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MA(Kent), PhD(Kent)
BS8 1TZ
My primary research interest lies in the field of poverty and household livelihoods (coping, survival). I am interested in understanding how households respond to poverty with a specific focus on their income generation, intra-household income allocation (financial management), consumption and investment behaviour. I also take an interest in understanding how resources beyond income (e.g. social, economic and cultural capital), along with household characteristics and wider structural processes (e.g. state housing and welfare policies) shape household responses and their outcomes for poverty. Hence a particular area of interest concerns the measurement of poverty from a deprivation perspective and methods used to combine its ‘objective’ and subjective dimensions. Another relates to the macro-economic and policy aspects of poverty reduction. More recently, I have developed an interest in migration research and specifically in understanding the economic behaviour, success and integration of migrants. Migrant entrepreneurship, remittances and investments are amongst my current research interests. Methodologically, I am interested in research that uses qualitative or quantitative methods or both.
Current research
I am currently working on a NORFACE funded survey, focusing on Turkish migrants in Europe spread across four generations within 2000 families. The survey is led by Dr Ayşe Güveli with a research team based in the UK, Netherlands and Germany. For project details see the following links to ‘LineUp: Migration Histories of Turks across Europe’ at http://www.lineup.essex.ac.uk/and at http://www.norface-migration.org/currentprojectdetail.php?proj=4
Past research
Research output: Other contribution
Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review