Short biography
Jiannis Kaucic holds a master’s degree in Geography from the University of Vienna (2012) and was scientific staff at the Austrian Institute for Spatial Planning (2012-2017), as well as university assistant and PhD candidate at the Department of Geography and Regional Research at the University of Vienna (2017-2022). His research focuses on explaining spatial patterns and mechanisms of socioeconomic inequality, as well as on the impact of urban and regional development processes on society. His dissertation examines the influence of regional housing market segmentation on residential segregation in small and medium-sized towns. Since May 2022, Jiannis Kaučić is working as scientific staff at the Institute for Urban and Regional Research (ISR).
Research Areas
- Segregation research
- Real estate and housing market research
- Urban and regional development
- Regional disparities in Europe
Memberships and additional functions
- Reviewer for European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis, Print ISSN: 0965-4313 Online ISSN: 1469-5944, https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ceps20/current
- Reviewer für Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (SEEBSS), Taylor & Francis, Print ISSN: 1468-3857 Online ISSN: 1743-9639, https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fbss20
- Reviewer für Journal Land, MDPI, ISSN 2073-445X, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land
- Reviewer for Europa XXI, Regional Science & Territorial Policies, IGiPZ PAN, ISSN 1429-7132, https://europa21.igipz.pan.pl/
- Reviewer for TEMA - Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment (Journal), ISSN 1970-9889, http://www.tema.unina.it/index.php/tema
Awards
- European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON): Service contract for ‘Dissemination of ESPON results among the scientific community’, 2021
- Performance Scholarship, University of Vienna, 2009
Recent publications
- Musil, R., & Kaucic, J., 2024, Housing Market Segmentation as a Driver of Urban Micro-Segregation? An In-Depth Analysis of Two Viennese Districts, Land, 13(9), 1507, DOI: 10.3390/land13091507
- Kaucic, J., Sohn, C., 2022, Mapping the cross-border cooperation ‘galaxy’: an exploration of scalar arrangements in Europe, European Planning Studies, 30(12), 2373–2393, DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2021.1923667
- Essig, S. & Kaucic, J. 2017, ESPON TIA: Balancing between policy orientation, practicability and scientific ambition, in: Uncovering the Territorial Dimension of European Union Cohesion Policy: Cohesion, Development, Impact Assessment and Cooperation. Medeiros, E. (Ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., London, pp 184-201.