Nazda is an urban planner, urban politics researcher and lecturer at Çankaya University, Turkey. She is affiliated with Bahçeşehir University Centre of Migration and Urban Studies (BAUMUS) for her ongoing research on internal bordering in Turkey. Nazda holds a Ph.D. in Urban Policy Planning and Local Governments from Middle East Technical University (METU).
Dr. Feriha Nazda Güngördü

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Hosting institute
- Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies
Current affiliation
- Center of Migration and Urban Studies (BAUMUS), Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
Memberships
Key expertise
- Migration studies
- Refugee studies
- Urban studies
Regional expertise
- Local governance of post-migration processes (i.e., integration, emplacement, place-making), internalization of borders and differential inclusion mechanisms, settlement patterns, location choices and housing of migrants, social inequality and ethnic residential segregation
Profile according to FFVT taxonomy
Scientific topics
- Borders
- Integration And Social Participation
- Local And Municipal Refugee Policies
- Migration Routes, Refugees’ Journeys
- National Refugee And Asylum Policies
Disciplines
- Other
Professional Career
Relevant publications
- Understanding the Local Dynamics of Refugee Integration Through the Eyes of Refugees and Local Residents: The Case of the Ȍnder Neighbourhood, Ankara. In Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 22(2), 305-328.2022.Routledge.
- Investigating Syrian Refugees’ Choice of Location in Urban Areas as a Subjective Process: A cross-case comparison in the neighbourhoods of Önder (Ankara) and Yunusemre (Izmir). In International Journal of Islamic Architecture, 10(2), 387-412.2021.Intellect Ltd.
- Policy and Planning in the Age of Mobilities: Refugees and Urban Planning. In Nil Uzun, Sarı Burcu Özdemir, Suna Yaşar Özdemir (Eds.), Urban and Regional Planning in Turkey: Issues and Challenges.2019.Springer.
- Processes and Factors of Social Exclusion in Arrival Cities: Attitudes towards Syrians under temporary protection in Tarlabaşı, Istanbul. In GRID – Architecture, Planning and Design Journal, 1(2), 177-198.2018.Çankaya Üniversitesi.