PROGRAM

08.30-09.00                        REGISTRATION

09.00-09.30

WELCOME                                                                                                                                                             Kübra Doğan Yenisey, İstanbul Bilgi University, Acting Rector                                                                        Pınar Uyan Semerci, İstanbul Bilgi University Center for Migration Research, Director

09.30-10.30

KEYNOTE                                                                                                                                                                Dawn Chatty, University of Oxford

Why the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis of 2015 Led to Efforts to Find New Solutions: The Global Refugee Compact of 2018

Chair: Pınar Uyan Semerci, İstanbul Bilgi University

10.30-11.00

Coffee Break

11.00-12.30

Session 1

Comparing the Experiences of Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey
                                                                                                                                                                                   Chair: Gencer Özcan, İstanbul Bilgi University

Employment of Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Challenges and Opportunities
Ayat Nashwan, Yarmouk University
                                                                                                                                                                              From Bad to Worse: The Policies and Politics of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Lebanon
Carmen Geha, American University of Beirut
                                                                                                                                                               International Migration and the Turkish State: Beyond and Within Instrumentalism
Ahmet İçduygu, Koç University

12.30-13.30

Lunch

13.30-15.15

Session 2

Encounters: How to Live Together?
                                                                                                                                                                         Chair: Emre Erdoğan, İstanbul Bilgi University

Syrian Market Agents: The Making and Remaking of the City and Urban Life by Displaced Syrians in Cairo and Istanbul
Bojana Babic, Humboldt University
                                                                                                                                                                               Beyond Ideology - A Comparative Analysis of How Local Governance Can Expand National Integration Policy: The Case of Syrian Refugees in Istanbul
Başak Yavçan, TOBB ETU & Fulya Memişoğlu, Yıldız Technical University
                                                                                                                                                                          Access to Quality Education for All: Discussing the Turkish Case
Burcu Meltem Arık Akyüz, Sabancı University
                                                                                                                                                                                 A Recognition Theoretical Analysis of Turkish Society within the Context of Syrian Refugees
Gülay Uğur Göksel, İstanbul Bilgi University

15.15-15.30

Coffee Break

15.30-17.00

Session 3

Discourses, Perceptions and Attitudes: Image of Migrants in the Age of Post Truth
                                                                                                                                                                                   Chair: Sedef Turper, Koç University

                                                                                                                                                                          Discursive Political Frames of Aliens: “Migrants”, “Guests”, and “Foreigners”
Ayhan Kaya, İstanbul Bilgi University
                                                                                                                                                                   Determinants of Anti-immigrant Attitudes in Turkey
Emre Erdoğan & Pınar Uyan Semerci, İstanbul Bilgi University
                                                                                                                                                                      Mainstream Media’s Constructions of the Refugee Crisis: An Analysis of Jordanian, Turkish and Swedish Daily Newspapers in 2015
Dalia Abdelhady, Lund University