BROAD-ER International Summer School Program

17 – 28 July 2023

Venue: College of Administrative and Sciences and Economics Building (CASE) @CASE 124 

• Monday, July 17, 2023 

10:00 – 10:30 – Welcome and Registration

10:30 – 11:00 – Welcoming Remarks by Prof. Ahmet İçduygu, Koç University

11.00 – 12.30 – Keynote Lecture by Prof. Loren Landau, University of Oxford

12:00 – 14:00 – Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 – Introducing MiReKoc and an overview of its research projects

15:00 – 17:30 – Lecture: Prof. Peter Scholten, Erasmus University Rotterdam

“Understanding the diversity of urban diversities”

18:00 – 21:30 – Dinner (@ Filika Sarıyer Restaurant)

 

• Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Bridging urban and migration governance research

09:30 – 10:30 – Lecture: Prof. Ayşe Çağlar, University of Vienna

“Situating urban and migration governance relationally”

10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 – Discussion

12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 – Online Lecture: Prof. Thomas Faist, Bielefeld University

“Three variations of the transnationalized social question: Old, new, ecological”

15:00 – 15:30 – Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00 – Lecture: Dr. Souad Osseiran, MiReKoc

“Urban refugee governance: Syrian refugees in case of Istanbul”

 

 

• Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Global challenges at the intersection of migration and urban governance & multiple crises in urban areas

09:30 – 10:30 – Lecture: Aylin Yardımcı, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Foreign Relations

“Tackling urban inequalities through pro-active city diplomacy: Pay It Forward”

10:30 – 10:45 – Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:45 – Discussion

11:45 – 13:15 – Lunch

13:15 – 14:15 – Lecture: Dr. Duygu Cihanger Ribeiro, Middle East Technical University

“Designing for all: The intersection of social justice and public space”

14:15 – 14:30 – Coffee Break

14:30 – 15:30 – Discussion

15:30 – 15:45 – Coffee Break

15:45 – 17:30 – Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) Training: Dr. Behice Pehlivan, Koç University, Gender Equality Coordinator

 

• Thursday, July 20, 2023 Beyond the national: The role of local actor constellations in governing migration in cities

09:30 – 10:30 – Lecture: Dr. Thomas Lacroix, Sciences Po Paris

“Migration and urban diplomacy in the Mediterranean”

10:30 – 10:45 – Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:45 – Discussion

11:45 – 13:15 – Lunch

13:15 – 14:15 – Lecture: Prof. Rabia Karakaya Polat, Işık University

“Understanding local narratives and policies on Syrian refugees in Turkey”

14:15 – 14:30 – Coffee Break

14:30 – 15:30 – Discussion

15:30 – 15:45 – Coffee Break

15:45 – 17:00 – Thematic presentations

 

• Friday, July 21, 2023 Disasters in the cities and migration & Field trip

09:30 – 11:00 – Lecture: Önder Yalçın, Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, Migration Office

“Right to the city for all in a time of crisis”

11:00 – 12:15 – Lunch

12:30 – Field trip: Rahmi Koç Museum & Golden Horn Tour

 

• Saturday, July 22, 2023

Free Day

• Sunday, July 23, 2023

Free day

 

• Monday, July 24, 2023 Building bridges across cities: Migration and city diplomacy

09:30 – 10:30 – Lecture: Dr. Janina Stürner-Siovitz, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg

“A new role for cities? City diplomacy in global migration governance”

10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 – Discussion

12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 – Lecture: Prof. Ahmet İçduygu, Koç University

“On density, diversity, and democracy: A debate on metropolitanism and cosmopolitanism”

15:00 – 15:30 – Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00 – Online Lecture: Dr. Melissa Kelly, Toronto Metropolitan University

“Cultivating Welcoming Small and Mid-Sized Cities”

 

• Tuesday, July 25, 2023 Local governance of migration: Autonomy-building of cities

09:30 – 10:30 – Lecture: Prof. Ricard Zapata Barrero, Pompeu Fabra University

“Urban resilience and migration governance: Setting a research programme”

10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 – Discussion

12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch

13:30 – 15:00 – Lecture: Dr. Ezgi Tuncer, Kadir Has University

“Urban life and everyday practices of middling transnationals in Istanbul”

15:00 – 15:30 – Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00 – Thematic presentations

 

• Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Do-it-yourself urban migration governance

09:30 – 10:30 – Lecture: Prof. Jan Rath, University of Amsterdam

“Migrant entrepreneurship and state-led commercial gentrification”

10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 – Discussion

12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch

13:30 – 15:30 – Panel: BROAD-ER Team Panel

15:30 – 16:00 – Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:00 – Thematic presentations

17:00 – 19:00 – Pizza night at Kış Bahçesi, Koç University

 

• Thursday, July 27, 2023 New immigrant destinations: Challenges and opportunities beyond the metropolis & cities and diversity policies

09:30 – 10:30 – Lecture: Prof. Maurizio Ambrosini, University of Milan

“Debordering solidarity and weak immigrants”

10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00 – Discussion

12:00 – 13:30 – Lunch

13:30 – 14:30 – Lecture: Dr. Claire Dorrity, University College Cork

“Migrant solidarities and the city”

14:30 – 15:00 – Coffee Break

15:00 – 16:00 – Discussion

 

• Friday, July 28, 2023 Closing Remarks

09:30 – 11:00 – Lecture: Dr. Apostolos Veizis, INTERSOS Hellas, Executive Director

“Invisible in the city: Addressing humanitarian challenges of refugees and migrants”

11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee Break

11:30 – 12:00 – Closing Remarks by Prof. Ahmet İçduygu, Koç University