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Josef Kohlbacher

Deputy Director, Working Group Leader "Urban Transformation"

T + 43 1 515 81 - 3527
josef.kohlbacher(at)oeaw.ac.at

Biography

Josef Kohlbacher, MA, PhD, Master & Doctor of Social Sciences was born 1958 in Lilienfeld (Austria). He studied sociology, social and cultural anthropology, German philology, history and Egyptology at the University of Vienna; from 1977 to 1987 a number of field research stays in Egypt, India and Nepal, from 1984 to 1987 he was a research fellow at the Museum of Anthropology in Vienna. Since 1988 he was senior researcher at the Institute of Urban and Regional Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, where he has been deputy director of the Institute since 2006.

His main research interests are the housing market integration of immigrants, municipal integration policies, interethnic relations in the local urban context, neighbourhood social interactions, residential segregation and its social implications and refugee studies with a focus on integration processes and value orientations.

Research Areas

  • Migration and integration

  • Refugee studies

  • Municipal integration policies

  • Interethnic relations in the local urban context

  • Neighbourhood social interactions,

  • Residential segregation

Research Projects

Memberships and additional functions

  • IMISCOE (International Migration Integration and Social Cohesion)

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Recent Publications

  • Gruber, C., Kohlbacher, J. and Wandl-Vogt, E. (eds.)(2020): The Austrian Prosopographical Information System (APIS). Vom gedruckten Textkorpus zur Webapplikation für die Forschung. The Austrian Prosopographical Information System (APIS). Vom gedruckten Textkorpus zur Webapplikation für die Forschung. Wien/Hamburg. internet:https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/Institute/ACDH/OEBL/pdf/_apis_Buch_WEB.pdf.
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  • Hoekstra, M., Kohlbacher, J. and Rauhut, D.(2016): Migration governance in European cities: What are the possibilities for local governments to create inclusive societies?. In: Desille, A. (ed.)(2016): Current trends and realities in urban migration governance.
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  • Fassmann, H., Franz, Y. and Kohlbacher, J.(2016): European cities - migration is changing the urban landscape.. In: Scholten, P. and M. Van Ostaijen (eds.)(2016): Between Mobility and Migration. The Urban Consequences of Intra-EU Movement.. 20.
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  • Dahlvik, J., Franz, Y., Hoekstra, M. and Kohlbacher, J.(2016): Interethnic Coexistence in Vienna. ICEC Policy Brief Vienna. Wien.
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  • Dahlvik, J., Engkvist, R., Franz, Y., Hoekstra, M. and Kohlbacher, J.(2016): Towards a better understanding of “interethnic coexistence”.. In: ICEC Newsletter: 6. internet:https://icecproject.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/icec_newsletter-no4_aug2016.pdf.
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