
Dr Mehmet Ali Dikerdem
Senior Lecturer, Middlesex University
Dr. Mehmet Ali Dikerdem has been involved with Middlesex University for many years, teaching a wide range of courses on Third World development, social, urban and ethnic policy studies in social sciences and humanities, and was appointed 0.5 Lecturer in 1990 in social policy and ethnic studies, and was a founding member of the Race & Culture honours programme (1995-2001). He was also appointed 0.5 Lecturer at Bristol University’s postgraduate Development Studies programme (1991-95)where he worked with the late Professor Peter Townsend.
Dr Dikerdem joined the Institute for Work Based Learning in 2002, becoming the Postgraduate Curriculum Leader for Work Based Studies (2003-8) and then Programme Leader for the Masters and Doctorate in Professional Studies (M/DProf) in 2009. Apart from the design and delivery of professional doctorates and work based learning programmes,his academic interests include practice based research methodologies,sociology of work and professions, Gramsci studies,multiculturalism, and Turkish migration and diaspora studies. He is also a regular commentator on issues relating to Turkish-speaking communities in Britain and Turkish affairs. His BA is in Politics and Modern History from Manchester University (1992) and MA and DPhil in Sociology from Sussex University (1980). Languages spoken: Bilingual in Turkish and English with reading knowledge of French.
