Kristen Sarah Biehl
Biographic Data
| ID | 638641 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristen Sarah Biehl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristen Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Biehl |
| SIGNATURE | BIEHL K S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sabancı Üniversitesi |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4350-9515 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Integration and Multi‐Level Governance in Turkey's Small Towns: An Actor Centred Analysis 1
This article examines how refugee integration is governed in Turkey's small towns, where strong centralization, local discretion, and informal practices intersect. Drawing on an actor‐centred multi‐level governance (MLG) framework, it analyzes interactions among Provincial Directorates of Migration Management, municipalities, non‐governmental organizations, and refugee opinion leaders in two geographically, politically, and socioeconomically dist…
Constrained paths: Legal status and mobility governance of Syrian refugees after the 2023 earthquakes
This article examines how legal status shapes the post-disaster mobility of Syrian refugees in Turkey following the February 2023 earthquakes. While it is well established that disasters often exacerbate the vulnerabilities of displaced populations, less attention has been paid to how legal and bureaucratic regimes structure not only who can move, but also where they are permitted to go. Drawing on a review of literature on immigrants and refugee…
Brokered bureaucracy: Commodified integration in arrival spaces in Istanbul
This article examines the important role of arrival spaces and commercial actors in facilitating migrant integration within contexts characterised by increasingly complex bureaucratic requirements. It draws on ethnographic research conducted between 2021 and 2022 in a key arrival hub for diverse migrant populations in Istanbul, which emerges as a critical space where commercial actors enable migrants to navigate bureaucratic systems and access es…
Spectrums of in/formality and il/legality: Negotiating business and migration-related statuses in arrival spaces
Across global cities of the world, urban spaces of arrival tend to be characterized by a multiplicity of informal practices, and therefore also marginality, being most prevalent in relation to local economic practices, and increasingly more the legal status of foreigner migrants residing in such spaces. This article aims to understand these dynamics in arrival spaces at the margins by exploring both domains in a unique manner. Over recent decades…
A dwelling lens: Migration, diversity and boundary-making in an Istanbul neighbourhood
In recent decades research on migration has taken a "diversity turn", which focuses on exploring new complexities of social differentiation, people's competences for getting along in everyday life despite growing differences, and the role of space in shaping these encounters. Recent scholarship, however, has also questioned some of its limits and oversights, particularly around how differences and space are studied and conceived. This article cen…
Governing through Uncertainty: Experiences of Being a Refugee in Turkey as a Country for Temporary Asylum
This article addresses the question of how to theorize the relation between uncertainty and governmentality with regard to displacement and its consequences. It explores the experiences of asylum seekers in Turkey and the bureaucratic processes of refugee status determination, local dispersal, and third country resettlement, illustrating two main points throughout. First, 'protracted uncertainty', characterized by indefinite waiting, limited know…
Spatializing diversities, diversifying spaces: Housing experiences and home space perceptions in a migrant hub of Istanbul
The neighbourhood of Kumkapi in Istanbul is a superdiverse space by all readings of the term. Having already been at the centre of varying migration flows for decades, its current residential population reveals substantial differences on innumerable fronts. In this article, I explore the role of space as both product and source in shaping the emergence and convergence of such multiple differences on the ground. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, …
Infection of the Invisible: Impressions of a Tuberculosis Intervention Program for Migrants in Istanbul
Behzad Yaghmaian. Embracing the Infidel: Stories of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West. New York: Delacorte Press Bantam Dell, 2005, 368 pages
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Spatializing diversities, diversifying spaces: Housing experiences and home space perceptions in a migrant hub of Istanbul
The neighbourhood of Kumkapi in Istanbul is a superdiverse space by all readings of the term. Having already been at the centre of varying migration flows for decades, its current residential population reveals substantial differences on innumerable fronts. In this article, I explore the role of space as both product and source in shaping the emergence and convergence of such multiple differences on the ground. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, …
A dwelling lens: Migration, diversity and boundary-making in an Istanbul neighbourhood
In recent decades research on migration has taken a "diversity turn", which focuses on exploring new complexities of social differentiation, people's competences for getting along in everyday life despite growing differences, and the role of space in shaping these encounters. Recent scholarship, however, has also questioned some of its limits and oversights, particularly around how differences and space are studied and conceived. This article cen…
Spectrums of in/formality and il/legality: Negotiating business and migration-related statuses in arrival spaces
Across global cities of the world, urban spaces of arrival tend to be characterized by a multiplicity of informal practices, and therefore also marginality, being most prevalent in relation to local economic practices, and increasingly more the legal status of foreigner migrants residing in such spaces. This article aims to understand these dynamics in arrival spaces at the margins by exploring both domains in a unique manner. Over recent decades…
Behzad Yaghmaian. Embracing the Infidel: Stories of Muslim Migrants on the Journey West. New York: Delacorte Press Bantam Dell, 2005, 368 pages
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Infection of the Invisible: Impressions of a Tuberculosis Intervention Program for Migrants in Istanbul
Governing through Uncertainty: Experiences of Being a Refugee in Turkey as a Country for Temporary Asylum
This article addresses the question of how to theorize the relation between uncertainty and governmentality with regard to displacement and its consequences. It explores the experiences of asylum seekers in Turkey and the bureaucratic processes of refugee status determination, local dispersal, and third country resettlement, illustrating two main points throughout. First, 'protracted uncertainty', characterized by indefinite waiting, limited know…
Spatializing diversities, diversifying spaces: Housing experiences and home space perceptions in a migrant hub of Istanbul
The neighbourhood of Kumkapi in Istanbul is a superdiverse space by all readings of the term. Having already been at the centre of varying migration flows for decades, its current residential population reveals substantial differences on innumerable fronts. In this article, I explore the role of space as both product and source in shaping the emergence and convergence of such multiple differences on the ground. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, …
A dwelling lens: Migration, diversity and boundary-making in an Istanbul neighbourhood
In recent decades research on migration has taken a "diversity turn", which focuses on exploring new complexities of social differentiation, people's competences for getting along in everyday life despite growing differences, and the role of space in shaping these encounters. Recent scholarship, however, has also questioned some of its limits and oversights, particularly around how differences and space are studied and conceived. This article cen…
Spectrums of in/formality and il/legality: Negotiating business and migration-related statuses in arrival spaces
Across global cities of the world, urban spaces of arrival tend to be characterized by a multiplicity of informal practices, and therefore also marginality, being most prevalent in relation to local economic practices, and increasingly more the legal status of foreigner migrants residing in such spaces. This article aims to understand these dynamics in arrival spaces at the margins by exploring both domains in a unique manner. Over recent decades…
Constrained paths: Legal status and mobility governance of Syrian refugees after the 2023 earthquakes
This article examines how legal status shapes the post-disaster mobility of Syrian refugees in Turkey following the February 2023 earthquakes. While it is well established that disasters often exacerbate the vulnerabilities of displaced populations, less attention has been paid to how legal and bureaucratic regimes structure not only who can move, but also where they are permitted to go. Drawing on a review of literature on immigrants and refugee…
Brokered bureaucracy: Commodified integration in arrival spaces in Istanbul
This article examines the important role of arrival spaces and commercial actors in facilitating migrant integration within contexts characterised by increasingly complex bureaucratic requirements. It draws on ethnographic research conducted between 2021 and 2022 in a key arrival hub for diverse migrant populations in Istanbul, which emerges as a critical space where commercial actors enable migrants to navigate bureaucratic systems and access es…
Integration and Multi‐Level Governance in Turkey's Small Towns: An Actor Centred Analysis 1
This article examines how refugee integration is governed in Turkey's small towns, where strong centralization, local discretion, and informal practices intersect. Drawing on an actor‐centred multi‐level governance (MLG) framework, it analyzes interactions among Provincial Directorates of Migration Management, municipalities, non‐governmental organizations, and refugee opinion leaders in two geographically, politically, and socioeconomically dist…
Sociology (7 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Refugee (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Bureaucracy (2 works)