The Department of Migration and Globalisation understands migration as an integral part of complex processes of internationalisation, globalisation, and social change. Research at the Department contributes to promoting a general understanding of migration as a complex social phenomenon and a social reality and thus supports the social acceptance and political capacity for action in relation to migration-related challenges and opportunities. 

The Department conducts research in three areas (research clusters):

Research Cluster Migration Policy and Governance

The cluster “Migration Policy and Governance” gathers UWK and affiliated researchers who study the formation and development of migration governance systems, the actors, content and processes underlying the wide range of policy areas involved in attracting, admitting, selecting, controlling, or deterring migrants, and their impact.

Migration Processes and Drivers

The research cluster brings together a group of researchers at the University for Continuing Education Krems (UWK) who are interested in understanding what drives (im)mobilities across the globe in a context of (de-)globalisation and economic and political (dis)integration processes. The cluster aims at providing an open space to share and discuss work-in-progress as well as emerging ideas, among UWK colleagues and beyond.

Research Cluster Integration and Social Cohesion

The integration and social cohesion research group explores various facets associated with the incorporation of migrants into receiving societies and different societal domains, including employment, education, housing, and health, as well as broader aspects of civic participation and legal inclusion.

Ongoing Research Projects

Navigating Ethical Dilemmas of Migrant Solidarity: A Political Sociology Approach

Duration: 01/10/2026–30/09/2031
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Julia Teixeira Mourao Permoser
Funding: EU

Refugees’ Political Participation and State-(Re)Making in Displacement

Duration: 01/09/2025–31/08/2030
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Lea Müller-Funk
Funding: EU

Regulating the Grey Zone: Fairness, Informality, and the Boundaries of Work

Duration: 01/10/2026–31/03/2030
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Albert Kraler
Funding: EU

The Temporal Toll: How 'Secondary Migration Orientation' and Permanent Temporariness Shape the Social Connections and Well-being of Urban Refugees in Addis Ababa

Duration: 01/10/2026–30/09/2029
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)

Mixed (ar)rivals: Perceptions of threat, inequalities and the risk of violence between different (forced) migrant groups in North Africa

Duration: 01/03/2024–28/02/2029
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Heidrun Bohnet
Funding: EU

RUral Revival: A Life In The Inspirational Countryside

Duration: 01/01/2025–31/12/2028
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Lydia Theresia Rössl-Grobbauer
Funding: EU

Cities: Catalysts or roadblocks in labor market desegregation?

Duration: 01/07/2025–30/06/2028
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: Sonstige

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Completed Research Projects

Analysing change in EU funding for migration and asylum

Duration: 01/02/2023–31/08/2026
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Federica Zardo
Funding: FWF

Estimating irregular migrants from social media data

Duration: 23/09/2025–15/05/2026
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Albert Kraler
Funding: Sonstige

Labour market effects of delayed labour market entry for refugees

Duration: 01/11/2025–31/03/2026
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Albert Kraler
Funding: sonstige öffentlich-rechtliche Einrichtungen (Körperschaften, Stiftungen, Fonds)

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