Yasin Duman holds a PhD from the Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations (CTPSR), Coventry University. His research presents a multidimensional analysis of intergroup relations and integration in the context of Syrian refugees in Turkey.
Before joining the CTPSR, Duman did a master's degree in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Sabanci University (Turkey). His MA thesis investigated the emergence of the de facto Kurdish autonomy in Rojava/Northeast Syria and how it resolves the sociopolitical conflicts in this region. His thesis was published by Iletisim Yayinlari as a book in Turkish titled Rojava: Bir Demokratik Özerklik Deneyimi [Rojava: An Experience of Democratic Autonomy] in 2016.
His previous research with Syrian refugees in Turkey and Kurdish and Turkish immigrants in Belgium was published in peer-reviewed journals and edited books.
He is also a research consultant supporting local and international humanitarian organizations in Turkey, the United Kingdom, Iraq, and the Kurdistan Region in Iraq (KRI). He worked for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Welthungerhilfe (WHH), and Concern Worldwide.
Experience
–present
Dr., Spectrum House
Education
2021
Coventry University, PhD/Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations
2015
Sabancı University, MA/Conflict Analysis and Resolution
2013
Boğaziçi University, BA/Psychology
Publications
2022
Writing a story that will never end: Policy recommendations for Syrian asylum seekers and local community, Spectrum House
2019
Methodological Approaches in Kurdish Studies Theoretical and Practical Insights from the Field, Lexington Books
2019
Reflections on Research: Challenges and Opportunities, Lexington Books
2019
A Human-Security Approach to the Syrian ‘Refugee Crisis’ in Turkey: Assessing Third-Party Efforts, Research Handbook on Mediating International Crises
2019
I/NGOs’ assistance to Syrian refugees in Turkey: Opportunities and challenges, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies
2018
Book Review: Integration of immigrants and the theory of recognition: "just integration" by Gulay Ugur Goksel, Ethnic and Racial Studies
2018
Can identification as Muslim increase support for reconciliation? The case of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey, International Journal of Intercultural Relations
2017
Peacebuilding in a Conflict Setting: Peace and Reconciliation Committees in De Facto Rojava Autonomy in Syria, Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
2016
Why does identity matter? A two-path model to intergroup forgiveness via in-group bias and outgroup blame, Psychological Research
2016
Rojava: Bir Demokratik Özerklik Deneyimi, İletişim Yayınları
2015
Li Rojavayê Kurdistanê Perwerdehiya bi Zimanê Kurdî û Rêveberiya Sêzimanî, Zend
2014
The Kurdish Peace Process and Presidential Elections in Turkey, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars