Marika Gruber holds a diploma degree in Administration Sciences and a doctoral degree in Intervention Research (Applied Philosophy) with a focus on migration studies in rural areas. She is a migration researcher and lecturer at the School of Management and the Disability & Diversity Studies programmes at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, as well as vice head of the Dept. “Demographic Change and Regional Development” at the Institute for Applied Research on Ageing (IARA) and is member of the research group “Transformative Societal Political & Cultural Engagement" (Trans_Space). In her research projects she focuses on international migration processes in particular to rural areas and their social and economic impacts, integration policies and multilevel governance, labour market integration especially in the touristic and industrial sector, company onboarding, and social inclusion of high-skilled internationals as well as migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. With her research she puts special emphasis on the intersectionality of vulnerabilities and gender aspects, as well as transdisciplinary, participatory, and empowering research designs.

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods

Roles

  • Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

    University, Austria
    Senior Researcher & Lecturer

  • Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

    University, Villach, Austria
    Senior Researcher & Lecturer

Research

Immigrant integration in Austria and Sweden: a patchwork of multilevel governance and fragmented responsibilities

Authors Marika Gruber, Daniel Rauhut
Year 2023
Book Title Assessing the Social Impact of Immigration in Europe
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2 Book Chapter

Participatory research and development approaches in applied ageing research

Authors Birgit Aigner-Walder, Marika Gruber, Gabriele Hagendorfer-Jauk, ...
Year 2023
Book Title Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Approaches in Ageing Research
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4 Book Chapter

On the potential of immigration for the remote areas of Europe: an introduction

Authors Jussi P. Laine, Daniel Rauhut, Marika Gruber
Year 2023
Book Title Assessing the Social Impact of Immigration in Europe
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5 Book Chapter

Transcultural and post-migrant evidence in rural Carinthia: a conceptual approach

Authors Marika Gruber
Year 2023
Book Title New Methods and Theory on Immigrant Integration
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7 Book Chapter

Conclusions: renegotiated remoteness and the social impact of immigration

Authors Daniel Rauhut, Jussi P. Laine, Marika Gruber
Year 2023
Book Title Assessing the Social Impact of Immigration in Europe
8 Book Chapter

Thesis 10

Authors Marika Gruber, Nuria del Olmo-Vicén, Raúl Lardiés-Bosque
Year 2022
Book Title The Renaissance of Remote Places
10 Book Chapter

Thesis 5

Authors Birgit Aigner-Walder, Marika Gruber, Rahel Schomaker
Year 2022
Book Title The Renaissance of Remote Places
11 Book Chapter

Empowerment and participation by the means of Citizen Science – Methodological approaches and experiences from projects in rural areas

Authors Marika Gruber, Gabriele Hagendorfer-Jauk
Year 2021
Journal Name Proceedings of Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2020 — PoS(ACSC2020)
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12 Journal Article

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