Dr Ibrahim Sirkeci
PhD (Sheffield), BA (Bilkent, Turkey), Cert. Ed. (London)
Reader in Demography
Department of Marketing, Strategy & Law
Tel +44 (0)20 7487 7758
Fax +44 (0)20 7487 7465
Email sirkecii@regents.ac.uk
Teaching, Research and Consultancy
Current teaching: International Marketing, Business Research
Methods
Current research and consultancy interests: market segmentation;
transnational marketing; transnational consumers; marketing of
higher education; ethnic marketing; demographics, geodemographics,
ethnic segregation and labour market; transnational migration;
conflict; UK, Turkey, Germany, Middle East
His most recent research projects focus on the role of
research reputation in business school choice in Britain and
transnational consumer segmentation.
Key publications
(2010) “Ethno-religious
categories and measuring occupational attainment in relation to
Education in England and Wales: a multi-level analysis”,
Environment and Planning A. (with R. Johnston, N.
Khattab, T. Modood )
(2010) "The impact of spatial
segregation on the employment outcomes amongst Bangladeshis men and
women in England and Wales," Sociological Research
Online, Vol. 15, No. 2. (with N. Khattab and R.
Johnston)
(2009) "Segmentation challenges posed by ‘transnationals’ in
mobile marketing", in Key Pousttchi and Dietmar G. Wiedemann (eds)
The
Handbook of Research on Mobile Marketing Management,
Information Science Reference, IGI Global, Augsburg, Germany
(Chapter 6, ISBN: 9781605660745). (with R. Mannix)
(2009) "Ethnic
Marketing Potential in England and Wales: New evidence from the
2001 UK Census", Asian Journal of Marketing, Vol.2,
No.1, pp.1-9.
(2009) International Marketing, Pearson, Harlow, UK.
(pp. 900, ISBN: 9781847763235). (compiled by)
(2009) "Transnational
mobility and conflict", Migration Letters, Vol.6,
No.1, pp.3-14.
(2008) "Determinants of undergraduate
level business school choice in the UK: the role of research
reputation", paper presented at Academy of Marketing Annual
Conference, Reflective Marketing in a Material World, Aberdeen
Business School, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, 7-10 July
2008, www.am2008.org. (with
R. Mannix)
(2008) "Conflict, the Environment of Human Insecurity and
Migration in Iraq in the Aftermath of 2003", in
Rittersberger-Tilic, H. et al. (eds.) Rethinking Global
Migration: Practices, Policies and Discourses in the European
Neighbourhood, KORA - Center for Black Sea and Central Asia
and Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, pp.161-175.
(ISBN: 978-605-89751-1-8).
(2007) "Human
Insecurity and Streams of Conflict for a Re-conceptualisation of
International Migration", Population Review, Vol.46,
No.2, pp.32-50.
(2006) The
Environment of Insecurity in Turkey and the Emigration of Turkish
Kurds to Germany, New York: Edwin Mellen
Press. (pp. 332, ISBN: 0-7734-5739-9).
(2005) "War
in Iraq: environment of insecurity and international
migration", International Migration, Vol. 43, No.4,
pp.197-214.
(2005) "Diaspora: Turkish", in M. Gibney and R. Hansen (eds.)
Immigration and Asylum From 1900 to the Present,
ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, pp.607-610. (The book has won the
Outstanding Reference Source Award by RUSA/ALA in
2006)
(2005) "A comparative study of Turkish and
Mexican Transnational Migration Outcomes: Facilitating or
restricting immigrant integration?", in Henke, H. (ed.)
Crossing Over: Comparing Recent Migration in the United States and
Europe, Lexington Books, New York, pp.147-162. (with J.
Cohen)
(2001) “Socio-Economic
development and international migration: a Turkish study”,
International Migration, Vol.39, No.4,
39-61. (with A. Icduygu and G. Muradoglu)
Other Activities
Dr Sirkeci is the editor of Transnational Marketing
Journal; the managing editor of Migration
Letters; member of editorial boards for Journal
of Research in Interactive Marketing; and for Population
Review. He also serves as reviewer for several journals
including International Journal of Multicultural Studies,
Ethnicities , Journal of Ethnic and Migration
Studies, International Affairs, as well as
European Marketing Academy Conference, and Academy of
Marketing Conference. He is member of AM
(Academy of
Marketing), of CIM (Chartered Institute of
Marketing); Fellow of Higher Education
Academy.
Biography
Ibrahim joined Regent's College European Business School in
August 2005. He is currently teaching international marketing and
supervising postgraduate research. Ibrahim is also an elected
member of the Regent's College Senate. With Michael
Scriven and John Drew, he has launched the iCES (Institute of
Contemporary European Studies) in 2008. He previously, worked
at the University of Bristol, Hacettepe University and Bilkent
University. He is also Docent in Business and Management recognised
by the Interuniversity Board (ÜAK) (of Council of Higher
Education in Turkey). He has also been recipient of many
prestigious awards, prizes, and scholarships including a recent
British Academy research grant.
Ibrahim has conducted research in the UK, Germany, Turkey
and Iraq, often collaborating with distinguished research
teams. His research has been funded by national and
international agencies and widely published in international
scholarly journals and books. He has also been a frequent
contributor to conferences in Europe and North America. His most
recent research projects include investigation of the role of
research in business school choice in the UK, ethnic residential
segregation and labour market outcomes in the UK, internal
migration of foreign born in Turkey, and transnational
consumers.
Dr Ibrahim Sirkeci's
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