
Assistenz Prof. Mag. Dr. Albert Kraler
- albert.kraler@donau-uni.ac.at
- +43 2732 893-2434
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- Campus Krems, Tract V, 1st Floor, V.E1.05
- University for Continuing Education Krems
- Center for Migration and Globalisation Research
- Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30
- 3500 Krems
- Austria
Functions
Albert Kraler is Assistant Professor in Migration Studies.
In addition, he is:
- Co-Director of the Centre for Migration and Globalisation Research and member of the Department’s Management Team,
- Programme Manager of the PhD Programme in Migration Studies,
- Member of the IMISCOE Board of Directors, the steering board of Europe’s largest migration research network, and member of the networks External Affairs and Editorial Committees.
- Teaching migration theory and politics and other courses in the PhD and Master courses.
- Associate lecturer at the University of Vienna and Technical University Vienna
About the person
Before joining the Department for Migration and Globalization at Danube University Krems in Fall 2018, Albert was a senior researcher at the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in Vienna, which he first joined in 2001 and where he was involved in and led numerous research projects and between 2011 and 2015, led ICMPD’s research unit. He also held positions at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research and the Department for Political Science at the University of Vienna. Albert has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Vienna and a joint degree in Political Science and African Studies from the same university.
Albert’s current research focuses includes
- governance of migration and asylum from a multilevel perspective
- migration policy making and policy impacts
- migrant integration and social cohesion
- forced displacement
- irregular migration and regularisation policy
View his profiles at ORCID, ResearchGate, Migration Research Hub.
Projects (Extract Research Database)
Refugee protection or cherry picking? Assessing new admissionpolicies for refugees in Europe
Measuring Irregular Migration and Related Policies
Sustainable Practices of Integration (SPRING)
Smart Migration and Asylum Governance (SMAG)
TRAFIG - Translocal Figurations of Displacement
Complementary Pathways for Adult Refugees: the Role of VET, Skills and Qualifications
Publications (Extract Research Database)
Kilic, H.; Kerschbaumer, T.; Skrivanek, I.; Kraler, A.; Khoury, C.; Faustmann, A. (2023). Social relations, individual attitudes and migrant integration experiences in small and medium-sized towns and rural areas in Austria. Country report on policy outcomes. Collegio Carlo Alberto, Whole-COMM Country Reports on Integration., Turino
Ferreira, N.; Kea, P; Kraler, A.; Wagner, M. (2022). The EU and protracted displacement: providing solutions or creating obstacles? Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, tbd: 10.1080/1369183X.2022.2090161
Etzold, B.; Isikozlu, E.; Christ, S.; Morosanu, L.; Kraler, A.; Pastore, F.; Jacobs, C.; Vlastou, F.; Papatzani, E.; Siotou, A.; Hatziprokopiou, P.; Buchenau, B.; Momani, F. Tobin, S.; Al Yakoub, T.; Al Jarrah, R. (2022). Nothing is more permanent than the temporary – Understanding protracted displacement and people's own responses. BICC, Bonn
Pisarevskaya, A.; Kraler, A.; Webb, A.; Grujic, M.,; Kilic, H.; Kerschbaumer, T.; Palinkas, M.; Scholten, P.; Skrivanek, I.; Zentner, M. (2022). The integration of refugees and other recent migrants: A review of research on integration policy practices in the EU. Zenodo, Krems
Pisarevskaya, A.; Kraler, A.; Webb, A.; Grujic, M.,; Kilic, H.; Kerschbaumer, T.; Palinkas, M.; Skrivanek, I.; Zentner, M. (2022). Integration of newly arrived migrants in Europe. SPRING Handbook for practitioners. Zenodo, Krems
Kraler, A. (2022). Intersecting Barriers to Employment. In: Pisarevskaya, A.; Kraler, A.; Webb, A., Integration of newly arrived migrants in Europe. SPRING Handbook for practitioners. nn, Zenodo, Krems
Kraler, A.; Reichel, D. (2022). Migration Statistics. In: Introduction to Migration Studies: 439-462, Springer, Cham
Kraler, Albert; Gehrke, Lukas (2022). Beyond Emergencies: Towards a More Nuanced Understanding of the Various Impacts of Crises on Migrants. In: Hans-Joachim Preuß, Christoph Beier, Dirk Messner, Forced Displacement and Migration. Approaches and Programmes of International Cooperation: 93-107, Springer, Wiesbaden
Skrivanek, I.; Kerschbaumer, I.; Kilic, H.; Kraler, A. (2022). Immigrant integration in small and mediumsized towns and rural areas: local policies and policymaking relations in Austria. Country Reports on multilevel dynamics. Collegio Carlo Alberto
Skrivanek, I.; Kerschbaumer, T.; Kilic, H.; Kraler, A. (2022). Post-2014 migrants' access to housing, employment and other crucial resources in small- and medium-sized towns and rural areas in Austria. Country Reports on integration. Collegio Carlo Alberto
Katsiaficas, C.; Wagner, M.; Pastore, F., Hatziprokopiou, P.; Etzold, B.; Kraler, A. (2021). How easing mobility restrictions within Europe can help forced migrants rebuild their lives. BICC, TRAFIG Policy Brief, 6, Bonn
Kraler, A.; Etzold, B.; Ferreira, N. (2021). Understanding the dynamics of protracted displacement. Couldrey, M.; Philip, A., Forced Migration Review, 68: 49-52, Forced Migration Review, Oxford
Kraler, A.; Rössl, L.; Skrivanek, I. (2021). Evidence Classification. SPRING - Sustainable Practices of Integration (Deliverables), Krems
Kraler, A; Katsiaficas, C. & Wagner, M. (2020). Climate Change and Migration. Legal and policy challenges and responses to environmentally induced migration. European Parliament, EU Parlament, Brussels
Czaika, M.; Kraler, A. (2020). Refugees. In: Stone, J.; Dennis, R.; Rizova, P.; Hou, X., The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism: 321-348, Wiley Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ
Gehrke, L.; Kraler, A. (2020). Jenseits des Notfalls: Plädoyer für eine differenzierte Betrachtung der Auswirkungen von Krisen auf Migrant/innen. In: Beier, C.; Messner, D.; Preuß, H.-J., Globale Wanderungsbewegungen Beiträge der internationalen Zusammenarbeit zum Umgang mit Flucht und Migration: 139-158, Springer VS, Wiesbaden
Ferreira, N.; Jacobs, C.; Kea, P.; Hendow, M.; Noack, M.; Wagner, M.; Adugna, F.; Alodat, A.M.; Ayalew, T.; Etzold, B.; Fogli, C.; Goumeros, T.; Hatziprokopiou, P.; Javed, M. M.; Kamanga, K. C.; Kraler, A.; Momani, F. A.; Roman; E. M. Alodat, T. Ayalew, B. Etzold, C. Fogli, T. Goumeros, P. Hatziprokopiou, M. M. Javed, K. C. Kamanga, A. Kraler, F. A. Momani, E. Roman (2020). Governing protracted displacement: An analysis across global, regional and domestic contexts. TRAFIG working paper 3, BICC, Bonn
Kraler, A. (2020). Addressing protracted displacement. Learning from the past. TRAFIG Practice Note no. 2 • 02/2020, BICC, Bonn
Kraler, A.; Fourer, M.; Knudsen, A.J.; Kwaks, J.; Mielke, K.; Noack, M.; Tobin, S.; & Wilson, C. (2020). Learning from the Past. Protracted displacement in the post-World War II period. TRAFIG working paper 2, BICC, Bonn
CEDEFOP (2019). Creating lawful opportunities for adult refugee labour market mobility. A conceptual framework for a VET, skills and qualifications-based complementary pathway to protection. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg
Lectures (Extract Research Database)
Arrival infrastructures, weak and strong ties, and different temporalities of refugee presence in small and medium-sizend localities in Austria (EN)
Globalisation of Frontiers – Frontiers of Globalisation: Migration between global crises and local dynamics. 7th Biennial Conference on Migration Rese, 26/09/2022
Complementary or integrated or both? The role of non-governmental and civil society organisations in the governance of integration at the local level.
ECPR General Confrence, 22/08/2022
Commentary on Carol Fabotko "Current state of policy: Identifying and addressing challenges"
UNICEF-IOM Virtual Symposium on Climate Mobility and Children, 03/12/2020
The evolution and diffusion of assisted return programmes in Europe since the 1970s
Crossing Borders – Perspectives in Migration Research, 6th Biennial Conference on Migration and Integration in Austria, 17/09/2020
Addressing protracted displacement avant la lettre: The emergence of the international refugee protection regime as a response to protracted displacement in Europe
3rd Conference of the German Network of Forced Migration Researchers, 17/09/2020
Addressing protracted displacement avant la lettre: The emergence of the international refugee protection regime as a response to protracted displacement in Europe
17th Annual IMISCOE Conference, 01/07/2020
Is There Protracted Displacement in the European Union? An Explanatory Enquiry
The Future of Europe as a Place of Refuge, 05/12/2019
Is there protracted displacement in the European Union? An exploratory inquiry
Refuge Europe: A question of solidarity? Chemnitz, Germany, 01/10/2019
Are skills the trick? Skills as a basis for a purposeful and safe mobility scheme for refugees complementary to traditional forms of durable solutions
16th Annual IMISCOE Conference, Malmö, Sweden, 26/06/2019
How do protracted displacement situations unfold? Lessons from the past
Transnational Figurations of Displacement: Investigating protracted displacement through the lens of transnationalism, University of Sussex, Falmer,, 05/06/2019
Theoretical Framework for a Skills Based Complementary Pathway to Protection - a project funded by the EU Agency “European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)"
Skills based Complementary Pathways to Protection for Refugees and/or Asylum Seekers in Europe - Round Table, ICMPD Head Quarters, Wien, Österreich, 14/12/2018
Introductory presentation, Building a Complementary Pathway for Adult Refugees with the use of VET, Skills and Qualifications
Expert workshop, Brussels, Belgium, 01/10/2018