Pinar Yazgan (BA, MA, PhD) is affiliated with Mobility Research Centre (MoRe) at IBS. She is an associate Professor at Sakarya University, Turkey. She is currently doing her post-doctoral project on migration researchers with migration background and their positioning and reflexivity in the MoRe, funded by TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey). Her recent interest focuses on the mind, reflexivity, subjectivity and social neuroscience as a research tool with a specific interest in mobility and security.  She has published two books, contributed book chapters and authored articles for academic journals. Throughout the years, she has participated in several projects on refugees as a senior researcher.

Key Publications

Eroğlu-Utku, D., & Yazgan, P. (2021). Conflict model of migration and perception of human insecurity. In Handbook of Culture and Migration (pp. 17-24). Edward Elgar Publishing.

Yazgan, P., & Utku, D. E. (2017). News discourse and ideology: a critical analysis of Copenhagen gang wars’ online news. Migration Letters, 14(1), 145-160.

Yucesahin, MM & Yazgan, P (2017), Revisiting gender and migration, Transnational Press, London.

Sirkeci, İ., Cohen, J. H. ve Yazgan, P. (2016). Conflict, insecurity and mobility. Londra: Transnational Press London

Yazgan, P., Utku, D. E., & Sirkeci, I. (2015). Syrian crisis and migration. Migration Letters, 12(3), 181-192.

Sirkeci, I., Cohen, J. H., & Yazgan, P. (2012). Turkish culture of migration: Flows between Turkey and Germany, socio-economic development and conflict. Migration Letters, 9(1), 33-46.