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Yıldız, Ayselin

Ayselin
Yıldız

https://ayselinyildiz.net

Prof.Dr. Ayselin YILDIZ is a faculty member of International Relations at Istinye University (Istanbul) and also affiliated scholar at Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc). She has extensive publications, research, projects and consultancy activities in the field of migration studies. She received her Phd in international relations and MSc in European Studies from Middle East Technical University (Turkey). She is the founding director of EU Center for 10 years (2005-2015) and founding head of UNESCO Chair on International Migration (2016-2023) for a distinguished span of seven years at Yasar University. She has also initiated the launch of international relations department at Yasar University in 2010 and was the head of department for 2 years. She held research fellowships at Wageningen University, University of California Berkeley (PhD fellow), University of Pittsburgh (post-doc) and at SciencesPo (visiting fellow). In addition to her academic pursuits, she also serves as the committee member at UNESCO Turkey Management of Social Transformations (MOST) and Migration Group. She is the author of the book The European Union’s Immigration Policy: Managing Migration in Turkey and Morocco, a seminal work published by the Palgrave Macmillan, a testament to her scholarly prowess. Referring to her expertise on internationalization of higher education, she is appointed as the Strategic Academic Advisor to Groningen Declaration Network. Current research: • Migration as an issue of EU-Turkey relations • Externalization of migration policies and the implications in the Mediterranean region • Migrant smuggling • Irregular migration and readmission: policies and practices in Turkey • Access and integration of refugees in higher education, skills recognition • Intercultural communication for integration policies • Housing and wellbeing for refugees
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 1620
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8845-2367
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayselin/
X/Twitter https://twitter.com/@Ayselin_Yildiz
Researcher ID 5984-2016
ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ayselin-Yildiz

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • Istinye University

    University, Istanbul, Turkey

  • Istinye University

    University, Istanbul, Turkey
    Professor

  • Koç University

    University, Istanbul, Turkey
    Affiliated Scholar, Assoc.Prof.Dr.

  • Yaşar University

    University, Izmir, Turkey
    Academics-Adm.

Research

Migrants as agents in placemaking: A socio-spatial analysis of Basmane area in Izmir, Türkiye

Authors Ayselin Yıldız, Aylin Gürel, Meltem Ö. Gürel
Year 2024
Journal Name Wellbeing, Space and Society
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1 Journal Article

Inclusive Approach of Türkiye on Access and Integration of Refugees to Higher Education

Authors Ayselin YILDIZ
Year 2023
Journal Name Bilig
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2 Journal Article

Protracted displacement and housing systems in intermediary cities: the case of Syrians in Torbalı, Türkiye

Authors Dolf J. H. te Lintelo, Ayselin Yıldız, Meltem Ö. Gürel, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name International Journal of Housing Policy
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3 Journal Article

Constructions of Multiple Deservingness Frames towards Refugees in Everyday Work Life in İzmir

Authors Selin Siviş, Ayselin Yıldız
Year 2023
Journal Name Journal of Refugee Studies
Citations (WoS) 2
4 Journal Article

Turkey’s asylum policies over the last century: continuity, change and contradictions

Authors Kemal Kirişci, Ayselin Yıldız
Year 2023
Journal Name Turkish Studies
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5 Journal Article

Turkey's external differentiated integration with the EU in the field of migration governance

Authors Ebru Turhan, Ayselin Yıldız
Year 2022
Book Title The Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union
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6 Book Chapter

Impact of the EU–Turkey Statement on Smugglers’ Operations in the Aegean and Migrants’ Decisions to Engage with Smugglers

Authors Ayselin Yıldız
Year 2020
Journal Name International Migration
Citations (WoS) 6
7 Journal Article

Integration of Refugee Students in European Higher Education Comparative Country Cases

Description
According to UNHCR, an estimated 68.5 million individuals are today forcibly displaced worldwide. Around half of the world’s refugees are children and young people under the age of 35. While many students are forced to abandone their studies in their home countries, only one percent of refugee youth is able to access and continue higher education. Evidence shows that despite a fundamental right to education, refugees and similar at-risk populations encounter significant challenges barring access to higher education. The situation also prevails in Europe. When confronted with dramatic increases of mass migration in 2015 and 2016, European countries did little to adjust access to higher education for refugees. With very few exceptions, there are still no specific national policy approaches among European countries. Higher education institutions are mostly left to their own practices to handle the issue. Emergency responses generally focus on providing limited numbers of competitive scholarships, linguistic support, and counseling services. However, large-scale, sustainable broad-based internationalization policies and frameworks are utterly lacking. While effective response to refugees’ higher education needs is a responsibility for all higher education institutions, rather than taking the lead to push for inclusive societies, universities have curbed their activities within the restricted legislative frameworks that create status-related obstacles for refugees. Accordingly, this report provides an overview and descriptive analysis of how selected countries (Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Norway, UK and Turkey) have responded to the massive inflow of refugees, as well as the policy practices they have developed concerning refugee students’ integration into higher education. Seeking to encourage sustainable policy responses and national frameworks, this report highlights these selected countries’ procedures to ensure access to higher education and also approaches to recognize foreign qualifications. It also examines particular challenges in the case of each country. The report limits its scope exclusively to refugee students, excluding practices developed for refugee academics/university staff. This report offers a contribution to the existing literature on educational policy for refugees and encourages higher education institutions to remember their central role as a driving force for social development and integration.
Year 2019
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8 Report

Conclusion

Authors Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year 2016
Book Title The European Union’s Immigration Policy
9 Book Chapter

Introduction

Authors Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year 2016
Book Title The European Union’s Immigration Policy
10 Book Chapter

Implications of the External Dimension of European Immigration Policy for Turkey

Authors Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year 2016
Book Title The European Union’s Immigration Policy
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11 Book Chapter

Institutionalization of the External Dimension of EU Immigration Policy

Authors Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year 2016
Book Title The European Union’s Immigration Policy
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12 Book Chapter

Theorizing the External Dimension of EU’s Immigration Policy

Authors Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year 2016
Book Title The European Union’s Immigration Policy
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13 Book Chapter

Implications of the External Dimension of European Immigration Policy for Morocco

Authors Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year 2016
Book Title The European Union’s Immigration Policy
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14 Book Chapter

Limits to temporary protection: non-camp Syrian refugees in İzmir, Turkey

Authors Ayselin Yıldız, Elif Uzgören
Year 2016
Journal Name Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
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15 Journal Article

The European Union’s Immigration Policy

Authors Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year 2016
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16 Book

European Corporate Governance Institute

Authors Ayselin Gözde Yildiz
Year 2013
Book Title Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility
17 Book Chapter

European Urban Charter 1992 and 2008

Authors Ayselin Gözde Yıldız
Year 2013
Book Title Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility
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18 Book Chapter

BREXIT, GÖÇ VE AVRUPA BÜTÜNLEŞME SÜRECİ

Authors Ayselin YILDIZ
Year 2021
Journal Name Ankara Avrupa Calismalari Dergisi
19 Journal Article

Suggested Research

Syrian Refugees’ Engagement in the Local Labour Market in Izmir, Turkey: Perspectives of Employers and Evidence - Based Policy Recommendations

Authors Selin Siviş, Ayselin Yıldız
Description
This policy brief explores the perceptions of Turkish employers regarding Syrian refugees across various economic sectors in Izmir (Turkey) and reports the key issues raised by local actors concerning local labour market integration practices. The study is based on fieldwork carried out in Izmir between July and December 2017. It includes 40 semi-structured interviews conducted with Turkish employers, policy-makers, practitioners and NGO members. It provides an analysis particularly regarding Turkish employers’ perspectives at sectoral and local levels, towards employing Syrians. Finally, the study integrates employers’ perspectives into local actors’ broader labour market integration practices and makes some policy recommendations based on conclusions from evidence-based field research. In broader terms, the policy brief intends to contribute the literature and advise policy makers on how to eectively integrate refugees into the labour market through local level practices and interventions.
Year 2019
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1 Report
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