معرفی
Özkan Ezli is a Researcher at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Münster. He holds a Venia Legendi in Modern German Literature, Comparative Literature, and Cultural/Film Studies. His research focuses on cultural analysis (literature, film, debates), German-Turkish cultural production, migration and integration theories, and contemporary global migration dynamics. He has led major research projects including the Excellence Cluster on the Cultural Foundations of Integration at the University of Konstanz and currently participates in a federally funded project on radicalization's affective foundations (2020–2025).
Academically, he earned his doctorate summa cum laude at the University of Tübingen in 2008 and has held roles such as coordinator of the 'Migration in the Global Present' project and member of Dresden's Center for Integration Studies advisory board. His awards include the 2020 Augsburger Wissenschaftspreis für Interkulturelle Studien. He has published extensively on migration narratives, intercultural communication, and cultural memory, with notable works like Narrative der Migration (2022) and Literarische Reparaturen (2024).
Ezli advises on national and local initiatives, including the German Hygiene Museum’s 'Rasse/Rassismus' exhibition and Baden-Württemberg’s Islamic Policy Round Table. His work bridges academic research with public engagement through collaborative exhibitions and policy expertise.
