Rainer Bauböck (born 15 March 1953 in Ried im Innkreis) is an Austrian sociologist, political scientist and migration researcher.
[1][2] Bauböck is a former Chair in Social and Political theory at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, 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 Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna.
[2] From 1986 to 1999, Bauböck conducted research and taught at the Institute of Advanced Studies.
[1] Bauböck was President of the Austrian Political Science Association from 2003 to 2005 and in 2006 received the Latsis Prize of the European Science Foundation for his research on migration and social cohesion.
[5] He is currently a 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 Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna.