Dr. Basak Yavçan

Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Liège
byavcan@uliege.be

Bio:
Başak Yavcan is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Migration Governance at the Hugo Observatory, University of Liège. She holds a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Political Science, has conducted research at Michigan University’s Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, at New York University and at the Northwestern University Buffet Institute’s Keyman Modern Turkish Studies. Upon graduation, she joined the faculty of TOBB University of Economics and Technology in Turkey as an Associate Professor of Political Science and director of the interdisciplinary graduate program on Migration Studies. Yavçan's research focuses on inter-group relations and public opinion, in particular regarding refugee integration, impact of immigration attitudes on Euroscepticism, immigrant acculturation attitudes and the impact of media framing on the public opinion. Lately, she has been working on the integration of Syrian refugees in Turkey, with a particular focus on inter-group attitudes, institutional trust, Islamic radicalization, effectiveness of local and national policies and interventions on promoting cohesion. Yavçan has conducted field research in various countries as part of national and international grant schemes, using both quantitative and qualitative methods including surveys, experiments, focus groups, in-depth interviews and content analyses and her resulting work has been published in a number of journals, books and international policy reports.


Relevant publication:

  1. (2020[BEp1] ) “Beyond ideology- a comparative analysis of how local governance can expand national integration policy: the case of Syrian refugees in Istanbul” Journal of Refugee Studies (with Fulya Memişoğlu)
  2. (2020 forthcoming) “Elite Dialogue: Understanding the Integration and Migration Perspectives of Syrian Academics and University Students” Bilgi University Press (with M. Murat Erdoğan and Armağan Erdoğan)
  3. (2019) “Women and Violent Extremism in Turkey: Understanding Countering and Prevention of Violent Extremism vis. á vis. Turkish and Syrian Population through Civil Society”ORSAM Report (with Gülriz Şen)
  4. (2019) “Turkish Experience with Refugee Returns to Syria”The Politics and Modalities ofReconstruction in Syria, Geneva Center for Securıty Policy Discussion Paper https://dam.idesso.com/files/2y10CLjXvhT1dQkQJ6LfhobaVL9OmJc 9QlWuuJkcPGwSPjfJdUSbYYG
  5. (2018) Book Review of "Syrianbarometer: A framework for achieving social cohesion with Syriansin Turkey ", by Murat Erdogan, Istanbul, Bilgi University Press, 2018, for Turkish Studies
  6. (2018) “Integrationspolitik in der Türkei (Politics of Integration in Turkey)” Analysen undArgumente, Vol. 332/2018. Konrad Adenauer Stiftung-Migration and Integration Series https://www.kas.de/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=84bcd824-e690- a51f-28fd-70f53f240adc&groupId=252038
  7. (2017) “Elite Dialogue: Türkiye’deki Suriyeli Mülteci Akademisyen ve Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Durumu, Sorunları ve Beklentileri Araştırması”. ( with ErdoğanM. M., Erdoğan, A., Mohammad, T. H., Kavukçuer, Y., & Sancı, G.) http://fs.hacettepe.edu.tr/hugo/ELITEDIALOGUE-07082017-TR.pdf
  8. (2017) “Higher Education and Syrian Refugee Students: The Case of Turkey”, Research Report, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in the Arab States – Beirut, and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, American University of Beirut (with Hana A. El-Ghali) http://website.aub.edu.lb/ifi/publications/Documents/research_reports/ 20170703_turkey_syrian_refugee.pdf
  9. (2016) “On Governing the Syrian Refugee Crisis Collectively: The View from Turkey.” Near Futures Online 1 “Europe at a Crossroads” (March 2016). (2015)“Turkish Red Crescent Community Center Project Needs Assessment Report” (Türk Kızılayı Toplum Merkezi Projesi İhtiyaç Tespiti Raporu)ORSAM Report No: 200 (ISBN: 978-605-9157-04-09)http://www.orsam.org.tr/files/Raporlar/rapor200/200eng.pdf