Dr. Federica Zardo
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federica.zardo@donau-uni.ac.at
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Campus Krems, Tract V, 1st Floor, E1.01
- University for Continuing Education Krems
- Center for Migration and Globalisation Research
- Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30
- 3500 Krems
- Austria
Functions
Federica Zardo is Senior Researcher at the Department for Migration and Globalisation since March 2021.
- Senior Researcher with a focus on EU external relations and EU migration policyin
- Teaching in the PhD Program "Migration Studies"
- Coordinator of the research cluster “Migration Policy and Governance”
- Host of interdisciplinary lecture series on migration research (“DEMIG Talks”)
- Steering Committee Member of the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union
- Projects: MigFund (PI), EasyRights, Quantmig, Sereny
Her specific research interests include:
- European Union migration governance and policy: EU-level decision-making processes and regulatory frameworks for migration and asylum
- EU external relations and migration cooperation: EU’s partnerships with non-EU countries (North of Africa and the Middle East).
- Migration policy instruments and impacts: tools such as funding, mobility partnerships, and their political and socio-economic consequences
Find out more about Federica's latest research on her profile on Google Scolar and BlueSky.
About the person
Dr Federica Zardo is a political scientist. Her work sits at the intersection of International Relations and Public Policy, with an empirical focus on the European Union’s external relations and migration policy. Zardo earned her Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Turin in 2015 with a doctoral thesis on EU–Tunisia cooperation agreements. From 2016 to 2021 she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna’s Centre for European Integration Research.
In these roles she has been exploring how the EU migration and asylum policy intersects with foreign policy, development and security. She examines how the EU formulates and implements migration and asylum policies, both internally and through its partnerships with other countries and regions.
Federica has led and contributed to several international research projects on EU migration and asylum policy and collaborates with networks focused on European integration, EU foreign policy, and migration governance. She teaches courses and supervises graduate and undergraduate research on the European Union, EU migration policy and EU external relations.
Projects (Extract Research Database)
Running projects
Analysing change in EU funding for migration and asylum
Duration: 01/02/2023–31/08/2026
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Federica Zardo
Funding: FWF
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
Duration: 15/10/2021–14/10/2023
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Manfred Zentner
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
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
Publications (Extract Research Database)
Tsourdi, L.; Zardo, F. (2025). Migration Governance Through Funding: Theoretical, Normative, and Empirical Perspectives. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 2025: https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2024.2407584
Zardo, F. (2025). Following AENEAS’ Route: Unpacking Two Decades ofMigration-Related Measures in EU Development Funds. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 2025: doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2024.2424163
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
Wolff. S.; Zardo, F. (2024). The role of sub-national actors in coordinative Europeanisation: insights from the digitalisation of asylum services. Comparative European Politics, online: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-024-00389-1
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
Hadj-Abdou, L.; Zardo, F. (2024). Migrant categories and the politics of labelling. In: Research Handbook on the Sociology of Migration: https://doi.org/10., Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton, US
Bohnet, H.; Zardo, F.; Binder, C.; Dalkiran, M.; Günay, C.; Pisoiu, D.; Dzihic V.; Reichelt, S. (2024). The Impact of Migration on International Relations: Power Relations, Security, and Migration Diplomacy Reexamined.
Rössl, L.; Zardo, F.; Khoury, C. (2024). Blurred vision: potential and challenges of co-creation approaches for migrants’ visibility. In: In/Visibility of Flight: 87-114, De Gruyter, Bielefeld
Zardo, F.; Tservenis, D. R. (2024). Two decades of EU funds for migration and asylum : the MigFund dataset. EUI Working Paper, 32: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/77186
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
Zardo, F.; Rössl, L.; Khoury, C. (2023). Adapting to Crisis: The Governance of Public Services for Migrants and Refugees during COVID-19 in Four European Cities. social sciences, 2023, 12(4): 213 ff.
Zardo, F. (2023). Map traps: the spatiality of EU migration policy instruments in the Southern Neighbourhood. In: Di Peri,R.; Meier, D. (eds.), Mediterranean in dis/order. Space, Power and Politics: Chapter 5, Michigan University Press, Michigan
Czaika, M.; Bohnet, H.; Zardo, F.; Bijak, J. (2023). European migration governance in the context of uncertainty.
Tsourdi, E.; Zardo, F.; Sayed N. (2023). Funding the EU’s external migration policy: ‘Same old’ or potential for sustainable collaboration?
Deters, H.; Zardo F. (2022). The european commission in Covid-19 vaccine cooperation: leadership vs coronationalism? Journal of European Public Policy, online: 1-21
Seeberg, P.; Zardo F. (2022). From Mobility Partnerships to Migration Compacts: security implications of EU-Jordan relations and the informalization of migration governance. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 6/48: 1345-1362
Zardo, F. (2022). The EU Trust Fund for Africa: Geopolitical space making through migration policy instruments. Geopolitics, 27/2: 584-603
Zardo, F.; Loschi, Ch. (2022). EU-Algeria (non) cooperation on migration: A tale of two fortresses. EU-Algeria (non) cooperation on migration: A tale of two fortresses, 27/2: 148-169
Zardo, F.; Wolff S. (2022). Decentering the Study of Migration Governance in the Mediterranean. Geopolitcs, 27: 678-702
Lectures (Extract Research Database)
EUTF Legacy
Evaluation of the EU Trust Fund for Africa, 10/12/2024
Migration as a driver of EU-Neighbourhood relations?
Old and New Leverages in EU-Neighbourhood Relations, 12/09/2024
Following AENEAS' route: unpacking two decades of migration-related measures in EU development funds
ECPR Standing Group on the European Union Conference, 21/06/2024
Round Table: Sliding Doors to the EU: Complementary Pathways and Border (Im)permeability
ECPR Standing Group on the European Union Conference, 20/06/2024
The Evolution of the Internal-External Nexus in EU Migration Policy: A Relational Analysis of the Role of the EEAS
ECPR Standing Group on the European Union Conference, 19/06/2024
External Financial Governance: Solidarity and Externalisation of Migration Control through EU Funding
ECPR Standing Group on the European Union Conference, 19/06/2024
Two decades of EU Funds for migration and asylum
MPC Seminar, 14/05/2024
Challenges in European Migration Politics
Securitizing migration: The new norm? Misconceptions and the allure of simple explanations, 24/11/2023
The Digital turn to public service provision to migrants and asylum seekers during Covid-19: a coordinative Europeanisation approach to civic humanitarian duty
Online Seminar Series of the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union, 16/06/2023
Complementarity and trade-offs in the European migration policy mix
European Union in International Affairs, 03/05/2023
