Summer School · Beyond Borders: Health, Migration and Diversity in an Interconnected World
Koç University, Istanbul
The MiReKoc Team is delighted to announce the MiReKoc-UNIC International Summer School 2025, scheduled for 14-25 July 2025 at Koç University Rumelifeneri Campus in Istanbul, Türkiye.
This year’s theme, Beyond Borders: Health, Migration and Diversity in an Interconnected World, will explore the intersections of migration, diversity, health, and well-being, in collaboration with the Erasmus+ European Universities Project UNIC - European University of Cities in Post-Industrial Transition.
The MiReKoc-UNIC Summer School reflects our partnership with the European University Initiative (UNIC). UNIC is an alliance of ten universities in post-industrial cities across Europe, built for inclusion and transformative societal impact. Through this collaboration, the aim is to foster interdisciplinary research and training on topics that are both globally relevant and locally impactful.
More details on the application process and call for participation will be shared soon. Please visit the Summer School Website at miss.ku.edu.tr for updates and additional information.
Migration Research Center at Koç University, MiReKoc
The Migration Research Center at Koç University (MiReKoc) aims to advance the state of the art in migration research through original and innovative scholarship, academic collaboration, and dialogue between researchers, policy makers, international organizations, and civil society actors. Based in Istanbul, MiReKoc was founded as a grant-giving program in 2004, and over the past years, MiReKoc has become a hub for systematic research on migration in Türkiye and its neighborhood, including the Mediterranean Basin, Europe, and the Middle East. MiReKoc is a multi-disciplinary research institute on migration studies that seeks to promote scholarly work and collaboration in the field through research seminars, summer schools and workshops, projects, publications, and other activities. MiReKoc endeavors to develop collaboration between migration scholars, civil society organizations, and policy makers to stimulate dialogue on new and existing research. To this end, since 2011 MiReKoc has organized the annual International Summer School, a flagship program bringing together migration experts from all over the world.
