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Ramon Bauer (*1969) is a population geographer, living and working in Vienna. After early careers in music and web companies (during the 1990s), Ramon studied Geography at the University of Vienna and worked as a research scientist at theWittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU), Vienna Institute of Demography (Austrian Academy of Sciences) and as a university assistant at the University of Vienna, Department of Geography and Regional Research, where he coordinated the 4CITIES Erasmus Mundus Master Programme in Urban Studies.

Since November 2017, Ramon is responsible for population data, analysis and projections at the City of Vienna (Statistics Vienna, Municipal Department 23 – Economic Affairs, Labour and Statistics). His research interests include urban diversity and population dynamics, spatial demography (of European cities & regions), population projections, global development (migration & human capital) as well as data communication and visualisation.

Ramon on Twitter: @metropop_eu
Ramon on Instagram: @donrandom

Research Projects

• since 11/ 2017 (City of Vienna):
  • Small-scale population projections of Vienna (MA 23)
  • ViennaViz Data Visualisation Tool (MA 23 and MA 14)
• 2011 – 2017: Wittgenstein Centre Human Capital Data Lab
• 2016 – 2017: EDU20C – Reconstructing Educational Attainment of Populations in the 20th Century
• 2015 – 2016: Dynamics and policy implications of changes in student mobility (AT team)
• 2011 – 2014: WIREL – Past, present, and future religious prospects in Vienna 1950–2050
• 2012 – 2014: SEEMIG – Managing Migration and its Effects in South-East Europe
• 2009 – 2010: DEMIFER – Demographic and Migratory Flows Affecting European Regions and Cities

Data visualisations, science communication, research dissemination & selected posters

• POREM – Politics of Remembrance (2018), a project by the Department of Government at the University of Vienna (2018) – “Explore Vienna’s Culture of Remembrance 1945-2015”: interactive timeline & map by Christoph Fink, Ramon Bauer and Tina Frank.
• Austromorph online maps (since 2016) by Christoph Fink, Ramon Bauer, Tina Frank and Michael Holzapfel.
  • Austrian General Election 2017 poster

• Vienna Electorate Project (2015):
  • Vienna Electorate Gap infographic by Ramon Bauer, Tina Frank and Michael Holzapfel
  • Vienna Electorate Gap interactive data map coded by Clemens Schrammel
  • Two faces of the 2015 Vienna elections election map by Tina Frank and Ramon Bauer
• Vienna’s Residential Patterns by Religion and Ethnicity (2014) by Ramon Bauer, Christoph Fink and Markus Speringer.
• The Changing Religious Landscape of Vienna (2014) by Ramon Bauer, Tina Frank, Anne Goujon and Clemens Schrammel.
• Circular World – A collection of interactive circular migration plots by Nikola Sander and Ramon Bauer, e.g.:
  • The Global Flow of Refugees (2015) by Nikola Sander and Ramon Bauer; data by UNHCR.
  • The Global Flow of People (2014) by Nikola Sander, Guy J. Abel and Ramon Bauer 
– coded by null2; screendesign by Elvira Stein.
  • Internal Migration in Germany (2014) by Nikola Sander and Ramon Bauer 
– coded by null2; screendesign by Elvira Stein.

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• EDU20C project – Website concept and editor (2016/17)
• WIREL project – Website editor (2011-2015) & media relations (2014/15)
• Wittgenstein Centre Data Explorer (since 2014) – Online data dissemination tool by Guy J. Abel, Anne Goujon, Ramon Bauer, Jakob Eder and Samir K.C.. Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, Vienna Institute of Demography (Austrian Academy of Sciences).

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• Goujon, A., Bauer, R., and Frank, T. (2014). Reconstructing the past using multi-state population projections: the example of religious denominations in the City of Vienna from 1971 to 2011. Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, Vienna Institute of Demography (Austrian Academy of Sciences).
• Sander, N., Abel, G. J., and Bauer, R. (2014). Global Migration Data Sheet 2005 – 2010. Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, Vienna Institute of Demography (Austrian Academy of Sciences).

Selected publications

• Heintel, M., Speringer, M., Schnelzer, J., und Bauer, R. (2018). Index der relativen multiplen Benachteiligung: Fallbeispiel Region Oberpinzgau (Salzburg/Österreich). BBSR-Online-Publikation, Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR) im Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung (BBR), Bonn. (pdf)
• Bauer, R., und Lebhart, G. (2017). Privathaushalte in Österreich – Perspektiven zur Raum- und Infrastrukturplanung. In: ÖROK (2017), ÖROK-Regionalprognosen 2014-2030, Teil 3: Haushalte, ÖROK Schriftenreihe als Band Nr. 196/III, Wien. (pdf)
• Goujon, A., KC, S., Speringer, M., Barakat, B., Potancoková, M., Eder, J., Striessnig, E., Bauer, R., and Lutz, W. (2016). A harmonized dataset on global educational attainment between 1970 and 2060 – An analytical window into recent trends and future prospects in human capital development. Journal of Demographic Economics (Cambridge University Press), Volume 82, Issue 3 September 2016, pp. 315-363.
• Sander, N., and Bauer, R. (2015). “Visualizing The Global Migration System”. New World 2/2015, United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UNA-UK). (online article)
• Goujon, A., and Bauer, R. (2015). Demographic forces shaping the religious landscape of Vienna. In: Stanley D. Brunn (ed.), The Changing World Religion Map. Berlin and New York: Springer. (pdf)
• Speringer, M., Goujon, A., KC, S., Eder, J., Potančoková, M., and Bauer, R. (2015). Validation of the Wittgenstein Centre Back-projections for Populations by Age, Sex, and Six Levels of Education from 2010 to 1970. IIASA Interim Report IR-15-008. (pdf)
• Bauer, R., Gruber, E., und Heintel, M. (2015). Die demographische und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung der LEADER-Region Kulturpark Eisenstraße – Ötscherland. Projektendbericht im Auftrag der LEADER-Region Kulturpark Eisenstraße – Ötscherland – Nibelungengau. In: Ernst Bruckmüller (Hg.), Im Reich des Ötschers. Zur Vielfalt einer Region. Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Österreichkunde. new academic press, Wien.
• Fassmann, H., Musil, E., Bauer, R., Melegh, A., and Gruber K. (2014). Longer-Term Demographic Dynamics in South-East Europe: Convergent, Divergent and Delayed Development Paths. Central and Eastern European Migration Review, Vol. 4, December 2014, pp. 1–23 (pdf)
• Speringer, M., and Bauer, R. (2014). Residential Patterns by Religion and Ethnicity in Vienna. In: Brian J. Grim, Todd M. Johnson, Vegard Skirbekk and Gina A. Zurlo (ed.), Yearbook of International Religious Demography 2014, Brill.
• K.C.,S., Potančoková, M., Bauer, R., Goujon, A., and Striessnig E. (2014). Data and Methods. In: Wolfgang Lutz, William P. Butz and Samir K.C. (ed.), World Population and Human Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Oxford University Press. (executive summary)
• Sander, N., Abel, G.J., Bauer, R., and Schmidt, J. (2014). Visualising migration flow data with circular plots. VID Working paper 02/14. Vienna Institute of Demography, Austria. (supplementary material)
• K.C., S., Potancokova, M., Bauer, R., Goujon, A. and Striessnig, E. (2013). Summary of Data, Assumptions and Methods for New Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (WIC) Population Projections by Age, Sex and Level of Education for 195 Countries to 2100. IIASA Interim Report IR-13-018.
• Bauer, R., Potancokova, M., Goujon, A., and K.C., S. (2012). Populations for 171 Countries by Age, Sex, and Level of Education around 2010: Harmonized Estimates of the Baseline Data for the Wittgenstein Centre Projections. IIASA Interim Report IR-12-016.
• Bauer, R., Fassmann, H., Gruber, E. and Humer, A.(2012). Die Projekte DEMIFER und SeGI – Demografische Entwicklungen und sozialpolitische Herausforderungen. RaumPlanung 165/6-2012, 20 – 25.
• Bauer, R. (2011). Bevölkerungsentwicklung findet Stadt. Aktuelle demografische Strukturen und Trends in Österreichs Städten. KONstruktiv 284 (Dezember 2011), 16 – 19. Wien: Zeitschrift der Bundeskammer der Architekten und Ingenieurskonsulenten.
• Bauer, R., and Fassmann, H. (2011). Europa – demographische Differenzierung eines alternden Kontinents. – In: Husa, K., Parnreiter, C. and Wohlschlägl, H. (Hg.). Weltbevölkerung. Zu viele, zu wenige, schlecht verteilt?. Historische Sozialkunde / Internationale Entwicklung 30/2011, 61 – 78. Wien: Promedia & Südwind.
• DEMIFER (2010). Final Report. The ESPON 2013 Programme, DEMIFER Demographic and migratory flows affecting European regions and cities, Applied Research Project 2013/1/3. Luxembourg: European Spatial Planning Observation Network.
• Bauer, R., and Fassmann, H. (2010). Typology of regions. Final Report, Annex 3, The ESPON 2013 Programme, DEMIFER Demographic and migratory flows affecting European regions and cities, Applied Research Project 2013/1/3. Luxembourg: European Spatial Planning Observation Network.
• Bauer R. (2010), Demography of European Regions. A Spatial Perspective on Current Population Patterns (Thesis). Vienna: University of Vienna.
• Trischak, E. and Bauer, R.(2009). NSEW – Urban Explorations along the Matrix. The Cartographic Journal, Special Issue Art & Cartography, Volume 16, Number 4 (November 2009), 366 – 371.

• see Curriculum Vitae

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