BROAD-ER Bridging the Migration and Urban Studies

BROAD-ER Bridging the Migration and Urban Studies Nexus is a Twinning Project coordinated by @MiReKoc funded by the EU w @UvA_Amsterdam @UPFBarcelona @gritimupf

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📣 Our new working paper is live

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Now Out! The third paper in our MiReKoc BROAD-ER Working Paper Series, "Trusted with Keys, Denied Citizenship Rights: Unionising as Means to Shape Urban Migration Governance from Below" by Norma Schemschat.

Read it here: https://t.co/9hRD722S9V

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📢 New from BROAD-ER:
"Mobility and the City: Toward an Integrated Urban–Migration Research Agenda" by @AhmetIcduygu
Why #migration & #urbanization must be studied as co-constitutive processes—across scales, mobilities, #governance & #space.
@MiReKoc https://t.co/5TwHdjTSrX

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New on the BROAD-ER blog: West Lake, Hanoi as a contested space of belonging. Local youth navigate expat enclaves, othering, and hybrid venues that sustain attachment. By Van Hoang (UvA). https://t.co/6rImFjPY1c
#Hanoi #Belonging #Urban
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How can cities like Istanbul respond when migration policy is tight controlled by the national government?

A new International Migration Review article by Pelin Kılınçarslan & @bircealtiok of Koç University’s @MiReKoc explores how city diplomacy creates space for local action.

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@bircealtiok @MiReKoc The study introduces the concept of “maneuvering practicality” — showing how cities balance local needs with international engagement to strengthen their role in migration governance.

🔗 https://t.co/irA6wwqzXo

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New BROAD-ER blog post ⬇️

Based on 10+ years of fieldwork, Ayşen Üstübici and Zeynep Sena Uzunboy explores how Istanbul’s #Zeytinburnu became a space of both migrant inclusion & securitization.
https://t.co/ItpRcry5pG
#Migration #UrbanStudies #Istanbul

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📢 NEW PUBLICATION: OPEN ACCESS
by Pelin Kılınçarslan & Birce Altıok (2025). "Local Turn Through International Networking: Istanbul’s Migration City Diplomacy" from International Migration Review, available at https://t.co/di4AmCTRsg
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The study examines Istanbul’s role in #migration city diplomacy and the significance of international networking at the local level.

The article is available open access here: https://t.co/ukoml26q0N

@bircealtiok #PelinKılınçarslan @MiReKoc @EU_Commission @HorizonEU

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📣 We are pleased to share that a new article emerging from BROAD-ER fieldwork in Istanbul has been published in International Migration Review by #PelinKılınçarslan and @bircealtiok https://t.co/5WhT8H4Kcu

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📣 We are pleased to share that a new article emerging from BROAD-ER fieldwork in Istanbul has been published in International Migration Review by #PelinKılınçarslan and @bircealtiok https://t.co/5WhT8H4Kcu

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In our final Reels feature, Marie McAuliffe — a participant in the BROAD-ER closing conference — reflects on the legacy and future of International Geneva, a vital hub for diplomacy, dialogue, and global governance.
#InternationalGeneva #GlobalGovernance https://t.co/ykNEtZ23Jp

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In our new Reels video, Dr. @JaninaSturner — one of the speakers at our BROAD-ER Conference explains how cities are taking a central role in shaping responses to climate-driven mobility.
@EU_Commission #horizoneurope #ClimateAction
https://t.co/f8NV1dZZ45

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@MiReKoc Director @AhmetIcduygu joined #PınarUyanSemerci and @MiReKoc postdoc researcher @sernaz_suzme on @medyascope’s @isthepimizin
#ŞehirHepimizin to discuss how the BROAD-ER Project links #migration and #urbanstudies

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🔵Göç ve kent çalışmalarını buluşturan BROAD-ER Projesi

💬Pınar Uyan Semerci ve Sernaz Arslan’ın konuğu Koç Üniversitesi Göç Araştırmaları Merkezi Direktörü Ahmet İçduygu anlatıyor

⏰Şehir Hepimizin 16:00’da Medyascope’ta

🔗https://t.co/YfcRtbUlm8

@PinarUyan | @sernaz_suzme | @AhmetIcduygu | @isthepimizin

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Our @UPFBarcelona postdoc Rafik Arfaoui shares how the networks built will continue to inspire collaboration, exchange, and new ideas well beyond the project’s lifetime.
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@MiReKoc @EU_Commission
https://t.co/CLdh37a7tY

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Closing our PI series, Prof. #JanRath explores BROAD-ER’s vision, its contributions, and the impact it aimed to generate.

#broad_er #urbanstudies #migrationgovernance #urbanspacesmigrantlives #academiclife
https://t.co/T0m2F7MhfI

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From collaboration to fresh insights @MiReKoc General Coordinator and @kocuniversity postdoc researcher @bircealtiok looks back on her experience in the BROAD-ER Project and what she has personally taken away from it.
https://t.co/4vLzymg8Vw

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@EU_Commission

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Our @UPFBarcelona PhD researcher Diletta Marcucci shares her personal takeaways from the BROAD-ER Project — highlighting learning and fresh perspectives gained along the way.

#migration #academiclife #conference #phd #phdlife

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@EU_Commission https://t.co/9wiDtd2anC

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In the second episode of our PI series, Prof. @RicardZapata discusses BROAD-ER’s vision, contribution and the impact it sought to achieve.

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#urbanstudies #migrationgovernance #urbanspacesmigrantlives #academiclife
https://t.co/lG3wEgv2RT

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🌟@MiReKoc hosted BROAD-ER Conference was the final #HorizonEurope #Twinning event—showing how collaboration drives insights for #research & #policy.

Grateful to all who joined this 3-year journey & to the BROAD-ER team for making it a success 👏

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✨ Wrapping up the International Conference, Urban Spaces, Migrant Lives Conference with closing remarks from the PIs of the BROAD-ER Project

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In our new reels video, our @uva_amsterdam postdoc reflects on what she personally gained from being part of the BROAD-ER Project — a journey of learning, collaboration, and new perspectives.

@HorizonEU
@EU_Commission @MiReKoc https://t.co/6TqicXzVT4