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Dr. Semiha Bekir

Assistant Professor 
Social and Behavioural Sciences
Education and Pedagogy
Development & Education of Youth in Diverse Societies
Development & Education of Youth in Diverse Societies
Martinus J. Langeveldgebouw
Heidelberglaan 1
3584 CS Utrecht

Dr. Semiha Bekir

Assistant Professor
Development & Education of Youth in Diverse Societies
s.y.bekir@uu.nl
Profile Publications Activities Prizes In the media Research Teaching Ancillary activities Contact
Profile Publications Activities Prizes In the media Research Teaching Ancillary activities Contact
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Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

Bekir, S. (2024). Transformative action in sustainability practices: The case of Groene Moslims in the Netherlands. Poster session presented at ISCAR 2024, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/241792881/Semiha_Bekir-ISCAR_2024_Poster.pptx
Bekir, S. (2024). Modelling eco-Islam to Dutch youth: The case of Groene Moslims in the Netherlands. Paper presented at The 21st Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Lee-Genzel, K., & Bekir, S. (2024). Secondary vocational education and academic motivation in Sint Maarten. Discover Education, 3(1), Article 164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-024-00266-9
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/241792417/s44217-024-00266-9.pdf

2023

Scholarly publications

de Haan, M. J., & Bekir, S. (2023). Education for peace and hope: review of interventions to counter polarization. Abstract from EARLI Conference20th Biennial, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2022

Scholarly publications

Sözeri, S., Altinyelken, H. K., & Volman, M. (2022). Turkish-Dutch mosque students negotiating identities and belonging in The Netherlands. Religions, 13(9), 1-12. Article 842. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13090842
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/422758/religions_13_00842.pdf?sequence=1
Sözeri, S., Kosar-Altinyelken, H., & Volman, M. (2022). The role of mosque education in the integration of Turkish-Dutch youth: Perspectives of Muslim parents, imams, mosque teachers, and key stakeholders. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 45(16), 122-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2021.2015419
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/413722/The_role_of_mosque_education_in_the_integration_of_Turkish_Dutch_youth_perspectives_of_Muslim_parents_imams_mosque_teachers_and_key_stakeholders.pdf?sequence=1

Professional publications

Sözeri, S. (2022). Pedagogiek van de moskee: Wat is het en waarom doet het ertoe? Pedagogiek in Praktijk, 27(127), 12-16.

2021

Scholarly publications

Sözeri, S., Kosar-Altinyelken, H., & Volman, M. (2021). Pedagogies of Turkish Mosque Education in the Netherlands: An Ethno-case Study of Mosque Classes at Milli Görüş and Diyanet. Journal of Muslims in Europe, 10(2), 210–233. https://doi.org/10.1163/22117954-BJA10024
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/411624/S_zeri_et_al_2021_Pedagogies_of_Turkish_mosque_education_in_the_Netherlands.pdf?sequence=1

2019

Scholarly publications

Altinyelken, H. K., & Sözeri, S. (2019). Importing mosque pedagogy from Turkey: an analysis of contextual factors shaping re-contextualisation processes in the Netherlands. Comparative Education, 55(1), 47-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2018.1541666
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/409156/Importing_mosque_pedagogy_from_Turkey_an_analysis_of_contextual_factors_shaping_re_contextualisation_processes_in_the_Netherlands.pdf?sequence=1
Sözeri, S., & Altinyelken, H. K. (2019). What are children being taught in the mosque? Turkish mosque education in the Netherlands. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 22, Article 100326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lcsi.2019.100326
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/409155/1_s2.0_S2210656119300820_main.pdf?sequence=1
Sözeri, S., Altinyelken, H. K., & Volman, M. (2019). Training imams in the Netherlands: the failure of a post-secular endeavour. British Journal of Religious Education, 41(4), 435-445. https://doi.org/10.1080/01416200.2018.1484697
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/409154/Training_imams_in_the_Netherlands_the_failure_of_a_post_secular_endeavour.pdf?sequence=1
Sözeri, S., Kosar-Altinyelken, H., & Volman, M. (2019). Mapping discourses on mosque education in the Netherlands: a content analysis of the Dutch press, 2010–2016. Discourse, 40(3), 358-371. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2017.1316705
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/409153/Mapping_discourses_on_mosque_education_in_the_Netherlands_a_content_analysis_of_the_Dutch_press_2010_2016.pdf?sequence=1

2018

Scholarly publications

Kosar-Altinyelken, H., & Sözeri, S. Y. (2018). Mosque pedagogy as a travelling policy between the Netherlands and Turkey. Paper presented at Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2018 Annual Conference, Mexico, Mexico.
Öztürk, A. E., & Sözeri, S. Y. (2018). Turkey’s religious bureaucracy as an instrument of foreign policy: The Dutch and Bulgarian cases in comparative perspective. Paper presented at International Studies Association (ISA)'s 59th Annual Convention, San Francisco , California, United States.
Kosar-Altinyelken, H., & Sözeri, S. Y. (2018). Assumptions and implications of adopting educational ideas from the West: The case of student-centered pedagogy in Turkey. In G. K. LeTendre, & M. Akiba (Eds.), International Handbook of Teacher Quality and Policy (1st ed., pp. 255-270). Routledge.
Öztürk, A. E., & Sözeri, S. (2018). Diyanet as a Turkish foreign policy tool: Evidence from the Netherlands and Bulgaria. Politics and Religion, 11(3), 624-648. https://doi.org/10.1017/S175504831700075X

2017

Scholarly publications

Sözeri, S. Y. (2017). "Not integration but “inter-creation”: How do Turkish imams and Qur’an teachers define integration in the Netherlands?". 86-87. Paper presented at The Migration Conference 2017, Athens, Greece.
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