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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · 20d

🎙️ 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...

Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · 27d

🚦 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...

Japan Azusa Express train at Otsuki station platform under warm sunlight in winter | Photo Credit: PixHound / Adobe Stock

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · 27d

The analysis shows how “the migrant” is portrayed in fundamentally different ways across policy areas, with clear consequences on whether knowledge is used, cherry-picked, disregarded, or even distorted. Find out more about Katharina's research at: katharinanatter.com

Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · 27d

Drawing on a comparative analysis of reforms in Austria, Italy, and the Netherlands, Katharina Natter will examine how migrants are portrayed across three key policy areas: counter-smuggling, asylum reception, and migrant worker attraction.

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · 27d

🚦 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...

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you! Here's the correct link: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

Interdisciplinary perspectives on migration and asylum

We warmly invite you to the launch of the upcoming DEMIG Online Talks. This interdisciplinary series brings together scholars from across academic fields to explore current research on migration, mobi...

www.donau-uni.ac.at

Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · 28d

The analysis shows how “the migrant” is portrayed in fundamentally different ways across policy areas, with clear consequences on whether knowledge is used, cherry-picked, disregarded, or even distorted.

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · 28d

Drawing on a comparative analysis of reforms in Austria, Italy, and the Netherlands, Katharina will examine how migrants are portrayed across three key policy areas: counter-smuggling, asylum reception, and migrant worker attraction.

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · 28d

🚦 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...

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · Sep 2

📣 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...

Autumn view of Danube river and Krems town in Wachau region Austria (sunrise atmosphere) | Photo By Richard Semik /Adobe Stock

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Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Aug 13

📣 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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Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Jul 24

📣 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.

Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Feb 12

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!

Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · Sep 5

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/...

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RURALITIC_EU @ruralitic-eu.bsky.social · Jul 22

🔎 #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

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · Jul 23

🔍 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/

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · Jul 21

🌍 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...

Circular and Return Migration Management

Continuing education program | 1 sem. part-time - gain knowledge in planning and implementation of programs to promote return migration.

www.donau-uni.ac.at

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · Jul 14

🔍 Learn more about the project and explore all resources: donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

#MigrationPolicy #GovernanceThroughFunding #MigFund
#EUfunding #MigrationGovernance @fwf-at.bsky.social sky.social @unikrems.bsky.social

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · Jul 14

💶 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/...

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RURALITIC_EU @ruralitic-eu.bsky.social · Jul 7

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

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Methods in Migration Research (Meth@Mig - IMISCOE) @methatmig.bsky.social · Jul 3

📣 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

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · Jun 24

Anna Triandafyllidou (CERC in Migration & Integration, @researchtmu.bsky.social) & Blanca Garcés Mascareñas (@cidobbarcelona.bsky.social), Alejandra Rodríguez Sánchez (@unipotsdam.bsky.social) & @albertkraler.bsky.social (@unikrems.bsky.social, @demigkrems.bsky.social)

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · Jun 24

Laura Peitz (@bamf.de), Michele LeVoy (@picumofficial.bsky.social), Amparo González Ferrer (Spanish Government), Ann Singleton (@bristoluni.bsky.social), @jasmijnslootjes.bsky.social (@migrationpolicy.bsky.social), Maegan Hendow (@icmpd.org),

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · Jun 24

Together with Michail Moschovokos (@ec.europa.eu - Research and Innovation), Giulio Maria Mancini (@euhomeaffairs.bsky.social), Fabian Bach (Eurostat), @deniskierans.bsky.social (@compasoxford.bsky.social), @flaczko.bsky.social (former @iom.int), @bircantuba.bsky.social (Vrije Universiteit Brussel),

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · Jun 24

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?

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Animated GIF showing the word 'MIRREM' with a gradient effect transitioning from light blue to dark blue. Below it, the text reads 'Measuring Irregular Migration' in white font against a solid blue background. Information on the MIrreM research project is available at: https://irregularmigration.eu/

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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · Jun 23

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...

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Nik Ostrand @nikostrand.bsky.social · Jun 16

Really looking forward to this talk based on my recent paper with the amazing @dorinadamsa.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · Jun 16

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...

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Federica Zardo @federicazardo.bsky.social · Jun 17

🚨 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...

MigFund Dataset

MigFund tracks over 1,700 EU-funded measures related to migration and asylum policy between 2000 and 2023. It covers internal and external instruments, coded by sub-policy area, target group, geograph...

zenodo.org

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