
Assistenz Prof. Dr. Heidrun Bohnet
Assistant Professor - Department for Migration and Globalisation
- heidrun.bohnet@donau-uni.ac.at
- +43 2732 893-2438
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- Campus Krems, Tract V, 1st Floor, V.E1.06
- University for Continuing Education Krems
- Department for Migration and Globalisation
- Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30
- 3500 Krems
- Austria
Functions
Heidrun Bohnet is Assistant Professor at the Department for Migration and Globalisation since October 2020.
- Assistant Professor at the Department for Migration and Globalisation
- Teaching advanced qualitative and quantitative research methods, forced migration and violent conflict dynamics
- PhD Programme Management of “Migration Studies” and supervising PhD candidates
- Coordinating the research cluster on “Integration and Social Cohesion”
- Co-leading the cooperation between Danube University Krems and the Austrian Institute for International Affairs on “Migration and International Politics”
- Responsible for organising interdisciplinary migration research seminars
About the person
Before joining the Department for Migration and Globalisation, Heidrun Bohnet was research and teaching fellow (Maître Assistante) at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Geneva and senior researcher at the Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC). She holds a PhD in Political Science and International Relations from the University Geneva, Switzerland. Heidrun Bohnet has led and be involved in various international (geo-coded) data collection projects on displacement. Heidrun Bohnet has published in leading international relations journals, such as the Journal of Conflict Research, Conflict Management and Peace Science and Civil Wars.
Her key research areas include:
- De facto (forced) migration policies and mixed migration
- The nexus between forced migration (conflict and environment-induced) and violent conflict (e.g., ethnic)
- Spatial, categorical, and temporal interlinkages between migration flows and policies
- Return and (re)integration processes
- Protracted displacement situations and settlement patterns of refugees and IDPs
- Regional and field expertise in Eastern Africa and the Middle East
Projects (Extract Research Database)
Running projects
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
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
Development of a Master level programme: ‘International Law and Forced Migration Studies’
Duration: 01/01/2020–31/12/2022
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Friedrich Altenburg
Funding: EU
Publications (Extract Research Database)
Czaika, Mathias; Bohnet, Heidrun; Zardo, Federica; Bijak, Jakub (2023). European migration governance in the context of uncertainty.
Bohnet, H.; Rüegger, S. (2021). Refugees and Covid-19: Beyond Health Risks to Insecurity. SPSR: Special Issue: Covid-19: A Political Science Perspective, 27(2): https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12466
Bohnet, H.; Cottier, F.; Hug, S. (2021). Conflict versus Disaster-induced Displacement: Similar or Distinct Implications for Security? Civil Wars, Published online: https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2021.1963586, Taylor&Francis
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
Rüegger, S.; Bohnet, H. (2020). The Link between Forced Migration and Conflict. In: Krieger, T; Panke, D.; Pregernig, M., Environmental Conflicts, Migration and Governance: 177-196, Bristol University Press, Bristol
Lectures (Extract Research Database)
From policy-mixes to configurations: Disentangling interlinkages in European migration-relevant policies
Seventh Conference on Migration Research in Austria, 26/09/2022
European migration governance in the context of uncertainty
IMISCOE, 30/06/2022
Disentangling the European migration policy-mix
ISA, Nashville, 30/03/2022
The spatial and categorical interconnectedness of European migration flows
International Population Conference (IPC), Hyderabad, 08/12/2021
Are they all linked? The spatial and categorical interconnectedness of European migration flows
IMISCOE, Luxembourg, 08/07/2021
Restrictive refugee policies: A guarantee for local security?
ISA, 06/04/2021