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demigkrems.bsky.social
Department for Migration and Globalisation
@demigkrems.bsky.social
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at University for Continuing Education Krems, Austria (www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/mig)
We want to contribute to a better understanding of migration and integration with our research and teaching activities.
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🌍 WEBINAR | Migrants’ Political and Social Participation in Rural Italy
🗓️ Oct 23 | 🕒 2–3 pm CEST | 💻 Online via Zoom
🎙️ with political scientist Giorgia Zogu
Drawing on 9 municipalities, we'll explore how institutions and personal traits shape migrant engagement.
📳 donau-uni.zoom.us/j/6824488418...
The JR Onuma Koen train station platform, quiet and empty during snowfall | Photo Credits: PixHound/Adobe Stock
October 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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🚦 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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September 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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🚦 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...
September 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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📣 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
September 2, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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🔍 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/
July 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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💶 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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July 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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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/
June 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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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...
June 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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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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June 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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In Trump's second term, immigration policies have tightened, but migration trends in the Americas were already changing. Join the next DEMIG Online Talk with social anthropologist and geographer Soledad Álvarez Velasco to learn more.

📅 May 28th, 2025
🕒 3-4 pm CET
📲 donau-uni.zoom.us/j/6916422094...
The posting was repeated because the original image file unfortunately contained an error: two words of the abstract had been omitted. We apologise for this Event description: Over the past two decades, irregularized South–South transit migration across the Americas has reconfigured long-standing routes and produced new transnational corridors. This talk focuses on two such corridors: one connecting the Andean Region with Central America, and another linking it to the Southern Cone. Drawing on multi-sited and digital ethnography, as well as historical and geopolitical analysis, I argue that the proliferation of South–South transit migration – alongside the expansion and intensification of border regimes – has shaped these corridors into dynamic, unequal and deeply contested spaces. The Andean Region now functions as a critical connecting hub for migration flows moving both northward and southward. At the center of these shifting geographies are the everyday spatial struggles of migrants in transit – particularly those from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa – whose repeated transits and forms of resistance challenge the logics of regional and global migration governance. (The picture shows the rainbow mountains in Peru. Photo credits: Marek Poplawski / Adobe Stock)
May 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Join us for the next DEMIG Online Talk with Soledad Álvarez Velasco, Assistant Professor at UIC. She will discuss the transformation of migratory pathways across the Americas over the last decades amid global political developments.

📅 May 28th, 2025
🕒 3-4 pm CET
📲 donau-uni.zoom.us/j/6916422094...
Event description: Over the past two decades, irregularized South–South transit migration across the Americas has reconfigured long-standing routes and produced new transnational corridors. This talk focuses on two such corridors: one connecting the Andean Region with Central America, and another linking it to the Southern Cone. Drawing on multi-sited and digital ethnography, as well as historical and geopolitical analysis, I argue that the proliferation of South–South transit migration – alongside the expansion and intensification of border regimes – has shaped these corridors into dynamic, unequal and deeply contested spaces. The Andean Region now functions as a critical connecting hub for migration flows moving both northward and southward. At the center of these shifting geographies are the everyday spatial struggles of migrants in transit – particularly those from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa – whose repeated transits and forms of resistance challenge the logics of regional and global migration governance. (The picture shows the rainbow mountains in Peru. Photo credits: Marek Poplawski / Adobe Stock)
May 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Concern about youth violence in Europe has grown in recent years. How can we assess the situation? In this online talk, youth researcher Manfred Zentner will discuss current trends as well as prevention and intervention strategies.
📅 24/04/2025, 4-5 pm CET
🌍 online
donau-uni.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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April 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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At the next DEMIG Online Talk on March 27, 2-3 pm CET, Fekadu Adugna Tufa, Professor of Social Anthropology in Addis Ababa, will discuss the diverse conditions of im/mobility that Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are confronted with. Please join the event via this link donau-uni.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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March 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Panelist Martin Ruhs Panelist Martina Belmonte Panelist Session Chair Irene Ponzo
March 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Panelist Luin Goldring The discussants and the moderator of the round table on the topic 'Researching Irregular Migration: Ethics and Politics of Knowledge production on migrant irregularity' Session Chair Anastasia Karatzas The rector of the University for Continuing Education Krems, Viktoria Weber, in conversation with conference participants
March 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Two participants in conversation 3 participants at the reception Two women in conversation A workshop in the framework of the IMISCOE PhD Network Day
March 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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The #IMISCOE2025 spring conference at the @unikrems.bsky.social is in full swing, with 26 panels, 3 keynotes & 2 roundtables on the topic of irregular migration. The booklet is available here donau-uni.ac.at/dam/jcr:1fe8...
Tmrw is the final day, we hope to see many of you there, in person or online
A close-up of the conference booklet Our colleagues at the registration desk The keynote speech by sociologist Caroline Wanjiku Kihato 'Leaning into Uncertainty: The Epistemology and Ontology of Irregular Migration ' 3 participants at the reception
March 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Join us for the next webinar in our joint series on irregular migration, which brings together expertise and insights from seven Horizon Europe projects

❔ Does irregular migration data shape policy-making in the EU? And public discourse?
🗓️ March 6
⏰ 1-2:15 pm CET
📝 donau-uni.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The title of the upcoming webinar: Irregular Migration Data and its Impact on Policymaking and Public Debates in the EU
February 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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The next DEMIG talk will be given by Alex Braithwaite (@uarizona.bsky.social) on factors influencing attitudes towards immigration. What effect does information about immigrants' past and potential future contributions to the host country have?
🗓️ Feb 20 4-5 pm CET
📝 donau-uni.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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February 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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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-...
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February 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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❕ Registration is now open for the next IMISCOE Spring Conference on the topic of irregular migration ❕

🚞 17-19 March 2025/ Krems, Austria

📅 Deadline for registration: 3 March 2025

ℹ️ All details here: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...
Photo credits: Leonid Andronov/ Adobe Stock | The historic center of Krems, Austria.
January 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Exchange ideas with inspiring migration researchers – join us for the DEMIG Online Talks. On Jan 16, B.G. O’Brien,Assoc Prof at SDSU,discusses how anti-migrant stereotypes have spread in the US since the 1920s and continue to shape immigration discourse and policies donau-uni.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Illustration for the upcoming Online Talk "Racism and Refuge: Understanding Santuary Policies in the US and Beyond" by Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien (Sand Diego State University), which will take place on Jan 16, at 4pm CET. The image shows a section of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco | © Adobe Stock/ Jennifer Chen
January 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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In her online talk on Dec 12 at 2pm CET, Suzy Blondin will explore the link between environmental conditions and (im)mobility. Based on her field research in Tajikistan, we will learn more about individual attachment to place, risk perception and adaptive capacity www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...
View of the snow-covered Pamiri Mountains in Tajikistan. You can see a street that suddenly disappears from view behind hills. | © Adobe Stock / masar1920
December 9, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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Do you research irregular #migration?

Then the free MIrreM Spring School 2025 on "Approaching Irregular Migration from a Quantitative Perspective" might be just for you! Join us in Krems, Austria, on 19-21 March 2025 🚞

All info and how to apply: irregularmigration.eu/2024/12/03/m...
December 6, 2024 at 10:41 AM
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This year's DEMIG Online Talks present research on conflicts related to migration. In the opening talk on November 19 at 3p.m. (CET), Lamis Abdelaaty from Syracuse University discusses the impact of different framings on attitudes toward refugee admissions. 🧵 www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/universit...
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November 11, 2024 at 9:34 AM