Current research projects
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Population geography and demography
AGRUMIG ‘Leaving something behind’ - Migration governance and agricultural & rural change in ‘home’ communities: comparative experience from Europe, Asia and Africa Climate migration in SEA Climate change, migration, and translocal dynamics n Southeast Asia Food insecurity and migration Understanding the determinants of households food insecurity and its linkage with migration in East Harerghe, Ehtiopia HABITABLE Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points: Scenarios for Climate Migration Mahidol Migration Center International Joint Research Unit Migration in rural Ethiopia Out of sight, out of mind – How research can help make vulnerable population visible Migration Moldova Mainstreaming migration into the National Adaptation Plan in Moldova Remittances in Morocco The Impact of Translocal Social Remittances on the Environment in Morocco Thai migrants in Korea Mediatized Mobility Pathways of Thai Migrant Workers on South Korea The future in (im)mobility Aspirations and desires to migrate and the role of ICT in Ethiopia Thesholds in migration Understanding the environmental impact on migration through the use of longitudinal data -
Didactics of geography and economic education
MiDENTITY Improving institutional capacities and fostering cooperation to tackle the impacts of transnational youth migration -
Geoecology
LTER-CWN Research Infrastructure for Carbon, Water and Nitrogen PeatGOV-Austria Governance options for climate smart agriculture on Austrian peatlands Conservation and restoration of Peatland Biodiversity Erhaltung und Wiederherstellung der Biodiversität in Mooren Österreich PRINCESS Peatland Rewetting In Nitrogen-Contaminated Environments: Synergies an trade-offs between -
Human Geography | Economic Geography
FWF Industriell-institutionelle Koevolution in Regionalökonomien GloRI A Global Value Chain of Research and Innovation: Governance and Power in designing research for sustainable mineral-material uses POLISS Policies for Smart Specialisation JIBS Renewal of mature industries: Institutional preconditions and routes of innovation RegReSir Regional Resilience and Sustainable Industrial Restructuring RIS4Danu Sustainable Smart Specialisation for the Re-opening of Industrial Sites in the Danube Region -
Cartography and geographic information
Digitising Patterns of Power Peripherical Mountains in the Medieval World Prototyp ÖROK-Atlas online Österreich im Blick der Örok Riedenkarten AT Digitale Erfassung, Darstellung und Präsentation aller österreichischen Weinrieden -
Physical Geography - (ENGAGE - Geomorphological Systems and Risk Research)
NoeMotion Mobility-, hazard- and risk-analysis of chosen landslides in Lower Austria AlpSenseBench Alpine remote sensing of climate-induced natural hazards GeoHype Quantification of permafrost degradation in the Kaunertal, Tyrol
i-CONN ITN-project for interdisciplinary approaches in connectivity science NoeSLIDE Landslide monitoring in Lower Austria NoeTALUS Hazard modelling of fall processes in Lower Austria PHUSICOS Horizon 2020 project about nature-based solutions for risk reduction in mountainous areas -
Spatial research and spatial planning
SIforREF Integrating Refugees in Society and Labour Market through Social Innovation
Completed research projects
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Population geography and demography
AROMA_CoDa (2018) Assessing Refugees' Onward Mobility through the Analysis of Communication Data Life after mud (2017-2018) Livelihood transformation and resilience in disaster affected relocated communities in Sidoarjo, Indonesia
MORISA (2016-2017) Mobilities and changing rice production systems in Thailand and the Philippines TransRe (2013-2017) Building resilience through translocality. Climate change, migration and social resilience of rural communities in Thailand RCR/B4 (2013-2016) Trans-local relations and the reorganization of socio-ecological systems in Kenya and South Africa Migrants at risk (2016) How rural-urban migrants coped with and adapted to the 2011 floods in Bangkok, Thailand -
Geoecology
PALUS Potential of Paludicuture in Austria Torfmoose in Paludikulturen Sphagnum moss in Paludiculture -
Cartography and geographic information
ALBINA ITAT3014 Euregio-Lawinenlagebericht / Lawinen.Report -
Physical Geography - (ENGAGE - Geomorphological Systems and Risk Research)
ExtremA State of the art of extrem events in Austria (2017-2019) CONWATER Connectivity concepts in water erosion research (in cooperation with Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra/Slowakei, 2018-2019) BioSLIDE Influence of biomass and its dynamics on the activity of landslides (in cooperation with TU Wien, Delft University of Technology, Utrecht University, 2015-2018) EE-Con Economic and ecologic consequences of natural hazards in alpine valleys (ÖAW, project lead Uni Graz, 2015-2018) MoNOE Method development for hazard modeling for landslides in Lower Austria (2009-2013) Risk:ATlas Atlas of natural hazards and risks in Austria (BMLFUW, 2014-2015) CHANGES Changes of hydrometeorological changes and risks (Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN, 2011-2014) SEERisk Joint disaster risk management assessment of the Danube makro region (SSE, 2012-2014) ChangingRISKS Changing patterns of risks of landslides as a reaction to global change in mountainous regions (EU - ERA-NET, 2011-2013) MOVE Methods for improving vulnerability analyses in Europe (EU, 2006-2010) ILEWS Integrative Landslide Early Warning Systems (BMBF, 2007-2010) InterRISK Integrative risk- and perception analysis of landslides in the Swabian Alb, Germany (DFG, 2001-2006) CASITA II Capacity increasing of information technology apps in Asia Spatial susceptibility of landslides in the Navua catchment (Fiji) Hazard and risk assessment of landslides in Northwest Iceland Monitoring and modeling of landslides in Eastern Belgium MABIS Mass movements in South and West Germany DOMODIS Documentation of hazards in mountainous areas -
Spatial research and spatial planning
YOUMIG Improving institutional capacities and fostering cooperation to tackle the impacts of transnational youth migration PNIG Practices and Policies for Neighbourhood Improvement: towards "Gentrification 2.0" Regionale Spezialisierungen in OÖ Teilprojekt im Kontext der Ausarbeitung des neuen Landesentwicklungskonzeptes für Oberösterreich SEEMIG Managing Migration and its Effects in SEE: Transnational Actions Towards Evidence Based Strategies LOM - Lives on the Move A Qualitative Empirical Account of Long-distance Commute Work in the Russian Federations Oil and Gas Industries in Vakhtoviki in North-western Siberia Active Ageing Managing Interregionale Zusammenarbeit zur Förderung von Mobilität im Alter ESPON SeGI Indicators and Perspectives for Services of General Interests in Territorial Cohesion and Development Nachverdichtung Nachverdichtung als Chance zur Ortskernbelebung in suburbanen Gemeinden ESPON DEMIFER Demographic and Migratory Flows Affecting European Regions and Cities