Tunay Altay is a PhD candidate in Humboldt University’s Department of Diversity and Social Conflict. His research and teaching focuses on race critical theories, immigration, gender and sexuality. As part of his cumulative dissertation, Tunay is working on the historical, socio-economic, and institutional factors that affect the lives of marginalized people and how they respond to discrimination, stigmatization in Germany. His previous work involved qualitative studies of the experiences of LGBTQ immigrant groups and Bulgarian sex workers in Berlin. His research has been supported by the DAAD, DeZIM, Heinrich Böll Sitftung, and Humboldt University's Institute for Social Sciences, among others. In addition, Tunay writes cultural commentaries about politics, popular culture, and activism in Germany and Turkey. He is a board member of the European Network for Queer Anthropology (ENQA).
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Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Transversal themes
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Qualitative research
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Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
University, Berlin, Germany
PhD Student & Researcher
Research
Crossing borders: the intersectional marginalisation of Bulgarian Muslim trans*immigrant sex workers in Berlin
| Authors | Tunay Altay, Gökçe Yurdakul, Anna C. Korteweg |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |
Suggested Research
Overcoming stigma: the boundary work of privileged mothers of Turkish background in Berlin’s private schools
| Authors | Gökçe Yurdakul, Tunay Altay |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Ethnic and Racial Studies |