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

We are excited to invite all interested participants to join us for the Writing and Reviewing Scientific Publications on January 24, 2024, from 2-5 pm. This workshop is open to early career researchers and organized under the BROAD-ER Project. When? Day: January 24th, 2024 Time: 14:00-17:00 (Istanbul time) Platform: via Zoom Participation The workshop will...Read More

BROAD-ER Wednesday Seminar Series – Fall 2023 In-Person and Online Participation If you are not affiliated with Koç University and wish to attend in person, please register and send an e-mail to [email protected] To Register https://kocun.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEpceiqqzwqHtTk4ANC22YYlQ-lAjxCA2PR#/registration Share Registration is required for both online and in-person attendance of participants not affiliated with Koç University. MiReKoc is delighted...Read More

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

In a heart-breaking disaster, southern Turkey and Syria went through agonizing days. By a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in the early hours of the morning of February 6, tens of thousands of people lost their lives, and millions were displaced from their homes. A few hours after, the region was shaken by another major earthquake. Almost...Read More