Prof. Dr. Ayşegul Kayaoğlu

Prof. Dr. Ayşegul Kayaoğlu

Aysegul Kayaoglu is an associate professor of economics at Istanbul Technical University and has a resarch focus on migration, labour economics and development economics. As a self-funded fellow (Tübitak) she is joining IMIS for a full year.

Interview with Prof. Dr. Ayşegul Kayaoğlu

Current affiliation
  • Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Hosting institute
Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies
Contact
Key expertise
  • Economics of migration
  • Gender
  • Labor economics
  • Informal institutions
  • Conflict
Regional expertise
  • Türkei
  • Syrien
  • Sudan

Profile according to FFVT taxonomy

Fields of research
  • Development Research
  • Peace And Conflict Studies
  • Migration Research
Scientific topics
  • Work / Labour Market
  • Education
  • Family
  • Causes Of Displacement
  • Gender
  • Experience Of Violence, Trauma
  • Integration And Social Participation
  • Local And Municipal Refugee Policies
  • Economy Of Forced Migration
  • Return And Deportation
  • Environment And Climate
Disciplines
  • Demography
  • Economics

Academic education / CV

PhD in Economics, University Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics

Relevant publications

  • Kayaoğlu, A. Do Relative Status of Women and Marriage Characteristics Matter for the Intimate Partner Violence?. In Journal of Family Issues, 43(8), 2063-2086. 2022. SAGE.
  • Kayaoğlu, A., Şahin-Mencütek, Z., Erdoğan, M. M. Return aspirations of Syrian refugees in Turkey. In Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 20(4), 561-583. 2022. Routledge.
  • Williams, C. C., Kayaoğlu, A. COVID-19 and undeclared work: Impacts and policy responses in Europe. In Service Industries Journal, 40(13-14), 914-931. 2020. Taylor and Francis Ltd.
  • Kayaoğlu, A. Hometown associations, urban-to-rural collective remittances and rural development in Turkey. In Remittances Review, 2(2), 121-136. 2017. Transnational Press London Ltd.
  • Kayaoğlu, A. Socioeconomic impact of conflict: state of emergency ruling in Turkey. In Defence and Peace Economics, 27(1), 117-136. 2016. Routledge.

Interview

Q1. Who are you?

My name is Aysegul Kayaoglu; I am an associate professor of economics at Istanbul Technical University. My research focuses on migration, labour economics and development economics. I am a first-generation academic and a proud mother of two wonderful girls.

Q2. What was your motivation to apply for the FFVT fellowship? Why Germany?

FFVT is one of the important networks of researchers working on migration. It is a great opportunity to be involved in this network to exchange ideas with researchers focusing on similar topics from different disciplinary approaches.

Q3. What do you expect from the fellowship?

I plan to develop my network and potential academic collaborations with researchers at IMIS and FFVT fellows across its member institutions. And thanks to the generous TUBITAK funding and perfectly welcoming IMIS facilities, I am able to focus on my research, so I hope to produce several research papers at the end of my fellowship.

Q4. What is the focus of your work, and what is innovative about it? / What are your planned outcomes and activities for the fellowship period? And how do they relate to your FFVT hosting institution/ the FFVT cooperation project?

I am currently doing research about the impact of ethnic concentration on the economic integration of Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Türkiye and Germany, which is a question that has not been analysed empirically for the Global South that hosts almost 90 per cent of all the refugees in the world. My research outputs will also have important potential to shape the residential and economic integration policies in these countries regarding refugees. I plan to share my preliminary findings in international conferences and seminars while at IMIS to get feedback as much as possible before maturing my research outputs.

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