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):
Ongoing Research Projects
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
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
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
Multiscale network modelling of migration flows in Austria
Duration: 01/01/2024–31/12/2027
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Anna Malek
Funding: sonstige öffentlich-rechtliche Einrichtungen (Körperschaften, Stiftungen, Fonds)
Duration: 01/09/2023–31/12/2027
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Julia Teixeira Mourao Permoser
Funding: FWF
Completed Research Projects
Digital Solutions for Equal Opportunity
Duration: 01/10/2023–30/09/2025
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Manfred Zentner
Funding: sonstige öffentlich-rechtliche Einrichtungen (Körperschaften, Stiftungen, Fonds)
Local and Regional Public Policy Monitor for Youth
Duration: 01/10/2023–30/09/2025
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Manfred Zentner
Funding: EU
Measuring Irregular Migration and Related Policies
Duration: 01/10/2022–30/09/2025
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Albert Kraler
Funding: EU