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” (2014-2017). 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

2018-2019 Sping Semester
INRL528 International Migration and the EU
IR 3360 EU-Turkey Relations
IR4400 EU Grants and Project Management (Section I & Section II)

2018-2019 Fall Semester

IR4400 EU Grants and Project Management 
IR 4457 Politics of Migration
IR 2209 IR Theory (Section I)
IR 2209 IR Theory (Section II)

Evaluations of Previous years

Suriye Uyruklu Öğrencilerin Yükseköğretime Katılımları, Ekim 2019

Policy Brief:

Selin SIVIS and Ayselin YILDIZ “Syrian Refugees’ Engagement in the Local Labour Market in Izmir, Turkey:Perspectives of Employers andEvidence – Based Policy Recommendations”

Project: 

Enhancing the Capacity of Removal Centres within the Framework of International Human Rights Standards (2019) Implementor: IOM

Research Report:

Yıldız, A. (Ed.). 2019. Integration of Refugee Students in European Higher Education: Comparative Country Cases. Izmir: Yasar University Publications