ASSOC. PROF. DR. ELİF ÇETİN (09/2023- )

Ph.D., University of Cambridge, Politics and International Studies

M.A., Leiden University, Political Science

B.A., Bilkent University, International Relations

Post-doctoral researcher: the Von Hügel Institute (as Research Associate), St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge; Wolfson College (as Junior Research Fellow), University of Cambridge (2015-2017)

Ph.D. research fellow: Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford (2012); European University Institute (EUI) (2010; 2011)

CV

PROF. DR. M. GÖKAY ÖZERİM

Ph.D., Dokuz Eylul University, European Studies
(Visiting scholar at UC Berkeley, USA, 2014)
(Visiting scholar at University of Oxford, UK, 2011)

M.A., Dokuz Eylul University, European Union

B.Sc., Dokuz Eylul University, International Relations

 MR. AMBASSADOR (RET.) ERTUĞRUL APAKAN

Former (2014-2019) Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine

Permanent Representative of Turkey to the UN (2009-2012)

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey  (2006-2009)

The Chair hosts research fellows, visiting researchers who study migration or seeking opportunities to conduct field work, research project in Izmir. If you are interested to apply, please send your CV and an intention letter to [email protected].

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9182-1992

Dr.SELİN SİVİS
PhD Candidate, Essex University, Sociology
MSc, Universtat Pompeu Fabra, Political and Social Sciences
BA, Middle East Technical University, History

Researcher, Project Title: “Outsiders vs. Insiders? A Cross-Regional Empirical Research: Syrian Refugees in Turkey”  Secondment period: July-September 2017
Research Project Details 

Researcher, Project Title: “Wellbeing, Housing, and Infrastructure in Turkey (WHIT)” June2020-January 2022, Funded by British Academy

PERİN ÇÜN
Bachelor of Architecture, Izmir Institute of Technology
MSc, Architecture, Izmir Institute of Technology
PhD, Architecture, Yaşar University (2020-proceeding)

Researcher, Project Title: “Wellbeing, Housing, and Infrastructure in Turkey (WHIT)”
Secondment period: May 2020- April 2022
Funded by British Academy

Dr.GÖNÜL AYRANCI

BA, Dokuz Eylul University, Mathematics
MA, Yaşar University, Actuarial Sciences
Phd candidate, Hacettepe University, Actuarial Sciences
Researcher, Project Title: “Wellbeing, Housing and Infrastructure in Turkey”, Funded by British Academy
Secondment: May-June 2021

MOHAMED NACAR
BSc in Applied Engineering and GIS and Geomatics, Civil Engineering Department University of Palestine
MSc in Geographic Information Systems, Dokuz Eylül University
Phd in Geographic Information Systems, Dokuz Eylül University

Researcher, Project Title: “Wellbeing, Housing, and Infrastructure in Turkey (WHIT)”, Funded by British Academy

BENSU ANAR
BA, Yaşar University, International Relations
MA, Yaşar University, International Relations (2019-proceeding)
Researcher, Project Title: “Local integration practices for refugees”

AYLİN GÜREL
BSc in Architectural Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
MA in History and Critical Thinking in Architecture, Architectural Association (2019-proceeding)

Intern, Project Title: 1. “Wellbeing, Housing, and Infrastructure in Turkey (WHIT)”

2. Historical and architectural approach to cosmopolitanism and models of living together: Case of Karantina Izmir

ÖZGE BOZKAYA
PhD Candidate, Dokuz Eylul University, European Studies
MA, Dokuz Eylul University, European Studies
BA, Ege University, International Relations
Researcher, Project Title: “Refugees and Higher Education” and “Gender Equality in Iraq”
Secondment period: November 2019- April 2020 and October 2021-April 2022.

BETUL ECE YILMAZ
MA Candidate, Yasar University, International Relations
BA, Yasar University, International Relations
Research Project Title: “Social Cohesion and Integration of Migrants in Turkey: An Institutional Perspective”, 2022

YAGIZ TURK
Graphic Designer, Yasar University.
Projects involved: 1. REFREC-TR 2. Country of Origin Booklet 3. Sağlığım

BASAK CAN

BA, Bogazici University, Philosophy (major), Political Science and International Relations (minor)

Visiting Junior Researcher
Secondment period: April-July 2023

ALAN DESMOND
BCL Law and Irish, University College Cork, Ireland.
LLM in Criminal Justice, University College Cork. 
PhD, University College Cork, School of Law. 

Visiting Researcher (Sabbatical), Leicester Law School Secondment period: September-December 2021

We would like to thank the previous chairholder Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yıldız for her contributions.

ASSOC.PROF.DR.AYSELIN YILDIZ, Previous Chairholder (2016-08/2023)
PhD, Middle East Technical University, International Relations
MSc, Middle East Technical University, European Studies
BSc, Dokuz Eylul University, International Relations 

Post-doc researcher: University of Pittsburgh (2015)
Phd. research fellow: University of California, Berkeley (2009)