HORIZON-CL2-2027-01-TRANSFO-08: Scaling and deploying innovations in migration management

Translating migration research into practical policy requires testing models in high-density, real-world ecosystems. Türkiye, currently hosting one of the world's largest displaced populations with approximately 3.2 million Syrians under temporary protection for over a decade, offers a crucial institutional and operational testing ground for scaling migration management innovations.

My background bridges academic research with high-level institutional implementation. I have professional experience working directly on projects involving the Presidency of Migration Management—the sole government authority responsible for directing and executing migration processes in Türkiye—alongside serving as a Project Coordinator in a joint initiative with the UNHCR. This dual experience in working with national migration authorities and international bodies provides me with a realistic understanding of how migration models, data tools, and legal frameworks adapt or face friction when deployed on the ground.

I can support a consortium by anchoring theoretical research outputs into validated operational practices through the following contributions:

• Assessing Transferability & Scalability: Evaluating how innovations and methodologies from past EU projects can be adapted to large-scale, long-term displacement contexts outside the immediate EU borders.

• Institutional Context & Stakeholder Dialogue: Utilizing my familiarity with both international (UNHCR) and national (Presidency of Migration Management) agency structures to design policy labs, co-creation processes, and multi-stakeholder dialogues.

• Field-Level Data and Feasibility Testing: Providing sociological insights on how specific management tools affect the daily lives, fundamental rights, and integration trajectories of refugees and migrants based on the realities of the Turkish field.

• Intersectional Frameworks: Supporting gender and age-sensitive project designs by evaluating how vulnerable sub-groups interact with institutional social service delivery.