Yasemin Bekyol, M.Sc.

Yasemin Bekyol, M.Sc.

Research fellow

Project "Gesundheit! Inclusion in the Care and Nursing Sector"

Yasemin Bekyol is a research fellow at the FAU Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU CHREN) in the project “Gesundheit! Inclusion in the Care and Nursing Sector” and a doctoral candidate at the MFI (working title: ‘Vulnerability in the European Asylum System). Previously, she worked as research fellow on a study on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on migration and integration in Germany and on a commissioned study on the rights fo female asylum seekers in Germany and Belgium for the European Parliament. She also worked at the German Red Cross General Secretariat as a researcher for a EU project on the reception and integration of asylum seekers in the Resettlement and Relocation Programme. She studied International Politics (MSc) at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and Linguistics and Political Economics (BA) at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg and Loughborough University.

  • Since 2022 Research fellow at the FAU Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU CHREN) within the project “Gesundheit! Inclusion in the Care and Nursing Sector“
  • 01/2021 – 04/2021  Research fellow (Freelance), Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation Schleswig-Holstein, for the scientific support of expert discussions on state political “improvement of the situation of refugees, for more inclusion and participation, and against discrimination”; co-author of the final report
  • 08/2020 – 02/2021 Research fellow at the FAU Center for Human Rights Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU CHREN) within the project “Impacts and Scenarios for Migration and Integration During and After the Covid-19 Pandemic”
  • 08/2020 – 10/2020  Research fellow (Freelance), United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), co-author of commissioned study for the project “Mediterranean City-to-City Migration (MC2CM)” by UCLG and UN-Habitat on inclusive measures by cities in the MC2CM network during the Covid-19 pandemic
  • 01/2018 – 03/2019   Research fellow for EU-Relocation & Resettlement, German Red Cross e.V., General Secretariat in Berlin, Project coordination of the EU-AMIF Project “Action of the Red Cross for Integration of Reallocated and Resettled Persons” (ARCI), supported by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) with project partners German, Bulgarian, and Croatian Red Cross
  • 03/2016 – 08/2016 Research Assistant within the project “Reception of Female Asylum Seekers in Germany and Belgium”, Co-author of the commissioned study “Reception of Female Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the EU: Case Study Belgium and Germany” for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality regarding the implementation of Directive 2013/33/EU on the specific needs of vulnerable women.
  • 09/2013 – 09/2014   MSc International Politics, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
  • 03/2009 – 08/2013   BA English Studies (Major), Political Economics (Minor), Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
    • Erasmus-Stay at the English Department at Loughborough University
    • Oxbridge Learning Academy “Power & Politics” Summer School in Washington D.C.

Awards

  • 06/2021 – 06/2022   Scholarship Holder of Program for “Achieving Equal Opportunities for Women in Research and Teaching” (FFL)
  • 06/2018 – 02/2019   ARIADNETechNat, FAU University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Mentor in the support program for Master’s students and early-career researchers
  • 04/2018 – 10/2019   ARIADNEphil, FAU University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Mentee in the support program for early-career researchers
  • 01/2016 – 01/2018   Deutschlandstiftung Integration, two-year mentorship program “Geh Deinen Weg”

Other

  • 02/2022 Moderation of „2022 – Jahr des Aufbruchs in der Migrations- und Integrationspolitik?“, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., Julius-Leber-Forum.
  • 11/2021  Speaker at CEPS Webinar „Resettlement, complementary pathways and the Global Compact on Refugees“
  • 06/2021 „Auswirkungen und Szenarien für Migration und Integration während und nach der Covid-19 Pandemie.“ Speaker with Marlene Leisenheimer. Koordinationsgruppe Integration, Stadt Nürnberg.
  • 05/2021 „Auswirkungen und Szenarien für Migration und Integration während und nach der Covid-19 Pandemie.“ Radiointerview with Matthias Dänzer-Vanotti der radioWelt, Bayern 2.
  • 05/2021 „Auswirkungen und Szenarien für Migration und Integration während und nach der Covid-19 Pandemie.“ Speaker with Danielle Gluns. Bündnis „Niedersachsen packt an.“
  • 09/2020 „Vulnerability in European Admission Policy.“ Speaker at Online-Conference, Netzwerk Fluchtforschung.
  • 09/2020 Chair of Panels „Negotiating Criteria of Refugee Admission.“ Online-Conference, Netzwerks Fluchtforschung.
  • 11/2019 Chair of Panel „Refugees’ Agency, Aspirations & Decision Making in ARAPs“ at Working Group Meeting ‚Active Refugee Admission Policies in Europe: Exploring an Emerging Research Field‘, Netzwerks Fluchtforschung, University of Amsterdam.
  • 10/2019 „Vulnerabilität im Europäischen Asylsystem.“ Speaker at Amnesty International Meeting, Oberpfalz. (local article: Link)
  • 11/2018 “Woman who arrive.” Speaker. Conference ‚Women on the move‘ der FEPS, PES Women, Socialist International Women & Institute Émile Vandervelde at the European Committee of Regions, Brussels, Belgium.
  • 07/2018 “Relocation: Is the European Union Failing Vulnerable Asylum Seekers?” Speaker at IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Brisbane, Australia. (Conference funding by the Office for Gender und Diversity at FAU)
  • 03/2018 Speaker at Panel Discussion„Frauen und Flucht: Vulnerabilität – Empowerment – Teilhabe,“ at launch event of dossier by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Berlin. Available at: http://calendar.boell.de/de/event/frauen-und-flucht
  • 11/2017 „‘Die Fluchtgeschichte emotional nicht fortsetzen‘ – Eine Studie zu den Rechten asylsuchender Frauen und deren Einhaltung in Europa“, Radio Z interview with interviewer Bernadette Rauscher. Available at: http://radio-z.net/de/component/jimtawl/topic/270641-die-fluchtgeschichte-emotional-nicht-fortsetzen-eine-studie-zu-den-rechten-asylsuchender-frauen-und-deren-einhaltung-in-europa.html?Itemid=459
  • 08/2017 “Gender Matters: Toward a Gender-Sensitive European Asylum System.” Speaker at the Migration Conference, Athens, Greece. (Conference funding by the Office for Gender und Diversity at FAU)
  • 03/2017 “Reception of Female Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Germany and Belgium: Between European Legislation and National Practice.” Speaker at 19th National Metropolis Conference ‘Looking Forward: Migration and Mobility in 2017 and Beyond.’, Montreal, Canada.
  • 09/2016 „Frauen in Flüchtlingsunterkünften: Zwischen Europäischer Gesetzgebung und nationaler Praxis.“ Speaker at conference on ‘Flucht, Transit und Asyl. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf ein europäisches Versprechen’ by the FES Doctoral Sponsorship Program in cooperation with the Institute of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Bonn.
  • 07/2016 „Die EU: von der Solidar- und Wertegemeinschaft zur Festung Europa? Gibt es noch eine Lösung in der Flüchtlingspolitik?“ Speaker on ‚Scheitert das historische Projekt eines geeinten Europas? Die EU vor neuen Herausforderungen‘ by the Society for Political Education e.V. in cooperation with the Network for Political Education in the Bundeswehr and the Academy Frankenwarte Würzburg.
  • 06/2016 “Light to Europe and the European refugee policy.” Bekyol, Yasemin. Workshop curator for three-day seminar on ‘Refugeeism & Asylum in Europe and Germany – Enhancing Active Citizenship’ for scholars and refugees organized by scholars of the German National Academic Foundation in Frankfurt.
  • 05/2016 „Aktuelle Europäische Asyl- und Flüchtlingspolitik – Debatten und Begriffe.“ Speaker at introductory lecture of the seminar ‘A New Start for Europe? – European Refugee Policy’ for scholars of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation in Frankfurt.
  • 03/2016 „Chancen und Herausforderungen von Flüchtlingsaufnahme und Einwanderung.“ Speaker at regional training event for teachers in the subject of Social Studies by the FES, Hof.
  • 10/2015 „Zwischen nationalen Alleingängen und harmonisierten, solidarischen Ansätzen: Asyl- und Migrationspolitik in Europa.“ Speaker at regional teacher training, SMV-Conference in Niederalteich.