I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations and Department of Sociology at Koç University, Istanbul since 2016. I am also a member of the executive board of the Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc). As of January 2020, I am one of the editors of the journal International Migration. My primary research interests include power, inequalities and contestations in relation to different aspects of international mobility. My work therefore is largely informed...
Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 1916
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1498-0025
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Roles

  • Koç Üniversitesi

    University, Istanbul, Turkey

Research

Migration aspirations in relation to border closures, employment opportunities and risk-taking attitudes: lessons from an online survey experiment

Authors Eda Kiriscioglu, Ayşen Üstübici, Ezgi Elçi
Year 2024
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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1 Journal Article

Daring to aspire: theorising aspirations in contexts of displacement and highly constrained mobility

Authors Lea Müller-Funk, Ayşen Üstübici, Milena Belloni
Year 2023
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
2 Journal Article

“At Least, at the Border, I Am Killing Myself by My Own Will”: Migration Aspirations and Risk Perceptions among Syrian and Afghan Communities

Authors Eda Kiriscioglu, Eda Kiriscioglu, Aysen Ustubici, ...
Year 2023
Journal Name Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
Citations (WoS) 6
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3 Journal Article

Aspirations among young refugees in Turkey: social class, integration and onward migration in forced migration contexts

Authors Ayşen Üstübici, Ezgi Elçi
Year 2022
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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4 Journal Article

Letter from the Editors

Authors Aysen Icduygu, Jan Rath, Deniz Sert, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name International Migration
5 Journal Article

Progress of migration scholarship over 60 years of International Migration

Authors Ahmet Icduygu, Jan Rath, Deniz Sert, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name International Migration
6 Journal Article

How Covid-19 financially hit urban refugees: evidence from mixed-method research with citizens and Syrian refugees in Turkey

Authors Ezgi Elci, Eda Kiriscioglu, Aysen Ustubici
Year 2021
Journal Name DISASTERS
Citations (WoS) 9
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7 Journal Article

‘Street-Level Justifications’: Service Providers Mediating Refugee Reception in the Urban Context of Istanbul

Authors Aysen Ustubici
Year 2020
Journal Name Journal of Refugee Studies
Citations (WoS) 7
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8 Journal Article

Tracing Asylum Journeys: Transnational Mobility of Non-European Refugees to Canada via Turkey by Uğur Yıldız

Authors Aysen Ustubici
Year 2020
Journal Name Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
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9 Journal Article

Border closures and the externalization of immigration controls in the Mediterranean: a comparative analysis of Morocco and Turkey

Authors Aysen Ustubici, Ahmet Icduygu
Year 2019
Journal Name New Perspectives on Turkey
Citations (WoS) 1
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11 Journal Article

Border closures and the externalization of immigration controls in the Mediterranean: A comparative analysis of Morocco and Turkey

Authors Aysen Ustubici, Ahmet Icduygu
Year 2018
Journal Name New Perspectives on Turkey
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12 Journal Article

Living on the Margins: Undocumented Migrants in a Global City By Alice Bloch and Sonia McKay

Authors Aysen Ustubici
Year 2016
Journal Name Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
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13 Journal Article

Political Activism Between Journey and Settlement: Irregular Migrant Mobilisation in Morocco

Authors Ayşen Üstübici
Year 2016
Journal Name Geopolitics
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14 Journal Article

Beyond Turkey's Borders: Long Distance Kemalism, State Politics and the Turkish Diaspora

Authors Aysen Ustubici
Year 2013
Journal Name New Perspectives on Turkey
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15 Journal Article

Reflections from the conference “Turkey debates its social policies”: A rights-based turn in social policy making in Turkey?

Authors Ayşe Alnıaçık, Ayşen Üstübici
Year 2012
Journal Name New Perspectives on Turkey
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16 Journal Article

THE IMPACT OF REMITTANCES ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS

Authors Aysen Ustubici, Darja Irdam
Year 2012
Journal Name Economics & Sociology
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17 Journal Article

Suggested Research

Letter from the editors

Authors Ahmet Icduygu, Ahmet Icduygu, Deniz Sert, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name International Migration
1 Journal Article
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