Dr Dogus Simsek

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About

My research focuses on social inequalities, migration and political sociology from an intersectional perspective. My research is concerned with the impact of everyday bordering on racialised minorities including diaspora communities, refugees and undocumented migrants particularly in the Global South from an intersectional perspective. It is anchored in critical, interdisciplinary, transnational and global approaches to migration and displacement with a particular focus on the constructions of race, ethnicity, class and gender. I hold fellowships at IWM (Institut fur die Wissenschaften vom Menschen) in Vienna and at the Calcutta Research Group (CRG) in Kolkata. I am an associated senior research fellow at the Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies, Boston, and the Migration Research Centre at Koc University, Istanbul. My recent ethnographic research (2022-23) 'Remaking home in the face of racism: Multicultural conviviality in the cases of London and Istanbul' was funded by 重口味SM. My previous research (2017-18) 'Race, Migration and Belonging: Africans in Istanbul' funded by the Institute for International Cooperation of the Deutscher Volkshochschul-Verband e.V. (DVV), using visual ethnography and participant observation at the churches and workplaces of African migrants, explored the experiences of temporality, everyday life struggles and the processes of racialisation with a particular focus on gender and race. Following my PhD, I was awarded a grant from TUBITAK (the Turkish research council) to explore the racialisation of Syrian refugees and their experiences in accessing the labour market, housing and education in Turkey. I am author of Am I Less British? Racism, Belonging, the Children of Refugees and Immigrants in North London (UCL Press, 2024), 'Cabuk Cabuk': Africans in Istanbul (Pencere Yayinlari, 2018- published in English and Turkish), and Ulusasiri Kimlikler: Londra'da Kibrisli Turk, Kurt ve Turk Gocmen Cocuklari (Istanbul Bilgi University Press, 2016).

Academic responsibilities

Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology

Qualifications

  • Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK, 2024
  • PhD, Sociology, City, University of London
  • MA, Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London
  • BA (First Class), Media and Communication Systems, Istanbul Bilgi University

Teaching and learning

Undergraduate courses taught

Postgraduate courses taught

Research

My broader research interests include the anthropology of migration and lie at the intersection of migration, race and class. My research is concerned with the impact of everyday bordering on racialised minorities including diaspora communities, refugees and undocumented migrants particularly in the Global South from an intersectional perspective.  It is anchored in critical, multidisciplinary, transnational and global approaches to forced migration and displacement with particular attention to structures of race, ethnicity and class.

I hold fellowships at IWM (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen) in Vienna and at the Calcutta Research Group (CRG) in Kolkata. I am an associated senior research fellow at the Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies, Boston, and the Migration Research Centre at Koç University, Istanbul.

Over the last fest years, I gave invited talks and lectures at universities such as the University of Edinburgh, the Lebanese American University, ETH Zurich, the American University of Beirut, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Roskilde University, Oxford Brookes University, the University of Kassel and Istanbul University and the events organised by international organisations and stakeholders such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Oxfam, the International Migration Organisation (IOM), and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).  

Over the last few years, I reviewed research grants for the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), the French National Research Agency (ANR), and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜB?TAK). 

I have served internationally as an external examiner of PhD theses (e.g. Coventry University, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona)

Research student supervision:

Mr Ali Kiresci

Mr Tufan Bozkurt

Mr Robert Amato Lastman

I am keen to supervise students interested in exploring migration, and the intersections between migration, displacement, race, and class.

Areas of specialism

  • Sociology
  • Migration
  • Race and racism

Research student supervision

Main supervision

Other supervision

Publications

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Number of items: 35.

Article

(2021) Refugee Watch, 58, pp. 57-70. ISSN (print) 2347-405X

Alrawadieh, Zaid, Altinay, Levent, Cetin, Gurel and (2021) International Journal of Hospitality Management, 97, p. 103013. ISSN (print) 0278-4319

(2021) Journal of Refugee Studies, 34(1), p. 1274. ISSN (print) 0951-6328

(2021) The Sociological Review Magazine, ISSN (online) 2754-1371

[Reviewer] (2021) Ethnic and Racial Studies, 44(3), pp. 512-514. ISSN (print) 0141-9870

(2021) Migration and Society, 4(1), pp. 206-208. ISSN (print) 2574-1314

(2021) Ethnic and Racial Studies, 44(15), pp. 2816-2835. ISSN (print) 0141-9870

(2020) Journal of Refugee Studies, 33(3), pp. 537-554. ISSN (print) 0951-6328

(2020) Identities Blog : COVID-19 Series,

(2020) Discover Society,

(2020) Ethnic and Racial Studies, 43(8), pp. 1531-1533. ISSN (print) 0141-9870

(2019) Adam Akademi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 9(2), pp. 493-518. ISSN (print) 2146-4936

(2019) Egitim Bilim Toplum Dergisi = Journal of Education Science Society, 17(65), pp. 10-32. ISSN (print) 1303-9202

(2019) Journal of Research in Economics, Politics & Finance, 4(2), pp. 172-187. ISSN (online) 2587-151X

(2019) Crisis Magazine,

(2019) 脰neri Dergisi, 14(52), pp. 216-235. ISSN (print) 1300-0845

(2019) Mukaddime, 10(1), pp. 233-248. ISSN (print) 1309-6087

(2019) International Migration, 57(2), pp. 268-282. ISSN (print) 0020-7985

(2018) Sosyal Politika Calismalari Dergesi, 18(40/2), pp. 367-392. ISSN (print) 2148-9424

Akcapar, Sebnem and (2018) Social Inclusion, 6(1), pp. 176-187. ISSN (online) 2183-2803

(2017) Perceptions Journal of International Affairs, 22(3), pp. 161-182. ISSN (print) 1300-8641

Icduygu, Ahmet and (2017) Toplum ve Bilim, 140, pp. 6-11. ISSN (print) 1300-9354

(2017) Toplum ve Bilim, 140, pp. 11-27. ISSN (print) 1300-9354

I莽duygu, Ahmet and (2016) Turkish Policy Quarterly, 15(3), pp. 59-69. ISSN (print) 1303-5754

(2013) Border Crossing: Transnational Working Papers, 1302, ISSN (online) 2046-4444

(2013) Migration Letters, 10(3), pp. 399-400. ISSN (print) 1741-8984

Book

and Sayman, Yusuf (2018) Istanbul, Turkey : Pencere Yay谋nlar谋. 300p. ISBN 9786057922014

(2016) Istanbul, Turkey : Istanbul Bilgi University Press. 154p. ISBN 9786053994442

Book Section

(2022) In: Mayer, Tamar and Tran, Trinh, (eds.) Displacement, belonging, and migrant agency in the face of power. Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 225-237. ISBN 9780367772932

(2018) In: Pace, Michelle and Somdeep, Sen, (eds.) Syrian refugee children in Europe and the Middle East: Integrating the Young and Exiled. London : Routledge. pp. 20-31. ISBN 9780367592448

陌莽duygu, Ahmet and (2017) In: Pastore, Ferruccio, (ed.) Beyond the migration and asylum crisis : options and lessons for Europe. Rome, Italy : Aspen Institute Italia and Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani. pp. 85-91. (Aspen Italia Views) ISBN 9788812006311

(2014) In: Kamp, Kristina , Kaya, Ayhan , Keyman, E. Fuat and Onursal Besgul, Ozge, (eds.) Contemporary Turkey at a glance: interdisciplinary perspectives on local and translocal dynamics. Netherlands : Springer VS. pp. 191-204. ISBN 9783658049157

Monograph

Pace, Michelle and (2019) (Working Paper) Skills and Integration of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Applicants in European Labour Markets [Deliverable 8.5]. (SIRIUS Working Paper Series, no. 1)

and Corabatir, Metin (2016) (Working Paper) Istanbul, Turkey : Heinrich B枚ll Stiftung. 182 p.

Miall, Hugh, Orrnert, Anna and (2010) (Working Paper) Conflict Analysis Research Centre, University of Kent. 66 p. (Unpublished)

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