Dr. Ezgi İrgil’s work lies at the intersection of politics and forced migration, particularly focusing on migration diplomacy and management in the Middle East and the European Union and the everyday politics of forced migration. She is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow within the Global Politics and Security Programme at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). She is also a member of EuroMeSCo Euro-Mediterranean Research, Dialogue, Advocacy Network and IN2PREV Project's Frontline Practitioners Network.

She received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She holds her MA degree in International Affairs from the George Washington University, Washington DC, and her BA in Political Science and International Relations from Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Türkiye.

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