Deniz Ş. Sert Özyeğin University Nişantepe Mah. Orman Sok. 34794 Çekmeköy ISTANBUL-TURKEY Work Phone: +90 216 564 9365 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science, February 2008 Major: Comparative Politics Minor: Political Theory Dissertation Title: The Property Rights of Conflict-Induced Internally Displaced People: Ideals, Realities, Lessons (A Quantitative and Comparative Case Study) Advisor: Prof. Susan L. Woodward Reader: Prof. Katherine Verdery CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA Master of Philosophy, Political Science, February 2006 London School of Economics, London, UK Master of Science, European Union Policymaking, October 2001 Thesis Title: The Copenhagen Criterion of Minority Rights: Is It Effective in Terms of Political Conditionality? The Case of Turkey Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, June 2000 Üsküdar American Academy, Istanbul, Turkey Diploma, Liberal Arts, June 1996 EXPERIENCE International Migration, Journal (SSCI), IOM Member of Editorial Team, 2020-2022 • Handling and Associate Editor, 2020. Özyeğin University, Istanbul, Turkey Associate Professor, 2015-Present • Jean Monnet Chair of Migration and Mobility in Europe, CHARM 2019-2022. • Advisor, Center for Energy, Environment and Economy, Next-Gen (Yeni Nesil) Project, on the development of a module to be integrated into the curriculum of vocational and technical schools as well as creating a roadmap for energy auditing and energy efficient public building renovation in Southeast Turkey, housing approximately 1.3 million Syrian refugees, funded by IsDB, 2019-2020. • Organizer, “Tarımda Değişen/meyen Pratikler Konferansı (Un/changing Practices in Agriculture Conference),” October 16, 2019. • Advisor to ÖzÜ Tiyatro Topluluğu (OzU Theater Club) 2016-present. • Member of the Board of Faculty of Social Sciences 2014-2019. • Chair of the Department of International Relations 2014-2016. • Member of the Bologna Process Coordination Committee. • Researcher, “Edebiyatın Türkiye’nin Demokratikleşme Tarihine Tanıklığı: Darbeler ve Romanlar (Literature Witnessing the History of Democratization in Turkey: Coups and Novels),” The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, TÜBİTAK 1001 Project, 2014-2017. • Coordinator, “Orta ve Doğu Avrupa Çıkışlı Göçün Kentsel Sonuçları ve Yönetimi, (Urban Implications and Governance of CEE Migration in Europe, IMAGINATION Project),” The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, TÜBİTAK JPI Urban Europe Project, 2013-2016. • Assistant Professor, 2013-2015. ICMPD International Centre for Migration Policy Development Consultant/Expert, 2015-2018 • DGMM III –Strengthening the operational and strategic capacity of the Directorate General of Migration Management: National Expert. • Sessiz Destek –Support of a Development-sensitive and Coherent Turkish Migration Policy: conducted migration and development stakeholder mapping exercise. • PREDOC –Support Directorate General for Migration Management of Turkey for establishment of a pre- departure travel document and visa control system in countries of origin: Reported on pre-boarding control mechanisms at Atatürk Airport; participated in compiling the Recommendation Report. ARAMA Participatory Management Consulting Consultant, 2017 • Worked as a consultant at research commissioned by the World Turkish Business Council (DTİK) on developing a vision, structure, and an approach on Turkish diaspora, especially entrepreneurs from Turkey who are living abroad. SAM Araştırma Danışmanlık –Sosyal Araştırmalar Merkezi, Social Research Center Consultant, 2016 • Worked as a consultant at research commissioned by the Ministry of Family and Social Policy on public opinion about Syrian migration. Migration Research Center at Koç University, MiReKoc, Istanbul, Turkey Senior Research Associate, 2008-2013 • Worked on a research project funded by the European Commission's DG-Research 7th Framework Programme entitled “Imagining Europe from the Outside, EUMAGINE” (2010-2013). • Worked on a research project on transnational spaces and migration funded by the European Commission's DG-Research 7th Framework Programme entitled “Transnationalisation, Migration and Transformation: Multi- Level Analysis of Migrant Transnationalism, TRANS-NET” (2008-2011). • Worked on a research project that was a comparative study of the Turkey-EU versus Mexico-USA borders funded by the German Marshall Fund entitled “Irregular Migration at Two Borders: The Turkish-EU and Mexican-USA Cases” (2008-2009). • Drafted policy-briefs on Turkey-related migration issues; organized conferences, workshops, and meetings; edited books, and got research ready for publication; managed MiReKoc Twitter, Facebook accounts. • Coordinated the MiReKoc International Migration Summer School, 2011, 2012, 2013. University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain MISOCO Visiting Fellow, Spring 2012 • Taught a class on Internal Displacement. • Mentored MISOCO students on their master theses. Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey Adjunct Summer Faculty, Summer 2008, Summer 2012, Summer 2013 • Taught Introduction to Political Science, Social Movements, International Migration. Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey Adjunct Faculty, Fall 2010, Spring 2013 • Taught Introduction to Political Science, International Migration. TÜSEV, Istanbul, Turkey Researcher, 2008-2009 • Conducted a research project that aimed to map out an index of civil society in Turkey within an extended CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation project. Department of Political Science, Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey Adjunct Faculty, Spring 2008, Fall 2010 • Taught Introduction to Comparative Political Systems. Prof. Susan L. Woodward, New York, USA Research Assistant, Fall 2004 – Fall 2005 • Established a database of younger scholars working on the issues and/or areas of post-conflict reconstruction. Organized workshops. Sert 2 Department of Political Science, Brooklyn College, New York, USA Adjunct Faculty, Spring 2005 • Taught Introduction to Political Science. Turkish Mission to the United Nations, New York, USA Adviser/Internship, Summer 2003 • Followed up General Assembly Second and Third Committee meetings, prepared oral and written reports. Economic Development Foundation (IKV), Istanbul, Turkey Researcher, Spring – Summer 2002 • Conducted research on EU energy, transportation and public procurement policies. Prof. Paul Kubicek, Istanbul, Turkey Research Assistant, Summer 2000 • Conducted extensive research on Turkish Civil Society; article published at MERIA entitled “The Earthquake, Europe, and Prospects of Political Change in Turkey”. Prof. Thomas W. Smith, Istanbul, Turkey Research Assistant, Fall 1999 – Spring 2000 • Conducted research on ethics of war; article published in International Studies Quarterly entitled “The New Law of War: Legitimizing High-Tech and Infrastructural Violence”. Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey Student Mentor, Fall 1998 – Spring 2000 • Mentored junior students on their academic achievements. FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS ● 2018-2019 Özyeğin University Faculty Service Excellence Award ● 2016 Leaders’ Quest Rockefeller Foundation Kenya Fellow ● 2011-2012 Master in Integration and Social Cohesion, MISOCO Fellow ● 2009-2010 MiReKoc Research Fellow [Research on the Turkey-EU Land Border, and Turkish-Greece Readmission Agreement] ● 2006-2007 Dissertation Writing Fellow: Carole and Morton Olshan Dissertation Fellowship ● 2005-2006 Research Fellow: John H. E. Fried Memorial Fellowships in International Human Rights ● 2005 Research Fellow: Inter-University Consortium on Security & Humanitarian Action by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ● 2005 CUNY Graduate Center Grad B Award (Declined) PUBLICATIONS Books 1. Waves of Diversity: Socio-Political Implications of International Migration in Turkey, The Isis Press, 2015. (Edited with Ayşem Biriz Karaçay and Zeynep Gülru Göker). 2. Migration and Turkey: Changing Human Geography, The Isis Press, 2014. (Edited with Deniz Karcı Korfalı). 3. Borders Under Stress: The Cases of Turkey-EU and Mexico-USA Borders, The Isis Press, 2012. (Edited with Ahmet İçduygu). 4. Migration and Transformation: Multi-Level Analysis of Migrant Transnationalism, Springer, 2012. (Edited with Pirkko Pitkanen and Ahmet İçduygu). 5. Property Rights of Internally Displaced Persons: Ideals and Realities, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009. Book Chapters/Contributions 1. “The Greek-Turkish War and the Waves of Migration: Redemption or Devastation?” in Konstantinos Travlos (Ed.) Salvation and Catastrophe: The Greek-Turkish War 1919-1922, Lexington Books, Forthcoming. (With Fulya F. Türkmen). 2. “Theories of Migration: Reasons for Mobility.” In: Leal Filho W., Azul A., Brandli L., Lange Salvia A., Özuyar P., Wall T. (eds) Reduced Inequalities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham, 2020. (With T. Ceyla Erenler). Sert 3 3. “Global Policy on Migration.” In: Leal Filho W., Azul A., Brandli L., Lange Salvia A., Özuyar P., Wall T. (eds) Reduced Inequalities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham, 2020. (With Fulya F. Türkmen). 4. “Imaginations of Europe in Turkey or Spatial Order of Things: Where does Germany stand,” in Anne M. N. Sokoll, Ed., TürkeiAlmanya: Migration und Interkulturalität im deutsch-türkischen Kontext, Düsseldorf, 2019. (With Uğur Yıldız). 5. “Diversification of Intra-EU Mobility,” in Peter Scholten & Mark van Ostaijen, Eds., Between Mobility and Migration, New York: