The Initiative organized the closed roundtable discussion "Migration Research Beyond Academia: Rethinking Engagement with Communities and Civil Society​" convened by 2025/26 Mercator-IPC Fellow Damla Bayraktar Aksel on February 11 at IPC Karaköy.

The event ''From Farm to Table: Food, Culture and Politics Talks - Guest Table or Lasting Legacy? Immigrants and Food Culture'' took place on May 20 at IPC Karaköy with the participation of Susan Rottmann,  Zeynep Yılmaz Hava and Asma Hedi Nairi and moderated by Zafer Yenal.

IPC and Tarih Vakfı continue to organize the monthly ''Minerva Talks: Istanbul in History'' series. The discussion titled ''Collecting Istanbul: Postcards, Photographs," moderated by Ayşe Köse Badur and Ayşe Özil, was delivered by Seyhun Binzet and Cengiz Kahraman on February 27 at IPC Karaköy.