Staff profile
Dr Bahar Baser
Professor in Politics and International Relations
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Professor in Politics and International Relations in the School of Government and International Affairs | +44 (0) 191 33 40641 |
Member of the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies |
Biography
Dr. Bahar Baser joined Durham University's School of Government and International Affairs in 2021. Previously, she was Associate Professor at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University where she led the "Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation Research Group". Prior to that, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Warwick at the Department of Politics and International Studies between 2012 and 2014.
Dr. Baser completed a PhD in Social and Political Sciences at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. During her PhD, she had the opportunity to work as a Visiting Research Fellow at Humboldt University (Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences) in Germany, REMESO (Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society) in Norrkoping, Sweden and the Instituto de Ciencias Sociais (ICS) in Lisbon, Portugal.
She is an expert in the area of diaspora studies, peacebuilding and conflict transformation, with a regional focus on the Middle East. She has conducted extensive research on diaspora engagement in peace processes, post-conflict reconstruction and state-building in the Global South. She has published extensively on stateless diaspora activism and mobilisation in Europe with a specific focus on host states’ counterterrorism policies, radicalization of diaspora members and transnationalization of homeland conflicts.
She is the editor of Kurdish Studies Series published by Lexington Books and the co-editor of Diasporas and Transnationalism Series published by Edinburgh University Press. She is also a senior associate research fellow at the Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa (SIGLA), Stellenbosch University, South Africa and visiting professor at Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere University, Finland.
Languages
Turkish, English, Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Azerbaijani, Swedish (Beginner), Kurdish (Beginner)
Research Groups
Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Research Projects
Research interests
- Comparative Politics of the Middle East
- Diasporas and Transnationalism
- Ethnic Conflicts
- Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
- International Migration
- Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation
- Terrorism and Political Violence
- Transitional Justice and Memory
Publications
Authored book
- Erdi Öztürk, A., & Baser, B. (2023). An Exodus from Turkey: Tales of Migration and Exile. Edinburgh University Press
- Baser, B. (2015). Diasporas and Homeland Conflicts:A Comparative Perspective. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315577012
- Baser, B. (2013). Diasporada Türk-Kürt Sorunu: Almanya ve İsveç’te İkinci Kuşak Göçmenler. Iletisim Yayinlari
- Baser, B. (2008). Third Party Mediation in Nagorno Karabakh. VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K
Chapter in book
- Toivanen, M., & Baser, B. (2022). Diasporas, Development and the Second Generation. In L. Kennedy (Ed.), Routledge International Handbook of Diaspora Diplomacy (366-378). Routledge
- Political Participation, Looming Challenges, and Future Predictions. In S. Fazil, & B. Baser (Eds.), Youth Identity, Politics and Change in Contemporary Kurdistan. Transnational Press London
- Baser, B., & Ozerdem, A. (2019). Turkey. In A. Ozerdem, & R. Mac Ginty (Eds.), Comparing Peace Processes. Routledge
- Baser, B. (2019). Governing Turkey's diaspora(s) and the limits of diaspora diplomacy. In A. Ozerdem, & M. Whiting (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315143842
- Baser, B., & Toivanen, M. (2018). Reflections from the experience of Middle Eastern diasporas. In R. Cohen, & C. Fischer (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Diaspora Studies. Routledge
- Baser, B. (2017). Turkey’s Ever-Evolving Attitude-Shift Towards Engagement with Its Diaspora. In Emigration and Diaspora Policies in the Age of Mobility. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56342-8_14
- Baser, B., Ahmedi, I., & Toivanen, M. (2017). The transnational activism of the Kurdish Diaspora and the Swedish approach to the Kurdish Question. In B. Baser, & P. Levin (Eds.), Migration from Turkey to Sweden Integration, Belonging and Transnational Community. Bloomsbury Publisher
- Başer, B., & Öztürk, A. E. (2017). In Lieu of an Introduction: Is it Curtains for Turkish Democracy?. In Authoritarian Politics in Turkey. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350985438.ch-001
- Levin, P. T., & Başer, B. (2017). The 50th Anniversary of the Beginning of Migration from Turkey to Sweden: Lessons Concerning Integration, Cohesion, and Inclusion. In Migration from Turkey to Sweden. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350987180.ch-001
- Baser, B. (2015). KOMKAR: The Unheard Voice in the Kurdish Diaspora. In A. Christou, & E. Mavroudi (Eds.), Dismantling Diasporas. Routledge
- Baser, B. (2015). 14. Gezi Spirit in the Diaspora. Diffusion of Turkish Politics to Europe. In Everywhere Taksim. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048526390-017
Edited book
- Shivan, F., & Baser, B. (Eds.). (2021). Youth Identity, Politics and Change in Contemporary Kurdistan. Transnational Press London
- Baser, B., Toivanen, M., Zorlu, B., & Duman, Y. (Eds.). (2018). Methodological Approaches in Kurdish Studies: Theoretical and Practical Insights from the Field. Lexington Books
- Elections, Resistance and the AKP. Bloomsbury Publisher
- Baser, B., & Levin, P. (Eds.). (2017). Migration from Turkey to Sweden: Integration, Belonging and Transnational Community. Bloomsbury Publisher
Journal Article
- Baser, B. (online). Turkey’s Domestic Politics Spill-over to Europe: Old Debates in New Frames
- Baser, B., & Ozerdem, A. Conflict Transformation and Asymmetric Conflicts: A Critique of the Failed Turkish-Kurdish Peace Process. Terrorism and Political Violence, 33(8), 1775-1796. https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2019.1657844
- Baser, B., & Toivanen, M. H. (2024). Inherited Traumas in Diaspora: Postmemory, Past-presencing and Mobilisation of Second-Generation Kurds in Europe. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 47(2), 297-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2023.2261288
- Baser, B., & Bocu, G. (2024). Youth Responses to State-Manufactured Diaspora Mobilization: Turkey's Diaspora Governance and the Politics of Selective Engagement. Globalizations, https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2024.2306724
- Böcü, G., & Baser, B. (2024). Transnational Mobilization of Future Generations by Non-Democratic Home States: Turkey’s Diaspora Youth between Empowerment and Co-optation. Ethnopolitics, 23(1), 34-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449057.2022.2101758
- Baser, B., & Taha, M. Y. (2023). Navigating decolonization: Kurdish society, politics, and academic empowerment. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 23(3), 260-265. https://doi.org/10.1111/sena.12408
- Féron, É., & Baser, B. (2023). Diasporas and Transportation of Homeland Conflicts: Inter-group Dynamics and Host Country Responses. Ethnopolitics, https://doi.org/10.1080/17449057.2023.2199598
- Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu, E., Vreÿ, F., & Baser, B. (2023). Introduction Turkey and Africa: Motivations, Challenges and Future Prospects. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2023.2236514
- Karim, H. F., & Baser, B. (2023). Collective Memory in Post-Genocide Societies: Rethinking Enduring Trauma and Resilience in Halabja. Review of Middle East Studies, 56(1), https://doi.org/10.1017/rms.2022.25
- Féron, É., & Baser, B. (2023). Pathways to Conflict Transportation and Autonomisation: The Armenian Diaspora and the Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Ethnopolitics, https://doi.org/10.1080/17449057.2023.2199601
- Baser, B., & Fazil, S. (2022). "They Hear Us but They Do not Listen to Us”: Youth Narratives on Hope and Despair in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. International journal of conflict and violence, 16, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.11576/ijcv-5826
- Sadiq, I., Baser, B., & McLoughlin, S. (2022). Revisiting Legacies of Anfal and Reconsidering Genocide in the Middle East Today: Collective Memory, Victimhood, Resilience, and Enduring Trauma. Review of Middle East Studies, 56(1), 4-8. https://doi.org/10.1017/rms.2023.3
- Baser, B., & Féron, É. (2022). Host state reactions to home state diaspora engagement policies: Rethinking state sovereignty and limits of diaspora governance. Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs, 22(2), 226-241. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.12341
- Baser, B., & Ozturk, A. E. (2022). From Exit to Voice: Reflections on Exile through the Accounts of Turkey’s Intelligentsia. Middle East Critique, 31(4), 401-415. https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2022.2132193
- Öztürk, A. E., & Baser, B. (2022). The transnational politics of religion: Turkey's Diyanet, Islamic communities and beyond. Turkish Studies, 23(5), 701-721. https://doi.org/10.1080/14683849.2022.2068414
- Baser, B., & Atlas, D. (2021). Once A Diaspora, Always A Diaspora? The Ethnic, Cultural and Political Mobilization of Kurdistani Jews in Israel. Politics, Religion and Ideology, 22(3-4), 302-328. https://doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2021.1975111
- Baser, B., & Hoyo, H. (2020). Introduction to the Special Issue: Politics, Policies and Diplomacy of Diaspora Governance: New Directions in Theory and Research. Migration Letters, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.33182/ml.v17i1.901
- Baser, B., & Ozturk, A. E. (2020). Positive and Negative Diaspora Governance in Context: From Public Diplomacy to Transnational Authoritarianism. Middle East Critique, 29(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2020.1770449
- Toivanen, M., & Baser, B. (2020). Diasporas’ Multiple Roles in Peace and Conflict: A Review of Current Debates. Migration Letters, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.33182/ml.v17i1.753
- Baser, B., & Martin, N. (2020). Collaboration Between Academics and Journalists: Methodological Considerations, Challenges and Ethics. Journal of conflict transformation and security, 8(1),
- O’Driscoll, D., & Baser, B. (2020). Referendums as a political party gamble: A critical analysis of the Kurdish referendum for independence. International Political Science Review, 41(5), https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512119858367
- Baser, B., & Halperin, A. (2019). Diasporas from the Middle East: Displacement, Transnational Identities and Homeland Politics. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 46(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2019.1569308
- Toivanen, M., & Baser, B. (2019). Remembering the Past in Diasporic Spaces: Kurdish Reflections on Genocide Memorialization for Anfal. Genocide studies international, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.3138/gsi.13.1.02
- Baser, B., & Toivanen, M. (2019). Diasporic homecomings to the Kurdistan region of Iraq: Pre- and post-return experiences shaping motivations to re-return. Ethnicities, 19(5), https://doi.org/10.1177/1468796818757265
- O’Driscoll, D., & Baser, B. (2019). Independence referendums and nationalist rhetoric: the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Third World Quarterly, 40(11), https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2019.1617631
- Başer, B. (2019). Engaging Diasporas in Development and State-Building: The Role of the Kurdish Diaspora and Returnees in Rebuilding the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Ethnopolitics, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/17449057.2018.1525167
- Christofis, N., Baser, B., & Öztürk, A. E. (2019). The View from Next Door: Greek-Turkish Relations after the Coup Attempt in Turkey. The International Spectator, 54(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/03932729.2019.1570758
- Baser, B. (2018). Homeland Calling: Kurdish Diaspora and State-building in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in the Post-Saddam Era. Middle East Critique, 27(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2017.1415512
- Baser, B., & Toivanen, M. (2018). Politicized and depoliticized ethnicities, power relations and temporality: insights to outsider research from comparative and transnational fieldwork. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41(11), https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2017.1348530
- O’Connor, F., & Baser, B. (2018). Communal violence and ethnic polarization before and after the 2015 elections in Turkey: attacks against the HDP and the Kurdish population. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2018.1451035
- Mencutek, Z. S., & Baser, B. (2018). Mobilizing Diasporas: Insights from Turkey’s Attempts to Reach Turkish Citizens Abroad. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2017.1375269
- Tekdemir, O., Toivanen, M., & Baser, B. (2018). Peace Profile: Academics for Peace in Turkey. Peace Review, 30(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2017.1419968
- Baser, B., & Toivanen, M. (2017). The politics of genocide recognition: Kurdish nation-building and commemoration in the post-Saddam era. Journal of Genocide Research, 19(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/14623528.2017.1338644
- Baser, B. (2017). Tailoring Strategies According to Ever-Changing Dynamics: The Evolving Image of the Kurdish Diaspora in Germany. Terrorism and Political Violence, 29(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2015.1060226
- Baser, B., Akgönül, S., & Öztürk, A. E. (2017). “Academics for Peace” in Turkey: a case of criminalising dissent and critical thought via counterterrorism policy. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 10(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2017.1326559
- Baser, B. (2017). Intricacies of Engaging Diasporas in Conflict Resolution and Transitional Justice: The Kurdish Diaspora and the Peace Process in Turkey. Civil Wars, 19(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/13698249.2017.1396528
- Toivanen, M., & Baser, B. (2016). Gender in the Representations of an Armed Conflict. Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 9(3), https://doi.org/10.1163/18739865-00903007
- Baser, B. (2016). Transnationale Solidarität innerhalb deutscher Grenzen: Die Auswirkungen der Gezi-Proteste auf die Diaspora aus der Türkei. Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen, 29(2), https://doi.org/10.1515/fjsb-2016-0209
- Baser, B., Emanuelsson, A.-C., & Toivanen, M. (2015). (In)visible spaces and tactics of transnational engagement: A multi-dimensional approach to the Kurdish diaspora. Kurdish Studies, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.33182/ks.v3i2.411
- Baser, B. (2014). The Awakening of a Latent Diaspora: The Political Mobilization of First and Second Generation Turkish Migrants in Sweden. Ethnopolitics, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/17449057.2014.894175
- Baser, B. (2014). La diaspora kurde d’Irak au Royaume-Uni. Hommes & migrations, 140-143. https://doi.org/10.4000/hommesmigrations.2900
- Cochrane, F., Baser, B., & Swain, A. (2009). Home Thoughts from Abroad: Diasporas and Peace-Building in Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 32(8), https://doi.org/10.1080/10576100903040716
- Baser, B., & Swain, A. (2009). Diaspora Design Versus Homeland Realities: Case Study of Armenian Diaspora
- Baser, B., & Swain, A. (2009). Diaspora Design Versus Homeland Realities: Case Study of Armenian Diaspora
- Baser, B. (2008). Third Party Mediation in Nagorno-Karabakh
- Baser, B., & Ashok, S. (2008). DIASPORAS AS PEACEMAKERS: THIRD PARTY MEDIATION IN HOMELAND CONFLICTS
Report
- Baser, B. (2022). Youth Politics and Activism in Turkey. [No known commissioning body]
- Baser, B., Sandal-Önal, E., Bayad, A., Can Zırh, B., Duzen, N. E., Zick, A., & Ozturk, A. E. (2022). Transnational conflicts, belongings, and social interactions. [No known commissioning body]
- Öztürk, A. E., & Baser, B. (2021). New Turkey’s new diasporic constellations: The Gezi generation and beyond. [No known commissioning body]