Research projects
- Coordinator: Implementation analysis of Terre des Hommes’ APE approach to children on the move in Europe and West Africa (June-December 2019)
- Technical Advisory Board Member: Technical Assistance to Support the Monitoring of Actions Financed under the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (Facility) (SUMAF) (2018-2020)
- International expert: ICMPD Support the Implementation of Development-Sensitive Migration Policies in Turkey (SIDEM) (2017-2018)
- Principle researcher: Education Systems Effect on Skills Performance and Socio-cultural Integration of Immigrant Students (OECD) (March 2017 – March 2018)
- Associated researcher: Strength through Diversity Project (OECD) (March 2017 – March 2018)
- Senior researcher: The Economic Impacts of Congolese Refugees in Rwanda: Labour Markets, Social Infrastructure and Aid Effectiveness (funded by UNHCR) (2015-2016)
- International expert: Project on Supporting Turkey in Development of National Harmonization (Integration) Policy (IOM Turkey) (June-November 2016)
- Senior researcher: Swiss Development Cooperation’s Migration and Development Strategy in Benin (2016)
- Senior researcher: MIPEX 2015: Integration Policies, Who Benefits? Project in partnership with Migration Policy Group and Center for International Affairs Barcelona (2014-2015)
- Senior researcher: Sessiz Destek / Silent Support Project, International Migration Law in Turkey and Policy Coherence ICMPD (2015)
- Senior researcher: Sessiz Destek / Silent Support Project, Trainer on Migration and Development, ICMPD (2015)
- Senior researcher: INTERACT Project (MPI Europe and EUI) (2014)
- PhD Researcher: Migration: A World in Motion: Migration and Development IS Academy Project (2009-2014). Project on the developmental impact of migration specifically in Morocco, Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Burundi.
- Researcher: Migrant Heterogeneity and Transnationalism Project (Volkswagen Foundation) (2013)
- Researcher: Dutch Ministry of Interior knowledge exchange project on civic integration (2012)
Research awards and grants
- Open Society Foundation – AERA 2018 Conference travel grant (2018)
- Thomas J. Alexander fellowship at the OECD (2017)
- H2020 Grant Proposal: Role of European Mobility and its Impacts in Narratives, Debates and EU Reforms (H2020) (2017)
- KNOMAD World Bank Forced Migration and Gender (2016) – with Craig Loschmann and Dr. Melissa Siegel
- IMISCOE Seed Fund 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 - With Erasmus University Rotterdam and Peace Research Institute Oslo
- MACIMIDE Workshop Fund 2016– with Dr. Karlijn Haagsman
- European University Institute Summer School 2011 (2-week accommodation fund)
- European University Institute Summer School 2011 (Best participant essay publication)
- Utrecht Excellence Scholarship (2-years research master education)
- Summer Exchange Program at Vanderbilt University – Merit Scholarship
- Galatasaray University B.A. Sociology, Top of the class of 2007
- Erasmus exchange program 2005, Merit Scholarship
- French preparatory class 2002, Top of the Class Award (Study grant at Franche-Comté Uni.)
Teaching expertise and courses taught
- MSc. International Migration: Theories, Policies and Trends
- MSc. Quantitative Research Methods Seminar: Survey Design
- MSc. Qualitative Research Methods Seminar: Focus Group Interviews
- MSc. Migration Specialization Course on Labor Market Effects of Migration
- MSc. Diaspora Engagement Policies Seminar: Comparison between Turkey and Morocco
- MSc. Migrant Integration Theories
- MSc. Research Practicum
- MSc. CSPro Seminar on Electronic Data Collection
- BA. Psychology of Ethnic Relations
- BA. Leeronderzoek
- BA. & MSc. Thesis supervision
Other academic activities
- Co-editor for special issues: Comparative Migration Studies (2011), Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (Forthcoming in 2019)
- Reviewer for academic journals: International Migration Review, Ethnicities, Work and Occupations, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Comparative Migration Studies
- Guest lecturer: UNESCO – IHE Institute in Delft, Groningen University, University College Maastricht, University of Neuchâtel
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