
Alina Cristea, Melanie Kurek and Elisabeth Scheibelhofer will participate in the 17th ESA Conference: Strengthening Democracies: Social Action, Solidarity, and Sustainable Futures.
On 26 August 2026, we will present our paper „Lived Precarity: How Experienced and Anticipated Contingencies Shape Uncertain Migration Trajectories among Migrants from CEE Countries in Austria.“ For this presentation, we draw on qualitative interview material from two research projects (WOCORO, DEMICO) and examine how precarious work and living conditions are produced through the interaction of structural conditions, experienced and anticipated challenges that already shape present decision-making. We pay particular attention to how these interconnected factors can accumulate over time and contribute to entrapment in a state of the constant experience of uncertainty.








