Department for Migration and Globalisation

📣 Postdoc vacancy! I am looking for a qualitative postdoc (3 years, 100%) to join my ERC project #RESTATE (Refugees’ Political Participation and State-(Re)Making in Displacement, 85%) and my project #SYREALITY (Syrian Imaginations of Europe meet Reality, 15%) starting preferably on 1 January 2026.

🔎 #RURALITIC historians and sociologists traced the changing #rural landscapes of the 19th and 20th centuries during the workshop - Transformations of the rural world from a socio-historical perspective - on 30 June.

💡Curious about the takeaways?
www.ruralitic.eu/new/revisiti...

#HorizonEU

🔍 New Data Portal on Irregular Migration 🔎

📊 Estimates (2008–2023) for 20 countries in Europe, North America & North Africa
🌍 Interactive map & country profiles
📖 Key findings, publications & full dataset
🔗 Explore the MIrreM Data Portal: irregularmigration.eu/data-portal/

Circular and Return Migration Management Continuing education program | 1 sem. part-time - gain knowledge in planning and implementation of programs to promote return migration.

🌍 Join our info session on the part-time program Circular & Return Migration Management, starting November 2025 with a Middle East focus.

📅 July 30, 4 PM (CEST)
🤝 In partnership with Munich Forum for Dialogue & @jasminldiab.bsky.social
🎓 Scholarships available
ℹ️ www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/studies/c...

🔍 Learn more about the project and explore all resources: donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

#MigrationPolicy #GovernanceThroughFunding #MigFund
#EUfunding #MigrationGovernance @fwf-at.bsky.social sky.social @unikrems.bsky.social

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💶 New on scilog:
How does EU funding shape migration policy? The project MigFund reveals a growing focus on border control and externalization.

🗃️ The research is led by political scientist Federica Zardo (@federicazardo.bsky.social).

📖 Read more: scilog.fwf.ac.at/en/magazine/...

Yesterday was World #RuralDevelopment Day!

📣And what better way to mark the occasion than by announcing the launch of the #RURALITIC website?

Curious about the project's main objectives and more?

🔗Visit now & bookmark the website so you don't miss any updates: www.ruralitic.eu

#HorizonEU

📣 New on the Meth@Mig blog: @josefneubauer.bsky.social reflects on fieldwork & fieldlife in Nepal— more than six months of research, insights, and lessons from Kathmandu, Barpak & Inaruwa. A instuctive look at doing research and living it.

www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo...

#MigrationResearch

Anna Triandafyllidou (CERC in Migration & Integration, @researchtmu.bsky.social) & Blanca Garcés Mascareñas (@cidobbarcelona.bsky.social), Alejandra Rodríguez Sánchez (@unipotsdam.bsky.social) & @albertkraler.bsky.social (@unikrems.bsky.social, @demigkrems.bsky.social)

Laura Peitz (@bamf.de), Michele LeVoy (@picumofficial.bsky.social), Amparo González Ferrer (Spanish Government), Ann Singleton (@bristoluni.bsky.social), @jasmijnslootjes.bsky.social (@migrationpolicy.bsky.social), Maegan Hendow (@icmpd.org),

Together with Michail Moschovokos (@ec.europa.eu - Research and Innovation), Giulio Maria Mancini (@euhomeaffairs.bsky.social), Fabian Bach (Eurostat), @deniskierans.bsky.social (@compasoxford.bsky.social), @flaczko.bsky.social (former @iom.int), @bircantuba.bsky.social (Vrije Universiteit Brussel),

Animated GIF showing the word 'MIRREM' with a gradient effect transitioning from light blue to dark blue. Below it, the text reads 'Measuring Irregular Migration' in white font against a solid blue background. Information on the MIrreM research project is available at: https://irregularmigration.eu/

Join us at the MIrreM final conference:
📆 11 September 2025, 9 AM – 2 PM
🌍 Residence Palace, Brussels & online
ℹ️ bit.ly/3GiuKKG

We will discuss:
❓ How can we measure irregular migration?
❓ What are the policy responses to irregular migration?
❓ What is the impact of regularisation policies?

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Join us for a seminar on June 25th at the Korean Cultural Center in Vienna. In anticipation of the eventual unification of Korea, researchers will discuss the social integration of immigrants, with insights from Central and Eastern Europe. No registration needed. www.donau-uni.ac.at/dam/jcr:4088...

Really looking forward to this talk based on my recent paper with the amazing @dorinadamsa.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 The full MigFund database is now publicly available.
It covers EU funding for migration and asylum from 2000 to 2023, across both internal and external programmes.
1,700+ funding measures.
All major instruments, from AMIF to EUTF.
You can download it here: zenodo.org/records/1568...

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DEMIG Online Talk: Join @nikostrand.bsky.social as she explores how deportation in Europe is shaped by both knowledge and ignorance. Learn about the overlooked harms of routine procedures and the role of "not knowing" in justifying state actions.
📅 24 June, 2-3pm‬
www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

What is the latest on public opinion in relation to return and readmission policies across Europe? Join us on the 11th of June to find out. Details: www.moreproject-horizon.eu/public-opini...

My colleague Samiksha Neupane and I put together a dictionary of terms central to our data collection in the #DYNAMIGS project. We hope it is a useful resource for other scholars working across Nepali and English, and would love feedback to update it with amendments and additions in the future!

In 2 weeks, I'll share early insights from my fieldwork across Nepal, Lisbon, and Malta about the various roles and meanings of Portugal within the aspirations, trajectories, and experiences of many young Nepalis on the move.

📆 11 June, 13:30-14:30 UTC +1
📍Iscte–IUL, Lisbon and Zoom
More info ⬇️

Excited to have a new OA paper out with the amazing @dorinadamsa.bsky.social on the fluidity of non/knowledge production, drawing on our empirical work on deportation from EUrope. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@demigkrems.bsky.social @scmrjems.bsky.social @bordercrim.bsky.social

Human migration and (im)mobility in the light of violence and conflict Human movement from one place to the other – or occasions of non-movement and stuckness – can lead to various forms of social conflicts and can cater potential for both explicit and implicit forms of ...

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Today at 3-4 pm CET: Join our Online Talk on Migratory Corridors across the Americas: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

The posting was repeated because the original image file unfortunately contained an error: two words of the abstract had been omitted. We apologise for this Event description: Over the past two decades, irregularized South–South transit migration across the Americas has reconfigured long-standing routes and produced new transnational corridors. This talk focuses on two such corridors: one connecting the Andean Region with Central America, and another linking it to the Southern Cone. Drawing on multi-sited and digital ethnography, as well as historical and geopolitical analysis, I argue that the proliferation of South–South transit migration – alongside the expansion and intensification of border regimes – has shaped these corridors into dynamic, unequal and deeply contested spaces. The Andean Region now functions as a critical connecting hub for migration flows moving both northward and southward. At the center of these shifting geographies are the everyday spatial struggles of migrants in transit – particularly those from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa – whose repeated transits and forms of resistance challenge the logics of regional and global migration governance. (The picture shows the rainbow mountains in Peru. Photo credits: Marek Poplawski / Adobe Stock)

In Trump's second term, immigration policies have tightened, but migration trends in the Americas were already changing. Join the next DEMIG Online Talk with social anthropologist and geographer Soledad Álvarez Velasco to learn more.

📅 May 28th, 2025
🕒 3-4 pm CET
📲 donau-uni.zoom.us/j/6916422094...

Lea Müller-Funk admitted to Young Academy Migration researcher from the University for Continuing Education Krems among the eight new members of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Congratulations to @leamullerfunk.bsky.social on being elected to the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences @ya-oeaw.bsky.social! Discover more about her research projects & her efforts in supporting young researchers and promoting public science here: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/news/news...

Human migration and (im)mobility in the light of violence and conflict Human movement from one place to the other – or occasions of non-movement and stuckness – can lead to various forms of social conflicts and can cater potential for both explicit and implicit forms of ...

Further information on the Online Talk Series can be found here: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

Event description: Over the past two decades, irregularized South–South transit migration across the Americas has reconfigured long-standing routes and produced new transnational corridors. This talk focuses on two such corridors: one connecting the Andean Region with Central America, and another linking it to the Southern Cone. Drawing on multi-sited and digital ethnography, as well as historical and geopolitical analysis, I argue that the proliferation of South–South transit migration – alongside the expansion and intensification of border regimes – has shaped these corridors into dynamic, unequal and deeply contested spaces. The Andean Region now functions as a critical connecting hub for migration flows moving both northward and southward. At the center of these shifting geographies are the everyday spatial struggles of migrants in transit – particularly those from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa – whose repeated transits and forms of resistance challenge the logics of regional and global migration governance. (The picture shows the rainbow mountains in Peru. Photo credits: Marek Poplawski / Adobe Stock)

Join us for the next DEMIG Online Talk with Soledad Álvarez Velasco, Assistant Professor at UIC. She will discuss the transformation of migratory pathways across the Americas over the last decades amid global political developments.

📅 May 28th, 2025
🕒 3-4 pm CET
📲 donau-uni.zoom.us/j/6916422094...

Today, at 4 pm CET (It's still possilble to register for this free online talk on youth violence in Europe and beyond.)

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Concern about youth violence in Europe has grown in recent years. How can we assess the situation? In this online talk, youth researcher Manfred Zentner will discuss current trends as well as prevention and intervention strategies.
📅 24/04/2025, 4-5 pm CET
🌍 online
donau-uni.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Beyond the Internal-External Policy Divide: How the EU Communicates on Migration Focusing on statements produced by the European External Action Service and several Commissioners, this paper explores how various institutional actors conceive of and discuss migration policies. I...

New open access article out in @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social Beyond the internal-external policy divide: how the EU communicates on migration by Caterina Carta, @mattiasguazzini.bsky.social and me! Read here 👇and a short thread 🧵 below!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Navigating a Paradox: Well-Being and Dimensions of (Non-)Belonging of Syrian Refugees in Austria ABSTRACT. This article examines the challenges Syrian refugees who arrived in Austria between 2008 and 2021 face in building social capital, where a lack o

New publication out now at Refugee Survey Quarterly 📑 exploring the well-being of Syrian refugees in Austria and the dimensions of (non-)belonging.

👉 Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/...
@demigkrems.bsky.social @judithkohlenberger.bsky.social

From May 26 to 28, 2025, a major conference on irregular migration will take place in Lower Saxony, focusing on scientific findings and options for evidence-based policies and practices: www.loccum.de/tagungen/2519/