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 (18 Mar 2026, University of Helsinki).
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 (28 Jan 2026, Finlandiatalo, Helsinki).
2025
Co-organized and presented at a panel in the Just Transition Summit, with Dorothée Cambou, Tero Kivinen, and Sade Mäntylä (30 Oct 2025, Valo Hotel, Helsinki).
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 (23 Oct 2025, Nuuk, Greenland).
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 (3 Oct 2025, University of Helsinki, Finland).
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 (1 Oct 2025, Epicenter, Helsinki).
Presented a paper in the panel ‘Climate Politics and Regionalism in Europe’ at the 28th IPSA (International Political Studies Association) World Congress (14 Jul 2025, Seoul, South Korea).
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 (May 2025, Chicago, IL, United States).
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 (Mar 2025, Chicago, IL, United States).
Presented a paper at the International Political Sociology (IPS) Belgium Seminar Series 2024-25 (Feb 2025, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and Online).
2024
Presented a paper as an invited speaker at SPARG (Dec 2024, Space and Political Agency Research Group, Tampere University).
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 (Nov 2024, University of Copenhagen, Denmark).
Acted as a discussant for a paper presented at the International Political Sociology (IPS) Belgium Seminar Series 2024-25 (Oct 2024, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and Online).
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’ (Sep 2024, EuroStorie, University of Helsinki).
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 (Aug 2024, University College Dublin, Ireland).
Presented a paper on the EU’s migration management crisis and its spatial and temporal implications for refugees at a Tampere Security Research seminar (Jun 2024, TASER, Tampere University).
Paper presented at the First Annual Critical Legal Geography Conference (Feb 2024, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy).
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’ (Nov 2023, University of Turku, Finland).
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 (Nov 2023, University of Helsinki).
Paper presented at the Digital Democracy Workshop (Oct 2023, University of Zurich, Switzerland).
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) (Jul 2023, hybrid).
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 (May 2023, Vienna, Austria).
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 (Oct 2022, Online).
Presented a paper on the legal construction of 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) (Aug 2022, University of Innsbruck, Austria).
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 (Jul 2022, ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal).
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 (May 2022, Scotland, the UK).
‘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 (Apr 2022, University of York & online).
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’ (Nov 2021, University of Sussex & online).
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 (Nov 2021, University of Copenhagen, Denmark).
‘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’ (Oct 2021, University of Helsinki & online).
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) (Jun 2021, online).
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, (Mar 2021, Cardiff University & online).
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 (Sep 2020, online).
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 (May 2019, Tampere University).
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 (Mar 2017, Koç University).
(De)Democratization in Turkey. Attended as a speaker the debate on the democratization process in Turkey, organized, with Kamil Pikal (Sep 2016, European House, Prague, Czech Republic).
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 (May 2015, Koç University).
Presented own editorial caricatures about ‘the rule of law’ at the 3rd International Students’ Symposium on Law and Global Issues (Apr 2014, Koç University).
FOOTAGES FROM SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
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, March 2021.
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’, May 2023.
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