Migration’s impact spans various social dimensions, including demography, sustainability, politics, economy, and gender disparities. We are dedicated to advancing research in migration. We aim to create insights into questions such as: at what pace of immigration can countries sustain the delivery of critical public services? How well-integrated are migrant populations in their destination communities? How should the delivery of public services be adjusted to meet the needs of a changing population? Can migration help sustain the welfare systems of ageing economies?
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International migration visualization for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This interactive map visualizes sex-disaggregated international migration flows at the subnational level between low- and middle-income countries between the 2005-2010 period. The data is sourced from a collaboration between WorldPop, Flowminder, and the Asian Demographic Research Institute (ADRI). The methodology follows the approach described by Ceaușu et al. (2019). Navigate the 3D map with ease: …
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Internal migration visualization for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This interactive map visualizes sex-disaggregated internal migration flows at the subnational level within low- and middle-income countries between the 2005-2010 period. The data is sourced from a collaboration between WorldPop, Flowminder, and the Asian Demographic Research Institute (ADRI). The methodology follows the approach described by Ceaușu et al. (2019). Navigate the 3D map with ease: …
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How do migrants choose their destinations?
Existing migration models usually rely on population size and travel distance to explain and predict the spatial patterns of migration flows. “Interestingly, however, people often migrate over long distances and to smaller destinations if their diaspora is present in these places. So if there are already people somewhere, others will follow”. What we can observe …
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About us
We are an interdisciplinary research group at the Complexity Science Hub. We study the dynamics of human migration and analyse the forces that lead to people’s movement and its societal implications.
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Publications
Quantifying the stability of refugee populations: a case study in Austria
Ola Ali, Elma Dervić, Rainer Stütz, Ljubica Nedelkoska and Rafael Prieto-Curiel
Genus, 2024
Elma Dervić, Ola Ali, Carola Deischinger, Rafael Prieto-Curiel, Rainer Stütz, Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, Peter Klimek
ArXiv, 2024
The diaspora model for human migration
Rafael Prieto-Curiel, Ola Ali, Elma Dervić, Fariba Karimi, Elisa Omodei, Rainer Stütz, Georg Heiler and Yurij Holovatch
PNAS Nexus, 2024
Mobility between Colombian cities is predominantly repeat and return migration
Rafael Prieto-Curiel, Mauricio Quinones Dominguez, Eduardo Lora and Neave O’Clery
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2022
Commuting times and the mobilisation of skills in emergent cities
Neave O’Clery, Rafael Prieto-Curiel and Eduardo Lora
Applied Network Science, 2020
Gravity and scaling laws of city to city migration
Rafael Prieto-Curiel, Luca Pappalardo, Lorenzo Gabrielli, Steven Richard Bishop
PloS One, 2018
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