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Zeynep Sahin Mencutek

Research Affiliate
EducationPhD, University of Southern California
Areas of ExpertiseRepatriation of refugees; migration in the Middle East; refugee-led community organizations; governance of migration; diaspora politics; comparative migration policies

Zeynep Sahin Mencutek’s research examines the governance of migration, return migration, diaspora politics and Middle Eastern politics. Her work is mainly based on long-term, qualitative and comparative analysis. Along with her monograph Refugee Governance, State and Politics in the Middle East (Routledge, 2018), she has published dozens of articles in internationally refereed journals, chapters in international collected volumes, encyclopedia entries, book reviews and policy reports.

Zeynep is currently Senior Researcher, Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies, where she leads a comparative project on return and reintegration. She is also Research Affiliate with CERC Migration, conducting joint research on transnational governance of migration. 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). She also served as Senior Researcher for the Horizon 2020 project RESPOND: Multilevel Governance of Mass Migration in Europe and Beyond. Previously, she served 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.

Books

With Triandafyllidou, A., Moghadam, A., and Kelly, M., (Eds.).(2024) . Springer Nature.

Recent Publications

With Triandafyllidou, A. (2024). . Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1–18.

With Triandafyllidou, A., Bivand Erdal, M., Marchetti, S., Raghuram, P., SalamoÅ„ska, J., Vintila, D. (2023). . Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 22(1), 1–21.

With Gökalp-Aras, N. E., Kaya, A., & Rottmann, S. B. (2023). Springer Nature.

With Fakhoury, T., (2023). Geopolitics, 1-20.

(2022).  Geopolitics, 1-27.

With Barthoma, S., Gökalp-Aras, N.E., & Triandafyllidou, A. (2022).   CMS 10, 12.

With Koinova, M., Deloffre, M. Z., Gadinger, F., Scholte, J. A., & Steffek, J. (2021) International Studies Review.

With Karal, D., & Altıntop, I. (2021)  Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, pp.1-15.

With Kayaoglu, A., & ErdoÄŸan, M. M. (2021)  1-23.

With Gökalp Aras, N.E., & Coskun, B.B. (2021) .

With Nashwan, A.J. (2020) , Journal of International Migration & Integration.

With Gökalp Aras, N.E., Papatzani, E., Leivaditi, N., & Petracou, E. (2020) 

With Barthoma, S., Gökalp-Aras, N.E., & Triandafyllidou, A. (2022).   CMS 10, 12.

With Barthoma, S., Cetrez, Ö., Gökalp Aras, N.E., Atto, N. (2020) , Respond Migration, Working Paper Series 5.

(2022) in Migration and Pandemics: Spaces of Solidarity and Spaces of Exception (A. Triandafyllidou, Ed.). IMISCOE Research Series. Springer. (pp. 8185-206). 

(2021/2)  (PDF file) Narratives on Returning Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Irregular Migrants

(2021) , Journal of Refugee Studies.

(2020) , Third World Quarterly, 42:1, 181-199. 

(2020/17)  (PDF file) Migration Narratives in Policy and Politics

(2020/18)  (PDF file) Migration Narratives from Origin and Destination Country Perspectives

(2020)  Civil Society Review, 4:1, 76-198.

(2020)  Migration Letters , 17:1 125-138.

(2020)  Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, 25:1, 12-34.

(2019) , Forced Migration Review, 62. 28-31.

(2018) Refugee Governance, State and Politics in the Middle East, Routledge Global Cooperation Series.