UIaş Sunata is a full-time faculty member in the Department of Sociology at Bahçeşehir University. After completing a bachelor's degree in statistics and a master's degree in Sociology at the Middle East Technical University, she received a doctoral qualification in Sociology. Due to her success in migration research, she received an invitation from Germany's Institute for Migration Studies and Intercultural Studies (IMIS). She won the DAAD and Hans-Böckler Foundation fellowships and completed her Ph.D. in sociology at the University of Osnabrück. Sunata, who has been working on migration and diaspora studies for more than 20 years, has two books published in Germany and one published in Turkey. In addition, she has numerous academic articles published in journals with high international recognition. After evaluating the ever-increasing importance of migration and urbanization, Sunata founded Bahcesehir University Center for Migration and Urban Studies (BAUMUS) in 2014 to further strengthen inter-disciplinarity and teamwork. Ulaş Sunata, who has completed a comprehensive project on diasporas in Turkey, has conducted research on the Circassian Diaspora, Syrian refugees, and Balkan migrants in recent years. In addition, her latest project, "Post-Pandemic Migration Experiences, Work-Home Dynamics, and Domestic Relations: The Case of Migrant Domestic Workers” has been qualified to be supported by TUBITAK in 2021.
Latest publications:
Sunata, U., & Beyazova, A. [forthcoming]. Challenges of Syrian Refugee Children in the Turkish Education System: Pathways to Inclusive Education. Eds. Childhood in Turkey: Sociological, Educational and Psychological Perspectives. H. Sen & H. Selin. Springer Nature.
Sunata, U., & Ozsoy, S. (2022). Feminization of Refugee: Intersectionality, Solidarity, Resistance. International Migration, 00, 1-15. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12990 (article in press)
Sunata, U., Makaracı-Basak, A., & Oktem-Cevik, S. (2022). Legal Gender Recognition in Turkey. International Journal of Discrimination and the Law, 22(1):56-73.
Sunata, U. (2021). The Construction of Turkey’s Circassians as a Docile Minority. Poligrafi 26 (101/102):235-60.
Sunata, U. (2021). “Nesilden Nesile Çerkeslik, Dernekçilik ve Çerkes Siyaseti: Bir Aile İncelemesi”. In M. C. Taymaz & S. Alankuş (Eds.), Çerkeslerin 21. Yüzyılı: Kimlik, Anayurt ve Siyaset. Dipnot Yayınları. pp.103-122.
Sunata, U., & Erduran, S. (2021). Practicing Law in Administrative Detention for Syrian Refugees in Turkey. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2021.1926611 (article in press)
Sunata, U. (2021). “Indicators for Refugees” ed. B. Özden Coşgun & G. Özdemir Eroğlu. Indicators of Human Rights Cities. Raoul Wallenberg Institute & Research Worldwide Istanbul.
Sunata, U. (2020). Hafızam Çerkesçe: Çerkesler Çerkesliği Anlatıyor (Turkish-Circassians Speak). Istanbul: İletişim Yayınları.
Sunata, U., & Özdemir, A. C. (2020). CSR Implementations in refugee education: the case of Syrians in Turkey. Social Responsibility Journal, 17(7), 952-965.
Sunata, U., & Abdulla, A. (2020). Lessons from Experiences of Syrian Civil Society in Refugee Education of Turkey. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 18(4), 1-14.
Sunata, U., & Tosun, S. (2019). Assessing the civil society’s role in refugee integration in Turkey: NGO-R as a New Typology. Journal of Refugee Studies, 32(4), 683-703.
Sunata, U. (2019). Transnational Solidarity of Circassians in-between Caucasus and Middle East, Conflict and Forced Migration (Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 51), Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 71-88.
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