Research

Diasporas

Situated at the intersection between home and host states, diasporas are uniquely positioned in global politics and offer unique insights into ongoing debates in the field of comparative migration studies, and international relations. My research focuses on transnational immigrant communities or diasporas, and their political behavior towards various political processes in their home and host states.

Transnational Authoritarianism

Authoritarian states increasingly exert influence over their citizens abroad, thus challenging established conceptions of democratic citizenship in migrant-receiving societies. My research is deeply concerned with the determinants that shape the ability of authoritarian states to affect politics in their diasporas, and beyond.

Migration Governance

States in the global north and global south increasingly develop highly specialized and institutionalized regimes to govern, coerce, or limit refugees, immigrants or citizens after exit. My work engages with both, immigration and citizenship policies of receiving states as well as diaspora policies of sending states.

I was recently interviewed by the Trudeau Centre for Peace, Conflict and Justice at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

For Gözde, authoritarian reach across borders should be considered an issue that affects everyone, regardless of the country or community to which they belong. “In a world where democracy is in decline, and under constant threat, I believe that we have to understand better the way authoritarian states reach into our communities. And by communities, I don’t only mean transnational immigrant communities, but anyone concerned with the future of democratic citizenship, because it happens around us and it can affect our rights and freedoms as citizens.”