Research Fellowship
Topic: Sustainability in International Law
Duration: December 2021 - August 2022
Where: World Trade Institute (WTI) and the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR), University of Bern, Switzerland
Activities:
Organised a workshop on climate change, digitalisation and sustainability, which took place on 6 May 2022 with the Promotion of Young Researchers Fund from the University of Bern (CHF 5'000). For more information, view here
Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Refugees and Conflict, which is a specialty section on Frontiers in Human Dynamics and Frontiers in Political Science
Teaching and other outreach activities
Successfully applied for the Postdoc Mobility Grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Official profiles:
Main outputs:
Book: Aylin Yildiz Noorda, Good Business Gone Better: Understanding the Past, Present and Future of Sustainability (KDP 2022)
Blog post: Aylin Yildiz, 'Sustainable Finance: No Time to Rest on our ESG Journey' (Jindal Forum for International and Economic Laws , 12 April 2022)
Ph.D.
Project: Framing Environmental Degradation, Human Mobility and Human Development as a Matter of Common Concern, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation
Duration: September 2017 - December 2021
Where: World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland
Grant: Fully funded Ph.D. position by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Supervisors: SNSF Prof. Elisa Fornale and Dr. Nilüfer Oral
Primary Research: June - September 2018, fieldwork research in Fiji and Samoa, in-depth interviews with key experts on climate change, migration and disasters. Visiting researcher at the University of the South Pacific (Laucala Campus)
Special Training: The Hague Winter Courses 2019 and 2020, The Hague Academy of International Law
Defence date: 6 December 2021
Official Link:
Research project, available here
Main Outputs:
Book: Aylin Yildiz Noorda, Climate Change, Disasters and People on the Move: Providing Protection under International Law (Brill 2022)
Journal Article: Aylin Yildiz, 'The Follow-up and Review Mechanisms of the Global Compacts: What Room Is There for Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change?' [2022] MDPI Special Issue: Rule of Law and Human Mobility in the Age of the Global Compacts
Education
Ph.D. in Law (Doctoral degree in international law), 2017-2021
World Trade Institute, University of Bern
June-September 2018: Visiting researcher at the University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus, Fiji
Defence date: 6 December 2021, Diploma date: 16 December 2021
LL.B. eq. (Bachelor of laws equivalency degree in Turkish law), 2015-2016
University of Istanbul
LL.M. (Master of laws degree in international law), 2013-2014
University of Toronto
Recipient of the University of Toronto fellowship, grant in the amount of CAD 12'500
LL.B. Hons (Bachelor of laws honours degree in English law), 2010-2013
London School of Economics and Political Science
July 2012: Creative writing summer school at the University of Oxford
Professional Memberships
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research
International Law Association, 'ILA' (admission process ongoing)
Istanbul Bar (admitted in March 2018)
Gender Committee of the World Trade Institute, University of Bern (as of February 2019)
Emerging Scholars Network, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW (as of April 2021)
University of Toronto Alumni Association
LSE Alumni Association
Rotaract Bern
Previous Work Experience
Legal trainee at Istanbul Bar (commercial and corporate law)
Legal intern at Hatem Law Firm (litigation, maritime law, corporate law)
Legal intern at Taboglu Law Firm (corporate law, M&A, banking law)
Associate editor for the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review Vol. 72
Volunteer student for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games
Volunteer Turkish-English translator for Reprieve UK
Competing at the Model United Nations (MUN) and the European Youth Parliament (EYP) events
Languages
Turkish (Native), English (Near Native), German (B1 Level)
Year of Birth
1992