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 researchers and stakeholders to discuss key themes of the BROAD-ER Project (Bridging the Migration and...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 harms the migrants themselves but also deprives cities of the valuable contributions they could offer....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 special open-access issue! Some funds are available exceptionally. 🔍 We invite submissions on topics such...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 of view and ask people, ‘Who and where did your grandfather or even your great-grandfather...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 directly influenced by mixed migration movements, (inter)national policies, and the presence or absence of funding,...Read More
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