Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Czaika

Head of Department - Department for Migration and Globalisation

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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
  •     Member of the Senate of Danube University Krems

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

Cross Migration

Duration: 01/03/2018–29/02/2020
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: EU
Program: Horizon 2020

DialogForum - Science, politics and practice in dialogue

Duration: 01/01/2019–31/12/2019
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
Funding: Bund (Ministerien)
Program: AMIF

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Publications (Extract Research Database)

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

Bijak, J.; Czaika, M. (2021). Black Swan and Grey Rhinos. Migration Policy Practice, 10 (4): 14-18

Czaika, M.; Bohnet, H.; Zardo, F. (2021). Disentangling the European Migration Policy-Mix Since 1990. QuantMig Project Report D5.5.

Czaika, M; Bohnet, H.; Soto-Nishimura, A. (2021). Spatial and categorical dependence of European migration flows. QuantMig Project Report 5.2

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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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