Short Vita
Beste İrem Köse (she/her) received her B.A. degree in Sociology from Boğaziçi University, Turkey, and her M.A. degree in Cultural Studies from Sabancı University, Turkey. She is currently a doctoral researcher in the DFG-funded Research Training Group “Fixing Futures: Technologies of Anticipation in Contemporary Societies.” Her research interests include reproductive technologies, gender, and migration.
Project Description
My Ph.D. project, “Fragmented Futures: Egg Freezing Experiences of Turkish Migrant Women in Germany”, focuses on the engagements of Turkish migrant women living in Germany with the technology of egg freezing. The aim of this research is to analyze how their navigation between varying gender ideologies and cultural norms is reflected in their reproductive anticipations, and how their migratory experiences shape the making of their reproductive futures within and beyond national borders. Drawing on in-depth interviews with women from Turkey who have either undergone egg freezing treatment or are in the planning stages, this research highlights how migrant women navigate intersecting norms of gender, sexuality, and migration within the reproductive governance contexts of Germany and Turkey.