Bio
Dr. Berfin Nur Osso is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, and a research affiliate at the Refugee Law Initiative at the University of London and the Erik Castrén Institute at the University of Helsinki. In her postdoctoral work as part of the ‘REBOUND (Reconceptualizing Boundaries Together Towards Resilient and Just Arctic Futures)’ project, she investigates the socio-economic integration of refugees and migrants in the context of the Finnish Arctic’s ‘green’ transition. Her current research involves critical border and migration studies, EU asylum law and policy, human rights and justice theories, and visual research methods.
Osso has a background in law, international relations, political science, and visual arts. She holds a Doctor of Laws (with distinction) from the University of Helsinki (2025). She obtained a Master of Social Sciences degree in International Relations and Political Science from Tampere University (Finland, 2019) and a Bachelor of Laws degree with a minor degree in International Relations from Koç University (Istanbul, Türkiye, 2017). Osso visited the Nijmegen Centre for Border Research at Radboud University (2023) and the Centre of Law and Society at Cardiff University (online, 2022). She also worked as a project researcher at the University of Eastern Finland (2021–2022), and as a research assistant at Migration Research Center (MiReKoc) at Koç University (2017) and the Institute of International Relations Prague (2016).
Osso’s articles appeared in several international journals, including the International Journal of Refugee Law, Geopolitics, and Forced Migration Review. She is also enthusiastic as a political cartoonist about reflecting on contemporary phenomena in her editorial cartoons.
A complete list of publications can be found at her Google Scholar page.