Bernhard Perchinig is a political scientist with more than 30 years of research and consultancy experience in the field of migration, integration and citizenship studies. He is Senior Researcher at ICMPD and a Faculty Member of the Department of Law and International Relations of the Danube University Krems, where he teaches Migration and Minority Studies in the M.A. Programme in International Relations and the M.A. Programme in Human Rights, and in the MSc Programme in Social Work. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Sciences from the University Vienna. Prior to joining the ICMPD, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights and the University of Vienna and at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, a Programme Director at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna, and Head of Research at the Funds for Integration of the City of Vienna. Further to his research and teaching activities, Bernhard Perchinig has consulted several international organizations, national and state governments and has published widely on migration and integration issues. In 2008, he has been awarded the Austrian Federal Medal (“Bundesehrenzeichen”) for Merits in the Intercultural Dialogue. Research interests: migration-, minority- and integration policies, antidiscrimination, European migration policies, and urban policies for social inclusion.
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Roles

  • International Centre for Migration Policy Development

    Other, Vienna, Austria
    Senior Researcher

  • Danube University Krems

    University, Krems, Austria
    Faculty Member

Research

Mapping Specific Incentives for Countries of Origin to Facilitate Cooperation on Return

Principal investigator Albert Kraler (Project Team Member), Bernhard Perchinig (Project Team Member)
Description
This project aims at identifying need-based potentials for cooperation, which can lead to opportunities for improved cooperation between countries wishing to return persons not holding residence rights and five countries (Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia, Iran) in the field of return and readmission. More specifically, and based on the analysis of relevant international relations theories as well as on insights from expert interviews, the study will examine: • Options for the development of strategies for the creation of incentive based cooperation schemes in the field of return and readmission and to determine which incentives could be offered to the countries of origin of illegally resident third-country nationals without jeopardizing the EU's objectives in this area, and ultimately its own interests. • Experiences of selected EU-countries (Italy, the Netherland, the UK, Sweden) in cooperation with the above mentioned countries in the field of return. • Necessary conditions for the establishment of sustainable cooperation in the field of return (based on theoretical considerations and results of the empirical investigations) In addition, the project aims at producing five country specific case studies including information on: • the general situation with regard to migration and the corresponding third country. • the current state of cooperation between Austria and the third country • perceived problems in the area of repatriation • European experiences • positive incentives
Year 2017
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4. Migrants’ Citizenship: Legal Status, Rights and Political Participation

Authors Rainer Baubök, Albert Kraler, Marco Martiniello, ...
Year 2006
Book Title The Dynamics of Migration and Settlement in Europe
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1 Book Chapter
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