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Professor Mustafa Ozbilgin
Associate Dean Equity and Inclusion/Professor

Eastern Gateway 202G

Summary

Mustafa F. Özbilgin is a Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Brunel Business School, London. His research focuses on workplace equality, diversity and inclusion from comparative and relational perspectives.  He has conducted field studies in the UK and internationally. Supported by international and national grants from the ESRC, EPSRC, EU Horizon 2020, CIPD, ACE, ACCA, and the British Academy, he studied changing policies and practices in workplace equality, diversity, and inclusion. He is an engaged scholar, driven by values of workplace democracy, equality for all, and humanisation of work. 
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All of his research papers are available in preprint format on ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mustafa-Ozbilgin
Video presentations of his research publications are available in the following YouTube channel: 
Check Google Scholar listing for a detailed list of papers and books: http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=7a0xI50AAAAJ&hl=en
If you wish to contact me on Linkedin:  http://uk.linkedin.com/in/ozbilgin
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He has authored and edited more than 20 books and published over 200 papers in academic journals such as the British Medical Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Management Studies, British Journal of Management, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Human Resource Management, Human Relations, Gender Work and Organization, and Social Science and Medicine, among others. 
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He has conducted research, consultancy and training at a large number of organisations, including the House of Commons, Barclays Bank, The Bank West Australia, Google, Halifax, the CIPD, the National Health Service, the NHS Employers, L'Oreal, Tesco, the Probation Services, The UK Fire Service, the Economist Research Unit, the OECD, the WRVS, DTI, Rio Tinto, PwC, Linklaters and ACCA.
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He served as the editor-in-chief of the journal, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: an international journal (Emerald Press) between 2006 and 2010. He served as the editor-in-chief of the European Management Review (EMR), the official journal of the European Academy of Management (EURAM), from 2014 to 2018 and as the editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Management, the official journal of the British Academy of Management, for four years from 2010 to 2014. He is currently serving on the editorial boards of over 20 journals internationally. 
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He currently holds the following editorial roles:
Book Series Editor:
Equality Diversity and Inclusion: international perspectives (Emerald Press)
Managing Global Challenges (World Scientific)
Associate editor:
Gender Work and Organization (Wiley, founding editor of the section: Policy Directions)
Asian Business and Management (Wiley)
Frontiers in Psychology and  Frontiers in Sociology (Frontiers)
Member of the Editorial Board:
Academy of Management Learning and Education (AMLE)
British Journal of Management
International Journal of Human Resource Management
Journal of Management Studies
Equality Diversity and Inclusion: an International Journal (Emerald Press)
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He is the founder of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: an international conference (EDI). The EDI conference was established in 2008 and has travelled to 17 different countries to date across four continents:  www.edi-conference.org
Mustafa Ozbilgin is a member of the Reform Club: 

Qualifications

PhD (Bristol), MA (Marmara), BA (Boğaziçi)

Newest selected publications

Sehlikoglu, S. and Özbilgin, MF. (Accepted) '“Cis Hell”'. Journal of Gender Studies. pp. 1 - 30. ISSN: 0958-9236

Journal article

Özbilgin, MF., Erbil, C., Akçomak, S., Temel, S., Karaosmanoğlu, E. and Ünlü, H. (Accepted) 'Hysteresis in the neoliberal academy: inside- and outside-track academic lives under authoritarian neoliberalism'. Studies in Higher Education. pp. 1 - 23. ISSN: 0307-5079

Journal article

Eger, C. and Özbilgin, MF. (2026) 'Beyond Confessional Cultures: Identity and the Role of Silence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Interventions'. Gender, Work & Organization, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 0968-6673 Open Access Link

Journal article

Mergen, A., Özbilgin, MF., Güven, Ç., Erbil, C. and Greenhalgh, T. (2026) 'Toxic experts in longevity business: A multilevel relational framing of emergence'. Organization: the interdisciplinary journal of organization, theory and society, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 24. ISSN: 1350-5084 Open Access Link

Journal article

Özbilgin, MF., Erbil, C. and Torunoğlu Tinay, D. (2026) 'Incels at work: misogyny as identity, labels and normative structures of work', in Broadbridge, A., Moulettes, A. and Michaelides, A. (eds.) A Research Agenda for the Future of Inclusivity in Work. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 165 - 182. ISBN 10: 1-0353-2893-3. ISBN 13: 978-1-0353-2892-5.

Book chapter
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