Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Czaika
Head of Department - Department for Migration and Globalisation
- mathias.czaika@donau-uni.ac.at
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- Campus Krems, Tract V, Ground Floor, V.E0.01
- University for Continuing Education Krems
- Department for Migration and Globalisation
- Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30
- 3500 Krems
- Austria
Functions
Mathias Czaika is Professor of Migration and Integration and Head of the Department of Migration and Globalisation since 2017.
- Head of the Centre for Migration and Globalisation Research
- Coordinator of the PhD Programme "Migration Studies"
- IMISCOE Board of Directors
About the person
Mathias Czaika is former Director of the International Migration Institute at Oxford University, UK. He holds a PhD in political economy from the University of Freiburg, Germany, and has published on topics such as international migration in the context of globalisation, development, inequality and conflict.
His specific research interests include:
- Drivers and dynamics of international migration processes
- Decision-making in the field of migration
- Migration policy making and policy impacts
- Migration of highly skilled workers, asylum seekers and refugees
Projects (Extract Research Database)
Running projects
Participation in EU Framework contract SEA 2023
Duration: 01/02/2024–31/08/2027
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: EU
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): Mathias Czaika
Funding: sonstige öffentlich-rechtliche Einrichtungen (Körperschaften, Stiftungen, Fonds)
Development implications of involuntary immobility in Africa
Duration: 01/09/2023–30/08/2027
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: FWF
Duration: 01/05/2023–31/10/2026
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: EU
Design and Development of an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Mixed Migration
Duration: 01/10/2022–30/06/2024
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: EU
Bridging Migration and International Relations
Duration: 01/01/2022–31/12/2024
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Aligning Migration Management and the Migration-Development Nexus
Duration: 01/09/2018–31/08/2024
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: EU
Program: H2020
Completed projects
Quantifying Migration Scenarios for Better Policy
Duration: 01/02/2020–31/07/2023
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: EU
Duration: 01/11/2019–30/04/2023
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)
Afghan diaspora in Europe: The agents of peace and development
Duration: 01/10/2019–31/03/2023
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)
Program: nfb
Return and reintegration processes: a focus on Nigeria
Duration: 01/10/2019–31/03/2023
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)
Smart Migration and Asylum Governance (SMAG)
Duration: 01/09/2020–31/12/2022
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: Bund (Ministerien)
Enabling immigrants to easily know and exercise their rights
Duration: 01/01/2020–30/11/2022
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Federica Zardo
Funding: EU
DialogForum - Science, politics and practice in dialogue
Duration: 01/01/2020–31/12/2021
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: Bund (Ministerien)
DFID`s Safety Support and Solutions Phase II (SSS II) Programme
Duration: 23/04/2019–17/08/2021
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: Sonstige
Program: Department for International Development (DFID)
Migrant Acceleration for Growth Network for Entrepreneurship Training
Duration: 01/10/2017–30/09/2020
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Isabella Skrivanek
Funding: EU
Program: COSME
Duration: 01/03/2018–29/02/2020
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: EU
Program: Horizon 2020
Publications (Extract Research Database)
Czaika, M.; Bohnet, H.; Zardo, F.; Bijak, J. (2024). European migration governance in the context of uncertainty. International Migration, 26 July 2024: https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13308
Weisner, Z.; Vidal, P.; Kraler, A.; Czaika, M. (2024). Trust in Transit: External Migration Control and Migrants’ Perceptions of Humanitarian Borderwork in the Sahel. International Migration Review, 0: 0
Weisner, Z.; Czaika, M. (2024). A QCA (Qualitative Comparative Analysis) on the development impacts of migration. Peace Research Institute Oslo, MIGNEX Background Paper, Oslo
Czaika, M.; Bohnet, H.; Zardo, F. (2023). Categorical and spatial interlinkages within the European migration policy mix. European Union Politics, Online First: https://doi.org/10.1177/14651165231209941
Czaika, M.; Erdal, M.B.; Talleraas, C. (2023). Exploring Europe’s external migration policy mix: on the interactions of visa, readmission, and resettlement policies. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 49 (12): 3140-3161
Soto Nishimura, A.; Czaika, M. (2023). Exploring Migration Determinants: a Meta-Analysis of Migration Drivers and Estimates. Journal of International Migration and Integration, Oktober 2023: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-023-01091-z
Czaika, M.; Münz, R. (2023). The Impact of Climate Change on Human Mobility and Displacement. Quarterly Bulletin of the NGO Committee on the Family, Ausgabe 128: 4-13
Czaika, M.; Bohnet, H.; Zardo, F.; Bijak, J. (2023). European migration governance in the context of uncertainty.
Czaika, M.; Weisner, Z. (2023). A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of the determination of migration processes. Peace Research Institute Oslo, MIGNEX Background Paper, Oslo
Vargas-Silva, C.; Hagen-Zanker, J.; Carling, J.; Carrasco, I.; Czaika, M.; Godin, M.; Erdal, M.B (2023). Tackling the root causes of migration. Projektbericht MIGNEX Background paper D6.5
Czaika, M.; Reinprecht, C. (2022). Why do people stay put in environmentally stressful regions? Cognitive bias and heuristics in migration decision-making. Regional Environmental Change, 22: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-022-01934-y
Czaika, M.; Reinprecht, C. (2022). Migration Drivers: Why Do People Migrate? In: Peter Scholten, Introduction to Migration Studies: 49-82, Springer, Cham
Bijak, J.; Bosch, P.; Czaika, M.; Groot, D.; Busto, M.; Wahba, J.; Vilhena, D.; (2022). Attracting Skills and Talent to the EU. Policy Brief
Czaika, M.; Münz R. (2022). Climate Change, Displacement, Mobility and Migration: The State of Evidence, Future Scenarios, Policy Options. Report
Soto Nishimura A.; Czaika M. (2022). Migration pathways into Europe- An assessment of drivers and policies (QuantMig Project Deliverable 5.7).
Soto Nishimura, A.; Czaika M. (2022). Migration pathways into Europe—An assessment of drivers and policies. Project paper
Soto-Nishimura A.; Czaika M. (2022). Migration Drivers Database (QuantMig Deliverable 5.6).
Adovor, E.; Czaika, M.; Docquier, F.; Moullan, Y. (2021). Medical brain drain:how many, where and why? Journal of Health Economics, 76: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102409
Czaika, M.; Bijak, J.; Prike, T. (2021). Migration Decision-Making and Ist Key Dimensions. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 697 (1): 15-31
Czaika, M.; Godin, M. (2021). Disentangling the migration-development nexus using QCA. Migration and Development, Volume 10 2021: https://doi.org/10.1080/21632324.2020.1866878
Lectures (Extract Research Database)
The Impact of Climate Change on Human Mobility and Displacement – a Global Perspective
Symposium International Migrants Day, 18/12/2023
Climate Change and Migration – An assessment of the state of evidence
OMICS conference 2023: Organizing Migration and Integration in Contemporary Societies, 23/11/2023
Can water cause footprints? – Human migration from and to water”
Europa Forum Alpbach 2023, 20/08/2023
How do inequalities shape migration aspirations? Multi-level analyses of 25 local areas in Africa and Asia
IMISCOE Annual conference, 04/07/2023
Climate-induced migration
The Vienna NGO Committee on the family, 15/05/2023
On the effects and effectiveness of migration policy
Suessmilch Lecture, 03/05/2023
DEMIG-QuantMig Policy Database - Indicators of the (European) Migration Policy Mix
DEMSCORE, 01/12/2022
Mobility barriers and Economic Globalisation
MIGRATION AND BUSINESS: EXPLORING THE DYNAMICS BEHIND REMITTANCES, CROSS-BORDER ACTIVITIES OF FIRMS, AND ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION, 16/11/2022
Klimawandel und Migration
Ringvorlesung Universität Wien "MigrantInnen in Sozialstaat und Beruf", 15/11/2022
Climate Change, Displacement, Mobility and Migration
DELMI Seminar, 08/11/2022
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