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The Migration Conference Executive Team

Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Sirkeci, International Business School, Manchester, UK (Chair)
Prof Carla Pederzini, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico (Chair)
Karla Angélica Valenzuela-Moreno, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico (Chair)
Dr. Ülkü Sezgi Sözen, Faculty of Law, Universität Hamburg, Germany (Coordinator)
Prof. Dr. Jeffrey H. Cohen, Department of Anthropology, Ohio State University, USA
Prof. Dr. Philip L Martin, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California Davis, USA

The Migration Conference Transnational Advisory Committee

Prof Gudrun Biffl, Krems, Austria
Prof Lucinda Fonseca, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Prof Elli Heikkila, Migration Institute of Finland, Finland
Prof Mohamed Khachani, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco
Prof Beatrice Knerr, Kassell University, Germany and Hefei University, China
Prof Markus Kotzur, Universität Hamburg, Germany
Prof Jonathan Liu, International Business School, 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 Giuseppe Sciortino, University of Trento, Italy

The Migration Conference Scientific Committee

Africa

Agnes Igoye, Ministry of Interior Affairs, Uganda
Prof Mohamed Khachani, AMERM & Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco
Dr Rania Rafik Khalil, The British University in Egypt, Egypt
Dr Sadhana Manik, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Prof Claude Sumata, National Pedagogical University, DR Congo
Dr Ayman Zohry, Egyptian Society for Migration Studies, Egypt

Americas

Prof Jeffrey H. Cohen, Ohio State University, USA
Dr José Salvador Cueto-Calderón, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Mexico
Dr Ana Vila Freyer, Universidad Latina de México, Mexico
Dr Pascual Gerardo García-Macías, Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador
Dr Carlos Alberto González Zepeda, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa, Mexico
Dr Torunn Haaland, Gonzaga University, USA
Prof Liliana Jubilut, Universidade Católica de Santos, Brazil
Prof Philip L Martin, University of California Davis, USA
Prof Carla Pederzini, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
Dr Eric M. Trinka, Emory & Henry College, USA
Karla Angélica Valenzuela-Moreno, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
Dr Hassan Vatanparast, Saskatchewan University, Canada
Prof Rodolfo García Zamora, Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Mexico
Dr Monette Zard, Columbia University, USA

Asia-Pacific

Prof Ram Bhagat, International Institute for Population Sciences, India
Dr Sadaf Mahmood, The Women University Multan, Pakistan
Dr Shweta Sinha Deshpande, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, India
Prof Nicholas Procter, University of South Australia, Australia
Dr Ruchi Singh, Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru, India
Dr AKM Ahsan Ullah, University Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
Dr Xi Zhao, Hefei University, P.R. China

Eastern Europe

Dr Merita Zulfiu-Alili, South East European University, N. Macedonia
Dr Tuncay Bilecen, Kocaeli University, Turkey
Dr Suat Donmez, Istanbul Topkapi University, Turkey
Dr Olga R. Gulina, Benefit Research GMBH, Germany
Prof Dilek Cindoglu, Kadir Has University, Turkey
Prof Yaprak Civelek, Anadolu University, Turkey
Dr Z. Banu Dalaman, Istanbul Topkapi University, Turkey
Prof Sevim Atilla Demir, Sakarya University, Turkey
Prof Vladimir Iontsev, Moscow State University, Russian Federation
Dr İnci Aksu Kargın, Uşak University, Turkey
Prof Sebnem Koser Akcapar, Ankara Social Sciences University, Turkey
Dr Armagan Teke Lloyd, Abdullah Gul University, Turkey
Dr Vildan Mahmutoglu, Galatasaray University, Turkey
Dr Nermin Oruc, Centre for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research (CREDI), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prof Gökay Özerim, Yaşar University, Turkey
Prof Irina Savchenko, Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation
Dr Onur Unutulmaz, Ankara Social Sciences University, Turkey
Dr Deniz Eroglu Utku, Trakya University, Turkey
Dr Pınar Yazgan, Sakarya University, Turkey

Western Europe

Dr Bahar Baser, Durham University, United Kingdom
Prof Aron Anselem Cohen, University of Granada, Spain
Dr Martina Cvajner, University of Trento, Italy
Dr Carla de Tona, University of Bologna, Italy
Dr Sureya Sonmez Efe, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
Dr Deniz Cosan Eke, University of Vienna, Austria
Dr Alina Esteves, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Prof Monica Ibáñez-Angulo, University of Burgos, Spain
Dr Gul Ince Beqo, University of Urbino, Italy
Dr Emre Eren Korkmaz, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Prof Jonathan Liu, International Business School, United Kingdom
Dr Lan Lo, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Dr Altay Manço, Institut de Recherche, Formation et Action sur les Migrations, Belgium
Dr A. Erdi Öztürk, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Dr Andrea Romano, Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona, Spain
Dr Sahizer Samuk-Carignani, University of Pisa, Italy
Prof Giuseppe Sciortino, University of Trento, Italy
Dr Caner Tekin, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Dr Irene Tuzi, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Dr Ülkü Sezgi Sözen, University of Hamburg, Germany

Near East

Prof Yakhnich Liat, Beit Berl College, Israel
Dr Simeon Magliveras, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Dr Bradley Saunders, American University of Bahrain, Bahrain
Dr Paulette K. Schuster, Reichman University, Israel
Dr Omar Al Serhan, Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates
Dr Md Mizanur Rahman, Qatar University, Qatar

The Migration Conference Technical Organisation Committee

Dr Aytac Yerden, Gedik University, Turkey (IT)
Ege Cakir, Middle East Technical University, Turkey (Admin)
Nihal Yazgan, Transnational Press London, UK (Admin)

The Migration Conference Local Organisation Committee

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

The Migration Conference is organised and managed by Transnational Press London with the support of a standing executive committee and 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.