Zeynep co-leads the Horizon Europe project GAPs, on migrant returns and return policies.
She is also a Research Affiliate with the Canadian Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University and conducts joint research on the thematic area of governance of migration in a globalising world.
She held the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers (June 2020–May 2021) and an international fellowship at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research in Duisburg (2019–2020).
Previously, she worked as an Assistant Professor in Turkey, and in 2018 achieved the rank of Docent in the field of international relations.
Zeynep received her PhD in politics and international relations from the University of Southern California in 2011.
Her research interests include politics of migration, migration governance, return migration, and Middle East politics.
She has published in a wide variety of international peer-reviewed journals in the fields of migration and international politics.
She is the associate editor of the Journal of Migration Studies and a board member of the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies.
Refugee Governance, State and Politics in the Middle East
Routledge, 2018
Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Between Reception and Integration
IMISCOE Series, Springer, 2023
Migration and Cities: Conceptual and Policy Advances
IMISCOE Series, Springer 2024
