Institution

Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris

Description of PhD
Title:  Between openness and social selection: the case of tech entrepreneurship in Paris and Berlin

Sanja is writing a dissertation about upper class engagement in tech entrepreneurship in France and Germany. She focuses on technological innovation in finance ("fintech"), an exemplary sector of globalized, digital and financial capitalism. Based on a comparison of the start-up ecosystems in Paris and Berlin and the paths of start-up founders in both cities, Sanja analyzes the mechanisms of social reproduction in transnational contexts.

Institution

Ph.D. Candidate at Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir-Turkey, Department of International Relations -Institute of Social Sciences

Bio

Ishmael holds M.Sc. Degree in International Relations with distinction from Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey where he researched on the thesis topic is ‘‘Securitization of Refugees in Ghana: A case Study of Ivorian Refugees’’. He also holds a dual Bachelor of Arts Degree (with Honors) in Political Science and Linguistics from the University of Ghana. Formerly, a Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of Ghana. His work has appeared in the International Journal of Science and Research and the Global Journal of Human-Social Science Research.

Description of PhD

Ishmaels current research is at intersections of Migration, Climate Change, and Governance, with a specific focus on Migration Governance and Regimes from the perspective of Liberalism and liberal institutionalism.

For his doctoral dissertation, Ishmael is researching on International Climate Migration Governance, a case study from Ghana. In this study, he aims to find a better way in which both state and non-state actors can cooperate to manage climate migration. His research interests also include International Relations Theories, Human and Critical security, migration policies, climate impact on food security and sustainable Development Goals in Africa, Responsibility to Protect (R2P), and Electoral politics.

Emails: adishcare15(at)gmail.com /  ishmael.adjei(at)ogr.deu.edu.tr

Institution

Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Open Society Foundations

Bio

Maria Kohutova works at the Open Society Foundations as Program Operations Associate since 2019. She is an external PhD candidate at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. In the past, Maria co-led several European projects focused on, among others, public health, diversity, integration of refugees and youth participation in public affairs. Maria has MA in European Studies (Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia) and MSc in Public Administration, with a specialization in Governance of Migration and Diversity (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands).

Description of PhD

Maria is an external PhD candidate at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, writing her PhD Thesis titled ‘Climate Migration: Science and Policy Nexus’. Her research explores the interactions between researchers and policy-makers in the field of climate migration. As the field is rather contested, policy continuously calls for more research, which is not followed by an adequate policy action. Over the course of four articles, Maria will study concrete research-policy dialogues which have enabled or hindered policy progress.

Institution 

Maltepe University, Istanbul

Bio

Fatma is a PhD candidate at Maltepe University, Istanbul. She has a bachelor’s degree in sociology at Marmara University, Istanbul and a master’s degree in International Marketing Management from Leeds University, UK. She is awarded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and by Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) to conduct her research as a guest researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen.

Description of PhD

Her PhD research is about Family Migration from Turkey to Germany. In her research, she focuses on the adaptation process of the high SES Turkish families in Germany.

Institution

Centre for Migration Studies

Description of PhD

Proposed thesis topic: Gendered Dynamics of Migration and Translocality in the Yilo Krobo district of Ghana

Bio

Prinscilla is a PhD student interested in issues concerning gender,  agrarian change translocality and migration.

PROPOSED THESIS TOPIC: GENDERED DYNAMICS OF MIGRATION AND TRANSLOCALITY IN THE YILO KROBO DISTRICT OF GHANA

Institution

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Description of PhD

Title of PhD project: Understanding Return Migration during the Pandemic with Reference to Indonesia, Case of Lampung Province

Compared to the voluminous topics on migration, studies of return migration remain overlooked. Especially in the time of the Covid-19 Pandemic, return migration was rising due to many reasons. This study aims to provide a systematic understanding of return migration during the Pandemic. Taking Lampung Province, Indonesia as the study area, this study employs mixed-method analysis to investigate the phenomena on migrants returning to urban and rural areas of Lampung Province during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Institution

PhD Candidate, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Bio

Tasneem Khan is a PhD Candidate at the School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada. She has been committed to individual and population mental health and has pursued her undergraduate studies in Psychology, Neuroscience and Biology at the University of Toronto. She has maintained continuous engagement with non-profit organizations and given academic talks on minority and immigrant mental health. Tasneem is currently leading research on mental health outcomes for minorities, including immigrants and South Asians in Canada.

Description of PhD

Title: PhD Candidate, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Tasneem is examining socio-structural inequities and resilience to mental illness among immigrants and ethnic minorities in Canada. For her PhD, she is  applying the ecological systems and life-course theories to investigate the mental health of immigrants to Canada. Currently, using the 2017 General Social Survey and the Longitudinal and International Survey of Adults (2012–2020) at Statistics Canada’s Southwestern Ontario Research Data Centre, she is examining associations between contextual factors, particularly gender-related ones, and the mental health of immigrant mothers.

LinkedIn:https://ca.linkedin.com/in/tasneem-khan

Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/tasneem_kkhan

Institution

Doctoral researcher, Technical University of Berlin

Bio

MinJi is a doctoral research at Habitat Unit, Technical University of Berlin. With a background in Architecture and Urban Design, she has been involved in international research and design projects in South Korea, USA, Germany, China, Egypt, Tanzania and Italy.

Description of PhD

MinJi is currently working on her dissertation titled ‘Asian Diaspora Entrepreneurship’, examining  how Asian entrepreneurs as a new urban actor affected urban spatial practices and transformation. This research compares Berlin’s Kantstrasse and Amsterdam’s Chinatown, investigating the characteristics and the process of morphological transformation throughout history and analyzing the contemporary spatial practices of Asian entrepreneur, via archival research, semi-structured interviews, policy analysis and cartographic observation of location, layout, structure and programs.

Institution

Carleton University

Bio

Alex is originally from Nova Scotia, Canada. He first became interested in migration after observing an international development project in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana when he was 15. This experience got him thinking about Canada's role in the world and what more Canada can do to help people coming to seen new opportunities.

Title of PhD The Canada Workers Benefit and the Labour Market Outcomes of Low-Income Immigrant Workers

Topic of PhD

Alex's project examines how the Canada Workers Benefit (CWB) is impacting low-income immigrant workers. As the CWB is a work incentive, the project focuses on how well it encourages work for those who want to work and can. The project will be examining many characteristics of immigrants in understanding these impacts.