• Doctor of Laws (LLD) candidate - Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, 2020 - present. Supervisors: Prof Panu Minkkinen, Dr Päivi Neuvonen.

• Master of Social Sciences (MSocSc) in International Relations and Political Science - Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, 2019.
Master's Thesis: Rethinking Rightlessness: The “Right to Have Rights” and the EU-Turkey Statement (Written in English, 121 pages, Grade: 5/5 - excellent)

• Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and Minor degree in International Relations - Koç University Law School, Istanbul, 2017.

Berfin's doctoral research project investigates the interplay between the externalization of migration management and the agency of refugees in irregular circumstances (including asylum seekers), particularly within transit countries and border zones. This empirical socio-legal project employs a transdisciplinary perspective through combining law and social sciences with visual art. The project dissects the externalization of migration management as a mutually constitutive process between borders and the struggles of refugees to be included in the destination states. In other words, it examines how externalization excludes refugees from state territory, asylum (procedures), and human rights, and how these refugees struggle to get access to these three stages despite externalization.

Within this project, Osso conducts a case study on the border regimes produced through deportation and containment practices at the European Union's Greek-Turkish external border and the implications of these practices for refugees. In so doing, the project employs a range of qualitative methods, mainly content analysis and visual ethnography, and develops a theoretical framework with perspectives from contemporary legal/political theorists and critical border studies.

• Oct 2021-Dec 2022: Project Researcher (Part-Time), University of Eastern Finland Law School. Supporting research work in the Academy of Finland funded projects under the supervision of Dr. Emilia Korkea-aho.

• Oct 2020-present: Research Assistant, Helsinki Socio-Legal Initiative (HSLI), Helsinki. Supporting Prof. Panu Minkkinen with teaching and research materials, as well as with the work and activities of the HSLI.

• Feb-May 2017: Research Assistant, Koç University Migration Research Center (MiReKoc), Istanbul. Research on the EU asylum policy and international migration.

• Jul-Sep 2016: Research Assistant, Institute of International Relations Prague: Research on international human rights law, international refugee law, EU law and policy on asylum.

• Sep-Dec 2014: Research Assistant, Koç University Law School, Istanbul: Research on private international law.

• 2014-2017: Student Tutor, Koç University Office of Learning & Teaching, Istanbul: Teaching support for International Law and Legal Writing courses.