Publications

Books & Book Chapters

• Refle, J.-E., Burton-Jeangros, C. & Jackson, Y. (2024). Becoming visible. The effect of regularization on undocumented workers. EPFL Press.
• Refle, J.-E., Burton-Jeangros, C. & Jackson, Y. (2024). Sichtbar werden. Wenn Sans-Papiers regularisiert werden. EPFL Press.
• Refle, J.-E., Burton-Jeangros, C. & Jackson, Y. (2024). Sortir de la clandestinité. Les conséquences de la régularisation des travailleurs sans-papiers. EPFL Press.
• Burton-Jeangros,C. ; Consoli,L ; Refle J.-E. ; Jackson Y. (2024). Pandémie de COVID-19 et travailleurs sans papiers à Genève : les traces au cours du temps des mesures liées à la crise sanitaire, Burton-Jeangros,C. ;Jackson, Y. ;  Racapé,J. ;  Raynault, M.-F. & A. Rea (Eds.) : Les inégalités sociales et de santé . Gestion de la crise de la Covid-19 à Bruxelles, Genève et Montréal, Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles.

Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals

• Refle, J.-E, Lauener, L. & Lindholm, A. (2026) Representativeness and mode effects in the Swiss Election Study (Selects): are paper surveys still relevant? Swiss Political Science Review, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spsr.70026
• Refle, J.-E.(2026) Recovery after crisis: short term recovery and long-term consequences on stress and depression. Discov Public Health 23, 919 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-026-01914-1
• Refle, J.-E., Elezovic, A.S., Burton-Jeangros, C., Jackson, Y. (2025) Non-state regulators? Civil Society as extension of the State in a context of cross-sectoral policy coordination, European Policy Analysis, https://doi.org/10.1002/epa2.70012
• Burton-Jeangros, C., Refle, J.-E., Fakhoury, J., Consoli, L, & Jackson, Y. (2025). The impact of legal status regularization on men and women's well-being. Social Indicators Research (SOCI), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-025-03654-2
• Refle, J.-E., Jackson, Y., Burton-Jeangros, C. (2025). Resilience among undocumented migrants. An analysis of the likelihood to participate in a panel study among undocumented migrants amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 62. https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958025132437
• Cullati, S., Fakhoury, J., Refle, J.-E., Consoli, L., Jackson,Y. & Burton-Jeangros, C. (2025). Do reserves protect against anxiety and depression when migrants are exposed to a stressful life transition? Cohort study of undocumented migrants underdoing regularization, In: Scientific report, 2025, vol. 15, p. 6572. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-86210-9
• Refle J-E (2025) Editorial: Methods in political science – Innovation & developments. Front. Polit. Sci. 7:1753271. doi: 10.3389/fpos.2025.1753271
• Lenko M., Refle J.-E., Burton-Jeangros C., Fakhoury J., Consoli L., Jackson Y. (2024) Migrant work conditions and health status – a longitudinal perspective on dirty work among undocumented and newly regularized workers, Journal of International Migration and Integration, 10.1007/s12134-024-01182-5
• Tenorio-Mucha, J., Jeffries-Tolksdorf, C., Burton-Jeangros, C.; Refle, J.-E.; Jackson, Y. (2024). Social determinants of the healthcare needs of undocumented migrants living with noncommunicable diseases: a scoping review. BMJ Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2023-000810
• Duvoisin, A., Refle, J.-E., Burton-Jeangros, C., Consoli, L., Fakhoury, J. and  Jackson, Y. (2023). Recruitment and attrition for panel surveys of vulnerable populations. Field Methods, 10.1177/1525822X231210415   
• Refle J.-E., Fakhoury J., Burton-Jeangros C., Consoli L., Jackson Y.  (2023) Impact of legal status regularization on undocumented migrants’ health and mental health in Switzerland, Social Science & Medecine, Population Health, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101398
• Klaas, H., Kuhn, U., Refle, J.-E., Ryser, V.-A., Tillmann, R. & Voorpostel, M. (2023). A Dynamic Perspective on the Evolution of Perceived Stress Levels in Switzerland – drivers Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies. 10.1332/175795921X16710561568710

• Hagose, M.,Burton-Jeangros, C., Fakhoury,J., Consoli,L., Refle, J.-E., Jackson, Y.(2023). Working Conditions and Self-Reported Health Among Undocumented and Newly Regularized Migrants in Geneva: A Cross-Sectional Study,International Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2023.1606394
• Refle, J.-E. (2022). Framing democracy – Organizational perspectives on democracy in post-2011 Tunisia. British Journal for Middle Eastern Studies, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2022.2160304.
• Refle, J.-E. (2022). Measuring democracy among ordinary citizens - challenges to studying democratic ideals, Frontiers in political science, DOI: 10.3389/fpos.2022.934996.
• Refle, J.-E. (2022).Old civil society networks and their role for the Tunisian political landscape, Middle East Law and Governance, published online:https://brill.com/view/journals/melg/aop/article-10.1163-18763375-20221319/article-10.1163-18763375-20221319.xml
• Refle, J.-E.; Fischer, M. and Maggetti, M. (2022), Informal Europeanization Processes and Domestic Governance Networks, European Policy Analysis, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/epa2.1138
• Kuhn,U. Lipps, O., Klaas, H.S., Antal, E., Dasoki, N., Lebert,F., Monsch, G.-A., Refle, J.-E., Ryser, V.-A., Tillmann, R. and Voorpostel, M. (2020). Who is most affected by the Corona crisis? An analysis of changes in stress and well-being in Switzerland, European Societies, 10.1080/14616696.2020.1839671
• Refle, J.-E.- (2019). Ein tunesisches Erfolgsmodell? Einflussnahme von Bewegungen auf den tunesischen Staat, Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen (FJSB 2019); vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 234–247, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fjsb-2019-0028

Science Communication/Reports/Blogposts

• Refle, J.-E. (2025) What the small country Tunisia teaches us about democratic backsliding in the U.S. – and what not, defacto, https://www.defacto.expert/2025/04/02/what-the-small-country-tunisia-teaches-us-about-democratic-backsliding-in-the-u-s-and-what-not/?lang=en
• Refle, J-E., Burton-Jeangros, C. & Jackson, Y. (2025). The Role of Local Contexts and Arrangements: A Response to Piccoli & Perna (2024). Migration Policy Center, EUI, https://migrationpolicycentre.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/MPC-DILEMMA-The-Role-of-Local-Contexts-and-Arrangements.-A-Response-to-Piccoli.pdf
• Burton-Jeangros,C. ; Consoli,L ; Refle J.-E. ; Jackson Y. (2025). Vulnerabilization of Migrant Workers During Crises, NCCR Blog, https://nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/vulnerabilization-of-migrant-workers-during-crises/
• Refle, J-E., Burton-Jeangros, C. & Jackson, Y. (2024). Travailleurs sans-papiers : la régularisation améliore la sécurité sociale, Sécurité Sociale CHSS, Office fédéral des assurances sociales, https://sozialesicherheit.ch/fr/travailleurs-sans-papiers-la-regularisation-ameliore-la-securite-sociale/
• Ferro-Luzzi, G., Refle, J-E., Burton-Jeangros, C., & Jackson, Y. (2023). La régularisation des travailleurs sans-papiers dans le canton de Genève. Social Change in Switzerland, N°36. doi: 10.22019/SC-2023-00007
• Burton-Jeangros, C., Jackson, Y., Refle, J.-E. , Consoli, L., Fakhoury, J. (2023). De la clandestinité à la régularisation: espoirs et ambivalences dans les trajectoires de femmes migrantes sans-papiers, Law Clinic-10 ans, UNIGE, pp.46-51.
• Refle, J.-E. (2022). Eine Demokratie auf Abruf – Tunesiens Warten auf Reformen, defacto, available at : https://www.defacto.expert/2022/04/27/eine-demokratie-auf-abruf-tunesiens-warten-auf-reformen/
• Klaas, H. S., Kuhn U., Refle, J.-E., Voorpostel, M., Ryser V.-A., Dasoki, N., & Tillmann, R. (2021). L’évolution du stress en Suisse – la première vague de la pandémie, une pause pour les personnes stressées. Social Change in Switzerland, N°26. doi: 10.22019/SC-2021-00003
• Refle, J.-E., Voorpostel, M., Lebert, F., Kuhn, U., Klaas, H.S., Ryser, V.-A., Dasoki, N., Monsch, G.-A., Antal, E., & Tillmann, R. (2020). First results of the Swiss Household Panel – Covid-19 Study. FORS Working Paper Series, paper 2020-1. Lausanne: FORS. Doi: 10.24440/FWP-2020-00001

• Voorpostel, M., Tillmann, R, Lebert, F., Kuhn, U., Lipps, O., Ryser, V.-A., Antal, E., Monsch, G.-A., Dasoki, N.,Klaas, H.S.& Refle, J.-E.(2020). Swiss Household Panel Covid-19 Study User Guide, September 2020. Lausanne: FORS.
• Borduas, G.; Braulin, M.; Goin, E.; Gorgoni, M. ; Martínez, D. ; Michel, A. ; Müller, É.; Reveilhac, M.; Vidal Kränzlin, C.; Refle, J.-E. and Marquis, L. (2018). Le populisme à l’assaut de l’Europe.Le succès électoral des partis populistes entre crise de confiance, globalisation et clivages de valeurs, Les Cahiers de l’IEPHI, IEPHI Working Paper Series, no. 71, available at: https://www.unil.ch/iephi/home/menuinst/publications/les-cahiers-de-liephi.html
• van Baal , P. ; Finger, M. ; Fischer, M., Maggetti, M., Morger, L. ; Pflieger, G. and Refle, J.-E. (2019). The Swiss energy transition and the relationship with Europe. Complementary study, NRP70 Energy Turnaround / NRP71 Managing Energy Consumption
• (Doctoral Thesis) Refle, Jan-Erik (2019). Civil Society and Democratic Framing in Tunisia, (available at: https://serval.unil.ch/resource/serval:BIB_3F44A9F93F05.P003/REF.pdf)
• Refle, J.-E. (2018) Dezentralisierung oder demokratische Frustration ? Kommunalwahlen in Tunesien, defacto, available at : https://www.defacto.expert/2018/05/04/dezentralisierung-oder-demokratische-frustration-kommunalwahlen-in-tunesien/
• Filliau M., Haltiti A., Herczeg A., La Ragione L., Marchon R., Noez B., Wannakula Aratchilage M., Wu Y., Refle J.-E., Marquis L. (2016). Immigration, sécurité et comportement électoral : les Européens face aux crises économique, migratoire et sécuritaire, Les Cahiers de l'IEPHI/ IEPHI Working Paper Series, no.66, available at : https://www.unil.ch/iephi/home/menuinst/publications/les-cahiers-de-liephi.html

Book reviews

• Refle, J. E. (2026). The sciences of the democracies: edited by Jean-Paul Gagnon, Benjamin Abrams, Hans Asenbaum, Andreas Avgousti, Rikki Dean, Gergana Dimova, Peter Donkor, Erica Dorn, Anna Drake, Dannica Fleuß, Brigitte Geissel, Agustín Goenaga, Petra Guasti, Zheng Guo, Alexander Hudson, Marcin Kaim, Eva Krick, Kathleen McCrudden Illert, John B. Min, Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach, Leonardo Morlino, Kei Nishiyama, Remi Chukwudi Okeke, Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann, Lucy J Parry, Markus Pausch, Patricia Roberts-Miller, Ernesto Cruz Ruiz, Shannon Song, Toralf Stark, Tom Theuns, Laurence Whitehead, London, UCL Press, 2025, xxi + 167pp., 25$ (Paperback), ISBN 9781800089044. (book review)  Democratization, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2025.2570814
• Refle, J.-E. (2024). Gumuscu, Sebnem. 2023. Democracy or Authoritarianism: Islamist Governments in Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia (book review). Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12286-024-00615-w
• Refle, J.-E. (2018). Workers and thieves. Labor movements and popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt (Book Review), in: Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social and Political Protest, vol 17, no.4, 2018,DOI 10.1080/14742837.2018.1560256
• Refle, J.-E. (2018) Networks in contention. The divisive politics of climate (Book Review), in: Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social and Political Protest, 2018, DOI 10.1080/14742837.2018.1434502
• Refle, J.-E. (2016) Youth and revolution in Tunisia (Book Review). Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social and Political Protest, 2016, DOI 10.1080/14742837.2016.1150162
• Refle, J.-E. (2016) What is a Social Movement? (Book Review). Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social and Political Protest, vol15, no.2, pp. 244-245, 201, DOI 10.1080/14742837.2015.1027765

Data

• Jackson, Y.-L. J., Burton-Jeangros, C., Duvoisin, A., Refle, J.-E., Consoli, L., & Fakhoury, J. (2024). Parchemins study: impact of legal status change on undocumented migrants’ health and well-being (Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. FORS data service. https://doi.org/10.48573/fys6-br62
• Refle, J.-E.(2023). Democratic ideals (1.0.0) [Dataset]. FORS data service. https://doi.org/10.48573/s0pr-3k16