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-BROAD-ER kicks-off its Seminar Series for the Spring 2023. The first Seminar will be given by Prof. Ricard Zapata-Barrero from GRITIM, Pompeu Fabra University- MiReKoc is delighted to invite all interested participants to join us for the upcoming MiReKoc-BROAD-ER Wednesday Seminar Series, organized under the BROAD-ER Project and in collaboration with Koç University College of Administrative Science and Economics’ International Relations Seminar Series. This year, the Seminar Series promises to...Read More

-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 1.4M € from the European Commission Twinning Action fund (HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03), and Koç University (MiReKoc) acts...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 to develop valuable academic skills, get to know new people and have networking opportunities with...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 sustainable”.[1] In addition, urban politics processes are emerging within the scope of the overall decoupling...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 – Spanish Team), and Detachment from Formal Governance by Independent Actors (UvA – Dutch Team). The three...Read More