Fatmanur Delioglu is a Ph.D. candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University. Her research focuses on migration governance, critical border studies, solidarity, resistance, and gender. Her dissertation examines how technology shapes the migration experiences and resistance strategies of migrants on the move.
Fatmanur is currently a research assistant at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Global Adversity and Wellbeing Research Group and a Ph.D. Support Officer at the Migration, Mobilities, and Social Politics Cluster at BSIA.
She holds a Master’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from Marmara University, where she graduated with honors. Her thesis explored Syrian refugee women’s solidarity networks through kitchens. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Yıldız Technical University, where she studied the experiences of Syrian refugee women in Istanbul’s Fatih district.
Fatmanur has diverse experience in research, teaching, and academic collaboration. She has worked as Teaching Assistant for Politics Beyond Borders (PO-102) and Poverty and Inequality in the Global South (PO-220) at Wilfrid Laurier University, as well as Understanding Ethics and Understanding Politics and Economy at Istanbul Sehir University. Previously, she was a research assistant at Marmara University as part of a TÜBİTAK-funded project examining urban belonging in Istanbul. She has also held research intern positions at the Istanbul Policy Center (Turkey), Koç University’s Migration Research Center (Turkey), and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Gender Research and Diversity at the University of Applied Sciences (Germany). Additionally, she was a visiting researcher at Lund University’s Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (Sweden).
Fatmanur has reviewed and continues to review articles for the Journal of International Migration and Integration (JIMI).