Hazal Budak-Kim

Hazal Budak-Kim is a Researcher at the Department of Gender & Diversity Studies, Institute of Social Sciences, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany. Her work focuses on:

• Migrant self-positioning in sports
• Urban refuge spaces
• Gender-body relations
• Qualitative methodologies

Research contributions include:

• Co-editor of Transformation Processes in the City as a Place of Refuge (2022, Springer VS)
• Key publications on anti-Muslim knowledge production in sports
• Intersectional analysis of structural discrimination (EMMD project)

She has organized workshops like the European Forum on Integration (2019) and teaches courses on urban sociology and qualitative methods. Current projects include the KUSS instrument for migration-sensitive oncology care and EMMD (Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency funded).