Sezen Çakmak

Sezen Çakmak is a Researcher at the Department of Teaching and Learning in a Migration Society at Technical University of Berlin (since 2023). She holds an MA in Gender, Intersectionality, and Politics (Free University Berlin, 2023) and a BA in Political Science (Free University Berlin, 2020). Supported by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation's 'Lux Like Scholarship,' her work focuses on intersectional approaches to education, migration, and social inequality.

• Key Affiliations: TU Berlin, Berlin School of Public Health (Charité), Alice Salomon University
• Research Interests: Critical pedagogy, anti-racist education, qualitative methods, migration-based social systems

Her research explores migration-related education challenges through intersectional lenses, particularly analyzing power dynamics in schools and family formations. She has conducted biographical research with marginalized communities and published on topics like parental participation in migration contexts and residence status impacts on schooling access.

Teaching engagements include modules on intersectional analysis at Berlin School of Public Health and Alice Salomon University. She co-organized symposia on migration and inequality in aging populations. Since 2020, she has led democracy-focused workshops in Berlin schools through the 'Student Budget' project.