Dr Sirri Demirsoy
Sirri is involved with LCSS for general coordination of the infrastructure and groundwork, as well as organising seminars across platforms. He holds a PhD degree in Electronics from University of Westminster, and a BSc degree from Middle Eastern Technical University (METU), Turkey. Prior to his current affiliation with a London based technology company, he worked as a researcher at the University of Westminster for three years. Sirri also has a long experience in developing and managing projects related to UK's Turkish ethnic minority wellfare and development. He voluntarily tought Maths and science modules at various weekend supplementary schools in London.
Ali Cifci
Ali is a member of the Executive Comittee at LCSS and has previously participated in the establishment and administration of many civic organisations both at national and international levels. He has a first degree in Mathematics Education from Marmara University in Turkey and a Graduate Diplama in Mathematics Teaching at AUT in New Zealand. Ali contributes to the research efforts at LCSS on the educational attainment of the Turkish speaking community in the UK while continuing his masters studies at King's College London.
Dr Zeynep Engin
Zeynep is an interdisciplinary researcher with primary focus on the Bayesian philosophy of probability as it translates well to human behaviour in perception and decision making. She has a first class degree in Mathematics from Ankara University (Turkey), an MSc with distinction in Information Engineering from City University London, and a PhD in Computational Neuroscience from Imperial College London. Zeynep's employment experience to date involves extensive teaching at pre-university, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels, editorial work for a trade union in Turkey, and voluntary work in a number of London based civic organisations. At LCSS, Zeynep coordinates project development and management activities.
Dr Selcuk Uygur
Selcuk has received his PhD degree from Brunel University on management researches. His research interests include work ethics, influence of beliefs in business, enterprise culture and entrepreneurship. He is also a member of the European Business Ethic Network (EBEN). At LCSS, Selcuk contributes to project development and seminar organisations in his research areas.
Harun Akyol
Harun is a lecturer in the department of Humanities at West Suffolk College, UK. He has been teaching introduction to sociology, theorising modernity and understanding deviance modules there since 2008. He is a graduate of the international relations Department of Istanbul University. He also has a master’s degree in Near and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of London (SOAS) in 2002. He taught Sociology, Turkish language and culture at Suffolk College between 2004 and 2007. He completed his PGCE (Post Graduate Teaching Certificate in Education) through the University of East Anglia in 2006. His main research interests include the theories of democracy, nationalism, ethnic conflict, Middle Eastern politics and post structuralism. He is currently engaged in a Ph.D. research project at the University of Essex’s department of government looking at the issues of Kurdish national discourse in the struggle for the future status of Kirkuk.
Aysegul Kayaoglu
Aysegul studied Business Administration at Bogazici (Bosphorus) University in Istanbul and completed her MSc in Economics at Birkbeck College, University of London with Chevening Scholarship. She is currently studying towards her PhD degree on the Policy Implications of Migration at Université Catholique de Louvain, IRES (Institut de recherches économiques et sociales). Her main research interests are development economics, economics of migration and economic integration of EU.
Alev Yaman
Alev is a GDL student at the BPP Law School. She graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc in Government and Economics. Her interests include EU competition law, public policy and public law. Alev is a member of the seminar organisations team at LCSS.
Suzanne Ozcan
Suzanne is a Franco-Turkish lawyer specialised in international taxation. She was born in Turkey and moved to France with her parents when she was three years old. She worked six years in Luxembourg after having spent two years in Stuttgart. She is currently attending an LLM at Queen Mary University to be followed with a PhD. She is interested in playing tennis and developing her knowledge in international relations. She feels very concerned about women rights and children education.