BROAD-ER Women in Science Webinar Series – Spring 2025 We are excited to invite all interested participants to join us for the fourth round of our BROAD-ER Women in Science Webinars! Mark your calendars for Jan 21, 2025, from 12:00 to 13:00 (Turkey time), to join an insightful webinar featuring Eva Fortes from Pompeu Fabra...Read More
BROAD-ER Applying for Jobs in Academia Workshop – Fall 2024 We are excited to announce our Applying for Jobs in Academia Workshop on 29 November, 15:00–17:00 (Turkey time). This event is designed to share experiences and insights across different stages of academic careers. Open to PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career researchers, the workshop offers...Read More
By Khaled Ibrahim, MiReKoc Summer School ‘24 Alumni The ongoing civil war in Sudan has thus far led over 1.2 million* (official UNHCR number as of September 30th, was 500,000 at the time of writing of the paper) people to seek refuge in bordering Egypt. To the average North Sudanese, this is a logical decision,...Read More
BROAD-ER Wednesday Seminar Series – Fall 2024 Online Participation All participants required to register via the zoom link below. To Register https://kocun.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtfuyrpj4pGNacXufAqt4YSWy3fsJkqS2n 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. This year’s Seminar Series brings together a group of distinguished...Read More
By Gülşen Doğan, PhD Researcher, Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc) Cities benefit from migration, as individuals relocating bring various perspectives, expertise, and cultural diversity, greatly enhancing urban life’s social, economic, and political structure. However, many migrants often encounter marginalization and exclusion, preventing them from fully engaging in urban activities. This marginalization not only...Read More
BROAD-ER SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE 2025 Urban Memories of Migration 7 March 2025 Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona 📢 Exciting news! The BROAD-ER project is hosting a scientific conference at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. Join us on March 7, 2025, to explore the intersections of urban, migration, and memory studies. Selected papers will be published in a...Read More
By Pelin Kılınçarslan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc) Thanks to Oğuzhan Açıkgöz for providing technical support “If there is so much evidence that cities are built by migrants and that we can say that most of the city’s population are migrant populations, and if we consider this from a generational point...Read More
By Oğuzhan Açıkgöz, Law Student at Koc Law School, Koç University, Istanbul Dr. Janina Stürner-Siovitz introduced the Equal Partnerships Policy Paper during the 14th Global Forum on Migration and Development. The policy paper focuses on the growing challenges and opportunities related to migration and displacement faced by local governments in African intermediary cities. These cities are...Read More
BROAD-ER INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL 2024 Urban Migration Governance: Policy, Practice and Research 3-14 June, 2024 Rumelifeneri Campus, Koç University, Istanbul The Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc) will host the BROAD-ER International Summer School 2024 entitled “Urban Migration Governance: Policy, Practice and Research”, which will be organized in cooperation with University of Amsterdam, Netherlands and Pompeu Fabra University,...Read More
BROAD-ER Wednesday Seminar Series – Spring 2024 Online Participation All participants required to register via the zoom link below. To Register https://kocun.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUucO2tqDguG9wg0TLW_Y0-sSEcLfdhm-Lc Share 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. This year, the Seminar Series promises to be a...Read More
