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2025-04-02: UkrAiA 2 field phase started: Lived realities and staying intentions of Ukrainians in Vienna has started its field phase. Ukrainians living in Austria will soon receive invitations to participate in UkrAiA 2 survey.
Please participate in the survey as it is very important to gather facts about the Ukrainian population and their challenges in Austria. Only facts enable decision makers to make informed decisions instead of taking decisions based on expectations, rumors, political opinions and the like.
As this survey will be conducted online only, the invitations will provided a link to the Qualtrics survey platform of WU Wien. Persons who participated in UkrAiA 1 in 2022 either by filling out a pen & paper questionnaire at Vienna International Center or via a web questionnaire and who provided E-Mail addresses or other ways of digitally contacting them, will soon receive E-Mail invitations. Persons registered with one of the telegram groups managed by the BBU will receive invitations via telegram. We apologize in case that you receive multiple invitations through these different channels.
Please participate in the UkrAiA 2 survey only once – you can recognize it by our project logo as seen on this page.
2025-04-02: Розпочато польову фазу дослідження UkrAiA 2: Реалії життя та наміри українців залишитися у Відні
Українці, які проживають в Австрії, скоро отримають запрошення взяти участь в опитуванні UkrAiA 2.
Будь ласка, візьміть участь в опитуванні, адже це дуже важливо для збору фактів про українців та їх труднощі в Австрії. Тільки факти дозволять приймати обґрунтовані рішення, а не базувати їх на припущеннях, чутках, політичних думках чи подібному.
Оскільки це опитування проводитиметься виключно онлайн, запрошення будуть містити посилання на платформу опитування Qualtrics університету WU Wien. Особи, які брали участь у першій фазі UkrAiA 1 у 2022 році, заповнюючи анкету в паперовому форматі у Vienna International Center або через веб-анкету, і надали електронні адреси або інші способи цифрового зв’язку, незабаром отримають запрошення електронною поштою. Особи, зареєстровані у телеграм-групах, які адмініструє BBU, отримають запрошення через Telegram. Ми перепрошуємо, якщо ви отримали декілька запрошень через ці різні канали. Будь ласка, беріть участь у опитуванні UkrAiA 2 лише один раз – ви зможете впізнати його за нашим логотипом, представленим на цій сторінці.
2024-08-14: New research project & survey: UkrAiA 2: Lived realities and staying intentions of Ukrainians in Vienna [link]
2023-12-20: Publication: Kohlenberger, Judith, Isabella Buber-Ennser, Konrad Pędziwiatr, Bernhard Rengs, Ingrid Setz, Jan Brzozowski, Bernhard Riederer, Olena Tarasiuk, Ekaterina Pronizius. 2023. “High Self-Selection of Ukrainian Refugees into Europe: Evidence from Kraków and Vienna” PLOS ONE, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279783 [link]
2023-10-13: Presentation: Judith Kohlenberger @ Forum „Skills of the future UKRAINE“, at the National University “Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic”: “Ukrainian Arrivals in Austria: Qualifications, Perspectives, Chances” [link]
The UkrAiA project
The UkrAiA project was a scientific survey whose goal was the collection of primary data on Ukrainian displaced persons for academic purposes and evidence-based policy making in the areas of labor market, education, housing and integration. The field phase took place from March – June 2022, while data analysis and research are still ongoing.
The study was conducted by independent academic researchers from the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) with support from the FH Salzburg [Team]. Partner surveys were conducted in Linz, Austria and Kracow, Poland [Cooperations]. The core team at WU and OeAW conducted similary scientific surveys among Syrian, Iraqi and Afghan refugees in Austria since 2015: DIPAS, ReHIS, WIN as well as additional smaller projects (e.g. MigCOV).
Results from these projects were published in multiple highly prestigious scientific journals – e.g. PloS One [1, 2], Health Policy, Refugee Survey Quarterly, Religions, International Migration as well as in book chapters [3, 4], multiple conference presentations, working papers and reports as well as a book. They were frequently cited by the scientific community.
Furthermore, the projects and their results were widely covered by the press, in Austrian newspaper articles, columns as well as TV interviews, blogs and social media [e.g. twitter]. For these media activities, the team was awarded the Kurt-Rothschild Preis 2019 for science communication.
The field phase and preliminary analysis were financially supported by the City of Vienna (MA17) and the Vienna Social Fund (FSW).
Data collection was realized using PAPI – the vast majority of respondents chose the paper and pencil solution – and CAWI methods. Questionnaires were available in Ukrainian, Russian and English. The final sample comprises 1,094 respondents (89% female) with adults of all ages from all regions of Ukraine.
Source: UkrAiA, final sample (n=1,094)
First results and insights of the UkrAiA study presented at conferences, webinars, podcasts and colloquia and published in blogs may be found on the presentation slides and publications page in the form of presentation slides and presentation videos [presentations].