Academic Members

Prof.Dr. Ayselin YILDIZ is a faculty member of International Relations at Istinye University (Istanbul) and Vice-Dean for coordinating Research Activities at of the Faculty of Economics, Adm. and Social Sciences. Dr.Yıldız is the Director of ISU International Sustainability Research Center. She is also affiliated scholar at Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc). She has extensive publications, research, projects and consultancy activities in the field of migration studies. She received her Phd in international relations and MSc in European Studies from Middle East Technical University. She is the founding director of EU Center for 10 years (2005-2015) and founding head of UNESCO Chair on International Migration (2016-2023) for a distinguished span of seven years at Yasar University. She has also initiated the launch of international relations department at Yasar University in 2010 and was the head of department for 2 years. She held research fellowships at Wageningen University, University of California Berkeley (PhD fellow), University of Pittsburgh (post-doc) and at SciencesPo (visiting fellow). In addition to her academic pursuits, she also serves as the committee member at UNESCO Turkey Management of Social Transformations (MOST) and Migration Group. She is the author of the book The European Union’s Immigration Policy: Managing Migration in Turkey and Morocco, a seminal work published by the Palgrave Macmillan, a testament to her scholarly prowess. Referring to her expertise on internationalization of higher education, she is the Board Member at Groningen Declaration Network. ORCID: 0000-0001-8845-2367