Dr Erdem Dikici

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About me

I am Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the School of Health and Social Wellbeing, the University of the West of England. I did my MSc and PhD in Sociology at the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, the University of Bristol. I am Co-Editor for Health: Sage Journals (sagepub.com) and Review Editor for Frontiers in Sociology (Race and Ethnicity).

In my doctoral dissertation, (Transnational Islam and the Integration of Turks in Great Britain, 2021, Palgrave Macmillan), I developed several avenues of theoretical and empirical inquiry, including the novel theoretical approach, 'integration as a three-way process and negotiation'. This offers original insights into how national citizenship models can be extended and renewed to cover cross-border mobility. My works have been published in top-tier peer-reviewed journals including, Ethnicities, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Identities, Politics and Religion, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Insight Turkey, Journal of Nordic Migration Studies, and Journal of Global Analysis.

My research interests include migration, migrant integration and health; race, ethnicity, and health inequalities; political determinants of health; diversity, national identity, religion and health; and decolonizing education.

I am open to MSc and PhD supervision.

Currently, I am working on three projects:

PI: Health and Migrant Integration in the UK: how does migrants’ health influence their integration into the UK, 2024-2026 (Vice Chancellor’s Early Career Research (VC ECR) Award, UWE Bristol). This project aims to develop a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between health and migrant integration in the UK. This involves (1) investigating the conceptual relationship between health and migrant integration; (2) examining how macro-level factors (i.e. laws, policies, discourses) concerning migration and migrants influence the health of migrants and shape their integration into the wider society; and (3) exploring how migrants view the relationship between their health and integration process.

PI: Race and Health Inequalities in the UK: maximizing evidence for interventions aimed at reducing race-related health inequalities, 2023-2025, (New Starter Research (NSR) Fund, UWE Bristol). This project focuses on racism as a determinant of health; and explores if and how anti-racism struggles contribute to health equity in the UK.

Maximizing child road fatalities: evidence for action, Senior Researcher, 2024-2026 (The Road Safety Trust). Based on the original data that will be extracted from National Child Mortality Database (NCMD) (2019-2025), this joint project aims to develop a holistic understanding of the underlying risk factors for road fatalities in 0-17-year-olds in England, and the interventions needed for different groups to reduce the risk of child road death. 


Area of expertise

Migration, Migrant Integration and Health

Race, Ethnicity and Health Inequalities

Relgion, Identity and Wellbeing

Decolonizing Education

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