Husa

Ao. Univ.-Prof. i.R. Mag. Dr. Karl Husa

Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna
A-1010 Vienna, Universitätsstraße 7/4, Zi. C 529

T: +43-1-4277-48632

Email: karl.husa@univie.ac.at

Education

1969 – 1974: Studies of Geography and English and American Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria
1974, graduation as "Master of natural science“ (Mag. rer. nat.)
1983 Graduation as Dr. phil. (PhD) with a doctoral thesis on internal migration, residential mobility and suburbanization processes in the Vienna Region
1988 Tenure ("Venia Docendi" in Human Geography) after presenting a monograph ("Habilitation Thesis") on "Spatial mobility in Third World Countries as a complex phenomenon: The example of Thailand“

Job Career

1974 – 1975 Research fellow at the University of Vienna, Department of Geography
1975 – 1979 University Assistant
1979 – 1988 University Assistant and Lecturer
June 1988 Tenure, Assistant professor at the Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna until June 1996
June 1996 Associate Professor at the Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna
since 2002 Head of the Asia Research Group of the Dept. of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna
since October 2009 board member of the interdisciplinary research platform on „Migration and Integration“ of the University of Vienna
since October 2011 vice co-ordinator for the scientific cooperation of the University of Vienna with Southeast Asian universities (ASEA Uninet)

Current Research Interests

spatial demography, theory, dynamics and spatial patterns of internal and international migration, theory and dynamics of population change, socio-demographic transformation processes, theory, dynamics and spatial patterns of fertility decline and population ageing,
Regional focus: Southeast Asia, Europe

Main Fields of Teaching

Population Geography, Spatial Demography, Migration Research , Development Problems and Regional Disparities in Third World Countries (regional focus: Southeast Asia)
Excursion abroad: Organisation and scientific support of numerous excursions to Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Tunesia, Algeria, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, India, Nepal, Lao PDR, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong SAR
Lectures abroad: lectures on various topics (mainly population geography) at numerous universities in Europe, India, Southeast and East Asia

Membership and Activities in Scientific Societies

Austrian Geographical Society
Population Reference Bureau (PRB), Washington D. C.
Thai-Austrian Society
Working Group "Southeast Asia" of the "German Geographical Society" (DGfG)
SEAS - Working Group "Promotion of Southeast Asian Studies" - Verein zur wissenschaftlichen Foerderung suedostasiatischer Anliegen (honorary member)
Editorial Board: HSK – Internationale Entwicklung (since 1996);
Editorial Board: Edition Weltregionen (since 2003);
Editorial Board: Konzepte und Kontroversen. Geschichte – Geographie – Politische Bildung (since 2004);
Referee for scientific journals: Statistische Nachrichten, Die Erde, Erdkunde, Revue Geographie Belge;
Referee for projects: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG (since 2008)

Publications

Sasiwongsaroj, K., & Husa, K. (2022). Getting Old and Getting Care: Thailand as Hot Spot of International Retirement Migration. In K. Sasiwongsaroj, K. Husa, & H. Wohlschlägl (Eds.), Migration, Ageing, Aged Care and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Asia: Case Studies from Thailand and Japan (Vol. 24, pp. 53-84). Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung.

Sasiwongsaroj, K., Husa, K., & Wohlschlägl, H. (2022). Graying Southeast Asia – Demographic aging between success story and multilevel challenge. In K. Sasiwongsaroj, K. Husa, & H. Wohlschlägl (Eds.), Migration, Ageing, Aged Care and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Asia: Case Studies from Thailand and Japan (pp. 11-51). Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung.

Sasiwongsaroj, K., Husa, K., & Wohlschlägl, H. (2022). Migration, Ageing, Aged Care and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Asia: Case Studies from Thailand and Japan. Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung. Abhandlungen zur Geographie und Regionalforschung Vol. 24

Butratana, K., Trupp, A., & Husa, K. (2022). Intersections of Tourism, Cross-border Marriage, and Retirement Migration in Thailand. In N. Bloch, & K. Adams (Eds.), Intersections of Tourism, Migration, and Exile (1 ed.). Routledge, Taylor & Francis. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003182689-9/intersections-tourism-cross-border-marriage-retirement-migration-thailand-kosita-butratana-alexander-trupp-karl-husa

Sasiwongsaroj, K., Husa, K., & Wohlschlägl, H. (2020). Fertility Decline and the Role of Culture – Thailand’s Demographic Challenges for the 21st Century. In S. Kurfürst, & S. Wehner (Eds.), Southeast Asian Transformations : Urban and Rural Developments in the 21st Century (pp. 125-152). Transcript Verlag. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839451717

Husa, K., Korff, H.-R., & Wohlschlägl, H. (2018). Einleitung. In K. Husa, H.-R. Korff, & H. Wohlschlägl (Eds.), Südostasien – Gesellschaften, Räume und Entwicklung (Vol. 25, pp. 7-12). New Academic Press.

Husa, K., & Wohlschlägl, H. (2018). Kulis, Gastarbeiter, Immigranten – 150 Jahre Arbeitsmigration in Südostasien. In K. Husa, H.-R. Korff, & H. Wohlschlägl (Eds.), Südostasien – Gesellschaften, Räume und Entwicklung (pp. 218-244). New Academic Press.

Husa, K., Korff, H.-R., & Wohlschlägl, H. (Eds.) (2018). Südostasien – Gesellschaften, Räume und Entwicklung. New Academic Press. Edition Weltregionen Vol. 25

Husa, K., & Wohlschlägl, H. (2018). Vom Kinderreichtum zur Alterung – Bevölkerungsentwicklung und demographischer Wandel in Südostasien. In Südostasien – Gesellschaften, Räume und Entwicklung (pp. 179-217). New Academic Press.

Husa, K., & Wohlschlägl, H. (2017). Different Immigrant Groups, Different Issues:Three Case Studies from Thailand – An Introduction. In K. Husa, & H. Wohlschlägl (Eds.), Hill Tribes, Labour Migrants, Foreign Retirees: Different Immigrant Groups, Different Problems: Three Case Studies from Thailand (pp. 7-9). Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung.

Husa, K., & Wohlschlägl, H. (Eds.) (2017). Hill Tribes, Labour Migrants, Foreign Retirees: Different Immigrant Groups, Different Problems: Three Case Studies from Thailand. Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung. Abhandlungen zur Geographie und Regionalforschung Vol. 21

Plubrukarn, A., Chanthathamrongsiri, N., Husa, K., & Brecker, L. (2015). Marine Natural Products. Nachrichten aus der Chemie, 63(2), 199–201. https://doi.org/10.1002/nadc.201590073

Husa, K., & Wohlschlägl, H. (2014). Global Markets – Local Consequences: The Migration of Labour in Southeast Asia Since the Mid-Nineteenth Century. In A. Trupp, K. Husa, & H. Wohlschlägl (Eds.), Southeast Asian Mobility Transitions: Issues and Trends in Migration and Tourism (pp. 17-34). Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung.

Husa, K., & Kainrath, W. (2014). Österreich-Bibliographie 2012 (mit Nachträgen 2011). Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft, 155.2013, 361-392.

Vielhaber, C., Husa, K., Jöstl, J., Krisztina, V., & Birgit, W. (2014). Paradise Found? Experiences of Farang Retirement Migrants in Hua Hin and Cha-am, Thailand. In A. Trupp, K. Husa, & H. Wohlschlägl (Eds.), Southeast Asian Mobility Transitions: Issues and Trends in Migration and Tourism (pp. 168-195). Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung.

Husa, K., Vielhaber, C., Jöstl, J., Krisztina, V., & Birgit, W. (2014). Searching for Paradise? International Retirement Migration to Thailand – A Case Study of Hua Hin and Cha-am. In A. Trupp, K. Husa, & H. Wohlschlägl (Eds.), Southeast Asian Mobility Transitions: Issues and Trends in Migration and Tourism (pp. 137-167). Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung.

Husa, K., Trupp, A., & Wohlschlägl, H. (Eds.) (2014). Southeast Asian Mobility Transitions: Issues and Trends in Migration and Tourism. Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung. Abhandlungen zur Geographie und Regionalforschung Vol. 19

Husa, K., Trupp, A., & Wohlschlägl, H. (2014). Southeast Asian Mobility Transitions – An Introduction. In A. Trupp, K. Husa, & H. Wohlschlägl (Eds.), Southeast Asian Mobility Transitions: Issues and Trends in Migration and Tourism (pp. 7-16). Institut für Geographie und Regionalforschung.

Husa, K., & Kainrath, W. (2013). Österreich-Bibliographie 2011 (mit Nachträgen 2010). Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft, 154.2012, 375-408.

Wisbauer, A., Wohlschlägl, H., & Husa, K. (2012). Grundzüge der Bevölkerungsgeographie - Wintersemester 2012/13: Lehrbehelf zur Lehrveranstaltung. Unknown publisher.