Mathias Czaika

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Czaika

Head of Department - Department for Migration and Globalisation

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Mathias Czaika is a University Professor in Migration and Integration, and Head of Department for Migration and Globalisation at Danube University Krems (University for Continuing Education), Austria. He is also the Coordinator of the PhD Programme in Migration Studies.

About the person

Mathias holds a Master’s degree (Diplom-Volkswirt) in Economics from University of Konstanz, and a PhD in Political Economy from University of Freiburg, Germany. He is former Director of the International Migration Institute at Oxford University, UK. He has served as a contracted consultant for various national and international bodies including EUAA/EASO, DG DevCo, DG Home, IGC, DfID, Swedish Migration Agency.

His main research interests cover areas as wide as international migration, globalization, development, poverty and inequality; relative deprivation, aspirations, and migration decision making; migration policy formation, policy impact evaluation; labour migration, asylum and refugees.

 


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
  • Development, poverty and inequality

Projects (Extract Research Database)

Running projects

Valuing Open Source Intelligence for the documentation and governance of war and human rights abuses

Duration: 01/07/2025–31/01/2026
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: ÖAW

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

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

Finding Agreement in Return

Duration: 01/05/2023–31/10/2026
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: EU

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

Bridging Migration and International Relations

Duration: 01/01/2022–31/12/2024
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika

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

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

Measures for a more successful social integration of Syrian youth refugees into host societies: A case study on the social integration and sense of belonging of Syrian refugee youth in Austria, Germany and Jordan.

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)

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)

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

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)

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Publications (Extract Research Database)

Czaika, M.; Weisner, Z. (2025). Migration aspirations and their realisation: a configurational driver analysis of 26 African and Asian research areas. Comparative Migration Studies, 13(8): https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-025-00428-0

Czaika, M.; Bohnet, H.; Zardo, F. (2024). Categorical and spatial interlinkages within the European migration policy mix. European Union Politcs, Volume 25(1): 173-196

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

Safi, A. A.; Czaika, M. (2024). The transnational engagement of Afghan diaspora organizations: Drivers of diaspora specialization. Global Networks, Volume 25 Issue 1: https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12484

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

Sievers, W.; Bauböck, R.; Czaika, M.; Kraler, A. (Hrsg.) (2024). Drawing Boundaries and Crossing Borders: Migration in Theorie und Praxis. Verlag Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien

Bijak, J.; Czaika, M. (2024). Collecting evidence: ingredients of scenario-building. In: Bijak, J. (Hrsg.), From Uncertainty to Policy: A Guide to Migration Scenarios: 10ff, Edward Elgar Publishing, Southampton, UK

Czaika, M.; Bohnet, H.; Zardo, F.; Bijak, J. (2024). Sources of uncertainty in migration scenarios. In: Bijak, J., From Uncertainty to Policy: A Guide to Migration Scenarios: 23ff, Edward Elgar Publishing, Southampton, UK

Bijak, J.; Czaika, M.; Potancoková, M.; de Vilhena, D. V (2024). New perspectives for migration foresight and preparedness: Insights from the QuantMig Project. Migration Policy Practice, 13 (1): 34-40

Carling, J.; Czaika, M.; Vargas-Silva C.; Siegel, M.; (2024). Effects of involuntary immobility on development. Mignex Report, Oslo

Czaika, M.; Gu, J.; Kraler, A.; Rössl, L. (2024). Migration responses to (non-)enforcement. Rotterdam, NL

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

Soto Nishimura, A.; Czaika, M. (2023). Exploring Migration Determinants: a Meta-Analysis of Migration Drivers and Estimates. Journal of International Migration and Integration, Volume 25(2): 621-643

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

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