
MIG focuses on applying advanced data collection and estimation methods to quantify and better understand the trends, patterns, drivers, and consequences of different types of migration considering its interactions with the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.
Migration is a key demographic component underlying population change, but it is also the most volatile and difficult to forecast, thus requiring innovative data and methods to circumvent the difficulty in estimating and predicting future migration. The novel approaches employed by the MIG Group allows for the production of comprehensive estimates of internal and international migration and its drivers at the global, national, and sub-national level. The group’s research provides comprehensive insight into the social, economic, and environmental drivers of migration considering changes and interactions between the drivers. In particular, the group focuses on investigating the direct and indirect pathways through which environmental changes influence internal and international migration and how the effects vary across geographical locations and population subgroups.
Projects
Staff
News

24 January 2023
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected immigration?

24 November 2022
How COVID-19 school closures will affect inequalities in adult skills

28 September 2022
Demography matters: the human life from birth to death
Events
05 June 2023 Ispra, Italy-webstreamed event
IIASA at a panel discussion with EC Vice-President Dubravka Šuica
06 December 2023 Vienna, Austria
Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2023-Exploring Population Heterogeneities
Focus
28 November 2022
Standardizing migration data in Europe

07 September 2022
The migration maze

11 July 2022
Fertile feedback

Publications
Heo, N., Chang, H.-C., & Abel, G. (2023). Investigating the distribution of university alumni populations within South Korea and Taiwan based on data from the LinkedIn advertising platform. Cities 137 e104315. 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104315.
Moradhvaj, M., Yildiz, D. , & K.C., S. (2023). The Role of Maternal Education in Reducing Excess Deaths among Girls in India. IIASA Working Paper. Laxenburg, Austria: WP-23-006
Adhikari, S., Lutz, W., & K.C., S. (2023). Rural/urban fertility differentials in the Global South: Is female education the key driver of declining birth rates? IIASA Working Paper. Laxenburg, Austria: WP-23-004
Hoffmann, R., Vinke, K., & Šedová, B. (2023). Strengthening the science–policy interface in the climate migration field. International Migration 10.1111/imig.13125. (In Press)
Brottrager, M., Crespo Cuaresma, J., Kniveton, D., & Ali, S.H. (2023). Natural resources modulate the nexus between environmental shocks and human mobility. Nature Communications 14 (1) e1393. 10.1038/s41467-023-37074-y.