By Gülşen Doğan, BROAD-ER PhD Researcher, Political Science and International Relations, Koç University, Istanbul While authoritarian populism and migration crisis dominate the global political debate, an additional challenge, the climate crisis, emerges for the future of democracy. In the current Ukrainian energy crisis, the gap between energy demand and supply will be one of those...Read More
By Oğuzhan Açıkgöz, Law Student at Koc Law School, Koç University, Istanbul Ensuring the safe and sustainable reintegration of returnees in their home areas is crucial; otherwise, they might face the risk of becoming internally displaced or refugees once again. The obstacles to achieving successful returns are incredibly challenging. Firstly, refugees often go back to...Read More
By Ceren Kulkul, Post-doc Researcher at Migration Research Center at Koç University MiReKoc In the previous blog post, we focused on the actors of the internal migration caused by the earthquake disaster and the picture that emerged in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake. We touched upon the efforts of many displaced individuals to survive...Read More
MiReKoc – BROAD-ER Women in Science Webinar by Özlem Altan-Olcay, Koç University We are delighted to invite all interested participants to join us for the first of our BROAD-ER Women in Science Webinars! Mark your calendars for June 12, 2023, from 3-4 pm, and join us for an insightful webinar featuring Özlem Altan-Olcay, Associate Professor...Read More
BROAD-ER Article Writing Workshop with Prof. Jan Rath from the University of Amsterdam We are excited to invite all interested participants to join us for the Article Writing Workshop on June 8, 2023, from 2-5 pm. This workshop is open to early career researchers and organized under the BROAD-ER Project. BROAD-ER (Bridging the Migration and...Read More
-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...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...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