2025) "The relevance of fairness perceptions for redistributive preferences increases with income", Social Science Research, 134.
Pañeda-Fernández, I., & Meierrieks, D. (2025). Climate disasters and individual migration aspirations: evidence from Senegal and the Gambia. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-27.
Coverage: eldiario.es
Gil-Hernández, C., Pañeda-Fernández, I., Salazar, L., Castaño, J. (2024) "Teacher Bias in Assessment by Student Ascribed Status: A Factorial Experiment on Discrimination and Cultural Reproduction", Sociological Science, 11, 743-776.
Coverage: El Confidencial (newspaper), eldiario.es (newspaper), Cadena SER (radio), La Sexta (TV), abc (newspaper)
Pañeda-Fernández, I. (2022) "Natural Disasters and Preferences for Redistribution: The Impact of Collective and Abrupt Disruptions." European Sociological Review, 38(4), 575-589.
Winner of the 2023 "Best article of the year" prize granted jointly by the European Consortium of Sociological Research (ECSR) and the European Sociological Review
Working Papers
Pañeda-Fernández, I. (2026). "The gendered cost of staying: how gender inequality shapes female migration". [Working Paper]
Presented at MESS 2025, ECSR 2026, EPSS 2026, INAS 2026
Pañeda-Fernández, I. (2026). "Attributional processes and perceived discrimination: the case of West Africans in Germany". Draft available upon request.
Presented at INAS 2025, CEPDISC 2025, In_equality conference 2026
Pañeda-Fernández, I. (2026). How do colonial legacies shape expected and perceived discrimination in Europe? Evidence from surveys in Senegal, the Gambia, and Germany. Draft available upon request.
Selected work in progress
"Representing the nation: merit, ethnoreligious boundaries, and the stakes of symbolic inclusion" (with Anna Skarpelis and Berenike Firestone). Status: data collection in August 2026.
"Climate change, migration aspirations, and policy attitudes: an experiment in northern Morocco" (with Daniel Meierrieks and Tamara Bogatzki). Status: pre-analysis plan in preparation, data collection scheduled in late 2026.
"Family histories of migration and attitudes toward Sub-Saharan African migrants in Morocco" (with Daniel Meierrieks and Tamara Bogatzki). Status: pre-analysis plan in preparation, data collection scheduled in late 2026.
"Violent colonial legacies and (im)mobility aspirations in northern Morocco". Status: pre-analysis plan in preparation, data collection scheduled in late 2026.
"The cultural transmission of (im)mobility: the slave trades and present-day migration processes in Africa". Status: data analysis.
"Gendered perceptions of success? How migrant role models shape migration processes" (with Julia Stier). Status: data analysis.