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Haindorfer Raimund, Postdoctoral Fellow

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Raimund Haindorfer

Postdoctoral Fellow

Postdoctoral Fellows
Department of Sociology

Area(s) of Interest:

Biography

I am a recipient of the 2020 Erwin Schrödinger-Fellowship (postdoc fellowship), granted by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). In collaboration with my supervisors Dr. Lisa Kaida (McMaster University) and Dr. Feng Hou (Statistics Canada), I will engage in a postdoctoral research project on the subjective well-being of immigrants and refugees in Canada, titled “Well-being of Migrants in the Labor Market (WELLMIGLAB).” I will be analyzing Statistics Canada’s longitudinal and administrative data at the McMaster Research Data Centre (RDC). This project will be completed during my 12-month research stay in Canada as well as 6-month return phase in Austria (University of Salzburg).

For more information of my WELLMIGLAB-project, visit: https://pf.fwf.ac.at/en/research-in-practice/project-finder/50318

Former positions:                            

11/2017 – 04/2020: Post-Doc Researcher at the Department of Sociology, University of Vienna, Project: "Quality of Life in a Growing City“ (PI: Jörg Flecker, Roland Verwiebe), Funding: City of Vienna

11/2016 – 09/2019: Post-Doc Researcher at the Department of Sociology, University of Vienna, Project: "Labor Market Integration of Refugees in Austria - A Longitudinal Analysis“ (PI: Roland Verwiebe, Bernhard Kittel), Funding: Anniversary Fund of the Austrian National Bank

06/2012 – 04/2016: PhD Researcher at the Department of Sociology, University of Vienna, Project: "TRANSLAB – Cross-Border Labour Mobility, Transnational Labour Markets and Social Differentiation in the Central European Region“ (PI: Roland Verwiebe, Christoph Reinprecht), Funding: WWTF (Vienna Science and Technology Fund)

09/2014 – 06/2015: PhD Researcher at the Department of Sociology, University of Vienna, Project: "Migration and Coexistence in Vienna (1989-2013)“ (PI: Roland Verwiebe), Funding: City of Vienna - MA 18 (Urban Development and Planning)

03/2012 – 06/2018: Lecturer at the Department of Sociology, University of Vienna (fields of general sociology, migration and integration, social network analysis)

Fellowships:

05/2020: Erwin Schrödinger-Fellowship (postdoc fellowship) for the project “WELL-BEING OF MIGRANTS IN THE LABOR MARKET (WELLMIGLAB)”, granted by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (84,445.00 €), Project lead: Raimund Haindorfer, Universities/research places: McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario; supervisor: Prof. Lisa Kaida), Statistics Canada (Ottawa, Ontario; supervisor: Dr. Feng Hou) (12 months stay abroad), University of Salzburg (Salzburg, Salzburg; supervisor: Prof. Wolfgang Aschauer) (6 months return phase)

Education

Ph.D. (Sociology), University of Vienna, 2017

M.A. (Sociology), University of Vienna and Free University of Berlin, 2011

M.A. (Cultural and Social Anthropology), University of Vienna, 2011

Research

Selected Publications:

Books

Haindorfer, Raimund. 2019. Lebenszufriedenheit und Pendelerfolg. Ost-West-Pendelnde aus Tschechien, Slowakei und Ungarn in Österreich [Life Satisfaction and Commuting Success. East-West Commuters from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary in Austria]. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.

Haindorfer, Raimund, Maria Schlechter, and Lena Seewann, eds. 2019. Soziologische Momente im Alltag. Von der Sauna bis zur Kirchenbank [Sociological Moments in Everyday Life. From the Sauna to the Pew]. Wien/Hamburg: new academic press.

Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

Haindorfer, Raimund. 2020. "Impacts of negative labor market experiences on the life satisfaction of European East–West mobile workers: Cross-border commuters from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary in Austria."  Journal of Industrial Relations 62 (2):256–277. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0022185619897087.

Verwiebe, Roland, Bernhard Kittel, Fanny Dellinger, Christina Liebhart, David Schiestl, Raimund Haindorfer, and Bernd Liedl. 2019. "Finding your way into employment against all odds? Successful job search of refugees in Austria."  Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 45 (9):1401-1418. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2018.1552826.

Verwiebe, Roland, Christoph Reinprecht, Raimund Haindorfer, and Laura Wiesboeck. 2017. "How to Succeed in a Transnational Labor Market: Job Search and Wages among Hungarian, Slovak, and Czech Commuters in Austria."  International Migration Review 51 (1):251–286. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/imre.12193.

Wiesböck, Laura, Roland Verwiebe, Christoph Reinprecht, and Raimund Haindorfer. 2016. "The economic crisis as a driver of cross-border labour mobility? A multi-method perspective on the case of the Central European Region."  Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 42 (10):1711-1727. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2016.1162354.

Haindorfer, Raimund. 2013. "Ost-West-Pendeln und soziale Integration in den Herkunftsgesellschaften. Explorative Ergebnisse einer Feldstudie in Westungarn."  SWS-Rundschau 53 (2):110-130.

Reviews in journals

Haindorfer, Raimund. 2020. "Migration und Integration in den Sozialwissenschaften. Doppelbesprechung (Besprechung von Kirsten Hoesch 2018 & Ruud Koopmans 2017) [Migration and Integration in the Social Sciences. Double Discussion (Discussion of Kirsten Hoesch 2018 & Ruud Koopmans 2017]."  Soziologische Revue 43 (1):72-80. doi:https://doi.org/10.1515/srsr-2020-0009.

Contributions to anthologies

Haindorfer, Raimund, Bernd Liedl, Bernhard Kittel, and Roland Verwiebe. 2020. "Determinanten der Arbeitsmarktintegration von Geflüchteten am Beispiel der Stadt Wien [Determinants of Labor Market Integration of Refugees on the Example of the City of Vienna]." In Flucht und Asyl – internationale und österreichische Perspektiven, edited by Rainer Bauböck, Christoph Reinprecht and Wiebke Sievers. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Riederer, Bernhard, Isabella Buber-Ennser, and Raimund Haindorfer. 2020. "Trends in Demography and Migration in Austria." In Demography and Migration in Central and Eastern Europe, edited by Péter Tálas and Alex Etl, 9-27. Budapest: Dialóg Campus.

Haindorfer, Raimund. 2019. "Die Lust am Erlebnis. Das Beispiel Skitouren [The Desire for Experience. The Example of Ski Tours]." In Soziologische Momente im Alltag. Von der Sauna bis zur Kirchenbank, 130-135. Wien/Hamburg: new academic press.

Haindorfer, Raimund, Bernd Liedl, Bernhard Kittel, and Roland Verwiebe. 2019. "Determinanten der Arbeitsmarktintegration von Geflüchteten am Beispiel der Stadt Wien [Determinants of Labor Market Integration of Refugees on the Example of the City of Vienna]." In Migration & Integration 7. Dialog zwischen Politik, Wissenschaft und Praxis. Reihe DialogForum Integration, edited by Mathias Czaika, Lydia Rössl, Friedrich Altenburg, Anna Faustmann and Thomas Pfeffer, 89-116. Krems: Edition Donau-Universität Krems.

Haindorfer, Raimund, Roland Verwiebe, Christoph Reinprecht, and Laura Wiesböck. 2016. "Economic Outcomes and Life Satisfaction of East-West Commuters in the Central European Region." In Migration and Integration: New Models for Mobility and Coexistence, edited by Roland Hsu and Christoph Reinprecht, 49-68. Göttingen: Vienna University Press.

Social reports

Verwiebe, Roland, Raimund Haindorfer, Julia Dorner, Bernd Liedl, and Bernhard Riederer. 2020. Lebensqualität in einer wachsenden Stadt: Endbericht an die Stadt Wien [Quality of Life in a Growing City: Final Report for the City of Vienna]. Wien: Universität Wien, Institut für Soziologie.

Haindorfer, Raimund, Julia Dorner, and Bernd Liedl. 2020. Lebensqualität in einer wachsenden Stadt: Bildung, Diversität und Integration: Teilbericht an die Stadt Wien [Quality of Life in a Growing City: Education, Diversity and Integration: Subreport to the City of Vienna]. Wien: Universität Wien, Institut für Soziologie.

Haindorfer, Raimund. 2019. Lebensqualität in einer wachsenden Stadt: Kultur, Freizeit und Sport. Teilbericht an die Stadt Wien [Quality of Life in a Growing City: Culture, Leisure Time and Sport. Subreport to the City of Vienna]. Wien: Universität Wien, Institut für Soziologie.

Verwiebe, Roland, Raimund Haindorfer, Christina Liebhart, Sina Lipp, Lena Seewann (Universität Wien), Martina Zandonella, Andreas Holzer, and Corinna Mayerl (SORA). 2016. Lebensqualität und Partizipation im geförderten Wohnbau [Quality of Life and Participation in Funded Housing] (Working Paper: 123 pages).

Verwiebe, Roland, Raimund Haindorfer, Lena Seewann, Cornelia Dlabaja, and Sina Lipp. 2015. "Zusammenleben in Wien. Einstellungen zu Zuwanderung und Integration [Coexistence in Vienna. Attitudes towards Immigration and Integration]." In Werkstattbericht 152, edited by Magistratsabteilung 18 – Stadtentwicklung und Stadtplanung Stadt Wien. Wien: Stadt Wien.

Other publications

Haindorfer, Raimund. 2020. "Corona macht unzufrieden! Frauen aktuell mit ihrem Leben unzufriedener als Männer [Corona Makes Unsatisfied! Women Currently More Unsatisfied With Their Live Than Men]." Blogbeitrag im Corona-Blog des Austrian Corona Panel Projects der Universität Wien, 20.04.2020. https://viecer.univie.ac.at/corona-blog/corona-blog-beitraege/blog16/.

Selected Presentations:

Haindorfer, Raimund / Haller, Max (2019): Does citizenship promote integration? Results from an Austrian survey. Conference: Dual Citizenship: Political and Social Integration in an Era of Global Mobility, Vienna, 19/12.

Haindorfer, Raimund / Liedl, Bernd / Kittel, Bernhard (2019): Patterns of Integration and Life Satisfaction among Refugees in Vienna. 2019 SLLS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE (Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies), Potsdam, 27/09 (and chair of that Paper Session: Immigration and Migration).

Haindorfer, Raimund (2018): Determinants of Labor Market Integration of Refugees: A Multi-dimensional Analysis in Austria. MIICT ICT ENABLED PUBLIC SERVICES FOR MIGRATION Symposium at Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, 13/11.

Haindorfer, Raimund (2018): Positive Assessments of Migration Despite Negative Labor Market Experiences? East-West Commuters within the European Union. 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, Hong Kong, 14-16/06.

Haindorfer, Raimund / Wiesböck, Laura / Verwiebe, Roland / Reinprecht, Christoph (2014): Job Finding and Labour Market Outcomes of Cross-border Commuters in the Central European Region. 109th ASA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 16/08.

Haindorfer, Raimund / Wiesböck, Laura / Verwiebe, Roland / Reinprecht, Christoph (2014): Circular Labor Mobility in the Central European Region: Job Finding and Labour Market Outcomes of Cross-border Commuters from Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic in Austria. 18th ISA World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama, 15/07.