PORTFOLI(O)SSO

2026

Presented the paper ‘Governing Migration and Climate through Crisis: Legal–Semiotic Regimes of In/Visibility and Access in the EU’s Peripheral Frontiers’ at a seminar hosted by Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law (University of Edinburgh, the UK, 5 Jun 2026).

Delivered the presentation ‘From Rightlessness to Just Access: Political Agency, Migration Governance and Law in Context’ at Durham Centre for Law & Philosophy upon invitation by Assoc. Prof. Päivi Neuvonen (Durham Law School, the UK, 3 Jun 2026).

‘Seeing (at) Extractive Borders: Migrants Countering the Law’s Visual Regime in Green Transition’. Paper presented at the Visualities of Othering: Law, Image, and the Aesthetics of Exclusion workshop (Online, 11–12 May 2026).

‘Extractive Borders, Disposable Migrants: A “Just Access” Critique of Labor Migration Governance in Finland’s Green Transition — The Case of Lapland.’ Presentation delivered at the REBOUND Seminar Series (University of Helsinki, 18 Mar 2026).

Keynote speech delivered at Kumppanina kotoutumisessa -päivä (Partners in Integration Day), organized by Uudenmaan Elinvoimakeskus. The speech reflected on broader integration challenges in Finland and Europe (Finlandiatalo, Helsinki, 28 Jan 2026).

2025

Co-organized and presented at a panel in the Just Transition Summit, with Dorothée Cambou, Tero Kivinen, and Sade Mäntylä (Valo Hotel, Helsinki, 30 Oct 2025).

Co-organized and presented at the panel ‘Unveiling Green Injustice? Indigenous Rights, Migrant Workers, and Non-Human Recognition in the Arctic Transition’ at the 18th Polar Law Symposium, with Dorothée Cambou, Tero Kivinen, and Sade Mäntylä (Nuuk, Greenland, 23 Oct 2025).

Presented the paper ‘A Creeping Crisis of Migration Management? Institutional Responses and Implications for “Access” at the EU’s Physical, Legal, and Social Borders’ at EuroStorie Conference: Crises Redux – Europe in a Global Context (University of Helsinki, Finland, 3 Oct 2025).

Co-organized and presented at the workshop ‘Special Issue on Just Green Transition in the Arctic’ at Science for Sustainability 2025, with Dorothée Cambou, Tero Kivinen, and Sade Mäntylä (Epicenter, Helsinki, 1 Oct 2025).

Presented a paper in the panel ‘Climate Politics and Regionalism in Europe’ at the 28th IPSA (International Political Studies Association) World Congress (Seoul, South Korea, 14 Jul 2025).

Presented a paper in the panel ‘Refugee Experience in Europe and Its Consequences for Minoritization’, co-organized with Prof Reetta Toivanen, Prof Magdalena Kmak, and Assoc Prof Ayten Gundogdu, at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting (Chicago, IL, United States, May 2025).

Presented a paper in the panel on ‘Migration & Asylum in Expanding Borderlands’ and chaired a panel on ‘The Politics of Refugees and Migrants’ at the ISA 2025 Annual Convention (Chicago, IL, United States, Mar 2025).

Presented a paper at the International Political Sociology (IPS) Belgium Seminar Series 2024-25 (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium & Online, Feb 2025).

2024

Presented a paper as an invited speaker at SPARG (Space and Political Agency Research Group, Tampere University, Dec 2024).

MOBILE – Mobility Law Open Lab with Berfin Nur Osso. Presented a paper as an invited speaker at the Center of Excellence on Global Mobility Law (University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov 2024).

Acted as a discussant for a paper presented at the International Political Sociology (IPS) Belgium Seminar Series 2024-25 (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and Online, Oct 2024).

EuroStorie Research Seminar: Berfin Nur Osso. Presented the research on ‘Narratives of Migration Management: Exploring Refugee Perspectives through Visual Art and Social Media within Transdisciplinary Legal Research’ (EuroStorie, University of Helsinki, Sep 2024).

Presented two papers at the panels on ‘Citizen Self-formation’ and ‘The Spatiality of Migration Politics and Solidarity: From Urban to Rural Dimensions’ at the ECPR Annual General Conference (University College Dublin, Ireland, Aug 2024).

Presented a paper on the EU’s migration management crisis and its spatial and temporal implications for refugees at a Tampere Security Research seminar (TASER, Tampere University, Jun 2024).

Paper presented at the First Annual Critical Legal Geography Conference (Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, Feb 2024).

2023

The Border, the Law, the Social: The Spatiotemporality of EU’s Creeping Crisis of Migration Management and its Implications for ‘Access’. Paper presented at the seminar on ‘Critical Approaches to Studying Race and Migration in Finland and Neighbouring Regions’ (University of Turku, Finland, Nov 2023).

Seeing with Refugees: Refugee Countervisuality at the European Union’s Border Watch in Lesvos, with Henk van Houtum. Paper presented at the ‘Europes in Margins’ Conference organized by EuroStorie (University of Helsinki, Nov 2023).

Paper presented at the Digital Democracy Workshop (University of Zurich, Switzerland, Oct 2023).

The Border, the Law, the Social: Assessing the Interplay between Int-/externalization and the Refugee Struggles of ‘Access’. Paper to be presented at the annual workshop of IMISCOE MIGCITPOL (Standing Group for Migration, Citizenship and Political Participation) (hybrid, Jul 2023).

Narratives of Agency: Understanding the Refugee Experience through Paintings at the European Union’s Peripheral Borders. Paper presented at the Conference on ‘The Aesthetics of International Law,’ Central European University (Vienna, Austria, May 2023).

Digital Lives vs. Digital Borders: How Do Migrants Regain ‘the Right to Have Rights’ vis-à-vis the EU’s New Big Brother?. Paper presented at the ISA 2023 Annual Convention (Mar 2023, Montréal, Canada).

2022

Launch of the Right to Peace Advocacy Campaign in Finland. Attended the panel on the promotion of right to peace as an invited speaker, with H. Al-Taee, L. Lodenius, and J. Paananen (Online, Oct 2022).

Presented a paper on the legal construction of the safe third country concept and its socio-legal implications for refugees at the panel ‘Informalization of Migration Governance: Theorizing its Forms and Impact beyond the Global North’ at the General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (University of Innsbruck, Austria, Aug 2022).

The Border, the Law, the Polis: Assessing the Interplay between Externalization and ‘Access to Right to Have Rights’. Paper presented at the 7th Global Meeting on Law and Society organized by the Law & Society Association (ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal, Jul 2022).

Law in Context and Beyond: Amalgamating the Analyses of Texts and Visual Artworks into Socio-Legal Research on the Political Agency of Refugees. Paper presented at the Early-Career Researcher Workshop on Multidisciplinary Research Methods in EU Law, University of Edinburgh (Scotland, the UK, May 2022).

‘Access to Right to Have Rights’ between ‘Safe’ Third Countries and the EU: Rights Claims and Access to Justice in the Shadow of Externalization. Paper presented at the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2022 (University of York & online, Apr 2022).

2021

‘Access to Right to Have Rights’ between Safe Third Countries and the EU. Paper presented at the 2nd Mirnet Conference ‘New Dynamics of East–West Migration and Migrant Integration Within Europe and Beyond’ (University of Sussex & online, Nov 2021).

Law in Context and Beyond: Incorporating the Arendtian Thought in Socio-Legal Research on the Study of the Human Rights of Migrants. Paper presented at the PhD Seminar on Human Rights Research Methods (University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov 2021).

‘Access to Right to Have Rights’ Between Safe Third Countries and the EU. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Aleksanteri Institute ‘Legal Diversity and Regional Encounters: Plural Understandings of Law in Localised Contexts’ (University of Helsinki & online, Oct 2021).

Deciding ‘In’, Acting ‘Out’: The EU’s Search of the State Responsible for Migrants Elsewhere and Its Human Rights Implications. Paper presented at the Summer Seminar of the Finnish Association for Philosophy of Law (Sofy ry) (online, Jun 2021).

Reading Weber and Arendt in the context of the EU’s externalization of migration management: A comparison of two distinct theoretical lenses on the exclusion of migrants. Paper presented at the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2021 (Cardiff University & online, Mar 2021).

2019-2020

EuroStorie Research Seminar: Berfin Osso. Attended as a speaker to present the doctoral research at the seminar organized by EuroStorie (The Centre of Excellence in Law, Identity and the European Narratives), University of Helsinki (online, Sep 2020).

European Parliament Elections Panel. Attended the panel on the European Parliamentary elections and European Union’s foreign policy as the keynote speaker, with M. Haglund, M. Lenskin, M. Karvonen, K. Penny, K. Sasi, and I. Suomela (Tampere University, May 2019).

2014-2017

Success or Failure? Assessment of the Readmission Agreement Between the EU and Turkey from the Legal and Political Perspectives. Paper presented at the 6th International Students’ Symposium on Law and Global Issues (Koç University, Mar 2017).

(De)Democratization in Turkey. Attended as a speaker at the debate on the democratization process in Turkey, alongside Kamil Pikal (European House, Prague, Czech Republic, September 2016).

The Freedom of Expression and Caricature in Turkey as a Comparison to Europe. Paper presented at the 4th International Students’ Symposium on Law and Global Issues (Koç University, May 2015).

Presented own editorial caricatures about ‘the rule of law’ at the 3rd International Students’ Symposium on Law and Global Issues (Koç University, Apr 2014).