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The Migration Conference Executive Team

  • Prof Ibrahim Sirkeci, International Business School, Manchester, UK (Chair)
  • Prof Özgür H. Çınar, University of Greenwich, UK (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
  • Dr Ülkü Sezgi Sözen, Faculty of Law, Universität Hamburg, Germany
  • Dr Karla Angélica Valenzuela-Moreno, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico

The Migration Conference Transnational Advisory Committee

  • Prof Gudrun Biffl, Krems, Austria
  • Professor Özgür H. Çınar, University of Greenwich, UK
  • 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 Carla Pederzini, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
  • Prof João Peixoto, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Prof Michela C. Pellicani, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
  • Prof Giuseppe Sciortino, University of Trento, Italy
  • Dr Karla Angélica Valenzuela-Moreno, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico

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
  • Prof 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 and Universidad de Guanajuato, 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 Jocelyn O. Celero, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
  • 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

Central and Eastern Europe

  • Dr Merita Zulfiu Alili, South East European University, N. Macedonia
  • Dr Olga R. Gulina, Benefit Research GMBH, Germany
  • Dr Nermin Oruc, Centre for Development Evaluation and Social Science Research (CREDI), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Prof Apostolos G Papadopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece
  • Prof Irina Savchenko, Moscow City University, Russian Federation

Western Europe

  • Prof 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 Alina Esteves, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
  • Dr Setenay Dilek Fidler, University of Westminster, United Kingdom
  • Prof Monica Ibáñez-Angulo, University of Burgos, Spain
  • Dr Gul Ince Beqo, University of Urbino, Italy
  • 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 Mario Savino, University of Tuscia, 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 Sebnem Koser Akcapar, Ankara Social Sciences University, Turkey
  • Dr Deniz Yetkin Aker, Istanbul Beykent University, Turkey
  • Dr Tuncay Bilecen, Kocaeli University, Turkey
  • Prof Dilek Cindoglu, Yasar University, Turkey
  • Prof Yaprak Civelek, Anadolu University, Turkey
  • Dr Z. Banu Dalaman, SEDER, Turkey
  • Prof Sevim Atilla Demir, Sakarya University, Turkey
  • Dr İnci Aksu Kargın, Uşak University, Turkey
  • Prof Yakhnich Liat, Beit Berl College, Israel
  • Dr Armagan Teke Lloyd, Abdullah Gul University, Turkey
  • Prof Gökay Özerim, Yaşar University, Turkey
  • Dr Md Mizanur Rahman, Qatar University, Qatar
  • Dr Betul Dilara Seker, Van Yuzuncu Yil University, Turkey
  • Dr Paulette K. Schuster, Reichman University, Israel
  • Dr Onur Unutulmaz, Ankara Social Sciences University, Turkey
  • Dr Deniz Eroglu Utku, Trakya University, Turkey
  • Dr Nevin Karabiyik Yerden, Marmara University, Turkey
  • Dr Pınar Yazgan, Sakarya University, Turkey

The Migration Conference Technical Organisation Committee

  • Dr Aytac Yerden, Istanbul Gedik University, Turkey (IT)
  • Ege Cakir, Henan University, China (Admin)
  • Nihal Yazgan, Transnational Press London, UK (Admin)

The Migration Conference Local Organisation Committee

  • Prof Özgür H. Çınar, University of Greenwich, UK (Chair)

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.