Ervin Sezgin

Ervin has a PhD in urban and regional planning from Istanbul Technical University. He taught at the same university at masters and undergraduate levels between 2014 and 2018. Meanwhile, he served as urban governance and planning specialist for UN Habitat, the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urbanism, development agencies and local governments in Turkey. As a part of his work, Ervin prepared various technical and policy advice reports and wrote academic research papers. Since 2019, Ervin is a team member of the Resilience in Local Governance Türkiye (RESLOG-Türkiye) Project, which is applied in collaboration with Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SKR) and the Union of Municipalities of Turkey, Marmara Municipalities Union and Çukurova Municipalities’ Union. He has been supporting local governments to prepare and implement their Migration Master Plans and develop enabling environments for refugees and local people. His publications and professional interests focus on international migration, urban governance and regional policies and politics.