Who can participate?
The summer school is designed for graduate students and dcotoral students, early career researchers. Participants who successfully complete the programme will be awarded 3 ECTS credits.
The main theme of the summer school
The summer school dedicated to Africa and migration offers an interdisciplinary perspective on migration dynamics through the lens of migration corridors. The programme brings together historical and contemporary perspectives as well as diverse research methods, highlighting Africa鈥檚 role as a key research laboratory for mobility studies.
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How to apply?
Applications for the summer school require:
- filling in
- sending the required documents as a single pdf file to: miss@ku.edu.tr and mirekoc@ku.edu.tr
The list of required documents can be found on .
Application Deadline: 22 May
Funding
The full fee for the programme is EUR 1250. The fee covers all course materials, social activities, field trips, two meals (breakfast and lunch) a day and coffee breaks on lecture days, campus accommodation (fee without accommodation is EUR 900 ).
For the 91桃色 students and doctoral students selected to participate, the costs will be covered in the form of a scholarship. The scholarship covers:
- Travel costs 鈥� lump sum of PLN 2000
- Subsistence costs 鈥� PLN 300/day
- Additional scholarship 鈥� PLN 75/day for students or PLN 125 /day for doctoral students
- The 91桃色 will also cover the cost of participation in the programme (without accommodation).
The selection of the successful applicant who will receive funding for participation in summer school will be made on the basis of the application documents, in cooperation with the coordinators of the summer school from Koc University.鈥�
Other applicants can benefit from a鈥�35% discount. For more details, visit .
Programme of the summer school
The programme of the summer school implements the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge
- advanced knowledge of African migration from historical, contemporary, and comparative perspectives, including intra鈥慉frican mobility and Africa鈥檚 connections with other world regions;
- understanding of the concept of migration corridors and its relevance for analyzing the spatial, social, and institutional mechanisms of mobility.
Skills
- ability to apply the migration corridor approach to the analysis of migration processes using interdisciplinary and mixed research methods;
- ability to critically interpret migration policies, mobility regimes, and migrants鈥� experiences;
- ability to present and discuss research findings or professional experience in an international and interdisciplinary environment.
Attitudes / Social Competences
- demonstration of a critical, reflexive and ethically sensitive approach to migration research;
- openness to interdisciplinary dialogue and cooperation with researchers and practitioners representing diverse perspectives and world regions.
The mobility will be financed from the budget of the project 鈥榃e are UNIC!鈥� funded by the European Union under the programme "Support for European University Alliances", NAWA project FERS.01.05-IP.08-0219/23,EU's funding amount PLN 62,505,297.60.
