Prof. Dr. Daniel Göler

Research Interests

  • Geographies of Post-socialist Transition
  • Migration Studies, Population Geography
  • Regional Studies
  • Germany, South-Eastern Europe, Russian Federation (esp. Siberia)
  • Rural Areas and Periphery

Professional Training

Academic studies (Dipl.-Geogr.)
Geography, Heritage Conservation, Statistics (Bamberg)
Diploma-Thesis: GÖLER, D. (1994): Der Landkreis Neustadt a.d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim - Eine bewertete Strukturanalyse als Ansatz für Entwicklungskonzepte. Bamberg.

Promotion (PhD)
Bamberg 1998. GÖLER, D. (1999): Postsozialistische Segregationstendenzen: Sozial- und bevölkerungsgeographische Aspekte von Wanderungen in Mittelstädten der Neuen Länder. Untersucht an den Beispielen Halberstadt und Nordhausen. - Bamberger Geographische Schriften 18.

Habilitation
Bamberg 2004. 
Rückzug aus der nördlichen Peripherie Russlands? Jüngere räumliche Entwicklungen im Hohen Norden Ostsibiriens und des Fernen Ostens - ein Beitrag zur peripheren Transformationsforschung.

Selection of recent publications

  • GÖLER, Daniel (2024): Return Migration. Theories, Concepts, Findings – with a Special Emphasis on Southeastern Europe. In: ČAPO, Jasna; DIMOVA, Rozita & Lumnije JUSUFI (Eds.): Return Migration and its Consequences in Southeastern Europe. (= Südosteuropa-Jahrbuch 47). Berlin: Peter Lang, pp. 35-47.
  • GÖLER, Daniel & Zaiga KRIŠJĀNE (2024): Migration as a Tool for Social Resilience: Lessons From Two Case Studies. In: Comparative Population Studies 49 (2024): 1-24. view article(381.8 KB)
  • GÖLER, Daniel (...): Global Change and Human Mobility in the Anthropocene. In: Banski, Jerezy & Michel Meadows (Edt.): Research Directions, Challenges and Achievements of Modern Geography. Springer, pp. 121-140. view article
  • ERNSTHENRICH, Jonathan: GÖLER, Daniel & Friedrich HECKMANN (2023). Country Reports on the Migration Experiences of Settled Migrants (D 9.2). Leuven: HumMingBird  project 87066 - H2020. view article
  • GÖLER, Daniel & DOKA, Dimitër (2020): Busting the Scales: From Small-Scale Informal to Investor-Driven Urban Developments. The Case of Tirana / Albania In: Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft, 162. Jg.: S. 65–90. view article(3.7 MB, 26 Seiten)
  • GÖLER, Daniel (2020): Places and Spaces of the Others. A German Reception Center in Public Discourse and Individual Perception. In: GLORIUS, Birgit & Jeroen DOOMERNIK(eds.): Geographies of Asylum and the Role of European Localities. (= IMISCOE Research Series). Springer, p. 69-91. view article
  • BIRCAN, Tuba; PURKAYASTHA, Damini; AHMAD-YAR, Ahmad Wali; LOTTER, Kathrin; DELLO IAKONO, Chiara; GÖLER, Daniel; STANEK, Miko; YILMAZ, Sinem; SOLANO, Giacomo & ÜNVER, Özgün (2020): Gaps in Migration Research. Review of migration theories and the quality and compatibility of migration data on the national and international level. (Deliverable n°2.1). Leuven: HumMingBird view article
  • GÖLER, Daniel (2018): Ein Viertel Jahrhundert Transformation in Russland - Eine Bestandsaufnahme. Geographische Rundschau 70, H. 4, S. 46-51.

Full list of publications (309.1 KB)

Paper presentations / panels

  • 31.1.2024: “Migration nach und in Europa. Einblicke aus geographischer Perspektive“; Katholische Erwachsenenbildung Bamberg.

  • 2.-6.10.2023: "Wind of Change? Academic ans Artistic Perspectives on Experiemces of Change in Southeast Europe" 61st International Academic Week 2023, Southeast Europe Association in Tutzing. Scientific organization together with Eckhard Pistrick.
  • 21.9.2023: Geographische Aspekte des mobilen, dezentralen Arbeitens. Fachsitzung 332 beim 62. Deutschen Kongress für Geographie in Frankfurt a.M.; gemeinsam mit Matthias Möller
  • 19.09.2023: "From small-scale informal to investor-driven urban developments. The case of Tirana/Albania". CATference - 10th International Urban Geographies od Post-Communist States Conference, Sept. 18-22, 2023, Riga
  • 3.10.2022: "A 'Journey of Hope and Despair?' Migration Studies and the Question of Return". Keynote at the 60th International Academic Week 2022 "Return Migration and it's Consequences in Southeast Europe", Oct. 3-7, 2022, Tutzing
  • 7.7.2022: "What is a migration hub? On the conceptual gap in the analysis of migration trajectories" (3rd International Conference on Migration and Mobilities iMigMob, July 6-8, 2022, St. Andrews/UK)
  • 10.05.2022: "Großmacht Russland? Geographien der Transformation im Bereich der ehemaligen Sowjetunion". (Vortragsprogramm "Große Transformation" der Heidelberger Geographische Gesellschaft e.V.)
  • 28.10.2020: "Joint measures to foster circular migration and re-migration" (Young People, Migration and the Demographic Challenge in the Western Balkans, Oct. 28-30, 2020, Online Conference)
  • 27.9.2019: „Geographicity of mobilities. A more holistic perspective on people on the move“ (8. CATference, International Urban Geographies of Post-communist States Conference, Belgrade

Full list of paper presentations(94.2 KB)

 

Memberships in academic and professional associations

  • VGDH
  • Arbeitskreis Geographische Migrationsforschung der DGfG 
  • IGU Globility Commission
  • Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft, Member of the Board
  • Europäisches Forschungskonsortium 2H2S
  • Arbeitskreis Bevölkerungsgeographie
  • Institut für Entwicklungsforschung im ländlichen Raum Ober- und Mittefrankens e.V. 
  • Frankenbund (Vorstandsmitglied Gruppe Bamberg)
  • Geographica Timisiensis (Temesvar), Board of Editors
  • Regional'nye Issledovaniya (Smolensk), Scientific Board
  • Bulletin of the Serbian Geographical Society, Editorial Board
  • Zbornik Radova (Collection of Papers, Belgrade), Scientific Board
  • Geografski Pregled (Sarajewo), Scientific Board
  • Fachgutachter u.a. der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, BMBF