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SULE TOMKINSON
Département de science politique
Université de Montréal
3150 Rue Jean Brillant,
Pavillon Lionel Groulx, Suite C-3128
Montréal, QC H3T 1N8
Email : [email protected]
Tel : 514-961-1904
EDUCATION
PhD Université de Montréal, Political Science
2010- 2015 (expected)
Specialization: Comparative Politics, Canadian and Quebec Politics
Thesis title: Contextualizing Discretion: Micro-dynamics of Canada’s Refugee Determination
System
Thesis Committee: Pascale Dufour, Denis Saint-Martin, Fabien Desage, Steven Maynard-Moody
M.A. University of Essex, Theory and Practise of Human Rights
Specialization: International Human Rights Law
2006-2007
B.A Bilkent University Political Science and Public Administration
(High Honours)
2002-2006
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed publications
2015, “Doing Research on State Organizations: Ethical Challenges of Research on Refugee
Decision Makers”, Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 16(1), Available at http://nbnresolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs150168
2015 (in press), “The impact of quality counsel and procedural capital in the Canadian refugee
determination process”, International Journal of Migration and Border Studies
2014 (submitted), “Studying refugee decision-making: challenges of access the research site and
strategies for resolving them”, Refugee Review
2012, “Multiplicity of Truths about Human Trafficking: Beyond the Sex Slave Discourse”, CEU
Political Science Journal, 7(1), pp. 50-67
Non-refereed publications
Book review : "Affirmer la laïcité, un pas de plus vers l’égalité réelle entre les femmes et les
hommes", du Conseil du statut de la femme, Québec, Gouvernement du Québec, mars 2011, 161
p., Politique et Société, 31(2), 2012, pp. 163-165
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“Childhood to Womanhood: Child Brides and the Inefficiency of the Indian State”, Australian
Journal of Gender and Law, 1(1), 2009, Working Paper, Available at
https://genderandlaw.murdoch.edu.au/index.php/sisterinlaw/article/view/17/49
TEACHING
Université de Montréal, Science Politique
2015 (Winter), POL 1020 Politique au Québec, au Canada
Teaching Assistant
2015 (Winter), POL 1953 Institutions politiques Québec – Canada
Teaching Assistant
2014 (Fall), POL 2752 Le Japon
Teaching Assistant
2014 (Winter), POL 3120 Méthodes qualitatives
Instructor
2013 (Winter), POL1008- Forces et comportements
Teaching Assistant
2012 (Fall), POL 1009, Politique comparée
Teaching Assistant
2012 (Summer), POL 1009, Politique comparée
Teaching Assistant
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2015
Panel convenor, “Emotionally charged moments in refugee and forced migration
research; contaminations or sources of insight?”, Canadian Association for Refugee and
Forced Migration Studies, May 13-15, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
(Accepted)
Panel convenor, “Studying discretion and decision-making in state organizations”,
Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration, May 25-26, Glendon
College, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada (Submitted)
2014
Panel co-convenor, La recherche de terrain: Défis, pratiques et stratégies pour bien s'y
préparer (Fieldwork : Challenges, practices and strategies for preparation), Oct 9,
Université de Montréal, QC, Canada
Member, Professional Development Committee, International Studies Association
Canada Section
Panel convener, “Ethnographic study of bureaucratic organizations – tales from sites of
power” International Political Science Association, 23rd World Congress, Jul 19-24,
Montreal, QC, Canada
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2015
“Une épreuve de vraisemblance ou de vérité: le processus de décision relatif aux réfugiés
au Canada”, Centre de recherche en immigration, ethnicité et citoyenneté (CRIEC), Feb
6, Montreal, QC, Canada (Accepted)
“What does using ethnography as a methodology bring to the study of Canadian public
administration and decision making?”, Canadian Political Science Association Congress
(CPSA), Jun 2-4, Ottawa, ON, Canada (Accepted)
“The Politics of Immigration Control and Public Administration of Refugee Claimants in
Canada and the United States”, Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration
Studies (CARFMS), May 13-15, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada (Accepted)
“Making sense of tears: emotionally charged moments in refugee decision-making”,
CARFMS, May 13-15, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada (Accepted)
“Contextualizing Discretion: Micro-dynamics of Canada’s Refugee Determination
System”, International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP), 1-4 July, Milan, Italy
(Submitted)
“What makes a refugee: Credibility assessment in adversarial and inquisitorial
proceedings” with Livia Johannesson, American Association of Political Science Annual
Meeting (APSA), Sep 3-6, San Francisco, CA, USA (Submitted)
“Immigration Control and Public Administration of Refugees in Canada”, APSA, Sep 36, San Francisco, CA, USA (Submitted)
“Deciding who is a refugee: the use of discretionary reasoning to process refugee claims
made in Canada”, Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (CAPPA),
May 25-26, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada (Submitted)
2014 “Doing Research on State Organizations: Ethical Challenges of Research on Refugee
Decision Makers”, International Political Science Association World Congress (IPSA),
Jul 19-24, Montreal, QC, Canada
“Being invisible at a research site that is hidden from sight”, doing politically sensitive
research on refugee decision makers”, CPSA, May 27-29, St Catharines, ON
“Prove to me that you are a genuine refugee”: Credibility assessment at Canadian refugee
hearings”, CPSA, May 27-29, St Catharines, ON
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“Truth is a stubborn beast – how will you handle it? Truth seeking and credibility
assessment during refugee hearings”, CARFMS, May 7-9, Montréal, QC
“Truth is a stubborn beast – how will you handle it? Truth seeking and credibility
assessment during refugee hearings”, International Studies Association Convention
(ISA), Mar 26-29, Toronto, ON
“Does professionalization of decision makers create a difference in the treatment of
refugee claims?”, ISA, Mar 26-29, Toronto, ON
2013
“Refugee Determination Process: Truth seeking and credibility assessment during
refugee hearings”, CPSA, Jun 4-6, Victoria, BC
“Comment cherche-t-on la vérité: le processus de détermination du statut de réfugié au
Canada”, Congrés annuel de la Société québécoise de science politique (SQSP), May 2729, Montréal
“New Understandings of Human Trafficking in Canada”, ISA, Apr 3-6, San Francisco,
USA
“Changing Paradigms of Canada’s Refugee Determination System”, ISA, Apr 3-6, San
Francisco, CA, USA
2012 “Making Sense of Discretion: Micro-Dynamics of Canada’s Refugee Determination
System”, Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Convention (NPSA), Nov
15-17, Boston, MA, USA
“Studying Discretion in Action: Micro-Dynamics of Canada’s Refugee Determination
System”, Changing Landscapes: Rethinking Policy, Practice and Research on Migration,
May 11, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
“Making up victims, criminalizing migrants, a critique of anti-trafficking discourse”,
Fourth Annual Graduate Student Conference, the Centre for International Policy Studies,
Mar 22, Ottawa, ON
INVITED TALKS
2013 “Neither Turkish spring nor Turkish occupy: universal democratic claim making within
diversity”, From Protecting the Trees to Occupying the Streets in Turkey: Understanding
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the Gezi Park Protests, Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, McGill
University, Jun 20, Montréal, QC, Canada
“Stephen Harper, peut-il procéder à la « réingénierie » du system de statut de réfugié du
Canada? ”, Mutations de l’espace institutionnel et polarisations social, École d’études
politiques, Feb 27, Ottawa, ON, Canada
AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS
2014 The Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies (CARFMS), Student
paper prize, short listed
2014 International Studies Association Canada Section, Student Paper prize, Honorable Mention
2012 Presidency of Turks Abroad and Related Communities, co-applicant with Dr. Ekrem
Karakoc (Binghamton University), 6 months field in Canada on civic and political
participation of immigrants from Turkey in Canada, $ 20,000
2011 Fonds de recherché société et culture, Québec, Doctoral Scholarship, $ 60,000
2014
2009 The United Kingdom-India Education and Research Initiative, (UKIERI), main applicant, 3
months field research in India on child marriage, $ 3,300
2006
2007 Chevening Scholarship, British Foreign and Common wealth Office (full scholarship)
2002 Bilkent University B.S. Scholarship (full scholarship)
2006
LANGUAGES
Turkish (native)
English (fluent)
French (fluent)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
American Political Science Association
Canadian Political Science Association
Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies
Centre de recherche en immigration, ethnicité et citoyenneté
Centre de recherche sur les politiques et le développement sociale
Centre for Refugee Sudies
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Center for the Evaluation of Immigration Policies
International Studies Association
Observatoire sur les profilages racial, social et politique
Société québécoise de science politique
CITIZENSHIP
Canadian, Turkish
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