Rainer Bauböck (born 15 March 1953 in

Ried im Innkreis Ried im Innkreis (Central Bavarian: ''Riad'') is a town in the Austrian state of Upper Austria, approximately west of Linz and north of Salzburg. It is the capital of the district of Ried im Innkreis (district), Ried im Innkreis, and it serves a ...

) is an

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sociologist,

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

and migration researcher. Bauböck is a former Chair in Social and Political theory at the

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, part time professor in the Global Governance Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute and Chair of the Commission for Migration and Integration Research of the

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Career

Bauböck received his Ph.D. from the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

where he studied

sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

and

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

graduating in 1977 with his thesis ''Housing Policy in Social-Democratic Vienna 1919-1934''. For the next two years he did

postgraduate studies Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor' ...

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

at the

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before completing his

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Innsbruck Innsbruck (; ) is the capital of Tyrol (federal state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the Wipptal, Wipp Valley, which provides access to the ...

with a thesis on

transnational citizenship Transnational citizenship is a political concept which would redefine traditional notions of citizenship and replaces an individual's singular national loyalties with the ability to belong to multiple nation states, as made visible in the politic ...

. From 1986 to 1999, Bauböck conducted research and taught at the Institute of Advanced Studies. He was a visiting professor and a visiting scholar at the Bellagio Rockefeller Foundation (2006),

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

(2005), the University of Pompeu Fabra in

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(2003), the

University of Bristol The University of Bristol is a public university, public research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595 and University College, Br ...

(2002),

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(2000-2001); the

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and

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(1998-1999); and the

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(1990-1991). He is a recurrent guest professor at the

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and has also taught frequently at the Universities of Vienna and Innsbruck. Bauböck was President of the Austrian Political Science Association from 2003 to 2005 and in 2006 received the Latsis Prize of the

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for his research on migration and social cohesion. He has been a corresponding member abroad of the

since 2013. He also received an

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from the University of Malmö in 2013. He is currently a part time professor in the Global Governance Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the

and chair of the Commission for Migration and Integration Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna. Bauböck research focuses on normative political theory and comparative research on democratic citizenship,

European integration European integration is the process of political, legal, social, regional and economic integration of states wholly or partially in Europe, or nearby. European integration has primarily but not exclusively come about through the European Union ...

migration Migration, migratory, or migrate may refer to: Human migration * Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another ** International migration, when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum le ...

nationalism Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Theory, I ...

and

minority rights Minority rights are the normal individual rights as applied to members of racial, ethnic, class, religious, linguistic or gender and sexual minorities, and also the collective rights accorded to any minority group. Civil-rights movements oft ...

Selected publications

* Bauböck, R. (ed.), '' Debating European Citizenship'', Springer, 2018 * Bauböck, R. (ed.), '' Debating Transformations of National Citizenship'', Springer, 2018 *
Democratic inclusion : Rainer Bauböck in dialogue
', Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017 * Shachar, A., Bauböck, R., Bloemraad, I., Vink, M. P. (eds.), ''The Oxford handbook of citizenship'', Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017 * ''Transnational Citizenship. Membership and Rights in International Migration'', Aldershot : Edward Elgar, 1994

References

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