Personen

Dr. Ergün Özgür

Assozierte

Aktuelles Forschungsgebiet: Migranten, Flüchtlinge, Partizipation, Exil und wissenschaftlicher Aktivismus und Vielfalt, Identität, Geschlecht, Gruppen, Hochschulbildung, Führung, Arbeit und Prekarität
Regionaler Schwerpunkt: Kaukasus, Abchasien, Zypern, EU und Türkei
Dr. Ergün Özgür
Dr. Ergün Özgür

Positions

01.09.2024
Research Fellow, Leibniz- Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin - Germany.
01.04.2023
Guest Researcher, Freie Universität - Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication Studies.
01.12.2022 - 31.03.2023
AIE Fellow, Freie Universität - Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication Studies.
01.08.2020 - 30.11.2022
Einstein Guest Researcher, Freie Universität - Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication Studies.
01.08.2020 - 30.06.2024
Affiliated Researcher, Leibniz- Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin - Germany.
01.08.2017 - 31.07.2020
Research Fellow, Leibniz- Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin - Germany.
01.11.2016 - 31.07.2017
Research Fellow, Käte Hamburger Kolleg, Bonn – Germany.
01.10.2015 - 31.10.2016
Visiting Professor, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain la Neuve - Belgium.
01.07.2015 - 30.09.2015
Consultant, Consultant and Freelance Trainer, Istanbul - Turkey.
15.09.2012 - 30.06.2015
Asst. Professor, Cyprus International University, Nicosia - Cyprus.
26.11.2011 - 14.09.2012
Consultant, Consultant and Freelance Trainer, Istanbul - Turkey.
01.01.2004 - 30.09.2005
Consultant, Consultant and Freelance Trainer, Istanbul - Turkey.
05.05.1998 - 31.12.2003
Asst. Manager, Bnp Ak Dresdner Bank A.S., Istanbul - Turkey .
15.12.1988 - 30.04.1998
Asst. Manager, Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A.S., Istanbul - Turkey.

Education

01.10.2007 - 25.11.2011
Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour (Business Administration), Marmara University, Istanbul – Turkey.
01.10.2005 - 30.06.2007
Master in Global Politics and International Relations, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul – Turkey.
01.10.1989 - 01.04.1992
Master in Banking, Marmara University, Istanbul - Turkey.
01.10.1983 - 30.06.1988
Bachelors in Public Administration (& Political Science), Middle East Technical University, Ankara – Turkey.

Publications

Books / Theses

Özgür, E. The Intervening Role of Work Values between Personal Values and Work Engagement : Cross-cultural Research: Abkhazia-Turkey, Open Access (unpublished) Thesis, Thesis Centre for the Council of Higher Education No. 317359; ProQuest theses database No.29399043). Marmara University Istanbul, The Institute for Social Sciences. 2011.

Özgür, E. (Ed.) The North Caucasus, Histories, Diasporas and Current Challenges, Ankara: Kaf-Dav (A publication of the S.S.R.C., New York, N.Y.). 2009.

Özgür, E. Gelecek işlem borsaları işlemler ve Türkiye örneği (Basılmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi) Future transactions in Stock Exchanges and the case of Turkey (Unpublished Master's Thesis). 1992.

Journal Articles (peer-review)

Özgür, E. Challenges of Participation in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands: Christian – Assyrian and Muslim – Turk Immigrants. Revista Internacional de Estudios Migratorios (RIEM) [International Journal of Migration Studies], 12(1), 28-54. https://doi.org/10.25115/riem.v12i1.5320. 2022.

Özgür E. Individual Values and Acculturation Processes of Immigrant Groups from Turkey: Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands. Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, 15(1), 69-97. http://www.e-migration.ro/jims/Vol15_No1_2021/JIMS_Vol15_No1_2021_pp_69_97_OZGUR.pdf. 2021.

Özgür, E., Köprülü, N. and Reuchamps, M. Drawing Cyprus: Power-sharing, identity and expectations among the next generation in Northern Cyprus. Mediterranean Politics, 24(2), 237-259, DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2017.1404720 (online publication year: 2017). 2019.

Moyo, N. and Özgür, E.  An Examination of Challenges and Opportunities behind Succession in Family Businesses in North Cyprus, International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 3(4), 1-28. 2015.

Saltson, E. and Özgür, E. Impact of Workforce Diversity on a Business Organization’s Non-financial Performance, with Moderation by Leadership Style and Perceived Organizational Support, International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 3(5),160-179. 2015.

Moyo, Z., Dilmaç, J.A. and Özgür, E.  A Dual Process Model Approach to Labour Authority Attitudes towards Homeworkers in the Zimbabwean Informal Economy: Attitude Scaling and Questionnaire Formation, International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 3(4), 1-19. 2015.

Gürol, M.A. and Özgür, E. Core Factors Influencing the Perceptions of Adolescences in Higher Education Relating to the Impact of Technological Innovations on Human Interaction, Journal of Information Technology Applications & Management, 21(1), 69-84. 2014.

Özgür, E. Yaşa Göre Değer Farklılıkları ve Siyasi Kuşak Aidiyeti (Value Differences According to Age and Political Generation Belongingness), İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi, 26(3), 45-76. 2012. 

Özgür, E. Genişleyen Avrupa Birliği’nin Göçmen İkilemi ve Yaşlanan İşgücü (The Immigration Dilemma of Enlarging EU & Ageing Workforce), ÖNERİ: Marmara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 10(38), 73-85. 2012.

Özgür, E. Non-Governmental Organizations in -De Facto- Independent Abkhazia and the North Caucasus- 1999-2006, Journal of Academic Studies, 9(35), 19-41. 2008.

Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings

Özgür, E.  “Critical scholars from Turkey: Challenges and opportunities in Germany”. In Axyonova, Vera & Kohstall, Florian & Richter, Carola (eds) Academics in Exile. Networks, Knowledge Exchange and New Forms of Internationalization, 143-162. Bielefeld: transcript. ISBN: 978-3-8394-6089-4. 2022.

Open Access link: https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-6089-0/academics-in-exile/?number=978-3-8394-6089-4

Özgür, E. "Asimilasyon – Ulus Ötesi Diaspora: Çerkes Gençlerinin Dil, Kültür ve Gelecek Öngörüleri [Assimilation – Transnational Diaspora: Language, Culture and Future Foresight of the Circassian Youth]". In M. C. Taymaz ve S. Alankuş (eds) Çerkeslerin 21. Yüzyılı : Kimlik, Anayurt ve Siyaset: [21st Century of the Circassians: Identity, Motherland and Politics], 255-279. Dipnot: Ankara. 2021.

Özgür, E. , Mujahed, F. and Alrub, A. A. “Power Distance, Uncertainty Avoidance and Satisfaction: Evidence from Northern Cyprus Universities”. In K. S. Soliman (Ed.) Innovation Management and Education Excellence Vision 2020: From Regional Development Sustainability to Global Economic Growth, The proceedings of the 27th IBIMA Conference May 4-5, 3336-3349. Milan: 2016.

Özgür, E. “Türkiye’deki Kuzey Kafkas Diaspora Kurumları ve Lobi Faaliyetleri [The North Caucasian Diaspora Organizations in Turkey and Their Lobbying Activities]”. In M. Hacısalihoğlu (ed.) 1864 Kafkas Tehciri: Kafkasya’da Rus Kolonizasyonu, Savaş ve Sürgün [The Caucasian Exodus of 1964: Russian Colonization of Caucasia, War and Exodus], 549-590, Istanbul: Balkar & IRCICA. ISBN: 978-975-461-508-1. 2014.

Gürol, M.A. and Özgür, E. “Core Factors Influencing the Perceptions of Adolescences in Higher Education Relating to the Impact of Technological Innovations on Human Interaction”, The Proceedings of 11th International Conf. on IT Applications & Management, Jan 8-12, 128-137. Taipei: ITAM. 2014.

Özgür, E. “Abhaz, Abaza, Çerkes ve Ermeni Etnik Grupları Değerler ve Kültürlenme [The Abkhaz, Abaza, Circassian and Armenian Ethnic Groups: Values and Acculturation]”. In S. Alankuş ve E. Oktay Arı (eds.) Geçmişten Geleceğe Çerkesler: Kültür, Kimlik ve Siyaset [The Circassians from Past to Future: Culture, Identity and Politics], 379-400. Ankara: Kaf-Dav. 2014.

Özgür, E. “The North Caucasian and Abkhazian Diasporas and Their Lobbying Activities. In Turkey”. In K. Vamling (ed.) Caucasus Studies 4: Migration, Society and Language (Papers from the Conference on November 28-30, 2008), 80-87. Malmö: Malmö University. 2011.

Özgür, E. “NGOs in Abkhazia and Their Contribution to the Democratization of the Country”. In E. Özgür (ed.) The North Caucasus, Histories, Diasporas and Current Challenges, 12-21. Ankara: Kaf-Dav (A publication of the S.S.R.C., New York, N.Y.). 2009.

Articles in Newspapers and Bulletins

Özgür, E. Feminist Solidarity Group for Disaster and the PURPLE TRUCK: Our future Children [Afet için Feminist Dayanışma Grubu ve MOR TIR: Geleceğimiz çocuklar], Jineps Gazetesi. https://jinepsgazetesi.com/2023/03/afet-icin-feminist-dayanisma-grubu-ve-mor-tir-gelecegimiz-cocuklar/. March 2023.

Özgür, E. Asida Shakryl: The independent Ombudsperson of the Republic of Abkhazia [Abhazya Cumhuriyeti Bağımsız Kamu Denetçisi, ‘Ombudsperson – Ombudsman’], Jineps Gazetesi. (https://jinepsgazetesi.com/2022/03/asida-sakril/. March 2022.

Özgür, E. Bizim Cadılarımız: Geleneğin Gözden Geçirilmesi [Our witches: Reconsideration of the tradition]. Jineps Gazetesi.  https://jinepsgazetesi.com/2021/03/bizim-cadilarimiz-gelenegin-gozden-gecirilmesi/. March 2021.

Özgür, E. Abhazya Seçimlerinin Ardından (After the Elections in Abkhazia), Ğuaze (Rehber- Guide)–Kafkas Derneği İletişim Bülteni, 10-11. 2005.

Prizes and awards

9/2022
Conference participation award (Rabat, Morocco), Academy in Solidarity
6/2021
Webinar organization award (Berlin, online), Academy in Solidarity
2020
Conference participation award (USA-partially used), Academy in Solidarity
9/2019
Workshop organization award (Jena), Academy in Solidarity
8/2019
Conference participation award (Glasgow), Academy in Solidarity
7/2018
Okonji Travel Award, 24th International Association of Cross-cultural Psychology. International Congress (IACCP) Participation, Witkin
2012
International conference participation fellowship (Tübitak - Bideb 2224)
2008
International conference participation fellowship (Tübitak - Bideb 2224)
2011
International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology (Free summer school participation)
1990
Turkish Bank `Ahmet Dallı` the second-best banking project prize (with the project group)

Funding Received

Gerda Henkel Stiftung, Leibniz - Zentrum Moderner Orient. Topic: Highly-Qualified Syrian Circassian Refugees in Multicultural Capitals of Amsterdam and Berlin: Challenges and Opportunities.

12 months

 

Academy in Exile Fellowship: FU-Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication Studies Topic: Lessons to Learn from a Conflict Region: Comparing Welcome and Incorporation Policies of Syrian Refugees in Istanbul & Sukhum

 4 months

     

Einstein Fellowship: FU-Berlin, Institute for Media and Communication Studies   Topic: Lessons to Learn from a Conflict Region: Comparing Welcome and Incorporation Policies of Syrian Refugees in Istanbul & Sukhum

28 months  

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (PSI) Fellowship: Leibniz - Zentrum Moderner Orient. Topic: The Impact of Multicultural Policy Implementations and Acculturation Strategies on the Adaptation of Muslim and non-Muslim Immigrants from Turkey. Cases: Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden and the UK.

36 months

Research fellowship: Käte Hamburger Kolleg, Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities, ‘Law as Culture’. Topic: Integration of Minorities from Turkey and the Multicultural Policy Implementations in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

  9 months

Post-doc fellowship (repaid): Tübitak - Bideb 2219, Turkey - Visiting Professor at Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique (UCL), Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe (ISPOLE). Topic: Host country's Adaptation - Integration Policies       and the Values of Muslim Immigrants.

12 months

Languages

  • Turkish (Native)
  • English (Fluent)
  • German (Fluent)
  • Russian (intermediate)