Miss Bircan Ciytak BA, MA

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Department of Applied Health Sciences
Research Fellow
Teaching Fellow

Contact details

Email
b.ciytak.1@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
@BircanCiytak
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Address
Public Health Building
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT

Bircan is a qualitative and mixed-method researcher specialising in Migration, Community Engagement, and Equity, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EEDI), with a particular focus on the identity and belonging of migrants without migration experience, and consensus methodology. Currently, Bircan is working with the Biostatistics, Evidence Synthesis, Test Evaluation and prediction Models (BESTEAM) on developing guidance for the evaluation, regulation, marketing, and monitoring of digital technologies at Public Health, University of Birmingham.

Bircan's PhD research at the Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) explored how migrants without migration experience and members of diaspora communities navigate their intersecting identities and sense of belonging. This research has been central in shaping her ongoing examination of these complex social dynamics. At IRiS, Bircan contributes to community engagement projects, focusing on public involvement to shape policy and practice.

Bircan's roles reflect a commitment to understanding and addressing the complexities of identity and belonging, bridging research with practical applications, and promoting inclusive practices across various fields.

Qualifications

  • 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

Biography

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.

Teaching

  • UG course ‘Management, Education and Learning A and B’, Birmingham Business School
  • PGT course ‘Managing Equity and Diversity’, Birmingham Business School

Research

Research interests 

  • Consensus Methodology
  • Community Engagement research
  • Sense of Belonging and Identity
  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
  • Diaspora and Migration research looking at migrants without migration experience
  • Sustainable Research Implementation

Current projects

  • Research Fellow – ‘Developing Guidance for the development, evaluation, regulation, marketing, and monitoring of DTCTs’, Public Health, University of Birmingham
  • Systematic Reviewer - ‘Decolonising the Business School: Going beyond diversity and inclusion at Birmingham Business School’, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham
  • Research Associate – Community Engagement research with Prof Lisa Goodson, Institute for Research into Superdiversty (IRiS), School of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology

Previous projects

  • Research Fellow - ‘Understanding and improving equity, diversity and inclusion in University of Birmingham research’ (Funded by QR Enhancing Research Culture Fund, University of Birmingham)
  • Consultant – ‘Call for Evidence: The Effect of the UK Asylum System on the Integration of Refugees and Asylum Seekers’, University of Cambridge (Funded by Commission on the Integration of Refugees)
  • Research Fellow - ‘EDI in Health Research’, Centre for Patient Reported Outcomes Research, University of Birmingham and the NIHR (Funded by National Institute for Health Research) West Midlands
  • Research Associate 'Empowering Cities Of Migration: New Methods For Citizen Involvement And Socio-spatial Integration, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham (Funded by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC))

Other activities

Director - Cooperation for Sustainable Research Implementation (CSRI) 

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

Publications

  • Nagai, N., Ciytak, B. and Badder, A. (2024) Call for Evidence: The Effect of the UK Asylum System on the Integration of Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Commission on the Integration of Refugees, Woolf Institute, Cambridge.
  • Retzer, A., Ciytak, B., Khatsuria, F., El-Awaisi, J., Harris, I. M., Chapman, L., ... & Calvert, M. (2023). A toolkit for capturing a representative and equitable sample in health research. Nature Medicine, 29(12), 3259-3267.
  • Pemberton, S., Elgenius, G., Falge, C., Goodson, L., Aziz, A., Berchem, D. J., & Ciytak, B. (2023). Empowering cities of migration, new methods for citizen involvement and socio-spatial integration: findings from the EMPOWER project. MISC.

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