-The kick-off meeting of the BROAD-ER (Bridging the Migration and Urban Studies Nexus) Project was held during 24-25 November 2022 at Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey.- The BROAD-ER Project is an EU-funded Twinning Project that primarily intends to lay the foundations of strategic networking and collaboration in the themes of migration and urban studies. BROAD-ER received...Read More
Why you should attend an international summer school By MiReKoc Summer School Team First of all, summer schools are short! They offer new opportunities that help you improve your academic performance and most importantly, give you access to the area of knowledge for your research interest. By going to a summer school, you’ll be able...Read More
By the BROAD-ER Team The policy involvement of urban governments, in issues neglected by national governments such as migrant/refugee provisions or integration is observed in multiple cities. The United Nations’ 11th Sustainable Development Goal for 2030 addresses the significance of urban-level governance in the goal titled, “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and...Read More
BROAD-ER aims at building a Research Excellence Network which will foster interdisciplinary research and education at the nexus of migration and urban studies. The project will cover three main dimensions, the Internationalization of Cities (MiReKoc – Turkish Team), Establishing New Relations between the National and the Local and increasing autonomy from National Government (GRITIM-UPF –...Read More
Koç University Department of International Relations faculty member and director of Migration Research Center (MiReKoc) Professor Ahmet İçduygu and his team was awarded a grant of ~1.4 million euros from the European Commission Twinning Action fund for his project, entitled “Bridging the Migration and Urban Studies Nexus BROAD-ER” making it the second Twinning project to...Read More
Koç Üniversitesi Göç Araştırmaları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (MiReKoc) Direktörü Prof. Dr. Ahmet İçduygu ve MiReKoç ekibince koordine edilen ‘BROAD-ER’ (Göç ve Kent Çalışmaları Arasındaki Bağın Kurulması) başlıklı proje, bir araştırma ağı projesidir. Projenin temel hedefi, bir Araştırma Mükemmelliyet Ağı yaratarak, göç ve kent araştırmaları kesişiminde disiplinlerarası araştırma ve eğitimi desteklemektir. Bu doğrultuda, MiReKoç ile...Read More
The article argues that urban resilience is becoming a principle that regulates innovative political strategies to maintain cohesion and urban justice. After reviewing its application, and following an ideal-type Weberian methodology, this article presents initial findings from fieldwork in three different urban regimes, Barcelona, Marseille, and Tunisian cities.Read More
