School of Education

Ms Pinar Aksu

  • Research Associate (School of Education)

Biography

Pinar Aksu is a Research Associate with 'Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning: Embedding Multilingualism into Learning for Sustainability' research project. She is also a Research Affiliate with the UNESCO Chair RIELA at the University of Glasgow.

Pinar's research interest include migration, social justice, languages, law, politics, sustainability and creativity. She is interested in finding connections between solidarity, art, justice, and the law with migration. With a particular focus in creating welcoming communities through critical dialogue and understanding of one another. 

Publications

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Number of items: 13.

2026

Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2026) My village; spring water; marigolds and mountains. In: Diamond, Piki, sitholé, tawona ganyamatopé and Phipps, Alison (eds.) Exploring Restorative Intercultural Practices: Fire Stories. Multilingual Matters, pp. 94-101. ISBN 9781836680765 (doi: 10.21832/DIAMON0772)

Saunders, Natasha, Herd, David and Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2026) State of Asylum: Right to Work. [Audio]

2025

Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2025) Words Of Resistance: Solidarity on Kenmure Street [blog post]. [Website]

2024

Albtran, A. et al. (2024) Correction to: Building an ethical research culture: Scholars of refugee background researching refugee-related issues. Journal of Refugee Studies, 37(3), p. 835. (doi: 10.1093/jrs/feae053)

Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2024) 'When you eat together, you stick together': Power of Community [blog post]. [Website]

Yohannes, Hyab ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4567-6605 and Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2024) A Story Growing from Traces. [Website]

Albtran, A. et al. (2024) Building an ethical research culture: Scholars of refugee background researching refugee-related issues. Journal of Refugee Studies, (doi: 10.1093/jrs/feae005)

Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2024) Life in detention: journey and border. In: Barclay, Fiona and Ivey, Beatrice (eds.) Contemporary Representations of Forced Migration in Europe: Beyond Regime and Refuge. Series: Palgrave studies in literature, culture and human rights. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 113-133. ISBN 9783031478314 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-47831-4_5)

2023

Piacentini, Teresa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-7752, Gilmour, Molly, Joy, Annika and Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2023) “How about asylum seekers who are homeless?” The racialised logics behind State designed strategies of containment and control during Covid-19 and anti-racist alternatives: a Glasgow case study. International Journal on Homelessness, 3(1), pp. 2-16. (doi: 10.5206/ijoh.2022.2.14969)

2022

Joy, Annika, Piacentini, Teresa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-7752, Gilmour, Molly and Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2022) Safe in Scotland: A pandemic-era alternative to institutional asylum accommodation. [Website]

Gilmour, Molly, Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308, Piacentini, Teresa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-7752 and Joy, Annika (2022) Destitution, hotels, and pandemic responses to asylum housing in Glasgow, Scotland. [Website]

2021

Kerr, Anne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9958-301X, Piacentini, Teresa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-7752, Millar, David, Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 and Mainwaring, Cetta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8264-2765 (2021) Communities, Identity and Borders: What does the Kenmure Street Protest tell us about belonging to Glasgow? [Audio]

2018

Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2018) “I could not stay silent when people are suffering.” [blog post]. [Website]

This list was generated on Sat Sep 12 23:10:43 2026 BST.
Jump to: Articles | Book Sections | Audio | Website
Number of items: 13.

Articles

Albtran, A. et al. (2024) Correction to: Building an ethical research culture: Scholars of refugee background researching refugee-related issues. Journal of Refugee Studies, 37(3), p. 835. (doi: 10.1093/jrs/feae053)

Albtran, A. et al. (2024) Building an ethical research culture: Scholars of refugee background researching refugee-related issues. Journal of Refugee Studies, (doi: 10.1093/jrs/feae005)

Piacentini, Teresa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-7752, Gilmour, Molly, Joy, Annika and Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2023) “How about asylum seekers who are homeless?” The racialised logics behind State designed strategies of containment and control during Covid-19 and anti-racist alternatives: a Glasgow case study. International Journal on Homelessness, 3(1), pp. 2-16. (doi: 10.5206/ijoh.2022.2.14969)

Book Sections

Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2026) My village; spring water; marigolds and mountains. In: Diamond, Piki, sitholé, tawona ganyamatopé and Phipps, Alison (eds.) Exploring Restorative Intercultural Practices: Fire Stories. Multilingual Matters, pp. 94-101. ISBN 9781836680765 (doi: 10.21832/DIAMON0772)

Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2024) Life in detention: journey and border. In: Barclay, Fiona and Ivey, Beatrice (eds.) Contemporary Representations of Forced Migration in Europe: Beyond Regime and Refuge. Series: Palgrave studies in literature, culture and human rights. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 113-133. ISBN 9783031478314 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-47831-4_5)

Audio

Saunders, Natasha, Herd, David and Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2026) State of Asylum: Right to Work. [Audio]

Kerr, Anne ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9958-301X, Piacentini, Teresa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-7752, Millar, David, Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 and Mainwaring, Cetta ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8264-2765 (2021) Communities, Identity and Borders: What does the Kenmure Street Protest tell us about belonging to Glasgow? [Audio]

Website

Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2025) Words Of Resistance: Solidarity on Kenmure Street [blog post]. [Website]

Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2024) 'When you eat together, you stick together': Power of Community [blog post]. [Website]

Yohannes, Hyab ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4567-6605 and Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2024) A Story Growing from Traces. [Website]

Joy, Annika, Piacentini, Teresa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-7752, Gilmour, Molly and Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2022) Safe in Scotland: A pandemic-era alternative to institutional asylum accommodation. [Website]

Gilmour, Molly, Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308, Piacentini, Teresa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9180-7752 and Joy, Annika (2022) Destitution, hotels, and pandemic responses to asylum housing in Glasgow, Scotland. [Website]

Aksu, Pinar ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9203-7308 (2018) “I could not stay silent when people are suffering.” [blog post]. [Website]

This list was generated on Sat Sep 12 23:10:43 2026 BST.

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