Mehmet Rauf Kesici E-mail: https://uni

Mehmet Rauf Kesici
E-mail: [email protected]
https://uni-due.academia.edu/MehmetRaufKesici
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D. Kocaeli University, Economics, 2008.
Dissertation Title: “Transition Economies and Employment in the European Union
Integration Process: Case Studies of Poland and Turkey”
M.A. Kocaeli University, Labour Economics & Industrial Relations, 2004.
B.A. Karadeniz Technical University, Labour Economics & Industrial Relations, 2001.
(Ranking the 1st)
APPOINTMENTS:
- 2017- : Dr., The Philipp Schwartz Initiative Fellow, Institut für Turkistik, Fakultät für
Geisteswissenschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen
- 2009-2016: Assistant Professor, Department of Maritime Business Administration, Kocaeli
University (Dismissed from Kocaeli University in September2, 2016 due to signing the
Peace Petition)
- 2009-2016: Adjunct Faculty, Department of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations,
Kocaeli University (Dismissed from Kocaeli University in September2, 2016 due to
signing the Peace Petition)
- 2014-2015: Visiting Researcher, Centre for Transnational Studies, Regent’s Uni., London
- Summer 2011:Visiting Researcher, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster Uni., Toronto
- 2006-2009: Lecturer, Some Departments, Kocaeli University
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS HELD:
- 2015-2016: Assistant Director, Faculty of Maritime Business Management, Kocaeli
University (Dismissed after signing the Peace Petition)
- 2013: Director, Faculty of Maritime Business Management, Kocaeli University
- 2012-2013: Assistant Director, Faculty of Maritime Business Management, Kocaeli
University
- 2011-2012: Head of the Department, Maritime Business Management, Kocaeli University
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
- 2017-2019: Research Fellowship, The Philipp Schwartz Initiative of the Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation, Institut für Turkistik, Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften,
Universität Duisburg-Essen.
- 2016: Runner Up for the Best Paper Prize in Turkish Language Track, 4th Turkish Migration
Conference (among 150 papers), University of Vienna, 12-15 July 2016.
- 2014-2015: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, The Scientific and Technological
Research Council of Turkey, Centre for Transnational Studies, Regent’s University.
- 2011: Postdoctoral Research Grant, Higher Education Council of Turkey, DeGroote School of
Business, McMaster University.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & PROCEEDINGS
- Mehmet Rauf Kesici, (2017). “Başkanlık Referandumu Öncesinde Türkiye Emek Piyasaları ve
İstihdam Politikaları” (Before the Presidency Referendum Labour Markets and
Employment Policies in Turkey), Netzwerk kurdischer AkademikerInnen e.V. (KurdAkad), Universität Hamburg, Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaften, 17 February 2017.
- Mehmet Rauf Kesici, (2017). “Türkiye Emek Piyasaları ve İstihdam Politikaları” (Labour
Markets and Employment Policies in Turkey), Kocaeli Dayanışma Akademisi, 25 January
2017.
- Mehmet Rauf Kesici, (2016). “Londra’da Yaşayan Türkiyeli Göçmenlerin Emek
Piyasalarında Ayrımcılık Deneyimleri ve Algıları” (Turkish Immigrants’ Experiences and
Perceptions of Discrimination in London’s Labour Markets), Turkish Migration
Conference 2016, University of Vienna, 12-15 July 2016.
- Mehmet Rauf Kesici, (2015). “Londra’da Çalışan Türkiyeli Göçmenlerin Çalışma Süreleri ve
Sosyal İlişkileri” (Work Hours and Social Relations of London’s Migrant Workers from
Turkey) 3rd Turkish Migration Conference 2015, Charles University Prague, 25-27 June
2015.
- Mehmet Rauf Kesici, (2012). (Co-author with Derya Demirdizen & Sidar Çınar), “İşyerinde
Cinsel Yönelim Ayrımcılığı: LGB Bireylere Yönelik Bir Alan Çalışması” (Sexual
Orientation Discrimination in the Workplace: A fieldwork on LGB individuals), Sosyal
Haklar Ulusal Sempozyumu, 4(4), Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, 18-19 October 2012.
- Mehmet Rauf Kesici, (2012). “Türkiye’de Büyüme ile İstihdam Arasındaki Etkileşimin
Güçlendirilmesinde Esneklik ve Kuralsızlaştırma Politikalarına Alternatif Öneriler”
(Alternative Suggestions to Flexibility and Deregulation Policies on Enhancement of
Interactive Relation between Growth and Employment in Turkey), 4th International
Conference of Political Economy, Kocaeli University, 27-27 September 2012.
PROJECTS AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- January 2017- January 2019: A Project / Field Research in Germany. “Turkish and Kurdish
Immigrant Workers in the Ethnic Economy of the Ruhr Region” Funded by The Philipp
Schwartz Initiative of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
- September 2014- September 2015: A Project / Post-Doctoral Field Research in London, UK.
“Positional Determinants of the Migrants From Turkey in London’s Labour Market.”
Supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK).
- June 2011- September 2011: Visiting Researcher. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster
University, Toronto. Funded by Turkey's Higher Education Institute (YÖK).
- 2006-2008: Doctoral Research: Transition Economies and Employment in the European
Union Integration Process: Case Studies of Poland and Turkey
LANGUAGES:
- Kurdish: Native
- Turkish: Native
- English: Advanced
MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS FOR JOURNALS
- Göç Dergisi (Migration Journal)
- Çalışma ve Toplum Dergisi (Work and Society Journal)
CONFERENCE PAPER/ABSTRACT REVIEWER AND CHAIR
- The Migration Conference 2017, Athens
- 4th Turkish Migration Conference 2016, Vienna
- 3rd Turkish Migration Conference 2015, Prague
- 3rd Turkish Migration Conference 2015, Prague (Chair)
- 4th International Conference of Political Economy 2012, (Chair)
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
- 2017: The Migration Conference 2017, Athens (Member of the Conference Committee).
- 2016: 4th Turkish Migration Conference 2016, Vienna (Member of the Conference Scientific
Committee)
- 2015: 3th Turkish Migration Conference 2015, Prague (Member of the Conference Organizing
Committee)
- 2013: 5th National Congress of Maritime 2013, İstanbul (Advisory Board membership)
- 9th Maritime Education Council Meeting, (Member of the Organization Committee)
- 2012: 4th International Conference of Political Economy, Kocaeli University (Member of the
Conference Organizing Committee)