Building Bridges: International Institutions and Syrian Youth in Turkish Higher Education

Basit Öğe Kaydı
dc.contributor.authorOnursal-Besgul, Ozge
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T18:55:39Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T18:55:39Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the role of international organisations and supranational actors, conceptualised here as international institutions, in disseminating inclusive higher education norms for refugees, with a focus on their influence at the national level in Turkey. Using primary documents and expert interviews, the article analyses how international institutions facilitate the transfer of norms, provide funding and shape policy design in crisis contexts. The findings reveal that international institution-led initiatives in Turkey have supplemented crisis-responsive education frameworks, serving as mechanisms to support Syrian youth and as tools to promote inclusion. The analysis reveals that higher education functions as both a humanitarian response and a strategic policy area. International norms are adapted and negotiated within domestic settings and applied selectively. Overall, the article explains why the diffusion of higher education norms for refugees is incomplete. It reveals how international institutions contribute to shaping national policy during times of crisis, as well as the limitations they face due to domestic political priorities and power relations.
dc.description.sponsorshipIstanbul Bilgi University
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen access funding provided by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkiye (TUB & Idot;TAK).
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/s41307-026-00442-6
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/s41307-026-00442-6
dc.identifier.issn0952-8733
dc.identifier.issn1740-3863
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105030195467
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1057/s41307-026-00442-6
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/10503
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001689328000001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillan Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofHigher Education Policy
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260402
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20260402
dc.subjectInternational Institutions
dc.subjectInclusiveness
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectSyrian Youth
dc.titleBuilding Bridges: International Institutions and Syrian Youth in Turkish Higher Education
dc.typeArticle

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