PhD Migration Studies

Gabriele De Luca

Dissertation: Assessing extraterritorial interventions on the basis of agent-based modelling

Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Parycek

2nd Supervisor: Dr. Thomas J. Lampoltshammer

3rd Supervisor: Dr. Johannes Scholz

Project: Smart Migration and Asylum Governance (SMAG)

Funding: AMIF, Bundesministerium für Inneres

Abstract: This dissertation is situated at the intersection between computational social sciences, migration studies, and knowledge representation ... [read more]

Camilla Fogli

Dissertation: EU Development-Migration Aid in West Africa: Understanding Local Drivers and Policy Assumptions
Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Czaika

2nd Supervisor: Dr. Federica Zardo

Project: seconded PhD programme

Abstract: This PhD project contributes to ongoing academic and policy debates on the relevance of development-migration aid ... [read more]

Mag. Margarita Fourer

Dissertation: How can transfer agreements be drafted and implemented to improve the capacity of States to provide durable solutions to refugees and asylum seekers through access to permanent resident status and/or citizenship?
Supervisor: Univ. -Prof. Dr. Peter Parycek
Project: PhD Migration & Sozialer Friede - Interdisziplinäre Umweltforschung
Funding: AMIF

Jiancheng Gu, MSc

Dissertation: Irregular Migration and Return Policies

Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Czaika

2nd Supervisor: Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Albert Kraler

3rd Supervisor: Arjen Leerkes (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Project: Finding Agreement in Return (FAiR)

Funding: Horizon Europe

Abstract: In the Global North, a recurring policy challenge is the return enforcement against irregular migrants. ... [read more]

Maegan Hendow, MA

Dissertation: Irregular migration policy-making under conditions of uncertainty

Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julia Teixeira Mourao Permoser, MA BS

2nd Supervisor: Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Albert Kraler

3rd Supervisor: Prof. Martin Ruhs

Project: Measuring Irregular Migration and Related Policies (MIrreM)

Abstract: Irregular migration has increasingly become a flashpoint in the media and political discourse ... [read more]

Jan Niklas Janoth, MSc BA BA

Dissertation: The power of place: Relative (im)mobility in contexts of environmental change and conflict co-occurrence in Ethiopia

Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Czaika

2nd Supervisor: Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

3rd Supervisor: Kerilyn Schewel, PhD

Project: Relative (im)mobility in contexts of environmental change and conflict co-occurrence

Funding: GFF, FTI-Dissertation-Call 2022

Abstract: Populations that are affected by both environmental changes and conflicts are confronted with a double risk to their respective livelihoods ... [read more]

Christina Khoury, MA

Dissertation: Measures for a more successful integration of young Syrian refugees into host societies: A comparative study of the social integration and sense of belonging of young Syrian refugees in Germany, Austria and Jordan.

Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Czaika

Project: Measures for a more successful integration of young Syrian refugees into host societies: A comparative study of the social integration and sense of belonging of young Syrian refugees in Germany, Austria and Jordan.

Funding: Land Niederösterreich, Science Call 2018, Dissertations

Aleksandra Krasnokutskaia

Dissertation: The Company You Keep: Social Ties and Opportunity Structures in Migrant Labor Market Outcomes

Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Czaika

2nd Supervisor: Ljubica Nedelkoska, PhD., Complexity Science Hub

3rd Supervisor: Frank Neffke, PhD., Complexity Science Hub

Funding: Complexity Science Hub Digital Innovation School funded by the Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research (BMFWF) and the Federal Chancellery (BKA) of Austria.

Abstract: The PhD project investigates how social ties shape the labor outcomes of migrants, with a focus on three key areas --- [read more]

Madalina Lepsa-Rogoz

Dissertation: Human Rights Monitoring of Forced Return: Functioning and roles in today’s European return policy

Supervisor: Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Albert Kraler

2nd Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julia Teixeira Mourao Permoser, MA BS

Project: FAiR (Finding Agreement in Return)

Funding: Horizon Europe

Abstract: Return has become a cornerstone of European migration policy over recent decades, and significant legislative developments at the EU level are now taking place ... [read more]

Maria Fernanda Monsalvo Basaldua, M.A.

Dissertation: The Religious Politics of Solidarity: Transnational Religious Networks at the US-Mexico Border

Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julia Teixeira Mourao Permoser, MA BS

2nd Supervisor: Alejandro Olayo-Méndez (Boston College) 

3rd Supervisor:  Kristina Stoeckl (LUISS University)

Project: The Religious Politics of Solidarity: Transnational Religious Networks in Europe and the Americas
Funding: GFF, FTI-Dissertation-Call 2023

Abstract: Religious groups play a central role in transnational movements ... [read more]

Josef Neubauer, MA MSc B.A.

Dissertation: Dynamics of adaptive migration aspirations in Nepal and beyond

Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Czaika

2nd Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

3rd Supervisor: Marta Bivand Erdal, PhD. (Peace Research Institute Oslo)

Project: Dynamics of adaptive migration aspirations in Nepal and beyond (DYNAMIGS)
Funding: GFF, FTI-Dissertationen Call 2022

Abstract: At the heart of migration studies lies a fundamental question ... [read more]

Ali Ahmad Safi, MA

Dissertation: Afghan diaspora in Europe: The agents of peace and development.

Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Czaika

2nd Supervisor: Ass. Prof. Albert Kraler   

3rd Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ludger Pries

Project: Afghan diaspora in Europe: The agents of peace and development.

Funding: Land Niederösterreich, Science Call 2018, Dissertations

Simona Schreier, MA

Dissertation: From returning back to reintegration? A focus on Nigeria

Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Czaika

2nd Supervisor: Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Albert Kraler

3rd Supervisor: Dr. Katie Kuschminder

Project: Return and reintegration processes: a focus on Nigeria

Funding: Land Niederösterreich, Science Call 2018, Dissertations

Abstract: Return migration is a complex phenomenon shaped by power relations, institutional practices, and individual agency ... [read more]

Theresa Schütze, BA MA

Dissertation: Sanctuary Practices and Networks in Desert Borderlands

Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Julia Teixeira Mourao Permoser, MA BS

2nd Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dr. Lea Müller-Funk

3rd Supervisor: Dr. Itamar Mann

Project: Migration as Morality Politics

Funding: FWF

Abstract: The PhD project investigates migrant solidarity initiatives in desert borderlands, which encompass some of the most frequented yet most perilous migration routes in the world --- [read more]