K. Onur Unutulmaz is a Lecturer in International Relations at the Social Sciences University of Ankara. His areas of expertise include international migration, integration of immigrants, migrant education policies, and diasporas and transnationalism. He has received his Master degree in Migration Studies and doctorate in Anthropology, both from the University of Oxford, in 2009 and 2014, respectively. Dr. Unutulmaz has written extensively on the issues of migration and migrant integration. One of his most recent publications, Turkey’s Syrians: Today and Tomorrow, is one of the pioneering academic books in English on the subject. His previous co-authored book, Little Turkey in Great Britain, is one of the most comprehensive reviews of Turkish-speaking migrant communities in the UK. He also has an extensive experience in large-scale international and national research projects, which include the Horizon 2020 Project “Adult Education as a Means to Active Participatory Citizenship (EduMAP)”, 2016-2019; “Global Muslim Diaspora: Muslim communities located in “non-Muslim” countries”, 2016-2018, which was funded by the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), Organization of Islamic Cooperation; and, “Assisting Turkey in Developing a National Integration Policy”, 2016-2017, which was carried out by International Organization for Migration (IOM) Turkey Office and Turkish Directorate General of Migration Management.
