Gülece Şenel completed her undergraduate studies in Economics at Hacettepe University in 2007. She holds two graduate degrees: one in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from Sabanci University (2009) and another in Migration Studies from the University of Sussex (2020). She began her professional career in 2005 as the manager of the Understanding Europe Project, introducing the European Union to the high school students all around Turkey. Over the years, she has built on this project management experience and taken different roles within the scope of different projects. She has worked in international organisations such as the Council of Europe, Search for Common Ground in Washington, D.C, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN). Currently, in addition to providing consultancy on monitoring and evaluation in the civil society sector, she is a Ph.D. candidate in International Relations at the Middle East Technical University (METU). Her research interests fall in the migration-law-conflict nexus, more specifically, the relationship between migration, legal architecture and the concepts of deservingness, differential inclusion as well as resilience.

Participant in:

November/December 2020 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes

August 2022: The Arts as a Tool for Peacebuilding