İdil Akıncı-Pérez is Lecturer in Race and Social Policy in the University of Eidinburgh's Department of Social Policy and an Associate Fellow of the Alwaleed Centre. Dr İdil Akıncı-Pérez Contact details Email: idil.akinci@ed.ac.uk İdil's work explores how immigration and citizenship frameworks shape opportunities and challenges from a global perspective. More specifically, she examines the lived experiences of temporary migration systems across generations, focusing on the strategies individuals and families use to access long-term security. By focusing on the Arab Gulf region, home to the world’s largest South-South migration corridor, her work highlights diverse social and economic distinctions within the ‘global South’ and their impact on migration pathways and perceptions of citizenship.Learn more about İdil's work HERE. This article was published on 2025-10-09
