Nilay is a post-doctoral researcher at Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoç) and a 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 worked as post-doctoral researcher at Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology at Utrecht University, Netherlands. Her research interests lie in sociology of law, sociology of human rights, migration and criminology. She has recently been involved in two research projects; one on migration-development nexus (MIGNEX), another on advancing alternative migration governance (ADMIGOV). Besides, she conducts research on “NGO’s in Turkey in the midst of the State, the UN, the EU, and Donors” with the seed-fund granted by Koç University. She is the Engaged Research Officer at UNIC for Engaged Research (UNIC4ER) as part of the UNIC European University Consortium.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 4374 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8468-6067 |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nilay_Kavur |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-economic consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Migration governance
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Governance actors
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Governance processes
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
Disciplines
Roles
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Koç University
University, Istanbul, Turkey
Lecturer and Engaged Research Coordinator -
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi
University, Istanbul, Turkey
lecturer -
Istanbul Kültür University
University, Istanbul, Turkey
Lecturer -
Universiteit Utrecht
University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Post-doctoral Researcher
Research
Managing Turkey’s Marginalized Youth: ‘Managerialism’ in Turkey’s Youth Justice and Penal Systems
| Authors | Nilay Kavur |
| Year | 2024 |
| Journal Name | Youth Justice | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The (in)distinction between remand imprisonment and prison sentence: Revisiting pre-trial detention within Turkish youth justice system
| Authors | Nilay Kavur |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice |
Crisis in the Representation of Youth Prisons
| Authors | Nilay Kavur |
| Year | 2012 |
| Book Title | Reframing Punishment: Reflections of Culture, Literature and Morals |
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