UNIC – MiReKoc International Summer School 2025

Monday, July 14, 2025

Theme: Welcome & Setting the Stage

• 10:00-10:30: Welcome & Registration
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• 10:30-11:00: Opening Speech by Ahmet İçduygu, Director of MiReKoc
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• 11:00-12:30: Keynote Speech by Michael Collyer
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• 12:30-13:30: Lunch Break
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• 13:30-14:30: Lecture: Gender and Intersectionality in Health: How to Define Normality/Health in Lab Values?
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Speaker: Marie von Lilienfeld-Toal, Ruhr University Bochum

• 14:30-14:45: Coffee Break
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• 14:45-15:45: Discussion

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 – SOCIAL DAY

• Documentary Screening, Tour of Yeniköy – Bosphorus, Lunch

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Theme: Refugee health

• 10:00-11:00: Lecture: by Speaker: Muhammad Zaman
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• 11:00-11:15: Coffee Break
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• 11:15-12:15: Discussion
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• 12:15-13:15: Lunch Break
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• 13:15-14:15: Lecture: Exploring Irregular Migrants’ Vulnerabilities: Key Takeaways from the COVID19 Pandemic Speaker: Ahmet İçduygu
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• 14:15-14:30: Coffee Break
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• 14:30-15:30: Discussion

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Theme: Mobility and Vulnerabilities in Access

• 10:00-11:00: Lecture: The Health and Dignity of People on the Move: Challenges and the Way Forward Speaker: Apostolos Veizis
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• 11:00-11:15: Coffee Break
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• 11:15-12:15: Discussion
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• 12:15-13:15: Lunch Break
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• 13:15-14:15: Lecture: Access to Healthcare Among Migrants and Refugees on the Thailand-Myanmar Border Speaker: Daniel M. Parker, University of California
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• 14:15-14:30: Coffee Break
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• 14:30-15:30: Discussion
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• 15:30-17:00: Thematic Presentation Slot: Student Research Presentations

Friday, July 18, 2025

• 10:00-12:00: Lecture: On Transnational Economic Mobilization Speaker: Hassaan Bousetta, University of Liège
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• 12:00-13:00: Lunch Break
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• 13:00-14:00: Thematic Presentation Slot: Student Research Presentations
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• 14:00-14:15: Coffee Break
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• 14:15-15:15:15: Lecture: Experience Co-creation in Action: An Interactive Workshop on Climate Change and Health with MOUNTADAPT Speakers: Claudia Lopez Rodriguez & Carlota las Hayas Rodríguez, Deusto University
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• 15:15-15:30: Coffee Break
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• 15:30-16:30: Discussion

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Free Day

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Free day

Monday, July 21, 2025

Theme: Transnational Mobility and Inclusion

• 10:00-11:00: Lecture: Supporting Social and Organisational Integration of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Healthcare Workers Speakers: Kamau Süleiman & Kristina Mikkonen, University of Oulu
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• 11:00-11:15: Coffee Break
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• 11:15-12:15: Discussion
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• 12:15-13:15: Lunch Break
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• 13:15-14:15: Lecture: Migrant Children’s Experiences of Inclusion and Integration in Schools: The Importance of the Relational Speaker: Shirley Martin, University College Cork
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• 14:15-14:30: Coffee Break
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• 14:30-15:30: Discussion
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• 15:30-17:00: Thematic Presentation Slot: Student Research Presentations

 Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Theme: Arts, Well-Being, and Community

• 10:00-11:00: Lecture: Collaborative Artistic Practices for Addressing Well-Being and Research: Possibilities and Dilemmas Speaker: Concepción Maiztegui, University of Deusto
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• 11:00-11:15: Coffee Break
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• 11:15-12:15: Discussion
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• 12:15-13:15: Lunch Break
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• 13:15-14:15: Lecture: Understanding Migrant Health: Reducing Inequalities Using Community-Based Participatory Research Approaches Speaker: Elisabeth Mangrio & Rathi Ramji, Malmö University
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• 14:15-14:30: Coffee Break
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• 14:30-15:30: Discussion
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• 15:30-17:00: Thematic Presentation Slot: Student Research Presentations

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Walking Methodologies Field Day

Center for Spatial Justice and Hrant Dink Foundation Facilitated by İlker Kayı & M. Kemal Kuşçu, Koç University + dinner 

Thursday, July 24, 2025

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• 10:00-11:00: Lecture: Health, Gender, and Migration: An Intersectional Approach to Human Rights Challenges Speaker: Karolina Mendecka, University of Lodz
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•  11:00-11:15: Coffee Break
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• 11:15-12:15: Discussion
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• 12:15-13:15: Lunch Break
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• 13:15-14:15: Lecture: Ethnic Diversity and Ageing in Superdiverse Cities: Impacts on Health, Well-Being, and Community Speakers: Max Bloem & Hager Hussein, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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• 14:15-14:30: Coffee Break
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• 14:30-15:30: Discussion
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• 15:30-17:00: Thematic Presentation Slot: Student Research Presentations

Friday, July 25, 2025

Theme: Closing Day

• 10:00-11:00 Final Roundtable Discussion: Reflections and Takeaways from the Summer School
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• 11:00-11:15 Coffee Break
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• 11:15-12:15 Group Activity: Collaborative Action Plans for Future Research
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• 12:15-13:15 Lunch Break
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• 13:15-14:15 Certificate Ceremony
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• 14:15-15:00 Closing Remarks by Ahmet İçduygu
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• 15:00-17:00 Informal Networking and Farewell

More details on the application process can be found here and the program here.