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@univie.ac.at Research Group on #Population, #Environment & #Development 📍Department of #Geography & Regional Research, University of Vienna, Austria

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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
#PhD #JobPosting dear community 🌍 we are happy to announce a PhD position opening with our Research Group! If you are interested in exploring the nexus of climate mobilities and future making, this could be the opportunity for you! Requirements & how to apply here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Our #SummerSchool |Exploring the intersections of climate change, migration, (im)mobilities, resilience & climate futures| has successfully come to an 🔚 We engaged in critical discussions, learnt from leading scientists in our field and connected with exceptional colleagues 💯
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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The past few weeks have been a very busy and enriching time for our team ⏩ Last week, we attended #ECMN25 where we exchanged ideas with colleagues from around the 🌍 about #TransdisciplinaryReseach on #Migration&Human(Im)mobility in the context of #Environmental&ClimateChange We made great memories!
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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
We are happy to share that our colleagues, @songlin-wang.bsky.social (AI & climate mobilities) and Ailín Benítez Cortés (climate mobilities in Costa Rica), have successfully completed their FÖPs and have officially become PhD candidates 📝 We wish them all the best for the next few years of research!
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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
#ReadingShare ➡️ "Migration in West Africa: a visual analysis of motivation, causes, and routes” by Schürmann et al.,(2022) offers an overview of #Push&Pull factors of #Migration in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Nigeria. Good example of #CreativeVisualisations of literature reviews doi.org/10.5751/ES-1....
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Ecology & Society: Migration in West Africa: a visual analysis of motivation, causes, and routes
Migration in West Africa has been taking place for centuries for different reasons. Many dimensions of migration remain insufficiently documented and poorly understood. In particular, factors of migra...
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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Our #SummerSchool ☀️ #Call4Applications 📝 is open! ➡️Exploring the intersections of climate change, migration, (im)mobilities, resilience & climate futures ➡️14–18 July 2025 at the #UniversityOfVienna 🎓 ➡️No tuition fee - Apply by 31 May Application link: lnkd.in/dqxvdY5e More info: lnkd.in/dVEXWf8r
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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
In this week's #ReadingShares ➡️ AI for social science and social science of AI: A survey. In this paper, the authors discuss how #ArtificialIntelligence, especially #LLM, could be helpful in generating and testing hypotheses in #SocialScience research. 📎📃 doi.org/10.1016/j.ip...
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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
We are truly happy to share that Sarah Konieczka joined our research group as a #StudentAssistant! She is pursuing a #Master’sInGeography with a focus on #Migration&PopulationDynamics 🔎 Her research examines how social networks shape reintegration and how governance influences these dynamics.
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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
#ReadingShare 📙A study from S. K. Kutor and colleagues highlights the importance of place attachment in shaping im/mobilities of coastal communities exposed to flooding in the Volta region, Ghana. Read more about it here ➡️ doi-org.uaccess.univie.ac.at/10.1007/s105...
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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Team members Rachael Diniega & Patrick Sakdapolrak reviewed 52 articles exploring how migrants’ #SocialRemittances like knowledge & social capital have an impact on agriculture & environment. How could this influence #ClimateAdaptation? Read all about it here: doi.org/10.1080/1756...
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Social remittances and the environment in the context of climate change: What do we know? Where do we go?
Recent research has explored how remittance transfers could play a role in the context of the climate crisis. However, while financial remittances and their influence on environment-related issues ...
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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Congrats to our colleague @garciacoline.bsky.social ⭐for publishing her paper on community micro-mobilities and precarious immobility in Eastern Ethiopia, in coping response to prolonged drought and necessity to meet their basic needs #climatemobilities #mixedmethods ➡️ doi.org/10.1007/s101...
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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
#ReadingShares As our colleague Magdalena prepares for fieldwork, she read Jill Blau´s article on Gender, Age and Land among the Nyangatom Pastoralists in Southern Ethiopia, which explores their communing practices. They see land as common - but the state renders their communal practices invisible.
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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Check out the recent Blogpost by our team member @danizenpg.bsky.social on decolonizing science and academic institutions as an everyday practice 🗣️ ➡️ www.gender-blog.de/beitrag/deko... based on her publication "When good intentions aren´t good enough" with the network @fgf-nrw.bsky.social
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Für eine dekoloniale Wende in der Wissenschaft
Trotz der zunehmenden Berücksichtigung dekolonialer und intersektionaler Ansätze in der Wissenschaft bleiben tief verankerte Ausschlussstrukturen bestehen und reproduzieren koloniale Machtverhältni
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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 30/01/2025
While mostly hidden, #groundwater is of central importance to surface ecosystems & human society. 📗 Christian Griebler, researcher & ECH-member, recently contributed to a new global model of groundwater temperature that predicts the effects of #ClimateChange on this subterranean #ecosystem. 🌍 ⤵
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Warming Groundwater Affects Millions - Not Only Humans - ECH
While mostly hidden, groundwater is of central importance to surface ecosystems and human society. Christian Griebler, researcher at the University of Vienna and ECH-member, recently contributed to a ...
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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Last week we had the opportunity to celebrate our PhD candidates Medina Adulyarat and Magdalena Berger who presented their PhD projects on #AgingInPlace in Southern #Thailand and on #IndigenousGeographies and #ClimateAdaptation in #Ethiopia Looking forward to see how their research develops!
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Trans|Form Research @transformres.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Hello colleagues! We are happy to transition out of X/Twitter 👋and become part of the Bluesky community! We have also launched our LinkedIn page: Trans|Form - Research Group Population, Environment, Development👥Follow us on these channels to stay connected and get all the updates from our Group 🌐
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