Lea Müller-Funk
@leamullerfunk.bsky.social
Assistant professor @demigkrems.bsky.social | formerly @giga-hamburg.de @aissr.bsky.social @politicsoxford.bsky.social | (im)mobility & displacement | diaspora | MENA & Europe
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I am very much looking forward to starting my ERC project RESTATE about how refugees perceive and engage with the state throughout their displacement journeys, and how these perceptions shape their roles as political actors in September 2025. I am going to hire 2 postdocs and 1 PhD later this year!
We're delighted for Lea Müller-Funk, who has been awarded the ERC Starting Grant. In her project, she investigates how refugees perceive the state and state violence before, during and after their flight and how these experiences influence their political participation. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
📣 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.
I am delighted to share a new version of our SYREALITY Handbook chapter about the quantitative data collection, which now includes a new sub-chapter about data cleaning. It’s open access. zenodo.org/records/1706...
September 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I am delighted to share a new version of our SYREALITY Handbook chapter about the quantitative data collection, which now includes a new sub-chapter about data cleaning. It’s open access. zenodo.org/records/1706...
📣 Two more weeks to apply for this qualitative postdoc position within my projects RESTATE and SYREALITY! 📣
📣 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.
I am very much looking forward to starting my ERC project RESTATE about how refugees perceive and engage with the state throughout their displacement journeys, and how these perceptions shape their roles as political actors in September 2025. I am going to hire 2 postdocs and 1 PhD later this year!
September 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
📣 Two more weeks to apply for this qualitative postdoc position within my projects RESTATE and SYREALITY! 📣
📣 IMISCOE 2026 Annual Conference CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Zooming In: Micro-(im)mobilities and local adaptation strategies for communities at risk
Panel organisors: Jan Niklas Janoth & myself
Deadline: 20 September 2025
Zooming In: Micro-(im)mobilities and local adaptation strategies for communities at risk
Panel organisors: Jan Niklas Janoth & myself
Deadline: 20 September 2025
September 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📣 IMISCOE 2026 Annual Conference CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Zooming In: Micro-(im)mobilities and local adaptation strategies for communities at risk
Panel organisors: Jan Niklas Janoth & myself
Deadline: 20 September 2025
Zooming In: Micro-(im)mobilities and local adaptation strategies for communities at risk
Panel organisors: Jan Niklas Janoth & myself
Deadline: 20 September 2025
📣 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.
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August 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📣 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.
I am very much looking forward to starting my ERC project RESTATE about how refugees perceive and engage with the state throughout their displacement journeys, and how these perceptions shape their roles as political actors in September 2025. I am going to hire 2 postdocs and 1 PhD later this year!
We're delighted for Lea Müller-Funk, who has been awarded the ERC Starting Grant. In her project, she investigates how refugees perceive the state and state violence before, during and after their flight and how these experiences influence their political participation. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
July 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
📣 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.
Reposted by Lea Müller-Funk
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...
Lea Müller-Funk admitted to Young Academy
Migration researcher from the University for Continuing Education Krems among the eight new members of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
www.donau-uni.ac.at
May 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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...
I recently joined the iniative of the ÖAD to become a science ambassador at Austrian schools. In my opinion, it's a very important initative to strengthen trust in science in society and exchange about research early on. Please share and consider joining!
Botschafter/innen-Profile
youngscience.oead.at
April 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I recently joined the iniative of the ÖAD to become a science ambassador at Austrian schools. In my opinion, it's a very important initative to strengthen trust in science in society and exchange about research early on. Please share and consider joining!
Reposted by Lea Müller-Funk
It was a pleasure to host this inspiring group of scholars for two days in Krems this week & think together about ongoing research on #mobility #control as #state-(re)making in #conflict settings for our upcoming SI with Journal of Refugee Studies.
April 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It was a pleasure to host this inspiring group of scholars for two days in Krems this week & think together about ongoing research on #mobility #control as #state-(re)making in #conflict settings for our upcoming SI with Journal of Refugee Studies.
Honoured to have joined the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Science and slightly relieved that I am still considered young with my 39 years 👵 Looking forward to promote non-precarious work conditions, equality, diversity and interdisciplinarity in Austrian academia.
Young Academy
www.oeaw.ac.at
March 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Honoured to have joined the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Science and slightly relieved that I am still considered young with my 39 years 👵 Looking forward to promote non-precarious work conditions, equality, diversity and interdisciplinarity in Austrian academia.
Inspiring IMISCOE Spring Conference coming to an end! Sad that I could not participate in person due to a broken leg but glad for its hybrid format to get an overview of and engage with exciting ongoing research & reflect on knowledge production, legal status transitions and blurred boundaries.
March 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Inspiring IMISCOE Spring Conference coming to an end! Sad that I could not participate in person due to a broken leg but glad for its hybrid format to get an overview of and engage with exciting ongoing research & reflect on knowledge production, legal status transitions and blurred boundaries.
Great and important text!
If you haven't had the chance to do so yet, check out Lori Wilkinson’s entry on our blog: “What Research Ethics Boards know and don’t know about research with refugee populations”
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What Research Ethics Boards know and don’t know about research with refugee populations - IMISCOE
IMISCOE is the largest European network of scholars in the area of migration and integration. The focus is on comparative research and joint research projects.
www.imiscoe.org
February 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Great and important text!
Reposted by Lea Müller-Funk
Do you examine the topic of migration using economic methods and theories? Then why not present your work at the next Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association? It will take place on Sept 23-24 2025 at @unikrems.bsky.social. The cfp is open til March 15: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/mig/noeg-...
February 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Do you examine the topic of migration using economic methods and theories? Then why not present your work at the next Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association? It will take place on Sept 23-24 2025 at @unikrems.bsky.social. The cfp is open til March 15: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/mig/noeg-...
New section of our SYREALITY Methodological Handbook available
We are happy to share the latest update of the #SYREALITY Methodological Handbook about our qualitative data collection. Chapter 3 now includes a new section on collaborative data collection, sampling strategies, experiences with…
We are happy to share the latest update of the #SYREALITY Methodological Handbook about our qualitative data collection. Chapter 3 now includes a new section on collaborative data collection, sampling strategies, experiences with…
New section of our SYREALITY Methodological Handbook available
We are happy to share the latest update of the #SYREALITY Methodological Handbook about our qualitative data collection. Chapter 3 now includes a new section on collaborative data collection, sampling strategies, experiences with recruiting participants, & reflections on interview encounters by the whole team. Hopefully it is of interest for those who participated in our project as well as other researchers working with life histories and cognitive maps.
syreality.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
New section of our SYREALITY Methodological Handbook available
We are happy to share the latest update of the #SYREALITY Methodological Handbook about our qualitative data collection. Chapter 3 now includes a new section on collaborative data collection, sampling strategies, experiences with…
We are happy to share the latest update of the #SYREALITY Methodological Handbook about our qualitative data collection. Chapter 3 now includes a new section on collaborative data collection, sampling strategies, experiences with…
Happy to share the latest update of the #SYREALITY Methodological Handbook on the qualitative data collection. Hopefully it is of interest for people working with life histories and cognitive maps.
Chapter 3: The Qualitative Data. Version 3.0.
doi.org
February 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Happy to share the latest update of the #SYREALITY Methodological Handbook on the qualitative data collection. Hopefully it is of interest for people working with life histories and cognitive maps.
I am very much looking forward to starting my ERC project RESTATE about how refugees perceive and engage with the state throughout their displacement journeys, and how these perceptions shape their roles as political actors in September 2025. I am going to hire 2 postdocs and 1 PhD later this year!
We're delighted for Lea Müller-Funk, who has been awarded the ERC Starting Grant. In her project, she investigates how refugees perceive the state and state violence before, during and after their flight and how these experiences influence their political participation. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
European Research Council awards €780m in grants to emerging science talent across Europe
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the award of 494 Starting Grants to young scientists and scholars across Europe. The funding - totalling nearly €780 million - supports cutting-edge r...
erc.europa.eu
February 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I am very much looking forward to starting my ERC project RESTATE about how refugees perceive and engage with the state throughout their displacement journeys, and how these perceptions shape their roles as political actors in September 2025. I am going to hire 2 postdocs and 1 PhD later this year!
Just saying a first hello here to fill my blank wall. I hope it is less violent and more social here.
February 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Just saying a first hello here to fill my blank wall. I hope it is less violent and more social here.