Assoz. Prof. Dr. Heidrun Bohnet
Associate 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
- Associate Professor of Migration and Conflict Research
- Teaching applied 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 on “Migration and International Politics” between Danube University Krems and the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (oiip)
- Membership Coordinator for the IMISCOE Standing Comittee Forced Migration and Refugees
- Affiliated researcher with MECAM (Merian Centre for Advanced Studies in the Mahgreb) at the University Tunis
- Responsible for organising interdisciplinary discussion series on migration research: “DEMIG Talks”
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
- “Mixed rivals and rivalries” between different migrant groups
- Perceptions of threat and inequality
- 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 Northern and Eastern Africa and the Middle East
Projects (Extract Research Database)
Running projects
Duration: 01/03/2024–28/02/2029
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Heidrun Bohnet
Funding: EU
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
Bridging Migration and International Relations
Duration: 01/01/2022–31/12/2024
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Mathias Czaika
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
Completed projects
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
Publications (Extract Research Database)
2024
Original articles in SCI, SSCI and A&HCI journals
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
Original articles in compilations
Czaika, M.; Bohnet, H.; Zardo, F.; Bijak, J. (2024). Sources of uncertainty in migration scenarios. In: From Uncertainty to Policy: A Guide to Migration Scenarios: 23ff, Edward Elgar Publishing, Southampton, UK
Miscellaneous scientific publications
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.
2023
Original articles in SCI, SSCI and A&HCI journals
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
Original articles in compilations
Cottier, F.; Bohnet, H. (2023). Statistical Analyses with IO Data. In: Badache, F.; Kimber, L. R. and Maertens, L., International Organizations and Research Methods: An Introduction: 212-220, University of Michigan Press, Arbor, A.
Miscellaneous scientific publications
Czaika, M.; Bohnet, H.; Zardo, F.; Bijak, J. (2023). European migration governance in the context of uncertainty.
2021
Original articles in SCI, SSCI and A&HCI journals
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
Original articles in miscellaneous scientific journals
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
Miscellaneous scientific publications
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
2020
Original articles in compilations
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)
The Realities of Refugee Work Rights: Policy Gaps and the Consequences for Violence
MECAM Event Week, 15/11/2024
Refugees's right to work: Policies versus practice and its impact on violence
EPSA, 04/07/2024
The implementation gaps of refugee policies, protest and violent conflict
ISA Annual Conference, 03/04/2024
Unpacking the uncertainty-governance nexus in the context of migration
IMISCOE, 06/07/2023
The Implementation Gaps of Refugee Policies and Violent Conflict
EPSA, 22/06/2023
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