- Professor of Transnational Studies and Marketing & Director of Regent's Centre for Transnational Studies, Regent's University London
Prof Ibrahim Sirkeci is Ria Professor of Transnational Studies and Marketing & Director of Regent's Centre for Transnational Studies at Regent's University London (www.regents.ac.uk/rcts). Sirkeci is graduate of Bilkent (BA), Sheffield (PhD), and UCL (PGCert). He has widely published on migration, ethnicity, conflict, labour markets, transnational marketing and remittances. His current research projects focuses on remittances and irregularity, migration and conflict relationship, integration of migrants, migrants and labour market disadvantages in the UK, transnational consumers and transnational market entry, and research and business school choice. He has carried out research on migration and minorities in Turkey, Iraq, Germany, and the UK and his research has been funded by many organisations including the World Bank, Higher Education Academy, British Academy, European Commission and Ria Financial among others.
His books include Turkish Migration, Identity and Integration (TPL, 2015), Family and Human Capital in Turkish Migration (TPL, 2015), Transnational Marketing and Transnational Consumers (Springer, 2013), Migration and Remittances during the Global Financial Crisis and Beyond (The World Bank, 2012, with J. Cohen and D. Ratha) and Cultures of Migration, the Global Nature of Contemporary Mobility (University of Texas Press, 2012, with J. Cohen), The Environment of Insecurity in Turkey and the Emigration of Turkish Kurds to Germany (Edwin Mellen Press, 2006).
Prof Sirkeci is editor of several journals including Migration Letters, Transnational Marketing Journal, Kurdish Studies, and Remittances Review (www.tplondon.com/journals). Sirkeci has been a regular contributor to international conferences and he chairs the Turkish Migration Conference series (www.turkishmigration.com) since 2012.
Experience
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2005–presentRia Professor of Transnational Studies and Marketing, Regent's University London
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2004–2005Research fellow, University of Bristol
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2003–2004Assistant Professor, Atilim University
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1999–2003Tutorial Leader (PT), University of Sheffield
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1997–1998Research Assistant, Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies
Education
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2007Insitute of Education, University College London, PGCE in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
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2003University of Sheffield, PhD in Geography
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1997Bilkent University, BA in Political Science and Public Administration
Publications
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2016Turkish Migration Policy, London, UK: Transnational Press London
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2016Migration and insecurity: rethinking mobility in the neoliberal age. In: Carrier, James G. (ed.) After the Crisis, Anthropological thought, neoliberalism and the aftermath., London, New York: Routledge, pp. 96-113
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2016Cultures of migration and conflict in contemporary human mobility in Turkey. , European Review, 24(3): 381-396.
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2016Conflict, Insecurity and Mobility, London, UK: Transnational Press London
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2015Politics and Law in Turkish Migration, London, UK: Transnational Press London
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2015Göç ve Uyum, London, UK: Transnational Press London
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2015Syrian Crisis and Migration., Migration Letters, 12(3), 181-192.
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2015Family and Human Capital in Turkish Migration, London, UK: Transnational Press London
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2015Turkish Migration, Identity and Integration, London, UK: Transnational Press London
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2013Transnational Marketing and Transnational Consumers, Heidelberg, London: Springer
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2012Space, Agency and Withdrawal: Birth Control Choices of Women in Turkey, Health Care for Women International, 33(7): 614-630.
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2012Migration and Remittances during the Global Financial Crisis and Beyond, Washington, DC. USA: The World Bank
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2012Migration and development: Comparing Mexico-US and Turkey-Europe., Migration Letters, 9(1): 1-10.
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2012Returns on Education amongst Men in England and Wales: The Impact of Residential Segregation and Ethno-religious Background, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 30(3):296-309.
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2011Turkmen in Iraq and Their Flight: A Demographic Question, Ankara: ORSAM
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2011Economic Activity in the South-Asian Population in Britain: The Impact of Ethnicity, Religion and Class, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 34(9): 1466-1481.
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2011Cultures of Migration, the Global Nature of Contemporary Mobility, Austin, USA: University of Texas Press
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2010Ethno-religious categories and measuring occupational attainment in relation to Education in England and Wales: a multi-level analysis, Environment and Planning A, 42(3): 578 – 591.
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2009Transnational mobility and conflict, Migration Letters, 6(1), 3-14.
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2008Sorunlu Bölgelerde Göç - Migration in Conflict Areas, Ankara: Global Strategy Institute
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2006The Environment of Insecurity in Turkey and the Emigration of Turkish Kurds to Germany, New York: Edwin Mellen Press
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2005War in Iraq: environment of insecurity and international migration, International Migration, 43(4): 197-214.
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2003Migration from Turkey to Germany: an ethnic analysis, New Perspectives on Turkey, 2003(28-29): 189-208.
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2002Revisiting the Turkish migration to Germany after forty years, Siirtolaisuus-Migration, Vol.29, No.2, p.9-20.
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2001Variables that explain variation in prenatal care in Turkey: social class, education and ethnicity revisited, Journal of Biosocial Science, 33(2): 261-270.
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2001Socio-Economic development and international migration: a Turkish study, International Migration, 39(4): 39-61.
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2000Exploring the Kurdish population in the Turkish context, GENUS, an International Journal of Demography, 56(1-2): 149-175.
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1999The ethnic question in an environment of insecurity: the Kurds in Turkey, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 22(6): 991-1010.
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1998Türkiye'de Içgöç, Istanbul: Tarih Vakfi Yayinlari
Grants and Contracts
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2014Remittances and Transnational Marketing
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- Ria Money Transfer
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2009Business School Choice
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- Higher Education Academy
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2007Role of Research Reputation in Business School Choice
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- British Academy
Professional Memberships
- British Academy of Management
- Academy of Marketing
- Fellow of Higher Education Academy
- International Union for Scientific Study of Population
Research Areas
- Migration (160303)
- Population Trends And Policies (160305)
- Marketing Theory (150506)
- Marketing Management (Incl. Strategy And Customer Relations) (150503)
- Demography (1603)
- Social And Cultural Geography (160403)
Contact Ibrahim for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Research supervision
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Website
- X (formerly Twitter): @isirkeci
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- ORCID
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