The SYREALITY Methodological Handbook
Müller-Funk, Lea. 2023. “Chapter 1: Data Management. Version 1.0.” Methodological Handbook SYREALITY. January 2023.
Müller-Funk, Lea; Ghabash, Weam. 2025. “Chapter 2: The SYREALITY Survey (Wave 1). Version 4.0.” Methodological Handbook SYREALITY. September 2025.
Müller-Funk, Lea; Abusulttan, Saja; Kabbani, Mohammad; Karabajakian, Isabelle; Omran, Lina; Yahya, Karam. 2025. “Chapter 3: The Qualitative Data. Version 3.0.” Methodological Handbook SYREALITY. February 2025.
Academic articles (SYRMAGINE & SYREALITY)
Müller-Funk, Lea 2023. “Violence, life aspirations and displacement trajectories in civil war.” International Migration 61: 209–227. Open access.
Müller-Funk, Lea; Üstübici, Ayşen; Belloni, Milena. 2023. “Daring to aspire: theorising aspirations in contexts of displacement and highly constrained mobility.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 49(15): 3816–3835. Open access.
Müller-Funk, Lea; Fransen, Sonja. 2022. “‘I will return strong’: The role of life aspirations in refugees’ return migration.” International Migration Review (online first). Open access.
Müller-Funk, Lea. 2021. “Research with refugees in fragile political contexts: How ethical reflections impact methodological choices.” Journal of Refugee Studies 34(2): 2308–2332. Open access.
Working papers, policy briefs, virtual roundtable (SYRMAGINE & SYREALITY)
Ghabash, Weam; Hatip; Mustafa, Müller-Funk, Lea; Shamaa, Rand; Turkmani, Mouran. 2020. Refugee Perspectives on Migration Policy: Lessons from the Middle East | وجهات نظر اللاجئين حول سياسة الهجرة | Göç Politikalarına Mültecilerin Bakış Açısı. Hamburg: GIGA Focus Middle East 3/2020.
Belloni, Milena; Müller-Funk, Lea; Üstübici, Aysen; Welfens, Natalie (eds). 2020. The refugees who dare to aspire. A roundtable. Open Democracy.
Müller-Funk, Lea; Fransen, Sonja. 2020. Return aspirations and coerced return: A case study on Syrian refugees in Turkey and Lebanon. Amsterdam: IMI Working Paper Series 162.
Müller-Funk, Lea. 2019. Adapting to staying or imagining alternative futures: Mobility decision-making of Syrian refugees in Istanbul and Izmir. Amsterdam: IMI Working Paper Series 154.
Müller-Funk, Lea et al. 2019. Researching urban forced migrants in Turkey and Lebanon: Alternative ways to study a vulnerable population in fragile political contexts. Amsterdam: IMI Working Paper Series 151.
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