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 […]

Begüm Sonbahar Üregel

Research Assistant

Begüm Sonbahar Üregel is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Koç University. Her main research interests are education, parenting and migration. More specifically, she works on the neoliberal transformation of education and changing parental perceptions of education, and the problems that migrant children face in school. She earned a B.A. degree in International […]

Eleni Pothou

Research Assistant

Eleni Pothou is a Ph.D. student at Koç University in the Department of Sociology. She holds a M.A. in Media and Communication Systems from Istanbul Bilgi University (2018) and a B.A. in Greek Philology with a major in Linguistics from Athens University (2012). Her research interests revolve around the identity formation and collective memory with […]

Burcu Yakıcı

Administrative Coordinator

Burcu Yakıcı is the Administrative Coordinator at Koç University, the Migration Research Center (MiReKoc). Previously, she worked as a diplomat (Third Secretary) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, specializing on xenophobia, racism, ameliorating Turkish immigrants’ access to education and legal aid abroad. She has extensive experience with governmental and institutional actors. Burcu graduated from Galatasaray […]