PhD Network at the Vienna Centre for Migration & Law
The PhD Network at the VCML is a newly-founded space for (academic) exchange among doctoral/PhD researchers working on topics related to migration and migration law.
The network aims to encourage shared projects and initiatives, and offers a supportive environment for navigating the challenges of the PhD process.
If you're interested in joining or learning more, feel free to get in touch with Mia (mia.krieghofer@univie.ac.at) or Lisa (lisa.steurer@univie.ac.at).
Mia Krieghofer
Mia is a PhD candidate at the chair of Prof. Anuscheh Farahat in Public Law in European Context at the University of Vienna. In her research, she focuses on international human rights law, Austrian migration and asylum law, and, more specifically, on the adoption of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) in Austrian constitutional law. Before, she was working as a legal adviser at the Vienna-based NGO ‘Asyl in Not’, as a research assistant at the human rights institute ‘Wiener Forum für Demokratie und Menschenrechte’ and as an administrative trainee at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
Lisa Steurer
Lisa Steurer has been a university assistant (prae doc) at the Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law since April 2024. Previously, she completed her court practice at the Higher Regional Court of Vienna and worked as a research assistant at the Administrative Court.
During her studies at the University of Salzburg, she worked as a project and study assistant at the Department of Public Law and at the Austrian Institute for Human Rights. Her research interests include in particular Austrian and European migration law as well as administrative procedural law.
Her dissertation deals with the solidarity mechanism of the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation, which was amended as part of the CEAS reform.
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Rosa-Maria Mayerl
Rosa has been working as a university assistant (prae doc) at the Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law since March 2022. Her research primarily focuses on constitutional law, the protection of fundamental and human rights, and migration law.
In her doctoral thesis, Rosa takes an intersectional look at migration and disability, exploring how Austrian migration policies address the needs of people with disabilities. She also examines the historical treatment of disabled migrants and Austria's current legal responsibilities within European and international frameworks.
Beyond her research, Rosa is an Editor at the University of Vienna Law Review and an Ars Iuris fellow. She previously worked as a research assistant at the Department of Legal Philosophy.
