Deniz Yükseker received her PhD degree in sociology from Binghamton University (USA) in 2000. She is currently an instructor in the Political Science and Public Administration department at Kadir Has University and the Sociology department at the Izmir University of Economics. She is also the chief editor of the social science journal New Perspectives on Turkey. Previously, she has worked in sociology and political science departments at Istanbul Kent University, Istanbul Aydın University, Koç University, Johns Hopkins University and Bilkent University. She has conducted research and has published articles, books and reports in English and Turkish on topics such as the informal shuttle trade between Turkey and former Soviet republics, African migrants and refugees in Istanbul, the forced displacement of Kurds, women’s vocational education, seasonal migrant labour in the hazelnut value chain, Syrian and Turkish youth, and the working conditions of service providers who work with refugees.