05/09/2024

Why young people turn away from politics (Interview)

Why do many young people feel that they are not taken seriously and not represented by politics? What could be done to counteract this? This interview with youth researcher Manfred Zentner in the “Wiener Zeitung” offers answers.
27/03/2025

DEMIG Online Talks: Insights into migration research

The next DEMIG Online Talk will take place on March 27th and will be given by Fekadu Adugna Tufa, Professor of Social Anthropology at Addis Ababa University. Drawing on his extensive fieldwork, he will discuss the im-/mobility of Eritreans in Ethiopia in the midst of violent conflicts. He will explore how multiple conflicts affect not only the daily lives of local residents, but also translocal and transnational im-/mobilities and connectivities in situations of prolonged displacement.

23/09/2025

Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association 2025

As co-organizer, we are pleased to announce that the next annual conference of the National Economic Society will take place in Krems on September 23 and 24, 2025. The conference will focus on the topic of 'Migration as an Economic Reality': the call for papers is open until March 31. Isabel Ruiz (University of Oxford) and Çaglar Özden (World Bank) will give the keynote speeches. 
07/10/2024

Public database on irregular migration stock estimates

Recently, the MIRREM project team released a new public database which brings together and assesses the latest estimates of how many migrants with irregular migration status live in various European countries and North America. The Database substantially updates previous assessments of the irregular migrant population in Europe, such as the estimates by the Clandestino research project dating back to 2008 and a subsequent study by the Pew Research Centre from 2019.

17/03/2025

'2025 IMISCOE Spring Conference' in Krems

The annual IMISCOE Spring Conference is coming to Krems, it will take place from March 17 to 19 on the topic of irregular migration. 3 Keynote speeches, 26 panel sessions and 2 round tables will enable participants to engage in an intensive dialogue on the topic of irregular migration. 
05/09/2024

APSA Best Dissertation Award to Naiara Rodriguez-Peña

She received the award for her dissertation, entitled Emigration from 'Destination': The Unfulfilled Migration Aspirations of the Precariat in the 'Global North', which she completed at the University of Kent. In a new interview, our colleague describes the findings that particularly surprised her and what she recommends to other early-stage researchers. 
06/09/2024

ERC-Starting-Grant to Lea Müller-Funk

Scientist at the University for Continuing Education Krems receives research funding from the European Research Council (ERC)

03/08/2024

No asylum - and yet here: "Die Presse" asked the reasons for this

A German-language article about the difficult documentation and political treatment of "non-deportables". One of the interviewees was Albert Kraler, coordinator of the project "Measuring Irregular Migration".

15/01/2025

Become an Ernst Mach Fellow at our department

Subject Image Call for Visiting Research Fellowships in Migration Studies

We invite early-stage researchers to apply for the Ernst Mach Grant – worldwide, funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. This prestigious fellowship supports young researchers from all disciplines who wish to pursue a research project in Austria.

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Migration- and Integrationmanagement

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Global Competences and Management

The university course provides the knowledge and practice to be able to meet the increasing demands in professional life and especially in management.

Circular and Return Migration Management, CP

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PhD Migration Studies

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