Abdullah Atmacasoy

Researcher

Educator

Abdullah Atmacasoy

I am an educational scientist working on the inclusion of immigrant children into national education systems. My research uses qualitative and quantitative methods to explore contextual conditions shaping teaching and learning activities.

In my doctoral research, I conducted a mixed-methods comparative study of language education for newly arrived migrant students during their transition into national education systems in Germany and Türkiye.

I am an incoming postdoctoral researcher at the Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM) at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. I will lead a DFG-funded research project on the educational spillover effects of newly arrived migrant students in Germany. The project explores how the arrival of migrant students may shape the educational experiences, opportunities, and outcomes of their classmates and school communities.

Beyond academia, I am the co-founder of AJustPeer, a digital platform that promotes transparency, inclusion, and constructive dialogue in academic peer review.

I enjoy learning new approaches to working with large-scale datasets and exploring how data visualization can make complex research findings more engaging and accessible.

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

Atmacasoy, A., Akar, H. & Gogolin, I. (2025). Challenging homogeneity: Migration-related learner characteristics in refugee-only and mixed-migrant destination language classes in Türkiye and Germany. International Journal of Educational Research, 134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2025.102780
Atmacasoy, A. (2025). What characterizes the language instruction in homogeneous and heterogeneous preparatory classes for refugee and migrant children in monolingual school contexts? A comparative case study from Türkiye and Germany. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 28(3), 609-637. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-025-01335-x
Atmacasoy, A., & Aksu, M. (2018). Blended learning at pre-service teacher education in Turkey: A systematic review. Education and Information Technologies, 23(6), 2399-2422. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-018-9723-5

Manuscripts Under Review & in Preparation

Atmacasoy, A., & Plöger, S. (Under review) Perception, language, and information gaps: Parental involvement in refugee children's destination language learning in Türkiye and Germany. [Preprint]. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/2nsaq_v3
Atmacasoy, A., Akar, H & Gogolin, I. (Under review). Individual characteristics, family environment, and destination language learning: A mixed methods study on newly arrived migrant children in Türkiye and Germany. [Preprint]. SocArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/9uhpa_v1

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapter(s)

Atmacasoy, A., Akar, H. & Gogolin, I. (2023). "Building responsive education systems toward multiple disruptions in refugee education: Turkey and Germany as cases", Wiseman, A.W. and Damaschke-Deitrick, L. (Ed.) Education for Refugees and Forced (Im)Migrants Across Time and Context (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 45), Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 155-176. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-367920230000045009

Thesis

Atmacasoy, A. (2023). Learning the language of instruction in monolingual countries: A mixed methods comparative study on newly arrived migrant students in Turkey and Germany (Doctoral dissertation, Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Social Sciences).

Data

Atmacasoy, A. (2025). Mixed methods data on language education for newly arrived migrant students in Turkey and Germany [Data set]. Center for Sustainable Research Data Management, University of Hamburg. http://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.13981

Commentaries

Atmacasoy, A. (2020, May 12). “This is not a school break or holiday”: Syrian refugee students in Turkey during Covid-19. Harvard Graduate School of Education REACH Blog.

Background

Education

Middle East Technical University, Ankara

PhD in Educational Sciences, 2023

Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul

MA in Comparative Literature, 2013

Ege University, Izmir

BA in English Language and Literature, 2009

Experience

AJustPeer UG

Co-founder, 2024 - ...

www.ajustpeer.com

A platform for researchers and scientists on peer-reviewed journals.

University of Hamburg

PhD Affliated Student, 2020-2023

Diversity in Education Research (DivER)

General, Intercultural and International Comparative Education

Middle East Technical University

PhD Student, 2016-2023

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Kocaeli University

Instructor & Coordinator, 2010-2020

English Foundation Programme

School of Foreign Languages

(Research) Interests

Newly arrived migrant children
Destination language education
Contextual factors in education
Educational inequality
International migration

Trainings & Awards & Selected Grants

Middle East Technical University

The Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2024

Awarded by the Graduate School of Social Sciences in recognition of my comparative work on language education of newly arrived migrant students in Türkiye and Germany.

Google

Data Analytics Professional Certificate, 2024

American Educational Research Association & Spencer Foundation

International Travel Award, 2024

TUBITAK

2214-A International Research Fellowship, 2021-2022

12-month grant to complement my research stay in Hamburg.

DAAD

International Research Grant for Doctoral Students, 2020-2021

12-month grant to start my dissertation research in Hamburg.

Middle East Technical University

Course Performance Award, 2018

Awarded by the Graduate School of Social Sciences in recognition of outstanding performance during my PhD coursework.

Data Insights

Here I share my interest in data analysis and visualization. You’ll find a collection of my projects, including interactive dashboards, detailed case studies, and creative visualizations using Tableau and RStudio. Dive in and explore how I turn complex data into clear, actionable insights.

Abdullah Atmacasoy