Nur Üstündag
Nur M. Üstündag is a doctoral researcher in the TechMig Project at C3S. Her research examines digitalization and automation in migration governance, incorporating the perspectives of both migrants and frontline bureaucrats. She holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in Political Science and International Relations from Istanbul University. During her master’s studies, she focused on the labor market integration of skilled Syrian refugees in Türkiye. She worked on a project aimed at improving access to rights and services for Syrian refugees in southeastern Türkiye and held various positions in research and development projects in the years that followed. She was a visiting research fellow at the Department for Migration and Globalisation at Danube University Krems, Austria. She is currently completing her second master's in Sociology at Bielefeld University.
MA in Sociology, Bielefeld University
- Semester Abroad, Sociology and Work Science, Gothenburg University, Sweden
MA in Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul University
- Thesis: Being Qualified in Forced Migration: Educated Syrian Migrants' Experiences in the Labor Market of Istanbul
- Supported with international scholarship by The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
BA in Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul University
- Semester Abroad, Sociology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland
08/2023 - 04/2025 Project Manager, OSTIM Organized Industrial Regional Directorate, Ankara, Türkiye
11/2019 - 07/2023 Project Officer, General Secretariat of Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters' Associations, Istanbul, Türkiye
11/2018 - 04/2019 Project Assistant, Kırkayak Kültür Association, Sanlıurfa, Türkiye
Book Chapters:
Üstündag, Nur. 2024 (in Turkish), Tracing Women's Experiences After Forced Migration: The Lives of Syrian Immigrant Women in Istanbul, Pages, 263-282 in Female Forms of Labor, edited by Feryal Saygılıgil and Necla Akgökçe, Ankara: Dipnot.
Peer-Reviewed articles:
Üstündag, Nur. 2020 (in Turkish), Being Qualified in Forced Migration: Educated Syrian Migrants’ Experiences in the Labor Market of Istanbul, Journal of Education Science Society, Volume: 18 Issue: 70 Summer: 2020 Pages: 29-61.
04/2023: Women Worker Zehra Kosova Symposium, Istanbul, Türkiye, The Lives of Syrian Immigrant Women in Istanbul, organized by Women Workers Solidarity Association
06/2022: IMISCOE Annual Conference 2022, Oslo, Norway, Highly Skilled Syrian Migrants’ Experiences in Istanbul Labor Market
06/2022: IMISCOE Standing Committee on Reflexivities in Migration Studies, Webinar, PhD Proposal Discussion in Reflexivities Ph.D. Peer Feedback Sessions
03/2022: Resilient Women, Resilient Cities Workshop, Istanbul, Türkiye, Joint Discussion in Women Employment Chair in Esenyurt Metropolitan Municipality
11/2019: 16th National Social Sciences Congress, Ankara, Türkiye, Being Skilled in Forced Migration: Highly Educated Syrian Migrants’ Experiences in Istanbul Labor Market
09/2019: 14th Karaburun Science Congress, Izmir, Türkiye, New Norms of Working Class: Highly Educated Syrian Migrants’ Experiences in Istanbul Labor Market
10/2021 – 01/2022: Predoctoral Research Fellowship, Danube University of Krems, Austria
01/2018 – 07/2018: Researcher Fellowship, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sweden
01/2018 – 07/2018: Field Research Grant, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sweden
Contact
Center for Critical Computational Studies (C3S)
Eschersheimer Landstraße 121
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Email: uestuendag[at]c3s.uni-frankfurt.de