Dr Aslı Kandemir

Dr Aslı Kandemir

Department of Management
Research Fellow

Contact details

Address
University House
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Aslı Kandemir is Research Fellow at the Wellcome Trust-funded project, “Access to Success Pathways for Inclusive Research Excellence (ASPIRE)” (2024-26). She works on youth, policy, and governance.

Dr Kandemir's work can also be found at ORCiD and Research Gate

Qualifications

  • PhD in Sociology, Liverpool Hope University
  • MA in International Relations (European), Durham University
  • MA in Sociology, Ankara University
  • MA in Philosophy Group Teaching in Secondary Education, Ankara University
  • Minor in History of Philosophy, Middle East Technical University
  • BSc (Hons) in Sociology, Middle East Technical University

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Rahman, MS, Kitching, K, Gholami, R & Kandemir, A 2026, 'Is religious expression supported at school? Examining youth perspectives in an age of antagonisms', European Educational Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/14749041261428727

Kitching, K, Kandemir, A, Rahman, MS & Gholami, R 2026, 'Unfit for free speech? How minoritised youth expression and (self-)censorship is organised across schools in ‘no-majority’ cities', Race Ethnicity and Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2026.2669501

Kandemir, A, Kitching, K, Gholami, R & Rahman, S 2025, 'Basing views about race on facts? Meso-level policy actors’ navigation of anti-racist and faith-inclusive expression with schools', Ethnic and Racial Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2520901

Gholami, R, Rahman, S, Kitching, K, Kandemir, A & Khokan, MR 2025, 'The neutral order of things: Race, faith and schooling in liberal democracy', British Journal of Sociology of Education, vol. 46, no. 7-8, pp. 955-973. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2025.2519489

Kitching, K, Kandemir, A, Gholami, R & Rahman, MS 2024, 'Education policy and ‘free speech’ on race and faith equality at school', Journal of Education Policy, vol. 40, no. 1, 2350039, pp. 66-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2024.2350039

Kandemir, A 2024, 'Genç İngiliz-Türklerin Gözünden ‘İngiliz Değerleri’', Heybe: Sosyal Hizmet ve Sosyal Politika Dergisi , vol. 6, 9, pp. 93-102.

Kandemir, A & Karabatak-Binns, H 2024, 'ODTÜMİST Mentorluk Programları ve Karşılıklı Mentorluğun Faydaları' COACH Magazine Türkiye. <https://coachmagazine.net/>

Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Kandemir, A 2026, Securitising Values: Religious Tolerance and The British-Turkish Community. in A Alsalloum (ed.), Tracing Intangible Cultural Migrant Heritage in the UK. 1 edn, International Perspectives on Migration, vol. 19, Springer, pp. 87-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-00472-7_4

Garvey, B, Gannon, J, Kandemir, A & Karabatak-Binns, H 2023, Reciprocal Mentoring in the Third Sector: Reciprocal Mentoring for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity: The Case of ODTÜMİST Mentoring Programme(s) for METU Graduates in Turkey . in J Haddock-Millar, P Stokes & N Dominguez (eds), Reciprocal Mentoring . 1 edn, Routledge, pp. 262-290. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003302537-4

Digital or Visual Products

Kandemir, A, Tsentides, L & Dogus Tandirci, D, Values for Cohesion Podcast Series, 2026, Digital or Visual Products. <https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/projects/values-for-cohesion-in-the-shadow-of-karagoz-and-hacivat/values-for-cohesion-podcast>

Kandemir, A, Inclusive British Values Guidebook_ENG_Voiceover, 2023, Digital or Visual Products, University of Birmingham.

Kandemir, A, Inclusive British Values Guidebook_TR_Voiceover, 2023, Digital or Visual Products, University of Birmingham.

Other contribution

Kandemir, A 2023, British Values: From a British-Turkish Community Perspective. University of Birmingham.

Other report

Kitching, K, Gholami, R, Kandemir, A & Rahman, S 2025, 'Free' Expression at School? The Making of Youth Engagements with Race and Faith: Final Project Report and Recommendations. University of Birmingham.

Rahman, S, Kitching, K, Gholami, R, Kandemir, A & Khokan, MR 2023, Youth Engagement with Race and Faith at School: National Pupil Survey Headline Findings Report. University of Birmingham. <https://more.bham.ac.uk/youth-engagement/wp-content/uploads/sites/70/2023/11/National-Pupil-Survey-Report-Final.pdf>

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