- MAP Role: Large Grant Team
- Institution: University of Northampton
- Position: Senior Researcher in Social Innovation & Impact
- Location: U.K.
- Email: Ecem.Karlidag-Dennis@northampton.ac.uk
- Web profile: https://pure.northampton.ac.uk/en/persons/ecem-karlidag-dennis
Ecem is a Senior Researcher in the Institute for Social Innovation and Impact (ISII) at the University of Northampton. Ecem’s background is in education, where she has particular expertise around gender equality, migration and educational inclusion. Indeed, her PhD was titled ‘Basic Education and Hegemony in Turkey: Thinking on Ideology, Policy Making and Civil Society’. Ecem has experience working with vulnerable people, for instance, she has worked on the evaluation of the social impact of YMCA Under One Roof project. Ecem also has experience conducting large-scale research projects in Higher Education including evaluating the University’s Access and Participation Plan (APP) and UniConnect. She also has extensive research experience internationally, having conducted research on educational innovation and inclusion in Northern Vietnam, as well as education and civil society in Turkey and social innovation and higher education in Mexico. Ecem is also supervising a DBA at the University currently that explores ‘Factors influencing the career success of women professionals in Myanmar’s private sector’. Ecem is an experienced educator who specialises in participatory methods (including PhotoVoice) and also in supporting and working with coresearchers on projects.
