Thanks to BERA for the invitation to present a plenary on Refugee Education and being persuaded 😊 to let me co-present with Dr Khawla Badwan and Hyab Yohannes The full text of our plenary is here: 👉🏼 gla.ac.uk/research/az/un… School of Education UofG Social Sciences 1/

How do we, especially academics in privileged positions, turn likes into action? linkedin.com/posts/dilara-%…

Excited to share our new paper in Higher Education Research & Development! 🎉 “Between the pages: a qualitative inquiry into researcher wellbeing” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… We explore the lived experiences of researcher wellbeing. DM me if you want to read the full paper!

Akademi dışarıdan bakıldığında özgür düşüncenin mabedi gibi görünüyor. Ama içeriden, hiyerarşilerin, mobbingin ve görünmez duvarların yeniden üretildiği bir labirent aslında. Bence asıl kırılma şurada başlıyor. Zamanla, "bilim aşkı" diye başlayan yolculuk, çoğu insan için bir

Huge thanks to everyone who joined our panel on Somatic Experiencing at the SEPI 2025 in Istanbul today! SEPI We’re deeply moved by the incredible attention our session received. Sharing this work with such an international, thoughtful audience was a true honor.

Great start to the weekend. My proposal “The Body Remembers, the State Forgets: Trauma-Informed Peace Pedagogy in Authoritarian Context” has been accepted for presentation at #CIES2026 in San Francisco 🎉🎊

I’ll be conducting an online The Somatic Trauma Workshop! Join me to explore body-based approaches to trauma, healing, and presence. So excited about this.🎊 Let me know if you’d like to attend. 🧿eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-somatic-…

🎥 Missed the MINDS Seminar Series? Great news - you can catch up on these talks now on YouTube! Watch here ➡️youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Topics include: 🧠Building Resilience: Somatic Strategies for Researchers - Dilara Özel 🤝United We Research: Building Supportive Communities in Academia - Dilara Özel

I’ve just created a Kudos page for my article — if you’d like a clear, simple overview of the study, you can read the short summary here: 🔗 link.growkudos.com/1eq69edks1s