Department for Migration and Globalisation

Why young people turn away from politics (Interview)

Why do many young people feel that they are not taken seriously and not represented by politics? What could be done to counteract this? This interview with youth researcher Manfred Zentner in the “Wiener Zeitung” offers answers.

Annual Conference of the Austrian Economic Association 2025

As co-organizer, we are pleased to announce that the next annual conference of the National Economic Association will take place in Krems on September 23 and 24, 2025 and will focus on the topic of Migration. Isabel Ruiz (University of Oxford) and Çaglar Özden (World Bank) will give the keynote speeches. 

Webinar on Irregular Migration: Data Impact on Policymaking and Public Debate

Does irregular migration data shape policy-making in the EU? And public discourse? How? Watch our joint webinar to find out more.

'2025 IMISCOE Spring Conference' in Krems

More than 400 people took part in the last IMISCOE spring conference on irregular migration, which was held in March. You will soon find the documentation of this hybrid event here on our website.

APSA Best Dissertation Award to Naiara Rodriguez-Peña

She received the award for her dissertation, entitled Emigration from 'Destination': The Unfulfilled Migration Aspirations of the Precariat in the 'Global North', which she completed at the University of Kent. In a new interview, our colleague describes the findings that particularly surprised her and what she recommends to other early-stage researchers. 

No asylum - and yet here: "Die Presse" asked the reasons for this