Still time to apply for our In‑Person Residency on “Migration Politics and Violence” (28 Sept–2 Oct 2026, Austria). Benefit from our author‑centred, dialogical approach to developing your manuscript with the Migration Politics team. 🗓️ Deadline: 6 April 🔗 Call: migrationpolitics.org/2026/02/24/c...

📢 New publication in the @jeppjournal.bsky.social 📚 @federicazardo.bsky.social and I examine how the European Commission has responded to national emergency regimes within the EU’s asylum policy over time and in different cases 🇪🇺 #openaccess #EU; #asylum; www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Global Talent in Healthcare — HR experts from Austrian hospitals, staffing agencies & academia share strategies to recruit & retain international professionals. 14 Apr · 7 pm CEST · Online · Free www.donau-uni.ac.at/de/universit... Also new — Certificate Program: www.donau-uni.ac.at/de/studium/r...

New guest blog: @leamullerfunk.bsky.social, Ahmad Wali Ahmad Yar, and Lina Omran show how refugees rethink the state and create political spaces across borders. The piece also highlights how the RESTATE project studies these dynamics in practice. 📰 Read here: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Turning the Page, Staying the Course at Migration Politics Now led by 6 researchers from our department, the journal remains committed to slow-science, author centred editing, and platinum open access — with expanded participation routes. See aims & open calls: migrationpolitics.org/2026/02/24/t...

Spirituality in Spaces of Waiting: How does faith support migrants facing long periods of uncertainty at the US–Mexico border? Sociologist Olga Odgers shares insights from Catholic, Evangelical, Muslim & secular shelters. Join us on 12 Feb, 4–5 pm CET via Zoom: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

When Staying Still Speaks Volumes: Online talk with Diana Mata‑Codesal on the meanings of immobility. 📅 22 Jan 🕑 2–3 pm CET 🌐 Zoom Why do people stay put — and what does it reveal? Join us for ethnographic insights into rootedness, intention, and feeling “stuck.” www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

We joined the Lower Austrian Research Festival this year, an event making science accessible. The theme ‘What does a migration researcher actually do, and what does our food have to do with migration?’ proved to be fertile ground for conversation. 🔗 bit.ly/45Oo94c #HorizonEU @unikrems.bsky.social

👀#RURALITIC spotted! We were featured in @unikrems.bsky.social 's latest newsletter edition. 💡Need a refresher what the project is about? Click the link: bit.ly/4pNuLHQ #HorizonEU #RuralDevelopment

🌱 Are you an early-career researcher eager to conduct research in Austria, supported by a network of leading migration scholars? Apply by January 11 for the Ernst Mach Grant – worldwide and become part of our dynamic international team in Krems! 👉 All details here www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

🎉 We’re very happy to share that @julia-mp.bsky.social Permoser has received an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant for her project Ethics in Action. She’ll study how political & civil society actors navigate ethical dilemmas in migration policy across 10 sites worldwide: erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Univ.-Prof.in Dr. in Julia Mourão Permoser, Politikwissenschafterin am Department für Migration und Globalisierung der Universität für Weiterbildung Krems, erhält ERC Consolidator Grant für ihr Forschungsprojekt „Ethics in Action". @demigkrems.bsky.social Mehr dazu: l1nq.com/ELRDL #UniKrems

Still a few days to apply to the Section on EU borders, migration and mobility at the #SGEU26 @ecprsgeu.bsky.social conference in wonderful Catania next July, chaired by Stefania Panebianco and me! More info here 👇🏻

Don’t miss out on this really interesting talk! Taking place online this Thursday as part of our DEMIG talks. Everyone is welcome to join!

Navigating Legal Uncertainty – DEMIG Talk with Gisela P. Zapata, Assistant Professor at @ufmgbr.bsky.social 🎙️ “Complexity and Unevenness in Migrants’ Regularization Pathways in Latin America” 🗓️ 13 November 2025 | 🕒 15:00–16:00 CET | 📍 Online 🔗 Details & Zoom link: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

On 23–24 September, the Austrian Economic Association held its Annual Conference in Krems, focusing on the theme Migration as an Economic Reality 🎥 Keynotes www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... 📸 Photo Highlights www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit... 📘 Conference booklet www.donau-uni.ac.at/dam/jcr:e4ba...

🌍 WEBINAR | Migrants’ Political and Social Participation in Rural Italy 🗓️ Oct 23 | 🕒 2–3 pm CEST | 💻 Online via Zoom 🎙️ with political scientist Giorgia Zogu Drawing on 9 municipalities, we'll explore how institutions and personal traits shape migrant engagement. 📳 donau-uni.zoom.us/j/6824488418...

🔬 Lower Austria Research Festival 2025 – we’re in! 📍 Swing by our booth to explore how global movements shape food & society. Dive into our latest projects! 📹 Can’t make it? Watch our videos on YouTube: youtube.com/embed/HY96DW... 🗓️ 10 Oct | 1–9 PM 📍 Palais Niederösterreich, Vienna 🎟️ Free entry!

🎙️ Happening today! Join us at 14:00 CEST for the launch of this year’s DEMIG hybrid talk series with Katharina Natter: Between Knowledge and Assumptions: The Migrant in the Eyes of the Policymaker 💻 Attend in Krems or online via Zoom: donau-uni.zoom.us/j/6554235641...

🚦 This year's DEMIG Online talk series launches Sept 18! 🎙️ First speaker: @knatter.bsky.social (Leiden University) on how expert knowledge is used, ignored or misused in European migration policymaking. 📍 Hybrid format – join us online or in Krems 🕑 2–3pm CEST www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

🚦 This year's DEMIG Online talk series launches Sept 18! 🎙️ First speaker: @knatter.bsky.social (Leiden University) on how expert knowledge is used, ignored or misused in European migration policymaking. 📍 Hybrid format – join us online or in Krems 🕑 2–3pm CEST www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

📣 We’re pleased to share the full program for this year’s Annual Conference of the Austrian Economic Association. 🗓️ September 23–24, 2025 📍 @unikrems.bsky.social Theme: Migration as an Economic Reality, 22 panels, 2 keynotes, 1 roundtable. Register by Sept 10 👉 www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

📣 Vacancy for PhD position! 📣 I am looking for a qualitative PhD researcher (3 years, 30 hours/week) to join my ERC project #RESTATE (Refugees’ Political Participation and State-(Re)Making in Displacement), starting preferably on 1 January 2026.

📣 Postdoc vacancy! I am looking for a qualitative postdoc (3 years, 100%) to join my ERC project #RESTATE (Refugees’ Political Participation and State-(Re)Making in Displacement, 85%) and my project #SYREALITY (Syrian Imaginations of Europe meet Reality, 15%) starting preferably on 1 January 2026.

🔎 #RURALITIC historians and sociologists traced the changing #rural landscapes of the 19th and 20th centuries during the workshop - Transformations of the rural world from a socio-historical perspective - on 30 June. 💡Curious about the takeaways? www.ruralitic.eu/new/revisiti... #HorizonEU

🔍 New Data Portal on Irregular Migration 🔎 📊 Estimates (2008–2023) for 20 countries in Europe, North America & North Africa 🌍 Interactive map & country profiles 📖 Key findings, publications & full dataset 🔗 Explore the MIrreM Data Portal: irregularmigration.eu/data-portal/

🌍 Join our info session on the part-time program Circular & Return Migration Management, starting November 2025 with a Middle East focus. 📅 July 30, 4 PM (CEST) 🤝 In partnership with Munich Forum for Dialogue & @jasminldiab.bsky.social 🎓 Scholarships available ℹ️ www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/studies/c...

💶 New on scilog: How does EU funding shape migration policy? The project MigFund reveals a growing focus on border control and externalization. 🗃️ The research is led by political scientist Federica Zardo (@federicazardo.bsky.social). 📖 Read more: scilog.fwf.ac.at/en/magazine/...

Yesterday was World #RuralDevelopment Day! 📣And what better way to mark the occasion than by announcing the launch of the #RURALITIC website? Curious about the project's main objectives and more? 🔗Visit now & bookmark the website so you don't miss any updates: www.ruralitic.eu #HorizonEU

📣 New on the Meth@Mig blog: @josefneubauer.bsky.social reflects on fieldwork & fieldlife in Nepal— more than six months of research, insights, and lessons from Kathmandu, Barpak & Inaruwa. A instuctive look at doing research and living it. www.imiscoe.org/news-and-blo... #MigrationResearch

Join us at the MIrreM final conference: 📆 11 September 2025, 9 AM – 2 PM 🌍 Residence Palace, Brussels & online ℹ️ bit.ly/3GiuKKG We will discuss: ❓ How can we measure irregular migration? ❓ What are the policy responses to irregular migration? ❓ What is the impact of regularisation policies? 🧵

Join us for a seminar on June 25th at the Korean Cultural Center in Vienna. In anticipation of the eventual unification of Korea, researchers will discuss the social integration of immigrants, with insights from Central and Eastern Europe. No registration needed. www.donau-uni.ac.at/dam/jcr:4088...

Really looking forward to this talk based on my recent paper with the amazing @dorinadamsa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 The full MigFund database is now publicly available. It covers EU funding for migration and asylum from 2000 to 2023, across both internal and external programmes. 1,700+ funding measures. All major instruments, from AMIF to EUTF. You can download it here: zenodo.org/records/1568...

DEMIG Online Talk: Join @nikostrand.bsky.social as she explores how deportation in Europe is shaped by both knowledge and ignorance. Learn about the overlooked harms of routine procedures and the role of "not knowing" in justifying state actions. 📅 24 June, 2-3pm‬ www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

What is the latest on public opinion in relation to return and readmission policies across Europe? Join us on the 11th of June to find out. Details: www.moreproject-horizon.eu/public-opini...

My colleague Samiksha Neupane and I put together a dictionary of terms central to our data collection in the #DYNAMIGS project. We hope it is a useful resource for other scholars working across Nepali and English, and would love feedback to update it with amendments and additions in the future!

In 2 weeks, I'll share early insights from my fieldwork across Nepal, Lisbon, and Malta about the various roles and meanings of Portugal within the aspirations, trajectories, and experiences of many young Nepalis on the move. 📆 11 June, 13:30-14:30 UTC +1 📍Iscte–IUL, Lisbon and Zoom More info ⬇️

Excited to have a new OA paper out with the amazing @dorinadamsa.bsky.social on the fluidity of non/knowledge production, drawing on our empirical work on deportation from EUrope. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @demigkrems.bsky.social @scmrjems.bsky.social @bordercrim.bsky.social

Stay Updated with Migration Research Latest Newsletter: Read here news.donau-uni.ac.at/archiv_newsl... Subscribe here for news and event tips www.donau-uni.ac.at/de/universit... Today at 3-4 pm CET: Join our Online Talk on Migratory Corridors across the Americas: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

In Trump's second term, immigration policies have tightened, but migration trends in the Americas were already changing. Join the next DEMIG Online Talk with social anthropologist and geographer Soledad Álvarez Velasco to learn more. 📅 May 28th, 2025 🕒 3-4 pm CET 📲 donau-uni.zoom.us/j/6916422094...

Congratulations to @leamullerfunk.bsky.social on being elected to the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences @ya-oeaw.bsky.social! Discover more about her research projects & her efforts in supporting young researchers and promoting public science here: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/news/news...

Join us for the next DEMIG Online Talk with Soledad Álvarez Velasco, Assistant Professor at UIC. She will discuss the transformation of migratory pathways across the Americas over the last decades amid global political developments. 📅 May 28th, 2025 🕒 3-4 pm CET 📲 donau-uni.zoom.us/j/6916422094...

Today, at 4 pm CET (It's still possilble to register for this free online talk on youth violence in Europe and beyond.)

Concern about youth violence in Europe has grown in recent years. How can we assess the situation? In this online talk, youth researcher Manfred Zentner will discuss current trends as well as prevention and intervention strategies. 📅 24/04/2025, 4-5 pm CET 🌍 online donau-uni.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

New open access article out in @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social Beyond the internal-external policy divide: how the EU communicates on migration by Caterina Carta, @mattiasguazzini.bsky.social and me! Read here 👇and a short thread 🧵 below! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New publication out now at Refugee Survey Quarterly 📑 exploring the well-being of Syrian refugees in Austria and the dimensions of (non-)belonging. 👉 Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/rsq/... @demigkrems.bsky.social @judithkohlenberger.bsky.social

From May 26 to 28, 2025, a major conference on irregular migration will take place in Lower Saxony, focusing on scientific findings and options for evidence-based policies and practices: www.loccum.de/tagungen/2519/

Still three days to submit an abstract for the next Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association. We look forward to receiving your contributions on the main theme “Migration as an economic reality” as well as on other economic issues. www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/mig/noeg-...

Folks, a *reminder*: there are still 4 weeks to submit your contribution to this year’s GLOBALCIT – Rainer Bauböck 2025 Essay Award on the Global State of Citizenship. Pls share with early career researchers or submit smt yourself if you are one and have an interest in citizenship. #MigCitSky