Blog 4 Columns – BROAD-ER

9 October 2025

Migrant Visibility and Invisibility in the Urban Space: Zeytinburnu Over a Decade

By Ayşen Üstübici and Zeynep Sena Uzunboy, Koç University, Istanbul Historically, cities in general, some neighborhoods in particular, have been the main...

19 June 2025

The local trap in the local turn literature: we need to reset the local turn debate in migration governance

By Ricard Zapata-Barrero, GRITIM, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona A re-examination of the local turn literature (Zapata-Barrero et al., 2017), with a focus...

3 March 2025

Digital Urban Governance in an Era of AI

By Gülşen Doğan, MiReKoc, Koç University, Istanbul Cities worldwide are rapidly changing due to urban growth and economic shifts. Digital tools are...

3 March 2025

Navigating Informal Arrangements in Migration Governance in Urban Areas

By Joshua Soriano Fernández, Master’s Student in Democracies, Nationalism, Federalism, and Multiculturalism, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain IntroductionMigration governance in cities presents...

6 November 2024

The Contemporary Sudanese Refugee and Migrant Experience in Urban Cairo

By Khaled Ibrahim, MiReKoc Summer School ‘24 Alumni The ongoing civil war in Sudan has thus far led over 1.2 million* (official...

7 October 2024

The Future of Cities: How to Apply Migration Lens to the City Governance

By Gülşen Doğan, PhD Researcher, Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc) Cities benefit from migration, as individuals relocating bring various perspectives,...

16 April 2024

Bridging Migration and Urban Studies with Prof. Ricard Zapata-Barrero: An Interview Exploring the Local Turn, Urban Resilience, Regional Cities, and Urban Memories

By Pelin Kılınçarslan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc) Thanks to Oğuzhan Açıkgöz for providing technical support “If there...

1 March 2024

Interview with Dr. Janina Stürner-Siovitz about Creating Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships to Address Urban Migration and Displacement in African Intermediary Cities

By Oğuzhan Açıkgöz, Law Student at Koc Law School, Koç University, Istanbul Dr. Janina Stürner-Siovitz introduced the Equal Partnerships Policy Paper during the...

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