Publications & Conference Presentations
Publications
Aksel, D. & Şenel, G. (2026). Emigration Policy Regimes (EMIGPOL) Glossary (EN) (V1). Harvard Dataverse, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QB1OHT
Aksel, D. & Şenel, G. (2026). Emigration Policy Regimes (EMIGPOL) Glossary (TR) (V1). Harvard Dataverse, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LLQIVY
Aksel, D., Asifi, M. & Şenel, G. (2026). Emigrant Policy Regimes (EMIGPOL) - Afghanistan (Country Data). Harverd Dataverse, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ABZYQ1
Aksel, D. & Şenel, G. (2025). Regional Migration Governance and the Selective Framing of Norms: A Comparative Analysis of BSEC and SEECP. 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2025.2547461
Şenel, G. (2024). Legal Architecture as a Determinant of Migrants’ Resilience: The Case of Highly Skilled Return Migrants in Türkiye. [Doctoral dissertation, Middle East Technical University]. https://open.metu.edu.tr/handle/11511/109854
Conference Presentations
16-19 June 2027
Astana, Kazakhstan
Central Eurasian Studies Society Regional Conference
“From Ethnic Kinship to Strategic Human Capital: Evolving Migration Flows and Diplomacy Between Kazakhstan and Türkiye”
Gülece Şenel & Damla Aksel
29 April 2026
Online
From Brain Drain to Brain Power: Workshop on Turkish IT Professionals in Silicon Valley and Their Impact on Türkiye's Development
“Emigrant Policy Regimes”
Damla Aksel & Gülece Şenel
14-17 April 2026
TED University, Ankara
Reimagining Refugee Protection: 75 Years and Forward Conference
“Governance of Migration: Historical Constructions of Multilateral Normative Frameworks”
Damla Aksel
25-27 March 2026
Bukhara State Pedagogical Institute, Uzbekistan
III. International Congress of Geographers of the Turkic World
“From Ethnic Kinship to Strategic Human Capital: Evolving Migration Flows and Diplomacy Between Kazakhstan and Türkiye”
Gülece Şenel
22-23 January 2026
Akdeniz University, Antalya
GAPs Projesi Final Konferansı “Navigating Return Migration: What Next? Diplomacy, Infrastructures, and Pathways Beyond”
“A Typology of Return Migration Policies: Comparative Insights from Origin Countries”
Damla Aksel & Gülece Şenel
“Return and Reintegration Architecture as a Determinant of Highly Skilled Returnees’ Resilience: Findings from Türkiye”
Gülece Şenel
11-12 December 2025
Almaty, Kazakhstan
II. International Congress of Young Scientists
“Intelligentsia Building in Kazakhstan: From Oralman Returns to New Highly Skilled Migration Policies”
Gülece Şenel
21 September 2025
İzmir Ekonomi University,
İzmir
1-4 July 2025
Paris, France
Turkish Political Science Association 4th Annual Political Science Congress
"Extra-territorial Voting from the Perspective of Country of Origin"
Damla Aksel & Gülece Şenel
IMISCOE Annual Conference
“Regional Migration Governance and the Selective Framing of Norms: A Comparative Analysis of BSEC and SEECP”
Damla Aksel
15 October 2024
Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Erzincan
The First International Turkish Diaspora Symposium in the Turkish Century
“International Migration from the Perspective of the State of Origin: The Case of Turkey”
Damla Aksel & Gülece Şenel
6 October 2024
Yaşar Kemal Kültür Merkezi, Ankara
Vote and Beyond, Equal Voting Rights for All Workshop
"Participating in Elections from Abroad: Trends, Processes and Normative Debates"
Damla Aksel & Gülece Şenel
28 September 2024
Yeditepe University, Istanbul
Turkish Political Science Association 3rd Annual Political Science Congress
Panel organized entitled "Home State and Emigrant Policies from a Transnational Perspective: The Case of Turkey"
“Legal Architecture as a Determinant of Migrants’ Resilience: The Case of Highly Skilled Return Migrants in Türkiye”
Gülece Şenel
"Relationality between the Home State and the Host States: Evaluating Turkey’s Migration Policies Abroad through Bilateral Agreements"
Damla Aksel
4 July 2024
Lisbon, Portugal
IMISCOE Annual Conference
“Constructing and Categorizing the ‘Emigrant’: A Comparative Analysis of Policy Dynamics and Bilateral Relations”
Damla Aksel
11 June 2024
Anadolu University, Eskisehir
TUBITAK 1001 Project on "Software Engineer Migration from Turkey to Silicone Valley" Opening Conference & Workshop on Brain Drain
“Türkiye’s Policies Targeting Highly Skilled Labour Force”
Gülece Şenel
19 April 2024
Koç University, Istanbul
IMISCOE Spring Conference
“The Portability of Social Rights in Times of Crises”
Damla Aksel
3 April 2024
San Francisco, USA
International Studies Association (ISA) 2024 Annual Conference
“Relationality Between Home States and Host States: Analyzing Bilateral Agreements on Migrating Citizens”
Damla Aksel & Gülece Şenel
8 December 2023
Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul
Workshop on Diffusion and Contestation of Norms in Global Governance
“Diffusion of Norms on Emigration Policies: An Examination of Home State Dynamics, International Legal Frameworks, and Multilateral Cooperation”
Damla Aksel & Gülece Şenel
10 October 2023
Yeditepe University, Istanbul
International Migration in the 21st Century - VII Conference
"Seeing International Migration from a Home State Perspective: A Multi- Level Appraisal"
Damla Aksel & Gülece Şenel
2 October 2023
Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul
Migration, Diversity and Governance (MiDiGo) Project Closing Conference
“Examining Migration Policies from a Home Country Perspective”
Damla Aksel & Gülece Şenel