Guney Yildiz Journalist, BBC World Service I arrived in the UK four years ago and have been working for the BBC World Service for three and a half years as a journalist. My job involves editing and selecting news stories and at times, presenting them on the radio or television. Before working for the [...]
Mem MorrisonActor, Theatre Director, Writer, Lecturer Morrison was born in south-east London to Turkish Cypriot parents.He originally trained as an actor at drama school, He is also a writer, director, designer and lecturer. In 1995 He established Mem Morrison Company writing and performing my own work. He makes performances for theatres, galleries and site-specific spaces often touring internationally. His [...]
Dr Sevket Hylton Akyildiz Post-Doctoral Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Independent Researcher 2014-2016 Post-Doctoral Research Associate — 2012-2014 (SOAS, University of London). A study of social and cultural change in twenty-first century southern England in the context of British Muslims living in non-city urbanised environments and the response of various parties. My methodology is [...]
Beatrice Andrews Senior Policy Adviser, Cabinet Office Beatrice Andrews is Senior Policy Adviser in the Open Policy Making team, part of the Government Innovation Group in the Cabinet Office. She is currently setting up the first cross government Policy Lab, to test a range of policy making approaches including design thinking and using [...]
Dr Jo Eric Khushal Murkens Department of Law, London School of Economics Dr Jo Murkens is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He studied law in London, Copenhagen, and Florence. He was formerly a researcher at the Constitution Unit, UCL, where he [...]
Prof Eve Mitleton-Kelly Director of the Complexity Research Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Prof. Eve Mitleton-Kelly is Director of the Complexity Research Programme at the London School of Economics; visiting Professor at the Open University; SAB member to the ‘Next Generation Infrastructures Foundation’, TU Delft; on Editorial Board of ‘Emergence: Complexity & [...]
Assistant Prof Nagihan Haliloglu Alliance of Civilizations Institute, Istanbul Nagihan Haliloğlu is an Assistant Professor at the Alliance of Civilizations Institute in Istanbul where she teaches courses on multiculturalism and cultural history. She has an MS in Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in English from the University of Heidelberg. [...]
Sir David Logan Former British Diplomat David Logan was Director of the Centre for Studies in Security and Diplomacy at the University of Birmingham between 2002-2007. He was British Ambassador to Turkey from 1997-2001. He previously served in the political section of the British Embassy in Turkey between 1965-1969. For most of his [...]
Roy Tedscoe Educator Mr. Roy Tedscoe led a mainstream primary school for 12 years with outstanding leadership. His strengths lie in: project management; knowledge and understanding of local and national trends; strategic planning processes; collaborative school visions; the inclusion agenda; effective team working; pupil entitlement; rigorous school self-evaluation; individual, team and whole school [...]
Spyros Themelis Lecturer, Middlesex University Spyros Themelis is a lecturer in Education at Middlesex University, London. His interests are in the area of social class analysis, meritocracy, social mobility and education as well as on issues of social exclusion/inclusion. He has researched minority issues and taken part in international research projects on Roma/Gypsies. Apart [...]
