Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Hammoud-Gallego, Omar, Roberto S. Foa, Xavier Romero-Vidal. (2025). News Cycles and Satisfaction with Democracy: How the Pandemic Short-Circuited Media Polarisation, British Journal of Political Science; 55: e49.

• Mcgovern, Patrick, Eiko Thielemann and Omar Hammoud-Gallego. (2025). The return of the state: how European governments regulate labour market competition from migrant workers. Comparative Migration Studies 13, 13.

• Hammoud-Gallego, O. (2024). ‘The short-term effects of visa restrictions on migrants’ legal status and well-being: A difference-in-differences approach on Venezuelan displacement’, World Development, 182, 106709.

• Hammoud-Gallego, Omar & Luisa Feline Freier. (2023) ‘Symbolic Refugee Protection: Explaining Latin America’s Liberal Refugee Laws’, American Political Science Review, 117(2), 454-473.

  • Best Paper Award, APSA Migration and Citizenship Section (Honorable Mention) 2024.

• Hammoud-Gallego, O. (2022) ‘A Liberal Region in a World of Closed Borders? The Liberalization of Asylum Policies in Latin America, 1990–2020’, International Migration Review, 56(1), pp. 63–96.

  • Best Paper Award on Latin America from the European Consortium for Political Research 2019.

Book Chapters

• Fernandez-Rodriguez, Nieves, Luisa Feline Freier, and Omar Hammoud-Gallego. (2020). Importancia y Limitaciones de Las Normas Juridícas Para El Estudio de La Politica Migratoria En América Latina. In Abordajes Sociojurídicos Contemporáneos para el Estudio de las Migraciones Internacionales., ed. Luciana Gandini. Mexico, D.F.: SUDIMER UNAM. ISBN: 978-607-30-3880-5

Articles Under Review

• Hammoud-Gallego, Omar, Luisa Feline Freier and Mathias Poertner. Restricted Entry, Limited Lives: The Lasting Impact of Entry Visas on Migrant Flows and Integration in the Global South. Under Review at American Journal of Political Science (16/12/25).

• Lawall, K., Omar Hammoud-Gallego, Miguel Pereira, Denise Baron. Women Politicians’ Networks Reduce the Gender Gap in Political Retention: Evidence from a Field Experiment and Elite Interviews. Under Review at British Journal of Political Science (16/12/25).

Working Papers

• Hammoud-Gallego, O., José Morales-Arilla, Diego Martin and Alvaro Morales. Not All Migrants: Geographic Origins and the Tren de Aragua’s Regional Spread.

• Hammoud-Gallego, Omar, Katharina Lawall and Miguel Pereira. Homeowners in Office and Housing Policy.

Reports

• Hammoud-Gallego, O., Lawall, K., McRae, I. Bulat, A. (2024). Mind The (Representation) Gap: How London's councillors reflect the diversity of its population, Migrant Democracy Project & LSE: London, UK.

• Hammoud-Gallego, O., Lawall, K., McRae, I. Bulat, A. (2024). The Challenge of Being a Politician: How local councillors in London experience their role as elected officials, Migrant Democracy Project & LSE: London, UK.

• Bulat. A. and Omar Hammoud-Gallego, 2023, Does your local council reflect the diversity of its population? A pilot diversity survey in the London Borough of Camden, Migrant Democracy Project: London, UK.

• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2022, Corruption in Ghana – People’s Experiences and Views. Vienna [Co-author]

• Hammoud-Gallego, O., Lawall, K., McRae, I., Moise, R., Wanga, S., & Bulat, A. ,2021, London Voices: the journey to full participation. the3million (Young Europeans Network): London, UK.

Academic Book Reviews

• Hammoud Gallego, O. (2022), Liliana Lyra, Jubilut, Marcia Vera, Espinoza, Gabriela, Mezzanotti. 2021. Latin America and Refugee Protection: Regimes, Logics and Challenges. Berghahn Books: New York. pp. 434. . Int Migr, 60: 234-237. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13036