Sezer İdil Göğüş

Sezer İdil Göğüş is a Research Fellow in the Glocal Junctions department at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), focusing on diaspora politics of the AKP and political socialization in Turkey. She is affiliated with the Umbrella Association of Migrant Women Organizations (DaMigra) in Leipzig since 2023 and previously worked at HSFK (now PRIF) from 2015–2022. Her academic journey includes scholarships from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (since 2017) and ERASMUS (2009–2010).

• Education:
  • Master of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies (Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany)
  • Bachelor of Science in Economics (Istanbul University, Turkey)
  • Studies in Economics and Politics at Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (Germany) under ERASMUS-Scholarship (2009–2010)

Her research spans political socialization, diaspora governance, and democratic consolidation in Turkey. Recent publications examine Turkish diaspora engagement during crises, electoral dynamics, and international law dimensions. She emphasizes qualitative methodology, addressing positionality and reflexivity in fieldwork.

Key article trends include Turkish politics (2016–2022), diaspora-state relations, democratization challenges, and conflict resolution in transnational contexts. Awards include the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung scholarship. She also contributed to policy debates on EU-Turkey relations and Armenian Genocide recognition.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Scholarship Holder of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (since 2017)

Her career includes roles as a doctoral researcher (2015–2022), guest researcher at SWP Berlin (2014), and project assistant at Amnesty International Turkey (2011–2015). She co-led HSFK's Postgraduate Colloquium (2018–2019) and participated in the "Common Remembrance, Future Relations" project (2017).