Activities
2026
Promotiecommissie Mehri ZamanbinColak, Z. (Member of committee)
26 Jun 2026
Promotiecommissie Jente De ConinckColak, Z. (Member of committee)
10 Jun 2026
Student Organizing and (Anti-)Racism in Higher EducationColak, Z. (Speaker)
Jun 2026
, IMISCOE Annual ConferencePolitics and Pedagogies of Belonging in Higher Education: Student Voices as Counter-NarrativesColak, Z. (Keynote speaker)
Jun 2026
, Teaching to, with, and for Diversity Conference, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural SciencesNew perspectives on the “second-generation” integration in Europe: Children of EU migrants and their peers of non-European backgroundColak, Z. (Invited speaker)
Jun 2026
, IMISCOE Annual ConferenceBeyond Inclusion: Dismantling White Childhoods in Migration and Education ResearchColak, Z. (Invited speaker)
Jun 2026
, IMISCOE Annual ConferencePedagogies of Belonging in Higher EducationColak, Z. (Invited speaker)
19 May 2026
, Leading Change in Education Programme (UCL), Guest session at Utrecht University, Centre for Academic Teaching and LearningNavigating Hidden Curriculum and Belonging in Higher EducationColak, Z. (Keynote speaker)
14 Apr 2026
, Higher Education Research Symposium, Utrecht UniversityQueering Belonging in Dutch Higher EducationColak, Z. (Invited speaker)
Apr 2026
, Belonging in Academia Conference, NIASICO master-class: Advanced Qualitative ResearchColak, Z. (Organiser)
Apr 2026
Navigating Emotions in Teaching in Times of Social Injustice: Workshop organized during Annual Education FestivalColak, Z. (Organiser)
Mar 2026
Who's still afraid of CRT? Equity research in education as resistanceColak, Z. (Invited speaker)
13 Feb 2026
Over verschillen gesproken – schurende gesprekken op school!Colak, Z. (Invited speaker)
Feb 2026
, Over verschillen gesproken – schurende gesprekken op school! Collaborative Workshop: Imagining Academia OtherwiseColak, Z. (Speaker)
21 Jan 2026
, Disrupting Sameness in Dutch Academia ConferenceWebinar Series on Anti-Racism in Education Co-organized with Ethnic and Racial Studies JournalColak, Z. (Organiser)
Jan 2026 → Feb 2026
Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice (Journal)Colak, Z. (Peer reviewer)
2026
Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee, University of Antwerp/Hogeschool Utrecht, 2025–present. (Event)Colak, Z. (Member)
2026
, Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee, University of Antwerp/Hogeschool Utrecht, 2025–present.Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (Journal)Colak, Z. (Peer reviewer)
2026
Ethnic and Racial Studies (Journal)Colak, Z. (Editorial board member)
2026
2025
Belonging en Burgerschap in een Superdiverse OnderwijscontextColak, Z. (Speaker)
4 Jun 2025
, Onderwijs Research Dagen (ORD)Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee, University of Antwerp/Hogeschool Utrecht, 2025–present. (Event)Colak, Z. (Member)
31 Mar 2025 → …
, Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee, University of Antwerp/Hogeschool Utrecht, 2025–present.Towards a decolonial feminist pedagogy in academia, European Parliament, International Day for the Rights of WomenColak, Z. (Speaker)
26 Mar 2025
Workshop on Emotions and Embodiment in ResearchColak, Z. (Speaker)
2025
, Representing Europe Annual ConsortiumTeachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice (Journal)Colak, Z. (Peer reviewer)
2025
Race in migration studies: concepts, approaches and methodologiesColak, Z. (Speaker)
2025
, IMISCOE Annual Conference 2025Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee, Hasselt University, 2025–present. (Event)Colak, Z. (Member)
2025 → …
, Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee, Hasselt University, 2025–present.Journal of Community Psychology (Journal)Colak, Z. (Peer reviewer)
2025
International Journal of Inclusive Education (Journal)Colak, Z. (Peer reviewer)
2025
IMISCOE Annual Conference 2026 (Spain)(Event)Colak, Z. (Member)
2025
, IMISCOE Annual Conference 2026 (Spain)ICO masterclass – Critical Perspectives in Educational and Pedagogical Research (Utrecht)Colak, Z. (Organiser)
2025
, ICO masterclass – Critical Perspectives in Educational and Pedagogical Research (Utrecht)Ethnic and Racial Studies (Journal)Colak, Z. (Peer reviewer)
2025
Embodiment and Emotions in ResearchColak, Z. (Organiser)
2025
Deficit and Affirmative Teacher Practices & Youth Belonging in Education, Guest lecture at KU Leuven, Psychology DepartmentColak, Z. (Speaker)
2025
Critical Approaches to Race Seminar Series organized at the Free University of BrusselsColak, Z. (Organiser)
2025
Critical Anti-Racism in Education: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Studying RacismColak, Z. (Speaker)
2025
, Racial Justice, Equity and Power (RJEP) Conference, University of SuffolkBelonging en gelijkheid op het werk: uitdagingen en suggesties, Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en KoninkrijsrelatiesColak, Z. (Speaker)
2025
2024
Migration and Youth BelongingColak, Z. (Invited speaker)
Dec 2024
Belonging of Racialized Youth and Affirmative Teacher PracticesColak, Z. (Presenter)
Dec 2024
Belonging of Students in Urban Dutch Education and Teacher Practices.Colak, Z. (Presenter)
May 2024
Sociology Compass (Journal)Colak, Z. (Editorial board member)
2024 → …
Sociology Compass (Journal)Colak, Z. (Editorial board member)
2024 → …
Ethnic and Racial Studies (Journal)Colak, Z. (Editorial board member)
2024 → …
Ethnic and Racial Studies (Journal)Colak, Z. (Editorial board member)
2024 → …
2023
Belonging as a conceptual framework for examining inclusivity in learning contexts.Colak, Z. (Presenter)
Jun 2023
, Special Interest Group on Inclusive Education in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, Netherlands.Enactments of belonging in learning contexts.Colak, Z. (Speaker)
May 2023
, SIG meeting department of Education, University of UtrechtConceptual and methodological considerations for studying enactments of belonging in learning contexts.Colak, Z. (Presenter)
May 2023
, International Congress of Qualitative InquiryConceptual and methodological considerations for studying enactments of belonging in learning contexts.Colak, Z. (Speaker)
Apr 2023
, AERA2022
Promotiecommissie Qian LiuColak, Z. (Co-supervisor)
7 Jun 2022