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Listening and learning should be a staple of public debate. #LendThemYourEars is an initiative we started to periodically share our research participants’ unfiltered experiences. Find more in our website: bpy.bilgi.edu.tr/en/homepage/le… @ERC_Research @BiLGiOfficial

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👇 Open Access Book “Migration and the Politics of Integration by Karin Borevi and Ayhan Kaya

🌍📘 New Open Access Book! "Migration and the Politics of Integration" by Ayhan Kaya & Karin Borevi is now available as open access! 🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9… @AyhanKaya14 @BiLGiOfficial @PledgeHorizon @ValEUsProject @BilgiErc @Bilgi_IR

I think it is more meaningful to write sonething scientific, theoretical and empirical on integration in a global context shaped by the debates on return and repatriation. See our new book co-authored with Karin Borevi @PledgeHorizon @ValEUsProject link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

📢 Applications are now open for the "Palestine Refugees and International Law" short course by the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. 📍 Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul 📅 8–9 May 2026 ⏰ Application deadline: 10 April 2026 🔗 rsc.ox.ac.uk/study/short-co…

Bölüm hocalarımızdan Özge Onursal-Beşgül ve Ayhan Kaya’nın birlikte yazdıkları “From diffusion to contestation: understanding norms in politics” makale yayınlandı! @OnursalBesgul @AyhanKaya14

🎥 In this short video, Chris reflects on why understanding citizens’ emotions is essential for rebuilding trust and strengthening democratic governance. #PLEDGEProject #Democracy #GrievancePolitics #CivicEngagement 🤝

📢 New article in the #BILGINormsEU Special Issue! “From diffusion to contestation: understanding norms in politics” by Özge Onursal Beşgül & Ayhan Kaya 🔎 doi.org/10.1080/146838… @OnursalBesgul @AyhanKaya14 @BiLGiOfficial

"Ressentiment, Victimhood, and Revanchism: Unpacking Erdoğan’s Populist Mastery," an article by one of our faculty members, Ayhan Kaya (@AyhanKaya14), has been published! econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Happy to announce our conceptual framework for the #BILGINormsEU SI article with @AyhanKaya14 is now out. We discuss diffusion, contestation, and Europeanisation in the context of EU–TR rel. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @BilgiIR @BILGI_European

📢 TEBLİĞ ÇAĞRISI Sosyal ve Beşerî Bilimlerde Eleştirel Yapay Zekâ Çalışmaları Öğrenci Konferansı için başvurular devam ediyor.⏳ 🎓 Lisans (4. sınıf + mezun) ve Lisansüstü öğrencileri 📝 Son başvuru: 13 Mart 2026 🔗 bit.ly/49zESKR

Immersion is not neutral. #PLEDGE Blogpost #12 shows how VR becomes a medium for grievance politics, turning victimhood, heroism & ressentiment into lived experience. Storyliving → affective bonding → political meaning 🔗 bitly.cx/LkY81 #VirtualReality #Grievance

In Part II 🔥 of PLEDGE's Blog Post: Youth Radicalism in Europe, Ayhan Kaya unpacks how nativist and Muslim-origin youth are co-radicalised by shared experiences of precarity, marginalisation, and political neglect. Read more: pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-po… #grievances #extremism

Grievance can become a pathway to radicalisation. #PLEDGE Blogpost #5 explores how humiliation, exclusion & status loss shape the emotional tipping points towards democratic disavowal — or belonging. 🔗 bitly.cx/o85Qe #GrievancePolitics #Democracy #EU

Ressentiment as a political resource. Our new article shows how Erdoğan reframes collective victimhood into moral triumph — turning shared emotions into durable political loyalty. Victimhood → affective bonding → authoritarian resilience ❌ 🔗 bitly.cx/6QJK #PLEDGE

Welcome to our Young Generation Policy Briefs series! 🎉In this 10th issue, Febe Peña García (@UninorteCO) explores how the EU-LAC partnership can be revitalised through trade policies grounded in shared values, democracy & sustainability: valeus.eu/news/young-gen… #ValEUs

Coming out soon⌛️

📢 TEBLİĞ ÇAĞRISI Yapay zekâyı sosyal ve beşerî bilimler perspektifinden ele almak isteyen Lisans (4. sınıf) ve Lisansüstü öğrencilerini konferansımıza tebliğ başvurusu yapmaya davet ediyoruz. 📝 Son başvuru tarihi: 13 Mart 2026 🔗 Detaylar ve başvuru: bit.ly/49zESKR

📌New Open Access Article Published! “Ressentiment, Victimhood, and Revanchism” by Ayhan Kaya has been published in European Journal of Psychology Open. The article is available open access at: econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/full/10.10… @AyhanKaya14 @PledgeHorizon

Open Access Article Alert on European Journal of Psychology Open: Ressentiment, Victimhood, and Revanchism: Unpacking Erdoğan’s Populist Mastery (@PledgeHorizon) academia.edu/164583947/Ress… @academia or DOI: doi.org/10.1024/2673-8…