Dr. Alarian's research makes uses of multiple large-N data sets, panel surveys, and experimental data. Examples of these data sources include: the European Social Survey (ESS), International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), Eurobarometer, General Social Survey (GSS), American National Election Studies (ANES), Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX), Maastrict Centre for Citizenship, Migration and Development (MACIMIDE) Global Dual Citizenship Database, the International Migration Database (IMD), and statistics from Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Populations Division, and the World Bank. 

Dr. Alarian also employed the GESIS German Panel Survey while visiting the EUROLAB in fall 2016. In addition to her dissertation, Dr. Alarian is in the process of collecting data on national identification and multicultural support through an IRB approved survey experiment, funded by the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD). 

Click through below to view examples of how Dr. Alarian uses global data to identify factors of integration ranging from individual to aggregate. All code available upon request.