Betul Uzun

Sociologist with two Master’s degrees and strong expertise in qualitative research, specializing in migration, identity, memory, and power. Experienced in in-depth interviews, comparative analysis, visual methods, and autoethnography. My research critically examines how legal frameworks, political narratives, and state practices shape belonging and identity, with a focus on Syrian experiences across different national contexts. I have professional experience as a Teaching and Research Assistant at international academic institutions and am committed to producing rigorous, ethically grounded, and theoretically informed scholarship in preparation for doctoral research.

• Thesis research presented at the Gulf Studies Forum and regional academic workshops.
• Ongoing comparative project (Turkey, Germany, and Canada) on Syrian refugee identity formation and the 'good immigrant' narrative.

• Migration and Refugee Studies
• Identity and Belonging
• Gender and Displacement
• Memory and Space
• Everyday Politics of Refugeehood

• IHU Sociology Days Student Research Symposium
  Istanbul, Turkey — Presenter
  Presented your undergraduate thesis on Syrian immigrants’ experiences of social space, focusing on memory and meaningful objects in Istanbul and Hatay.
• Toplumsal Cinsiyet Adaleti Kongresi
  Istanbul University, Turkey — Speaker
  Presented on immigrant women, space, and identity, emphasizing women’s agency, equity, and knowledge production in urban contexts.
• Gulf Studies Forum
  Doha, Qatar — Speaker
  Presented a paper titled “The Usage of Social Space in Building the Qatari National Identity,” using Msheireb and Souq Waqif as case studies.
• Haramon Center for Syrian Social Studies
  Istanbul, Turkey — Presenter
  Presented research on Syrian migration, identity, social space, and gender, drawing on fieldwork and engagement with Syrian communities.
  Participated in academic discussions on Syrian social research and displacement.