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Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Sep 5

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...

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Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Sep 4

📣 Two more weeks to apply for this qualitative postdoc position within my projects RESTATE and SYREALITY! 📣

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!

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Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Sep 4

❓ How do micro-(im)mobilities contribute to community engagement and local action?

Please spread the word and send us your contributions!

Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Sep 4

We ask:
❓ In which ways can micro-(im)mobilities serve as adaptation strategy for people at risk?
❓ How does social inequality shape processes of micro-(im)mobilities?
❓ How are life aspirations related to micro-(im)mobilities?

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Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Sep 4

📣 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

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Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Aug 28

💬 I’m hosting an informal online info session about the position and the PhD programme at our department on 8 September 2025, from 10:30 to 12:30 CET, on Zoom.

🔗 Register here if you're interested: donau-uni.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Info session - PhD position RESTATE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

donau-uni.zoom.us

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

The PhD position is based at the Department for Migration and Globalisation, Danube University Krems.

🔗 More details and application link (deadline: 30 September 2025):
www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

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

The position involves research on refugees’ political agency and changing perceptions of the state. The PhD researcher will focus on the Syrian case study with qualitative fieldwork in Syria (online), Istanbul, and Berlin. There is room to shape the PhD project in line with your own interests.

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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.

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Jul 25

Travel expenses for attending the on-site interview in Krems can be reimbursed.

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

💬 I’m hosting an informal online info session about the position on 19 August 2025, from 12:30 to 14:30 CET, on Zoom.

🔗 Register here if you're interested:
donau-uni.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Info session on RESTATE vacancies. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

donau-uni.zoom.us

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

🔗 More details and application link (deadline: 16 September 2025):
www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...

Vacancies

We’re pleased that you’re interested in working at the University for Continuing Education Krems. All job advertisements can be found here.

www.donau-uni.ac.at

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

The position involves research on refugees’ (im)mobilities, political agency and changing perceptions of the state. The postdoc will co-lead the qualitative data collection of the ERC project and contribute to the analysis of both projects. The postdoc is based at the @demigkrems.bsky.social.

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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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Department for Migration and Globalisation @demigkrems.bsky.social · May 9

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

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Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Apr 28

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

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Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) @ya-oeaw.bsky.social · Apr 22

@romanhoffmann.bsky.social @lucykinski.bsky.social @janalasser.bsky.social @leamullerfunk.bsky.social @uguroeztuerk.bsky.social @laertepatera.bsky.social

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Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Apr 4

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.

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Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Mar 28

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

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Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Mar 19

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.

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Lea Müller-Funk @leamullerfunk.bsky.social · Feb 18

Great and important text!

Methods in Migration Research (Meth@Mig - IMISCOE) @methatmig.bsky.social · Feb 5

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

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

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-...

An artistical map of the Austrian city of Krems. © Knut Hebstreit/ Adobe Stock

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

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…

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.

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

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.

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

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

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