Committee

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The Migration Conference Chairs

Prof Abdylmenaf Bexheti, Rector, South East European University, N. Macedonia (Honorary Chair)
Prof Ibrahim Sirkeci, Centre for Transnational Business and Management, Regent’s University London, UK (Chair)
Dr Memet Memeti, Faculty of Contemporary Social Sciences, South East European University, N. Macedonia (Hosting Chair)
Dr Merita Zulfiu-Alili, Faculty of Contemporary Social Sciences, South East European University, N. Macedonia (Chair)

The Migration Conference Executive Committee

Prof Ibrahim Sirkeci, Centre for Transnational Business & Management, Regent’s University London, UK (Chair)
Dr Merita Zulfiu-Alili, Faculty of Contemporary Social Sciences, South East European University, N. Macedonia (Chair)
Prof Jeffrey H. Cohen, Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University, USA
Prof Philip L Martin, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California Davis, USA
Prof Ali Tilbe, Department of French Language and Culture, Namik Kemal University, Turkey

The Migration Conference Transnational Advisory Committee

Prof Deborah Anker, Harvard University, United States
Prof Petra Bendel, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Prof Dilek Cindoglu, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Prof Aron Anselem Cohen, University of Granada, Spain
Prof Lucinda Fonseca, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Prof Elli Heikkila, Migration Institute of Finland, Finland
Prof Monica Ibáñez-Angulo, University of Burgos, Spain
Prof Liliana Jubilut, Universidade Católica de Santos, Brazil
Prof Mohamed Khachani, AMERM & University of Rabat, Morocco
Prof Beatrice Knerr, Hefei University, China
Prof Jonathan Liu, Regent’s University London, UK
Prof Apostolos G Papadopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece
Prof João Peixoto, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Prof Michela C. Pellicani, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
Prof Nicholas Procter, University of South Australia, Australia
Prof Giuseppe Sciortino, University of Trento, Italy
Prof Claude Sumata, National Pedagogical University, DR Congo

The Migration Conference Scientific Committee

Dr Nirmala Devi Arunasalam, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
Dr Bahar Baser, Coventry University, United Kingdom
Dr Bharati Basu, Central Michigan University, United States
Dr Gülseli Baysu, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
Dr Gul Ince Beqo, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Italy
Dr Tuncay Bilecen, Kocaeli University, Turkey & Regent’s University London, UK
Dr Elias Boukrami, Regent’s University London, United Kingdom
Dr Yaprak Civelek, Istanbul Arel University, Turkey
Dr Martina Cvajner, University of Trento, Italy
Dr Sevim Atilla Demir, Sakarya University, Turkey
Dr Carla de Tona, Independent Researcher, Italy
Dr Sureya Sonmez Efe, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
Dr Alina Esteves, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Dr Ana Vila Freyer, Universidad Latina de México, Mexico
Dr Gökçe Bayindir Goularas, Yeditepe University, Turkey
Dr Olga R. Gulina, RUSMPI- Institute on Migration Policy, Russia
Dr Sarah E. Hackett, Bath Spa University, United Kingdom
Dr Serena Hussain, Coventry University, United Kingdom
Dr İnci Aksu Kargın, Uşak University, Turkey
Dr Rania Rafik Khalil, The British University in Egypt, Egypt
Dr Emre Eren Korkmaz, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Dr Alberto Capote Lama, University of Granada, Spain
Dr Simeon Magliveras, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Dr Vildan Mahmutoğlu, Galatasaray University, Turkey
Dr Altay Manço, Institut de Recherche, Formation et Action sur les Migrations, Belgium
Dr Nermin Oruc, Centre for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research (CDESS), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dr Gökay Özerim, Yaşar University, Turkey
Dr Marjan Petreski, American College Skopje, Macedonia
Isabella Piracci, Avvocatura Generale dello Stato, Rome, Italy
Dr Md Mizanur Rahman, Qatar University, Qatar
Dr Bradley Saunders, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University, Saudi Arabia
Dr Paulette K. Schuster, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel
Dr Ruchi Singh, Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Dev. & Res., India
Dr Armagan Teke Lloyd, Abdullah Gul University, Turkey
Dr Fethiye Tilbe, Namik Kemal University, Turkey
Dr AKM Ahsan Ullah, University Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam
Dr K. Onur Unutulmaz, Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey
Dr Deniz Eroglu Utku, Trakya University
Dr Raffaele Vacca, University of Florida, USA
Dr Hassan Vatanparast, Saskatchewan University, Canada
Dr Pınar Yazgan, Sakarya University, Turkey
Dr M. Murat Yüceşahin, Ankara University, Turkey
Dr Ayman Zohry, Egyptian Society for Migration Studies, Egypt
Dr Emilia Lana de Freitas Castro, Berlin, Germany
Ülkü Sezgi Sözen, University of Hamburg, Germany

The Migration Conference Local Organisation Committee

Prof Abdylmenaf Bexheti, South East European University, N. Macedonia (Honorary Chair)
Dr Memet Memeti, South East European University, N. Macedonia (Hosting Chair)
Dr Merita Zulfiu-Alili, South East European University, N. Macedonia (Chair)
Prof Ibrahim Sirkeci, Regent’s University London, UK (Chair)
Dr Aytac Yerden, Gedik University, Turkey (IT)
Ege Cakir, Middle East Technical University, Turkey (Admin)
Nihal Yazgan, Transnational Press London, UK (Admin)

All questions about the conference should be emailed to migrationscholar@gmail.com.

The Migration Conference is organised by Migration Letters and administered by an executive committee and supported by an advisory board. To achieve the objective of providing a platform for intellectual discussion among scholars and practitioners, TMC relies on the collaboration of recognized scholars and institutions who voluntarily collaborate every year.