Pelin Kılınçarslan

Post Doctoral Researcher

Pelin Kılınçarslan is a postdoctoral researcher at the Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc). She received her PhD in Political Science and International Relations from Koç University, where she also had an MA in International Relations. After completing her BA in Political Science at Bilkent University, she attended the MS program of Gender and […]

Gülşen Doğan

Research Assistant

Gülşen Doğan is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Koc University. Her research interests lie in the intersection of comparative politics, populism and democracy. In addition to her academic studies, she is also working in think tanks. She worked as a non-resident research assistant in Turkey program at […]

Ceren Kulkul

Post Doctoral Researcher

Ceren Kulkul Akyunak is a postdoctoral researcher at Koç University Migration Studies Application and Research Center (MiReKoc). She completed her PhD in 2022 at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin. She received her undergraduate degree in 2014 and her master’s degree in 2017 at the Department of Sociology at Middle […]

Maryam Ekhtiari

Research Assistant

Maryam Ekhtiari is a Ph.D. student in Sociology at Koç University. She received her M.A. in Sociology from Marmara University in 2020 and her B.A. in Clinical Psychology from University of Tabriz in 2014. Her primary research interests lie in the area of forced migration, social integration of immigrants, informal labor migration, and transit migration […]

Maryam Ekhtiari

Research Assistant

Maryam Ekhtiari is a Ph.D. student in Sociology at Koç University. She received her M.A. in Sociology from Marmara University in 2020 and her B.A. in Clinical Psychology from University of Tabriz in 2014. Her primary research interests lie in the area of forced migration, social integration of immigrants, informal labor migration, and transit migration […]

Banu Liman

Research Assistant

Banu Liman is a Ph.D. candidate and a research and teaching assistant at Koç University, Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities. She completed her BA at Marmara University, Department of Political Science and International Relations. Her MA is in International Affairs from Carleton University, the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. Her research interests […]

Nilay Kavur

Postdoctoral Researcher

Nilay is a post-doctoral researcher at Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoç) and an adjunct lecturer in the Sociology Department of Koç University. She holds a dual doctorate degree from Doctorate in Cultural and Global Criminology Program at University of Kent (UK) and Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary). Prior to her current position, she has […]

Esin Aksay Aksezer

Postdoctoral Researcher

Esin Aksay Aksezer completed her PhD at Tilburg University Culture Studies Department (the Netherlands) in 2019. Previously, she studied at Koç University (BA), NYU (MA), and Sabancı University (MA). She has held positions in several higher education institutions and civil society organizations since 2005. Esin has extensive experience in educational program development and management, including […]