This two-day workshop will concentrate on the issue of inclusive higher education with a particular focus on transnational students, including refugees.
The event will bring together academics and practitioners to provide a platform where the participants can share their research and experiences. The discussions will also consider various models of intercultural higher education built in collaboration with local governments, businesses and NGOs.
The workshop's primary goal is to establish a network of scholars interested in studying the opportunities and challenges refugee youth and students from different ethnic and racial backgrounds face in attaining higher education. While the participants will explore future collaborative projects on inclusive higher education in general, the network will also help in the eventual drafting of comprehensive guidelines for higher education institutions in Turkey to transfer knowledge by building their capacities.
On the first day of the event, different cases and research on the topic will be presented by experts. The second day will be in the format of an open discussion, mapping the way forward, including possibilities for future projects the network might undertake.
Speakers:
Akile Ahmet, Dr, Head of Inclusive Education, Eden Centre for Educational Enhancement and International Inequalities Institute, LSE
Muhammad Al Mahameed, Assistant Professor, Department of Operations Management, Copenhagen Business School
Kenan Çayır, Professor, Department of Sociology, İstanbul Bilgi University
Begüm Dereli, Dr, Project Officer, The European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
Nick Gill, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Exeter
Mehmet Nuri Gültekin, Professor, Department of Sociology, Gaziantep University
Jennifer Jackson-Preece, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, European Institute, LSE
Omar Kadkoy, Project Manager, The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV)
Ayhan Kaya, Professor, Department of International Relations and Director of the European Institute (Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence), İstanbul Bilgi University
Gencer Özcan, Professor, Department of International Relations, İstanbul Bilgi University
Friedrich Püttmann, PhD Candidate, European Institute, LSE
Tolga Sınmazdemir, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS University of London
Mehmet Ali Tuğtan, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, İstanbul Bilgi University
Aslı Tunç, Professor, Department of Media and Communication and Vice-Rector, İstanbul Bilgi University
Chairs of the Panels:
Yaprak Gürsoy, Professor of European Politics and Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE European Institute
Özge Onursal Beşgül, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations and Vice-Director of the European Institute, İstanbul Bilgi University
More about this event
Contemporary Turkish Studies focuses on the politics and economy of Türkiye and its relations with the rest of Europe. The research group aims to promote a deeper understanding of contemporary Türkiye through interdisciplinary and critical research, teaching and related public activities.
European Institute of İstanbul Bilgi University undertakes in-depth research on EU politics and policies with a specific emphasis on diversity and pluralism. Building on EU expertise acquired within BİLGİ, the European Institute is now the primary focus for the interdisciplinary study of processes of integration in the politics, legal systems, society and economies of Europe.
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*Header photo: LSE Campus Photo, featuring The World Turned Upside Down by Damian Griffiths