Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • University of Groningen

    University, Groningen, Netherlands
    Associate Professor of Sociology

  • University of Groningen

    University, Groningen, Netherlands
    Scientific Staff

Research

The puzzle of loneliness: A sociostructural and transnational analysis of International Chinese Students' networks in Germany

Authors Basak Bilecen, Başak Bilecen, Isabell Diekmann, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name International Migration
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1 Journal Article

Transformations of transnational care in times of the pandemic: spotlights and future prospects

Authors Anna Amelina, Karolina Barglowski, Başak Bilecen
Year 2024
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
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2 Journal Article

“Covid has stopped us all”: the experiences of migrant care workers in formal care settings in Germany

Authors Kristin Noack, Başak Bilecen
Year 2024
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
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3 Journal Article

Loneliness among Chinese international and local students in Germany: the role of student status, gender, and emotional support

Authors Başak Bilecen, Isabell Diekmann, Thomas Faist
Year 2024
Journal Name European Journal of Higher Education
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5 Journal Article

What's it worth in the local currency?

Authors Herbert Terry, Başak Bilecen, Robert Coelen
Year 2024
Book Title Internationalization of the Doctoral Experience
6 Book Chapter

Lending Circles

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2024
Book Title Routledge Handbook of Turkey's Diasporas
7 Book Chapter

Network analysis

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2024
Book Title Research Handbook on the Sociology of Migration
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8 Book Chapter

Linguistic capital and social inequalities: Experiences of international Chinese students in Germany

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2023
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
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9 Journal Article

Transnationale ongelijkheiden door de studie van globale gezinnen

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2023
Journal Name Mens & Maatschappij
10 Journal Article

Conducting Empirical Research With Older Migrants: Methodological and Ethical Issues

Authors Başak Bilecen, Tineke Fokkema
Year 2022
Journal Name The Gerontologist
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11 Journal Article

Reciprocity Within Migrant Networks: The Role of Social Support for Employment

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2022
Book Title Revisiting Migrant Networks
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12 Book Chapter

Understanding Syrian parents’ educational involvement in their children's primary education in Turkey

Authors Dilara Karaagac, Başak Bilecen, René Veenstra
Year 2022
Journal Name International Journal of Educational Research Open
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13 Journal Article

The Role of Parent‐Child Relationships and Filial Expectations in Loneliness Among Older Turkish Migrants

Authors Rowan L. F. ten Kate, Basak Bilecen, Nardi Steverink
Year 2021
Journal Name Social Inclusion
Citations (WoS) 6
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14 Journal Article

The isolation paradox: A comparative study of social support and health across migrant generations in the US

Authors Basak Bilecen, Raffaele Vacca
Year 2021
Citations (WoS) 13
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15 Journal Article

The networked character of migration and transnationalism

Authors Başak Bilecen, Miranda J. Lubbers
Year 2021
Journal Name Global Networks
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17 Journal Article

Soziologie der Migration

Year 2020
18 Book

Commentary: COVID‐19 Pandemic and Higher Education: International Mobility and Students’ Social Protection

Authors Basak Bilecen
Year 2020
Journal Name International Migration
Citations (WoS) 32
19 Journal Article

Asymmetries in Transnational Social Protection: Perspectives of Migrants and Nonmigrants

Authors Basak Bilecen
Year 2020
Journal Name ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
Citations (WoS) 14
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20 Journal Article

A Closer Look at Loneliness: Why Do First-Generation Migrants Feel More Lonely Than Their Native Dutch Counterparts?

Authors Başak Bilecen, Rowan L F ten Kate, Nardi Steverink
Year 2020
Journal Name The Gerontologist
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21 Journal Article

7 Der transnationale Ansatz: Transnationalisierung, Transnationale Soziale Räume, Transnationalität

Authors Thomas Faist, Başak Bilecen
Year 2020
Book Title Soziologie der Migration
22 Book Chapter

Education and migration

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2020
Book Title Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development
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23 Book Chapter

14 Bildungsmobilität: Eine Netzwerkperspektive

Authors Andrés Cardona, Janina Jaeckel, Başak Bilecen
Year 2020
Book Title Soziologie der Migration
24 Book Chapter

The Turkey–Germany migration corridor

Authors Nermin Abadan-Unat, Başak Bilecen
Year 2020
Book Title Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development
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25 Book Chapter

Gendered dynamics of transnational social protection

Authors Başak Bilecen, Karolina Barglowski, Thomas Faist, ...
Year 2019
Journal Name Comparative Migration Studies
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26 Journal Article

‘Altın Günü’: migrant women’s social protection networks

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2019
Journal Name Comparative Migration Studies
27 Journal Article

Social Transformation(s): International Migration and Health

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2019
Book Title Refugee Migration and Health
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28 Book Chapter

Qualitative sampling in research on international student mobility: insights from the field in Germany

Authors Mustafa Aksakal, Başak Bilecen, Kerstin Schmidt
Year 2019
Journal Name Globalisation, Societies and Education
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29 Journal Article

Transnationalism

Authors Thomas Faist, Başak Bilecen
Year 2019
Book Title Routledge International Handbook of Migration Studies
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30 Book Chapter

Egozentrierte Netzwerkanalyse in der Biographieforschung: Methodologische Potenziale und empirische Veranschaulichung

Authors Başak Bilecen, Anna Amelina
Year 2018
Book Title Handbuch Biographieforschung
31 Book Chapter

Coming out within transnational families: intimate confessions under Western eyes

Authors Karolina Barglowski, Anna Amelina, Başak Bilecen
Year 2018
Journal Name Social Identities
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32 Journal Article

The missing link: Social network analysis in migration and transnationalism

Authors Başak Bilecen, Markus Gamper, Miranda J. Lubbers
Year 2018
Journal Name Social Networks
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33 Journal Article

Do transnational brokers always win? A multilevel analysis of social support

Authors Başak Bilecen, Andrés Cardona
Year 2018
Journal Name Social Networks
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34 Journal Article

Transnational knowledge networks

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2018
Book Title The Routledge Handbook of Transregional Studies
35 Book Chapter

Introduction: international academic mobility and inequalities

Authors Başak Bilecen, Christof Van Mol
Year 2017
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
36 Journal Article

Home-making practices and social protection across borders: an example of Turkish migrants living in Germany

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2017
Journal Name Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
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37 Journal Article

International Students and Cosmopolitanisms: Educational Mobility in a Global Age

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2016
Book Title An Anthology of Migration and Social Transformation
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38 Book Chapter

A Personal Network Approach in Mixed-Methods Design to Investigate Transnational Social Protection

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2016
Journal Name International Review of Social Research
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39 Journal Article

Approaching Transnational Social Protection: Methodological Challenges and Empirical Applications

Authors Karolina Barglowski, Anna Amelina, Başak Bilecen
Year 2015
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
Citations (WoS) 12
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40 Journal Article

Informal Social Protection Networks of Migrants: Typical Patterns in Different Transnational Social Spaces

Authors Başak Bilecen, Joanna Jadwiga Sienkiewicz
Year 2014
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
Citations (WoS) 16
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41 Journal Article

Transnational Social Protection: Migrants' Strategies and Patterns of Inequalities

Authors Thomas Faist, Karolina Barglowski, Joanna Jadwiga Sienkiewicz, ...
Year 2014
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
Citations (WoS) 22
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42 Journal Article

International doctoral students as knowledge brokers: reciprocity, trust and solidarity in transnational networks

Authors BAŞAK BILECEN, THOMAS FAIST
Year 2014
Journal Name Global Networks
Citations (WoS) 16
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43 Journal Article

Turkish–German Transnational Social Space: Stitching Across Borders

Authors Başak Bilecen, Gül Çatır, Aslı Orhon
Year 2014
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
Citations (WoS) 11
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44 Journal Article

On the Assemblages of Informal and Formal Transnational Social Protection

Authors Başak Bilecen, Karolina Barglowski
Year 2014
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
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45 Journal Article

Social Inequalities Through the Lens of Social Protection: Notes on the Transnational Social Question

Authors Thomas Faist, Başak Bilecen
Year 2014
Journal Name Population, Space and Place
Citations (WoS) 8
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46 Journal Article

Migration, Health and Inequality

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2014
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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47 Journal Article

Negotiating differences: cosmopolitan experiences of international doctoral students

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2013
Journal Name Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
48 Journal Article

How Social Support Works Among the Best and the Brightest: Evidence from International PhD Students in Germany

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2012
Journal Name Transnational Social Review
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49 Journal Article

Evaluating fidelity and feasibility of the self-management of well-being intervention for long-term social assistance recipients

Authors Amber Vellinga-Dings, Nardi Steverink, Başak Bilecen
Year 2024
Journal Name Journal of Social Intervention: Theory and Practice
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50 Journal Article

Uncertainties shaping parental educational decisions: The case of Syrian refugee children in Turkey

Authors Dilara Karaagac, Basak Bilecen, René Veenstra
Year 2022
Journal Name Frontiers in Human Dynamics
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51 Journal Article

Network explanations of the gender gap in migrants’ employment patterns: Use of online and offline networks in the Netherlands

Authors Başak Bilecen, Verena Seibel
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Family Research
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52 Journal Article

Stratification and Inequality, Theories of

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2020
Journal Name The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
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53 Journal Article

Guest Worker Families in Europe

Authors Başak Bilecen
Year 2016
Journal Name Encyclopedia of Family Studies
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54 Journal Article

Suggested Research

Temporarily protected Syrians' access to the healthcare system in Turkey: Changing policies and remaining challenges

Authors Basak Bilecen, Dilara Yurtseven
Year 2018
Journal Name MIGRATION LETTERS
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1 Journal Article
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