Selin Sivis (PhD, University of Essex) is Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology, University of Sussex. An interdisciplinary sociologist, she works on international migration, work and employment, different forms of exclusion, global and public health, welfare, and multilevel governance. She also held visiting research fellow positions at the University of Konstanz, Germany, Yaşar University in İzmir and Çukurova University in Adana, Turkey. She published articles in British Journal of Sociology, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, International Migration, Journal of Refugee Studies, Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, Migration Studies, and Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies.The geographical scope of my academic work mostly focuses on the Global South, particularly the context of Turkey, but some of her ongoing work also looks at the context of developed countries (e.g. Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom) as well as the context of developing countries (e.g. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon, Jordan).

Expertise

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

Roles

  • University of Bristol

    University, Bristol, United Kingdom
    Senior Research Associate

  • University of Bristol

    University, Bristol, United Kingdom
    Senior Research Fellow in Qualitative Research

  • The University of Bristol

    University, Bristol, United Kingdom
    Academic , Senior Research Associate

  • The University of Bristol

    University, Bristol, United Kingdom
    Member

  • University of Vienna

    University, Vienna, Austria
    Post-doctoral Researcher

  • Institute of Development Studies

    Research Institute, Brighton, United Kingdom
    Researcher

  • University of Essex

    University, COLCHESTER, United Kingdom
    Senior Research Officer

  • the University of Essex

    University, COLCHESTER, United Kingdom
    Graduate teaching Assistant

Research

Oscillating Between Hope and Despair: Understanding Migrants’ Reflections on Ambivalence in ‘Transit’

Authors Selin Siviş, Verena K. Brändle, Jakob-Moritz Eberl, ...
Year 2024
Journal Name Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
Citations (WoS) 2
2 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

Negotiating moral boundaries through the lens of employers: Syrians in the Turkish informal economy

Authors Selin Siviş
Year 2020
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
8 Journal Article

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