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3 March 2025By,

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 2025By,

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 2024By,

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 2024By,

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 2024By,

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 2024By,

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...
7 December 2023By,

Governance Challenges and Urban Planning in Polonezköy in the Context of Minority Settlements

By Gizem Karaköse*, PhD Candidate in Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland and MiReKoc Visiting Fellow, Fall 2023 Governance Challenges and Urban Planning...
6 November 2023By,

Migration as a category of analysis, and key arguments shaping migration research today

By Ricard Zapata-Barrero, Full Professor, GRITIM-UPF, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) In migration studies, it...
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