2002 Bachelor of Arts in Media and Communication Systems, Istanbul Bilgi University

Dr. Dogus Simsek [email protected] [email protected] 0090 531 7111882

EDUCATION

2012 PhD in Sociology, City University London, Thesis Title: ‘Identity formation of Turkish Cypriot, Kurdish and Turkish young people in London in a transnational context’, Supervisors: Professor Dr John Solomos and Dr Milena Chimienti, Examiners: Professor Dr Les Back and Professor Dr Alice Bloch

2004 Masters of Arts, Cultural Studies, Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London 2002 Bachelor of Arts in Media and Communication Systems, Istanbul Bilgi University

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Experience

2014- present Research Fellow Syrian refugees living outside the refugee camps in Turkey and Turkey’s integration policy, TÜBİTAK- BİDEB funded postdoctoral research, Istanbul, Turkey

2013- 2012 Research Fellow- The Europeanisation of Everyday Life: Cross-Border Practices and Transnational Identities among EU and Third-Country Citizens (EUCROSS), Department of Sociology, University of York, UK

2009- 2010 Research Fellow-International Civil Society Forum on Conflicts, Politics and International Relations Department, University of Kent, UK

2008- 2009 Research Assistant- Young Undocumented Migrants, Centre for Refugee Studies, Oxford University, UK

Autumn 2008 Research Assistant- Euro-Islam Project: Muslim migrants experiences after September 11, London, Liverpool Hope University, UK

Spring 2006 Research Assistant- Tarlabasi Community Centre, Centre for Migration Studies Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey

1 Teaching Experience

2015- present Instructor, Koc University, Department of Sociology, Migration and Globalization, Identity, Culture and Power, International Migration and the Crisis (International Summer School), Istanbul

2013- 2014 Lecturer, Regent’s University London, Sociology of Migration, London

2007- 2013 Instructor, City University London, Sociology, Research Methods, Transnational Media, Understanding the Modern World, London

OTHER ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

2013- 2014 Research Officer, Regent’s University London

2010- 2011 Conference co-organiser, REPS with LSE, Goldsmiths and City University Department of Sociology

2008- 2009 Research Student Representative, Department of Sociology, City University London

Grants and Fellowships

2007 City University London Research Studentship Grant 2014 to present TUBITAK- BIDEB Research Grant, Researcher and Coordinator

Publications

Forthcoming journal article, 2016 ‘Between Integration and Transnationalism: The case of Syrian forced migrants in Turkey’, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Forthcoming journal article, ‘Göç politikaları ve insan güvenliği: Türkiye’deki Suriyeliler örneği’, Toplum ve Bilim

Editing a special issue, 2016 ‘Göç, politika ve güvenlik”, Toplum ve Bilim

Book- 2016 Ulusaşırı Kimlikler: Londra’da Kıbrıslı Türk, Kürt ve Türk göçmen

2 çocukları’, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, ISBN: 978-605-399-444-2

Unpublished Manuscript, 2016 Syrian “refugee spillover” into Europe: An Analytical and Comparative Perspective, with A. Icduygu

2015 ‘Türkiye’de sığınmacı olmak: Belirsizlikler içinde yaşamak’, Birikim, December 2015, No: 320, p.p. 16- 23

2015 November, ‘İnsan odaklı multeci politikaları mumkun’, Alternatif, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Issue 1, 6 November 2015, https://tr.boell.org/tr/2015/11/06/insan-odaklimulteci-politikalari-mumkun

2015 “Refugee voices in Turkey: Open the borders”, OpenDemocracy, 5th October 2015, https://www.opendemocracy.net/dogus-simsek/refugee-voices- in-turkey-open-borders

2015 ‘Suriyeli sığınmacılar ve ‘misafir’ olma hali’, Birikim, March 2015, No: 311, p.p. 55- 63

2015 “Anti-Syrian racism in Turkey”, OpenDemocracy, 27th January 2015 https://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/dogus-simsek/antisyrian- racism- in-turkey

2014 “Inclusion’ and ‘Exclusion’: Transnational Experiences of Turkish and Kurdish Youth in London” in Contemporary Turkey at a Glance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Local and Translocal Dynamics, Kaya, A., Keyman, E.F., Onursal Besgul, O., Kamp, K. (eds.), Springer Publishing, p.p. 191- 205, ISBN 978-3-658-04916-4

2013 ‘Experiences of Turkish Cypriot, Kurdish and Turkish Youth in Creating Transnational Social Spaces in London Schools’, Border Crossing: Transnational Working Papers, No.1302, pp. 15-27, http://www.regents.ac.uk/media/367024/1302_Turkish_Cypriot_Kurdish_Sims ek.pdf

2013 Book Review ‘Minority Internal Migration in Europe’ by Nissa Finney and Gemma Catney (eds.), Migration Letters, 10(3), pp. 300- 305

2011 “Behind the Hackney Riots: Nobody seems to listen to us”, The Guardian, 8th September 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/sep/08/behind-the-riots-hackney- teenagers

2010 `Transnational Communities & Conflict Policies: Work Package 3

3 Report', Infocon Deliverable, December 2010, (with Hugh Miall and Anna Orrnert) http://issuu.com/liridon/docs/infocon_deliverable_3/1

INVITED LECTURES AND SEMINARS

2016 “Between Integration and Transnationalism: The case of Syrian refugees in Turkey”, “Refugees in Crisis: State Policies abd Personal Experiences”, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 17 November.

2016 (Keynote speaker) “Turkey and the Refugee Situation”, “Forced Migration: Research and Policy”, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 23 September.

2016 “Crossing Borders- Refugee and Asylum Policy in Europe”, Heinrich Boll Stiftung Foundation, Berlin, 26- 27 May.

2016 “Likeminds: German- Turkish junior expert initiative”, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Berlin, 24- 29 May.

2016 “”Entegrasyon” kavramını zorunnlu göç deneyimi üzerinden tartışmak: Türkiye’de yaşayan Suriyeli mülteciler örneği”, Göç Araştırmacıları Platformu (GAR), Istanbul, 16 April.

2016 “Turkey’s Migration Policy and Syrian Refugees”, Robert College Model United Nations, Istanbul, 6 April.

2016 “Syrian refugees living outside of camps in Turkey: Research experience and preliminary results”, Boston Consortium Arab Region Studies’ Seminar, Istanbul, 17 March.

2016 “Zorunlu Göç ve Entegrasyon: Suriyeli Mülteciler Örneıi”, ODTU Sosyoloji Günleri, ODTU, Ankara, Turkey, 2 March.

2016 “Between Integration and Transnationalism: The case of Syrian refugees in Turkey”, Roskilde University, Denmark, 28 February.

2016 “Syrian refugees’ access to rights and Turkey’s migration policy”, Beykent University, Istanbul, 16 February.

2016 “Syrian refugees in Istanbul”, AISEC Seminars, Sabancı

4 University, Turkey, 23 January.

2015 “Turkiye’de şehirlerde barınan Suriyeli multecilerin yaşam koşulları”, BilgiMedya Seminars, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 29 September.

2013 “London’s Kurdish and Turkish communities: How do they relate to Britain and Turkey?”, House of Commons of the UK, London, UK, 4 June 2013

2013 ‘The Politics of Local Neighbourhoods: Experiences of East London’s Youth and North London’s Turkish and Kurdish Youth’, Research Turkey’s Seminar- SOAS, London, UK, 24 June 2013.

2010 ‘Researching Transnationalism’ Department of Sociology Seminars, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, 26 December 2010

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2016 “The Racialization of Syrian Refugees in Turkey”, “New Urban Multicultures: Conviviality and Racism”, University of London, Goldsmiths College, London, UK, 17 May 2016

2015 “Integration of Syrian forced migrants in Istanbul”, Istanbul Human Security Conference, Coventry University and Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, 20- 21 October 2015

2015 “Integration and Transnationalism: The case of Syrian Refugees in Turkey”, Rethinking Integration, University of Birmingham, 2 July 2015

2015 “The Situation of Syrian Refugees in Turkey”, The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Policies of Receiving Countries and Crisis Impact on Displaced Syrians and Receiving Societies, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon, 27-28 March 2015.

2014 “Diverse and complex identities among Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot youth in London”, Turkish Migration Conference: Comparative Perspectives and Continuities (TMC 2014), Regent’s University London, London, UK, 30 May- 1 June 2014

5 2013 “The relationship between Neighborhood, Place and Identity among Kurdish and Turkish youth in London”, European Sociological Association 11th Conference, University of Turin, Turin. Italy, 28- 31 August 2013

2012 ‘‘Inclusion’ and ‘Exclusion’: Transnational Experiences of Turkish and Kurdish youth in London’ Turkish Migration in Europe: Projecting the Next 50 Years, Regents University London, London, UK, 7- 9 December 2012

2012 ‘The perception of ‘home’ among Turkish and Kurdish youth living in London’, Contemporary Turkish Studies at a Glance- Topics, Institutions and Future Perspectives, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 13- 14 October 2012

2011 ‘Diversity of Experience: The Construction of Transnational Social Space among Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish-Cypriot Youth in London’ European Sociological Association 10th Conference, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, 7- 10 September

2011 ‘Transnational Experience of Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish- Cypriot youth in London’ REPS Workshop, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, UK, 26-27 May 2011

2009 ‘Brief Summary of Infocon Research Project’ Infocon Research Project, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, 4 March 2009

2009 ‘Diversity of Experience: Construction of Transnational Social Spaces among Turkish Speaking Youth in London’ Westminster, Goldsmiths College, London School of Economics and City University Doctoral Research Symposia, University of Westminster, London, UK, 7-8 May 2009

2008 ‘Constructing Transnational Social Space among Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish-Cypriot youth in London’, Contemporary Turkish Studies- Doctoral Students Seminars, London School of Economics, London, UK, 22 February 2008

2007 ‘Transnationalism and the cultural expression of Turkish Speaking Migrants living in London’ Sociology Research Student

6 Colloquium 2007-2008, City University London, London, UK, 3 October 2007

2007 ‘Identity: Fragmented, Interconnected and Dynamic’ Extending the Boundaries: New Research in Sociology, City University London, London, UK, 27 April 2007

2007 ‘Transnational practices among Turkish Speaking Youth in London’ Westminster, Goldsmiths College, London School of Economics and City University Doctoral Research Symposia, University of Westminster, London, UK, 15-16 May 2007

2007 ‘Transnational Identity among Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish- Cypriot Migrants in London’ Association for Cultural Studies ‘Crossroads’ Conference, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 20-23 July 2007

2007 ‘The Challenge of Transnationalism to Government Policy in Britain: The Positive Outcomes of Generating Bonding Social Capital’ Migrations and Social Policies in Europe Conference, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, 8-10 June 2007 PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue: Turkish Other language(s): English, French

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING Listening Reading Spoken Spoken interaction production Englis C2 Proficient C2 Proficient C2 Proficient C2 Proficient C2 Proficient h user user user user user Frenc A1 Basic user A1 Basic A1 Basic user A1 Basic user A1 Basic user h user Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Communication skills:  Strong communication/presentation skills: presented data clearly and confidently to both small and large groups, adapting style and content to the level of knowledge and understanding of others.  Strong synthesizing, writing, and information technology skills: wrote scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals, as well as the

7 highly technical replies to the questions raised by the reviewers. Wrote funding application and produced regular progression reports.

Job-related skills  Using qualitative data analysis program NVIVO

Computer skills  Competent with Microsoft Office programs, biographic databases including Enddnote and Reference Manager, social media coordination

Research and Teaching Training  Introduction to Research Software: NVivo, City University London, 14 September 2008  Introduction to Focus Group Interviewing, City University London, 21 October 2007  Introductory Course in Teaching in Higher Education, Education Development Centre, City University London, 2007  Research Training in Qualitative and Quantitative Methods, Department of Sociology, City University London, 2007  Introduction to SPSS, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006

Academic Membership  European Sociological Association (ESA)