Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ayselin YILDIZ is the Head of International Relations Department and UNESCO Chairholder on International Migration at Yasar University (Izmir/Turkey). She received her Phd in international relations and MSc in European Studies from Middle East Technical University. She has been the founder and director of Yasar University European Union Center between 2005 and 2015. She held research fellowships at Wageningen University, University of California Berkeley and University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Yıldız has coordinated and engaged in several EU funded projects and held Jean Monnet Module titled “EU Grants and Project Management”. Her research and publications focus on migration and refugee studies, Turkey-EU relations, and external relations of the EU. She is the author of the book “The European Union’s Immigration Policy: Managing Migration in Turkey and Morocco”, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2016.
Yaşar University
Department of International Relations
Üniversite Cad.No:37-39 35100
Bornova İzmir/TURKEY
Tel: +90 232 5708851
ayselin.yildiz@yasar.edu.tr
http://unescochair.yasar.edu.tr
RECENTLY PUBLISHED
Yıldız, A. (2020). Impact of the EU–Turkey Statement on Smugglers’ Operations in the Aegean and Migrants’ Decisions to Engage with Smugglers. International Migration, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/imig.12767
Yıldız, A. (2020, Şubat). “Menşe Ülke Kitapçığı“. Birleşmiş Milletler Göç Kuruluşu, Uluslararası Göç Örgütü: Ankara
Suriye Uyruklu Öğrencilerin Türkiye’de Yükseköğretime Katılımları, 2019
New Projects:
Wellbeing, Housing, and Infrastructure in Turkey (WHIT), Funded by British Academy
Enhancing the Capacity of Removal Centres within the Framework of International Human Rights Standards (2019), Preparation of Country of Origin Booklet, Implementor: IOM
Rapor:
Proceeding:
İbrahim Zincir, Tohid Ahmed Rana, Ayselin Yıldız, Dilaver Arıkan Açar. (2019) “Developing Integration Policy for Refugees through Mobile Phone Data Analysis”. Data for Refugees Challenge Workshop.
Book chapter:
Yıldız, A. (2018). “Political Economy of Morocco:Is the EU Anchor for Neo-Liberal Restructuring”. in Political Economy of Muslim Countries, Özgür Unal Eriş and Ahmet Salih İkiz (eds.). UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp.80-102
ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-1167-5

Combatting Human Trafficking
“European Union’s Immigration Policy: Managing Migration in Turkey and Morocco” is now available by by Palgrave Macmillan.
STUDENT EVALUATIONS
2019-2020 Spring Semester
INRL 528 International Migration and the EU
IR 3360 EU-Turkey Relations
IR 4400 EU Grants and Project Management
2019-2020 Fall Semester
IR4457 Migration Politics
IR 2209 IR Theories Section I
IR 2209 IR Theories Section II