Bircan Ciytak BA, MA

• PhD in Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham
• HEFi Horizon Award, Higher Education Futures Institute, University of Birmingham
• Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Research Methods and Skills (PGCARMS), University of Birmingham
• MA in International Relations (International Political Economy), University of Birmingham
• BA in Political Science, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

Bircan worked as a graduate student assistant at several national and international projects with Dr Lisa Goodson, e.g. at the Race Equality Charter Mark application of the University of Birmingham (2018-2020), 'USE-IT! -Unlocking Social and Economic Innovation Together' (2020-2021), and 'Empowering Cities Of Migration: New Methods For Citizen Involvement And Socio-spatial Integration' (2021 - present). Bircan is skilled in data collection, qualitative and quantitative data analysis using NVivo & SPSS software, mentoring MA students and teaching in Higher Education.

• BA module ‘Management, Learning and Education A and B’, Business School, University of Birmingham (ongoing)
• Diaspora politics: home and belonging – MA module ‘Migration, Superdiversity, Policy and Practice’, Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS), University of Birmingham (2019-2021)
• A2S assignment tutor, College of Social Science, University of Birmingham (2018-2020)
• Teaching Assistant, Birmingham International Academy (2019)

Research interests 

Interested in EDI, Identity and Belonging in Migration, Diaspora, Community, Health and Education research.

Current projects

Research Fellow: Understanding and improving equity, diversity and inclusion in University of Birmingham research (QR Enhancing Research Culture Fund, University of Birmingham)

Previous projects

• Research Fellow: EDI, Centre for Patient Reported Outcomes Research, University of Birmingham and the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) West Midlands
• Graduate Research Assistant: 'Empowering Cities Of Migration: New Methods For Citizen Involvement And Socio-spatial Integration, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham

• PhD course "Migration research and contestations over migration: conceptual approaches, ethics and communication", Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Oslo, Norway, 2019
• PhD workshop "Philosophical Perspectives", University of Birmingham, 2019