Current Research Projects

The Art of Arriving. Reframing "Refugee Integration"
Funding: FWF (Austrian Science Fund)

Recent Publications

Ana Mijić / Michael Parzer/ Olena Tkalich / Yelyzaveta Zolotarova (2024): Experiencing Forced Migration: Challenges of Arriving after Displacement from Ukraine. In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Online first: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2024.2323666

Michael Parzer (2024): On Becoming an Artist Anew: Refugees’ Arrival in the Field of Cultural Production in Austria. In: Journal of Refugee Studies, Vol. 37(1), 97–116, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fead081

Michael Parzer / Ana Mijić (2024): Continuity or Change? How Migrants’ Musical Activities (Do not) Affect Ethnic Boundaries. In: Sievers, Wiebke (ed): Cultural Change in Post-Migrant Societies: Re-imagining Communities Through Arts and Cultural Activities. IMISCOE Research Series. Cham: Springer, S. 39-58. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39900-8_3

Ana Mijic / Michael Parzer (2023): Refugees’ Arriving Through the Lens of Arts: Cultural Repertoires of Reframing. In: Arts. Special Issue ‘Arts and Refugees. Multidisciplinary Perspectives’ (Vol. 2), ed. by Martiniello, Marco / Mescoli, Elsa (online first)

Kim Kwok / Michael Parzer (2023): Economy of Marginality and Familiarity: Making Sense of South Asian Immigrant Breakout Business in Hong Kong. In: Ethnicities. Online First: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1468796823

Ana Mijic / Michael Parzer (2022): The Art of Arriving: A New Methodological Approach to Reframing “Refugee Integration”. In: International Journal of Qualitative Methods (IJQM), Vol. 22, 1–9. DOI: 10.1177/16094069211066374

Michael Parzer (2021): Double Burden of Representation: How Ethnic and Refugee Categorisation Shapes Syrian Migrants’ Artistic Practices in Austria. In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol 47 (11), 2459–2476. DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2020.1826297