Deniz Şenol Sert

Deniz Şenol Sert Özyeğin University Nişantepe Mah. Orman Sok. 34794 Çekmeköy – ISTANBUL
Work Phone: +90 216 564 9365 Mobile: +90 535 256 0709
E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science, February 2008 Major: Comparative Politics Minor: Political Theory Dissertation Title: The Property Rights of Conflict-­‐Induced Internally Displaced People: Ideals, Realities, Lessons (A Quantitative and Comparative Case Study) Advisor: Prof. Susan L. Woodward Reader: Prof. Katherine Verdery CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA Master of Philosophy, Political Science, February 2006 London School of Economics, London, UK Master of Science, European Union Policy-­‐Making, October 2001 Thesis Title: The Copenhagen Criterion of Minority Rights: Is It Effective in Terms of Political Conditionality? The Case of Turkey Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, June 2000 Üsküdar American Academy, Istanbul, Turkey Diploma, Liberal Arts, June 1996 EXPERIENCE Özyeğin University, Istanbul, Turkey Associate Professor, Present • Chair of Department of International Relations. • Member of Bologna Process Coordination Committee. • Assistant Professor, 2013-­‐2015. Turkish Review Editor-­‐at-­‐Large, Present SAM Araştırma Danışmanlık – Sosyal Araştırmalar Merkezi, Social Research Center Consultant, Present • Working as a consultant at research commissioned by the Ministry of Family and Social Policy. MiReKoc, Istanbul, Turkey Senior Research Associate, 2008-­‐2013 • Worked on a research project funded by the European Commission's DG-­‐Research 7th Framework Programme entitled “Imagining Europe from the Outside, EUMAGINE” (2010-­‐2013). • Worked on a research project on transnational spaces and migration funded by the European Commission's DG-­‐Research 7th Framework Programme entitled “Transnationalisation, Migration and Transformation: Multi-­‐Level Analysis of Migrant Transnationalism, TRANS-­‐NET” (2008-­‐2011). • Worked on a research project that was a comparative study of the Turkey-­‐EU versus Mexico-­‐USA borders funded by the German Marshall Fund entitled “Irregular Migration at Two Borders: The Turkish-­‐EU and Mexican-­‐USA Cases” (2008-­‐2009). • Drafted policy-­‐briefs on Turkey-­‐related migration issues; organized conferences, workshops, and meetings; edited books, and got research ready for publication; managed MiReKoc Twitter, Facebook accounts. • Coordinated the MiReKoc International Migration Summer School, 2011, 2012, 2013. University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain MISOCO Visiting Fellow, Spring 2012 • Taught a class on Internal Displacement. • Mentored MISOCO students on their master theses. Summer School, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey Adjunct Summer Faculty, Summer 2008, Summer 2012, Summer 2013 • Taught Introduction to Political Science, Social Movements, International Migration. Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey Adjunct Faculty, Fall 2010, Spring 2013 • Taught Introduction to Political Science, International Migration. TÜSEV, Istanbul, Turkey Researcher, 2008-­‐2009 • Conducted a research project that aimed to map out an index of civil society in Turkey within an extended CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation project. Department of Political Science, Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey Adjunct Faculty, Spring 2008, Fall 2010 • Taught Introduction to Comparative Political Systems. Prof. Susan L. Woodward, New York, USA Research Assistant, Fall 2004 – Fall 2005 • Established a database of younger scholars working on the issues and/or areas of post-­‐conflict reconstruction. Organized workshops. Department of Political Science, Brooklyn College, New York, USA Adjunct Faculty, Spring 2005 • Taught Introduction to Political Science. Turkish Mission to the United Nations, New York, USA Adviser/Internship, Summer 2003 • Followed up General Assembly Second and Third Committee meetings, prepared oral and written reports. Economic Development Foundation (IKV), Istanbul, Turkey Researcher, Spring – Summer 2002 • Conducted research on EU energy, transportation and public procurement policies. Prof. Paul Kubicek, Istanbul, Turkey Research Assistant, Summer 2000 • Conducted extensive research on Turkish Civil Society; article published at MERIA entitled “The Earthquake, Europe, and Prospects of Political Change in Turkey”. Prof. Thomas W. Smith, Istanbul, Turkey Research Assistant, Fall 1999 – Spring 2000 • Conducted research on ethics of war; article published in International Studies Quarterly entitled “The New Law of War: Legitimizing High-­‐Tech and Infrastructural Violence”. Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey Sert 2 Student Mentor, Fall 1998 – Spring 2000 • Mentored junior students on their academic achievements. FELLOWSHIPS • 2011-­‐2012 Master in Integration and Social Cohesion, MISOCO Fellow • 2009-­‐2010 MiReKoc Research Fellow [Research on the Turkey-­‐EU Land Border, and Turkish-­‐Greece Readmission Agreement] • 2006-­‐2007 Dissertation Writing Fellow: Carole and Morton Olshan Dissertation Fellowship • 2005-­‐2006 Research Fellow: John H. E. Fried Memorial Fellowships in International Human Rights • 2005 Research Fellow: Inter-­‐University Consortium on Security & Humanitarian Action by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation • 2005 CUNY Graduate Center Grad B Award (Declined) PUBLICATIONS Books 1. Waves of Diversity: Socio-­‐Political Implications of International Migration in Turkey, The Isis Press, 2015. (Edited with Ayşem Biriz Karaçay and Zeynep Gülru Göker). 2. Migration and Turkey: Changing Human Geography, The Isis Press, 2014. (Edited with Deniz Karcı Korfalı). 3. Borders Under Stress: The Cases of Turkey-­‐EU and Mexico-­‐USA Borders, The Isis Press, 2012. (Edited with Ahmet İçduygu). 4. Migration and Transformation: Multi-­‐Level Analysis of Migrant Transnationalism, Springer, 2012. (Edited with Pirkko Pitkanen and Ahmet İçduygu). 5. Property Rights of Internally Displaced Persons: Ideals and Realities, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009. Book Chapters/Contributions 1. “A Debate over Return Migration: The Case of Turkish Guest-­‐Workers in Germany,” in David L. Leal & Néstor P. Rodríguez, Eds., Migration in an Era of Restriction and Recession: Sending and Receiving Nations in a Changing Global Environment, New York: Springer, Forthcoming. (With Ahmet İçduygu). 2. “Governing Without Control: Turkey’s Struggle with Mobility,” in Ayşecan Terzioğlu et. al., Eds., The Making of Neoliberal Turkey, Ashgate, 2015. (With Uğur Yıldız). 3. “The Changing Waves of Migration from the Balkans to Turkey: A Historical Account,” in Hans Vermeulen, Martin Baldwin-­‐Edwards & Riki Van Boeschoten, Eds., Migration in the Southern Balkans: From Ottoman Territory to Globalized Nation States, IMISCOE Research, Dordrecht: Springer, 2015. (With Ahmet İçduygu). 4. “Balkan Göçlerinin Değişen Hikayesi: Balkan Savaşları’ndan Bugüne Tarihsel Bir Derleme”, in Mustafa Türkeş, 100. Yılında Balkan Savaşları (1912-­‐1913): İhtilaflı Duruşlar, Türk Tarih Kurumu, 2014. (With Ahmet İçduygu). 5. “Migrants’ Uncertainties versus State’s Insecurities: Transit Migration in Turkey,” in Franck Düvell, Irina Molodikova and Michael Collyer, Eds., Transit Migration in Europe, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2014. (With Ahmet İçduygu). 6. “Küresel Hareketlilik ve Göç”, in Evren Balta, Ed., Küresel Siyasete Giriş: Kavramlar, Teoriler ve Süreçler, İletişim Yayınları, 2014. 7. “UNHCR,” in Immanuel Ness, Ed., The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, Wiley, February 2013. 8. “Compensation Packages,” in Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky, Eds., The New Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice, Cambridge University Press, 2013. 9. “Varying transnational and multicultural activities in the Turkish and German migration context,” in Pirkko Pitkanen, Ahmet İçduygu and Deniz Sert, Eds., Migration and Transformation: Multi-­‐Level Analysis of Migrant Transnationalism, Springer, 2012. (With Jürgen Gerdes and Eveline Reisenauer). Sert 3 10. “Current Characteristics of Migrant Transnationalism,” in Pirkko Pitkanen, Ahmet İçduygu and Deniz Sert, Eds., Migration and Transformation: Multi-­‐Level Analysis of Migrant Transnationalism, Springer, 2012. (With Pirkko Pitkanen and Ahmet İçduygu). 11. “Uluslararası Göç Yazınında Bütünleyici Bir Kurama Doğru (Towards A Comprehensive Theory of International Migration),” in N. Aslı Şirin and S. Gülfer Ihlamur-­‐Öner, Eds. Küreselleşme Çağında Göç: Kavramlar, Tartışmalar (Migration in the Age of Globalization: Concepts, Debates), İletişim Yayınları, 2012. 12. “Transit Border Crossings in Turkey: An Environment of Uncertainty and Insecurity,” in Maria Eugenia Anguiano and Maria Lopez Sala, Eds., Migration and Borders: Methodological Approaches and Case Studies, Barcelona: Editorial Bellaterra, CIDOB, in Spanish, 2010. (With Ahmet İçduygu). 13. “From Unstable East to Prosperous West: Turkey’s New Role as a Country of Immigration and Transit,” in Vida Bakondy and Cornelia Kogoj, Eds., Good Luck! Migration Today, Vienna, Belgrade, Zagreb, Istanbul, Initiative Minderheiten, 2010. (With Ahmet İçduygu). 14. “Explaining Why People Move: Intra and Interdisciplinary Debates about the Causes of International Migration,” in Robert A. Denemark, Ed., The International Studies Encyclopedia, Wiley, 2010. Journal Articles 1. “Kısıtlanan Özgürlükler: Türkiye’de Sığınmacı Olmak (Limiting Freedoms: Being an Asylum Seeker in Turkey),” Birikim, Issue 320, December 2015. (With Uğur Yıldız). 2. “EU migration legacies – perspectives from sending countries,” Migration and Development, DOI: 10.1080/21632324.2015.1022085, 2015. (Special Issue Cluster Edited with Bastian Vollmer and Ahmet İçduygu). (Refereed Journal). 3. “Development as a Determinant of Non-­‐Migration: The Case of Turkey,” Migration and Development, DOI: 10.1080/21632324.2015.1022085, 2015. (With Deniz K. Korfalı). (Refereed Journal). 4. “International Student Migration to Turkey: Focus on CEE,” Turkish Review, Vol. 4:5, Fall 2014. (With Deniz K. Korfalı and Tuğba Acar). (Refereed Journal). 5. “Elements of Uncertainty in Turkey’s Refugee System,” Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol. 13:1, Spring 2014. 6. “Autonomy Despite Restrictions: Asylum Seekers in Isparta, Istanbul, and Yalova,” Siyasal Bilimler Dergisi, Vol. 1:1, 135-­‐152, 2013. (With Uğur Yıldız). (Refereed Journal). 7. “Turkey’s Integrated Border Management Strategy?” Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol. 12:1, Spring 2013. 8. “Integration and/or Transnationalism? The Case of Turkish-­‐German Transnational Space,” Perceptions, Vol. 17:2, 85-­‐102, Summer 2012. (Refereed Journal). 9. “Project-­‐Tied Labor Migration from Turkey to the MENA Region: Past, Present, and Future,” International Labor and Working Class History, Special Issue on Labor Migration and the Middle East, 2011, Vol. 79, 62-­‐80. (With Ahmet İçduygu). (Arts and Humanities Citation Index). 10. “Internal Displacement: Return, Property, Economy,” International Migration, Vol.52:5, 227–244, October 2014. (Refereed Journal). 11. “Reversing Segregation? The Property Restitution Process in Post-­‐War Bosnia,” Ethnopolitics, 2011, Vol. 10:2, 219-­‐230. (Refereed Journal). 12. “Cyprus: Peace, Return and Property,” Journal of Refugee Studies, 2010, Vol. 23:2, 238-­‐259. (Social Sciences Citation Index). 13. “The March 2009 Local Elections and the Inconsistent Democratic Transformation the AKP in Turkey,” Middle-­‐East Critique, 2010, Vol. 19:1, 55-­‐70. (With Sebnem Gümüşcü). (Refereed Journal). 14. “The Power of Devout Bourgeoisie: The Case of Justice and Development Party in Turkey,” Middle Eastern Studies, 2009, Vol. 45:6, 953-­‐968. (With Sebnem Gümüşcü). (Social Sciences Citation Index). 15. “Domestic Politics in Cyprus: Grounds for Migrant Voices?” Journal of Mediterranean Studies, 2007, Vol. 17:2, 355-­‐382. (Arts and Humanities Citation Index). Reports 1. “Urban Implications of CEE Migration: Country Report Turkey,” IMAGINATION Working Paper No. 7, March 2015. (With Deniz Karcı Korfalı & Tuğba Acar). Sert 4 2. “Mapping and analysis of types of migration from CEE countries: Comparative report,” IMAGINATION Comparative Project Report No. 1, Policy Brief No. 1, August 2014. 3. “Mapping and analysis of types of migration from CEE countries: Country report Turkey,” IMAGINATION Working Paper No. 4, February 2014. (With Deniz Karcı Korfalı & Tuğba Acar). 4. “Within Country Analysis: Turkey,” EUMAGINE Project Paper 9, 5 October 2012. (With Ayşen Ezgi Üstübici, Deniz Karcı Korfalı & Helene Marie-­‐Lou De Clerck). 5. “Step-­‐by-­‐step Migration through Turkey: From the Indian Sub-­‐continent to Europe,” CARIM-­‐India Research Report 2012/14. (With Ahmet İçduygu). 6. “The Gateway of Thrace: Migration Management on the Turkey-­‐EU Border/s,” MiReKoc Research Report, 2012 (Published as a book chapter in İçduygu & Sert 2012). 7. “International Migration in the Mashriq Countries: Past Trends, Future Potentials and Determinants –Possible Implications for Environmental Migration?” The Global Environmental Migration Foresight | UK Government Office for Science, 2011. (With Ahmet İçduygu). 8. “Türkiye’de Sivil Toplum: Bir Dönüm Noktası Uluslararası Sivil Toplum Endeksi Projesi, Türkiye Ülke Raporu II (Civil Society in Turkey: A Turning Point, Civil Society Index Project Turkey Country Report II),” TÜSEV Yayınları, 2011. (With Zeynep Meydanoğlu & Ahmet İçduygu). 9. “Irregular Migration at Two Borders: The Turkish-­‐EU and Mexican-­‐USA Cases,” German Marshall Fund Immigration Paper Series, 2010. (With Ahmet İçduygu). 10. “Consequences of Transnational Citizenship for Migrant Sending Countries: A Debate on Dual Citizenship,” Center on Migration, Citizenship and Development (COMCAD) Working Paper No.87, 2010. (With Ahmet İçduygu). 11. “Country Profile: Turkey,” Focus Migration, No. 5, April 2009. (With Ahmet İçduygu). Reviews 1. “The Social Movements of Our Times,” Turkish Review, Fall 2015. 2. “Milada Dönüş,” Modus Operandi, Fall 2015. 3. “Secularism through the lens of medical anthropology,” Turkish Review, Vol. 3:5, 553-­‐554, 2013. 4. “Carol M. Swain (Ed.), Debating Immigration,” Insight Turkey, Vol. 11:4, 2012. 5. “Islamic headscarf: Plural meanings and responses,” International Sociology Review of Books, 2010. 6. “Susan Bible Coutin, Nations of Emigrants: Shifting Boundaries of Citizenship in El Salvador and the United States and Montserrat Guibernau, The Identity of Nations,” Millennium Journal of International Studies, Vol. 37:3, 2009. 7. “Beyond The Responsibility to Protect,” Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, Vol. 2:2, 2008. 8. “Harald Kleinschmidt (Ed.), Migration, Regional Integration and Human Security: The Formation and Maintenance of Transnational Spaces,” Millennium Journal of International Studies, Vol. 35:3, 2007. 9. “The Middle East: A Region in Political Turmoil and its Prospects for Change?” Turkish Book Review, No.5, 2009. 10. “Remembering the past, understanding the present,” Turkish Book Review, No.4, 2009. 11. “Remembering Uğur Mumcu?” Turkish Book Review, No.4, 2009. 12. “Debates over Laicism with AKP’s Rise from Local to National Politics,” Turkish Book Review, No.3, 2009. 13. “Locating Turkey in Politics of 21st Century,” Turkish Book Review, No.2, 2008. 14. “Latest Elections in Turkey: Enduring, and Ignored Issues,” Turkish Book Review, No.1, 2008. Current Projects/Works-­‐In-­‐Progress/Under-­‐Review 1. “Orta ve Doğu Avrupa Çıkışlı Göçün Kentsel Sonuçları ve Yönetimi,” (Urban Implications and Governance of CEE Migration in Europe, IMAGINATION Project), The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, TÜBİTAK JPI Urban Europe Project, start date June 2013. (Coordinator). 2. “Edebiyatın Türkiye’nin Demokratikleşme Tarihine Tanıklığı: Darbeler ve Romanlar (Literature Witnessing the History of Democratization in Turkey: Coups and Novels),” The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, TÜBİTAK 1001 Project, start date October 2014. (Researcher). 3. “Diversification of Intra-­‐EU Mobility,” Book Chapter, submitted to Springer. Sert 5 4. “Imaginations of Europe in Turkey or Spatial Order of Things: Where does Germany stand,” in Gertrude Cepl-­‐Kaufmann and Anne M. N. Sokoll, Eds., TürkeiAlmanya: Zum Deutsch-­‐Türkischen Wissens-­‐ und Kulturtransfer, Düsseldorf, Forthcoming. (With Uğur Yıldız). 5. “Laboro ergo sum: De-­‐qualification of Migrants in Turkey,” New Perspectives on Turkey, Under-­‐
Review. 6. “Turkey’s Position on IDP Properties: Lessons (Not) Learned A comparative case of Kurdish and Cyprus issues,” International Migration, Under-­‐Review, Special Issue edited by Neophytos Loizides, Ayşe Betül Çelik, and Djordje Stefanovic. 7. “The Effect of Syrian Migrants on 2015 Election Outcomes in Turkey,” Draft. (With Ali Fisunoğlu). 8. “2015 Seçim Sonuçları Işığında Seçmen Eğilimlerine Genel Bir Bakış,” Draft. (With Ayşem Biriz Karaçay). CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/LECTURES 1. “Forced Migration and Turkey: Identity Based Policymaking,” Paper to be presented at the ISA Annual Convention, Atlanta, USA, March 16-­‐19, 2016. 2. “Eğitim, Sağlık, Barınma Hakkı ve Göçmenler [Migrants and Education, Health, and Shelter Rights],” Presentation at Türkiye’de Düzensiz Göç Marmara Bölge Çalıştayı [Marmara Regional Workshop on Irregular Migration in Turkey], organized by the Directorate General of Migration Management, Istanbul, Turkey, December 4-­‐5, 2015. 3. “Interest-­‐based Decision Making and Strategic Thinking in Foreign Policy: Syrian Refugee Crisis,” Presentation at the Eduardo Frei Foundation and International Republican Institute, IRI, Youth Political Academy, Istanbul, Turkey, November 8, 2015. 4. “Migration and Development Stakeholder Mapping Exercise,” Presentation at the Directorate General of Migration Management, DGMM, Ankara, Turkey, November 5, 2015. 5. “The Turkey Stop Along the Western Balkans Route,” Presentation at the Medecins Sans Frontieres, MSF Conference, Athens, Greece, October 29, 2015. 6. “De-­‐qualification of CEE migrants in Turkey: Evidence from Istanbul,” Paper presented at the 12th IMISCOE Annual Conference, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, June 25-­‐27, 2015. 7. “Turkey’s Struggle with IDP Properties: A Comparative Case of Kurdish and Cyprus Issues,” Paper presented at the Workshop Peace Processes and Durable Solutions to Displacement, British Institute at Ankara (BIAA) in partnership with the University of Kent and Saint Mary’s University, April 17-­‐19, 2015. 8. “Processes of De-­‐qualification for Different Types of Migrants in Turkey,” Paper presented at the International Workshop on Social Transformation and International Migration in Turkey, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, January 8-­‐9, 2015. 9. “Dilemmas of Fieldwork Compatibility with Method: Reflections from International Migration Research in Turkey,” Paper presented at the International Symposium by Migration Research Center at Koç University: Borders, Mobility, Diversity: Old Questions, New Challenges, Koç University, Istanbul, November 20-­‐21, 2014. 10. “Continuities and Novelties of CEE Migration: A Reflection from Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden and Turkey,” Paper presented at the 11th IMISCOE Annual Conference, IEUM, Madrid, Spain, August 27-­‐29, 2014. 11. “Student migration from CEE to Turkey,” Paper presented at the 11th IMISCOE Annual Conference, IEUM, Madrid, Spain, August 27-­‐29, 2014. (With Deniz Karcı Korfalı and Tuğba Acar). 12. “Readmission Agreements,” Training to the personnel of the Directorate General of Migration Management, Ministry of Interior, Turkey, Ankara, July, 2014. 13. “Revisiting human security in Turkish context: Not applicable,” Paper presented at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies (CPRS) Human Security Conference: New Challenges, New Perspectives, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, October 24-­‐27, 2013. (With Uğur Yıldız). 14. “Revisiting causes of migration: does qualitative data support the quantitative?” Paper presented at the 10th IMISCOE Annual Conference, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden, August 25-­‐28, 2013. 15. “CEE Migration Within Turkey: What do we know?” Paper presented at the 10th IMISCOE Annual Conference, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden, August 25-­‐28, 2013. (With Deniz Karcı Korfalı). 16. “Balkan Göçlerinin Değişen Hikayesi: Balkan Savaşları’ndan Bugüne Tarihsel Bir Derleme (Changing Story of Balkan Migrations: A Historical Compilation from the Balkan Wars to the Present),” Paper Sert 6 presented at the Balkan Conference, METU, Ankara, Turkey, May 23-­‐24, 2013. (With Ahmet İçduygu). 17. “Biopolitics Beyond Geopolitics: Migration policy-­‐making in Turkey,” Paper presented at the ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco, USA, April 3-­‐6, 2013. (With Uğur Yıldız). 18. “Border Management,” Paper presented at the Istanbul Policy Center-­‐Stiftung Mercator Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey, February 13, 2013. 19. “Imagining Europe from the Outside, EUMAGINE: Findings from Turkey,” Project findings presented in Ankara, November 13, 2012, Istanbul, January 5, 2013, and Brussels, January 23, 2013. 20. “Imaginations of Europe in Turkey: Where does Germany stand?” Paper presented at TürkeiAlmanya: Migration and Interculturalism in Regional Context Conference, Düsseldorf, Germany, November 21-­‐23, 2012. 21. “Who wants to go to Europe? Evidence from Morocco, Senegal, Ukraine and Turkey,” Paper presented at the IMISCOE Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, August 28-­‐29, 2012. (With Ahmet İçduygu and Hüseyin Alptekin). 22. “The Migration System within the Balkans and Mediterranean,” Seminar given at the MiReKoc International Summer School, Istanbul, Turkey, July 1-­‐13, 2012. 23. “Who wants to go to Europe? Evidence from Morocco, Ukraine and Turkey,” Paper presented at the European Population Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 13-­‐16, 2012. (With Ahmet İçduygu and Hüseyin Alptekin). 24. “Bios versus Zoé: A Theoretical Approach to Satellite City Regulation,” Paper presented at the UNHCR Turkey Third Academic Network Seminar, Bilgi University, Istanbul, May 15-­‐16, 2012. (With Uğur Yıldız). 25. “Changing Patterns of Technology Usage in the German-­‐Turkish Transnational Space,” Paper presented at the ISA Annual Convention, San Diego, USA, April 1-­‐4, 2012. 26. “50 Yıllık Dönüşüm: Türkiye-­‐Almanya Ulusaşırı Göç Alanı (Transformation of 50 Years: Turkish-­‐
German Transnational Migration Space),”Paper presented at the International Conference: Transnational Migration via Turkish-­‐German Example, Bilgi University, Istanbul, October 31, 2011. 27. “Non-­‐existing intercultural relations of Istanbul,” 11th Meeting of the CLIP Network, Zeytinburnu Municipality Cultural Center, Istanbul, October 31, 2011. 28. “(New) Migration Hubs of Istanbul: Some Reflections,” Global migration and right to the cities of the future, Oxford COMPAS Roundtable Discussion, Bahçeşehir University, October 29, 2011. 29. ““To be or not to be”: The case of refugees in the satellite cities of Turkey,” Paper presented at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies (CPRS) Human Security Conference: New Challenges, New Perspectives, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, October 27-­‐28, 2011. (With Uğur Yıldız). 30. “Gelecek Norm Olarak Sınırlar Ötesi Yaşam Biçimleri? (Cross-­‐Border Life Styles as the Norm of the Future?” Paper presented at the German Turks-­‐Turkish Germans? The 50th Anniversary of the Turkey-­‐German Labor Agreement, Turkey and Integration Research Center, Essen, Germany, September 14, 2011. 31. “Integration in Limbo: The Case of Turkish-­‐German Transnational Space,” Paper presented at the Eight Annual IMISCOE Conference: Dynamics of European Migration Space: Economy, Politics and Development, Warsaw, Poland, September 8-­‐9, 2011. 32. “MENA as an Immigration Region: Case of Turkey,” Seminar given at the MiReKoc International Summer School, Istanbul, Turkey, July 3-­‐10, 2011. 33. “Migration in Turkey,” Lecture given at Stiftung Mercator, Essen, Germany, April 18, 2011. 34. “Solving the Problem of Internal Displacement: Politics over Policy,” Paper presented at the ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans, USA, February 17-­‐20, 2010. 35. “A Local Issue with a Global Frame: Human Displacement in Turkey,” Paper presented at the Ninth International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR), Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, July 7-­‐10, 2010. 36. “Legal Status of 2nd Generation Immigrants in Turkey,” Presentation at the Talking about My Generation: the 2nd Generation Immigrants Festival, Athens, Greece, November 14-­‐15, 2009. 37. “Irregular Border Crossings between Asia and Europe: The Passage of Turkey,” Paper presented at the Inter-­‐institutional Academic Collaborative among ACC Universities Symposium, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey, June 18-­‐21, 2009. Sert 7 38. “Reconciliation via Repatriation: Case of Cyprus,” Paper presented at the ISA Annual Convention, New York, USA, February 15-­‐18, 2009. 39. “AB Sürecinde Türk Yerel Yönetimler ve Göç Politikası (Turkish Municipalities and Migration Politics within the EU Process)” and “Avrupa Birliği ve 3. Ülke Vatandaşları (EU and Third Country Nationals),” Seminars given at Zeytinburnu Municipality, December 2008. 40. “Internal Displacement: A Security Problem Solved through Development” Paper presented at the Second Global International Studies Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 23-­‐26, 2008. 41. “Internal Displacement: A Security Threat of a New Kind?” Paper presented at the ECPR General Conference, Pisa, Italy, September 6-­‐8, 2007. 42. “Domestic Politics in Cyprus: Grounds for Migrant Voices?” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the APSA, Chicago, USA, August 30-­‐September 2, 2007. 43. “Analyzing Diasporas: Theories and Cases,” Panel Session Discussant, ISA Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA, March 2006. 44. “The Conditions of Return: A Quantitative Analysis of Internal Displacement”, Paper presented at Poster Sessions, ISA Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA, March 2006. 45. “New Wars, Old Issues: The Problem of Land and Property in Civil Wars,” Paper presented at the First Global International Studies Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, August 24-­‐27, 2005. SUPERVISION • Brian Joseph-­‐Keysor Miller, University of IOWA, PhD in History, IOWA, USA (External Committee Member), degree received in 2015. • Ceren Çoban, Koç University, MA in Political Science, Istanbul, Turkey (External Committee Member). • Deniz Karcı Korfalı, Koç University, PhD in Political Science, Istanbul, Turkey (External Committee Member). • Tuğba Acar, Koç University, MA in Political Science, Istanbul, Turkey (External Committee Member). • Uğur Yıldız, Carleton University, PhD in Political Science, Ottawa, Canada (External Committee Member). ACTIVITIES/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE/ AFFILIATIONS • IMISCOE Member and Member of the Rinus Penninx Best Paper Award Jury, 2014, 2015, 2016. • European Movement-­‐Turkey (Türkiye Avrupa Birliği Derneği) Member, Present. • “Okuma Çerçeveleri” Certificate Program on Literature, Spring 2014. • Migration Researchers Platform, GAR Member. • International Studies Association, ISA Member. • International Political Science Association, IPSA Member. • Turkish Political Science Association, SİTD Member. • Peer-­‐reviews articles in International Migration, Insight Turkey, etc. and books for Springer, etc. • London School of Economics European Studies Program Class of 2001 Student Representative. • Koç University Model United Nations Club Founding Member. Attended: • 12th Cairo International Model United Nations 2000, Cairo, Egypt; • Universidad de Murcia MUN Conference, 1999, Murcia, Spain; • The Southeastern European International Model UN 1998, Sofia, Bulgaria; • Harvard World Model United Nations Conference 1998, Brussels, Belgium; • The European International MUN Conference, 1997, The Hague, Netherlands. SKILLS • Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, SPSS, EndNote, Nvivo, Drupal. • Turkish (Native), Spanish (Intermediate), Uzbek (Intermediate), and Russian (Beginner). Sert 8