Selin Altunkaynak Vodina is a PhD Candidate in Humanistic Studies at Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona, Spain. For her PhD thesis, she is currently conducting research analysing the Dynamics of the relations between Syrian and Turkish Women in the South-East Region of Turkey from a gender perspective within the migration context. She holds a MA degree on the EuroMediterranean Relations specializing on Immigration Management after successfully finishing the joint programme conducted by Rovira i Virgili University-Tarragona and Pompeu Fabra University-Barcelona. She graduated from the Department of Political Science in Galatasaray University, Istanbul, and speaks English, Spanish, French and Turkish. She has experience in working in various aspects of the refugee field including protection and durable solutions, both from an academic and NGO perspective, as she assumed different responsibilities and served in positions within humanitarian organizations in Turkey since 2015.
