Tuba Bircan

Publications

Publications

Books, articles, chapters and reports. For citation metrics and the most current list, see Google Scholar.

  • Bircan, T. (Ed.) (forthcoming). New Other Thoughts on Migration and Migrants. TP London.
  • Cenkci, A. T., Downing, M. S., Bircan, T., & Perham-Lippman, K. (2023). Overcoming Workplace Loneliness: Cultivating Belonging for a Remote Workforce. Emerald Points. Emerald.
  • Salah, A. A., Korkmaz, E. E., & Bircan, T. (Eds.) (2022). Data Science for Migration and Mobility Studies. Proceedings of the British Academy. Oxford University Press.

2024

  • Bircan, T. (2024). AI, big data and quest for truth: The role of theoretical insight. Data & Policy.
  • Bircan, T. (2024). Augmentation or replication? Assessing big data’s role in migration studies. Data & Policy.
  • Momeni, R., Bircan, T., King, R., & Santos, E. Z. (2024). Deciphering climate-induced displacement in Somalia: A remote sensing perspective. PLOS One.
  • Bircan, T., & Ceylan, D. (2024). Machine discriminating: Automated speech recognition biases in refugee interviews. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 1–16.
  • Arcila Calderón, C., Aydoğdu, B., Bircan, T., Gündüz, B., Önes, O., Salah, A. A., & Sîrbu, A. (2024). Combining Twitter and mobile phone data to observe border-rush: The Turkish-European border opening. arXiv preprint arXiv:2405. PDF
  • Costa, A., Atutornu, J., Bircan, T., Boraschi, D., Henriques, S., Milne, R., … & Middleton, A. (2024). From “inclusion in what” to “equity in what”: (Re)thinking the question of in/equity in precision medicine and health. The American Journal of Bioethics, 24(3), 89–91.

2023

  • Qi, H., & Bircan, T. (2023). Can Google Trends predict asylum-seekers’ destination choices? EPJ Data Science, 12(1), 41. PDF
  • Ahmad Yar, A. W., & Bircan, T. (2023). Challenges with international migration data: An analysis of the experience of national statistical institutions. International Migration Review.
  • Pollacci, L., Milli, L., Bircan, T., & Rossetti, G. (2023). Academic mobility from a big data perspective. International Journal of Data Science and Analytics, 1–14. PDF
  • Purkayastha, D., Bircan, T., Ahmad Yar, A. W., & Ceylan, D. (2023). Irregular migration is skilled migration: Reimagining skill in EU’s migration policies. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(1), 1–10. Open access
  • Cenkci, A. T., & Bircan, T. (2023). The relationship between authentic leadership and workplace loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of interactional justice. Management Research Review.
  • Bircan, T., Salah, A. A., & Qi, H. (2023). A bibliometric analysis of computational social science in Turkish academia. In 2023 31st Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) (pp. 1–4). IEEE.
  • Milne, R., Aidid, U., Atutornu, J., Bircan, T., Boraschi, D., Costa, A., … & Middleton, A. (2023). What difference can public engagement in genome editing make, and for whom? The American Journal of Bioethics, 23(7), 58–60. Link
  • Qi, H., & Bircan, T. (2023). Modelling and predicting forced migration. PLOS One, 18(4), e0284416. Open access
  • Narlı, A. N., Akyıldız, K., & Bircan, T. (2023). The polarization of traumas and selective remembering: Competing political memories of military coups in contemporary Turkey. Journal of Historical Sociology. Open access
  • Blackburn, A. M., Han, H., Gelpí, R. A., Stöckli, S., Jeftić, A., Ch’ng, B., … & COVIDiSTRESS II Consortium (2023). Mediation analysis of conspiratorial thinking and anti-expert sentiments on vaccine willingness. Health Psychology, 42(4), 235.

2022

  • Bircan, T., & Salah Akdag, A. A. (2022). A bibliometric analysis of the use of artificial intelligence technologies for social sciences. Mathematics, 10(23), 4398. Open access
  • Bircan, T., & Yilmaz, S. (2022). A critique of gender-blind migration theories and data sources. International Migration. Open access
  • Aydoğdu, B., Ahat, B., Salah, A. A., & Bircan, T. (2022). Temporal and spatial analysis of indicators on segregation of Syrian refugees in Turkey with mobile phone data. In 2022 30th Signal Processing and Communications Applications Conference (SIU) (pp. 1–4). IEEE.
  • Blackburn, A. M., Vestergren, S., … Bircan, T., & COVIDiSTRESS II Consortium (2022). COVIDiSTRESS diverse dataset on psychological and behavioural outcomes one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Data, 9(1), 331. Open access

2021

  • Bircan, T., & Korkmaz, E. E. (2021). Big data for whose sake? Governing migration through artificial intelligence. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 8, 241. Open access
  • Purkayastha, D., & Bircan, T. (2021). Present but not counted: Highly skilled family migrants in Belgium. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2021.2003187.
  • Ahmad Yar, A. W., & Bircan, T. (2021). Anatomy of a misfit: International migration statistics. Sustainability, 13(7), 4032. Open access
  • Lieberoth, A., Lin, S. Y., Stöckli, S., Han, H., Kowal, M., Gelpi, R., … Bircan, T., … & COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey Consortium (2021). Stress and worry in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic: Relationships to trust and compliance with preventive measures across 48 countries in the COVIDiSTRESS global survey. Royal Society Open Science, 8(2), 200589. Open access
  • Yamada, Y., Ćepulić, D.-B., Coll-Martín, T., Debove, S., Gautreau, G., Han, H., … Bircan, T., … & Lieberoth, A. (2021). COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey dataset on psychological and behavioural consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak. Scientific Data, 8(1), 1–23. Open access

2020

  • Bircan, T., & Nebioglu, D. (2020). Türkiye’de kamunun gözünde hükümetin iktisadi sorumlulukları [Public perception of the economic role of the government]. EFIL Journal, 3(12), 8–29.
  • Ünver, Ö., Nicaise, I., & Bircan, T. (2020). A multilevel approach to ECEC policies and intensity of formal childcare participation of 0–2-year-old children in Europe. Children and Youth Services Review, 105798.
  • Cenkci, A. T., Bircan, T., & Zimmerman, J. (2020). Inclusive leadership and work engagement: The mediating role of procedural justice. Management Research Review. DOI: 10.1108/MRR-03-2020-0146.
  • Ünver, Ö., Bircan, T., & Nicaise, I. (2020). Opinion-policy congruence for public provision and financing of childcare in Europe. International Journal of Educational Research, 101, 101576.

2019

  • Ünver, Ö., Nicaise, I., & Bircan, T. (2019). Interactive acculturation of Turkish-Belgian parents and children in Flanders: A case study of Beringen. Migration Letters, 16(3), 417–428. Open access
  • Cenkci, A. T., Zimmerman, J., & Bircan, T. (2019). The effects of employee resource groups on work engagement and workplace inclusion. International Journal of Organizational Diversity, 19(2), 1–19.

2018

  • Bircan, T., Schockaert, I., & Nicaise, I. (2018). More than a roof: A statistical profile of homeless people in Belgium. European Journal of Homelessness, 12(2), 35–57. Open access
  • Ünver, Ö., Bircan, T., & Nicaise, I. (2018). Perceived accessibility of childcare in Europe: A cross-country multilevel study. International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 12(5), 1–30. Open access

2016

  • Narlı, N., Akyıldız, K., & Bircan, T. (2016). #kotumubilirdik. La memoria política del golpe de Estado del 12 de Septiembre. Tiempo Devorado, 3(2), 351–373.
  • Ceviker-Gurakar, E., & Bircan, T. (2016). Political connections and public procurement in Turkey: Evidence from construction work contracts. Working paper, ERF project Political Economy Determinants of Private Sector Dynamism in the ERF Region.

2015

  • Bircan, T., & Sunata, U. (2015). Educational assessment of Syrian refugees in Turkey. Migration Letters, 12(3), 226–237. Open access

2011

  • Bircan, T., & Hooghe, M. (2011). Immigration, diversity and crime: An analysis of Belgian national crime statistics, 2001–2006. European Journal of Criminology, 8(3), 198–212. Link

2010

  • Hooghe, M., Vanhoutte, B., Hardyns, W., & Bircan, T. (2010). Unemployment, inequality, poverty and crime: Spatial distribution patterns of criminal acts in Belgium, 2001–06. British Journal of Criminology, 51(1), 1–20. Link
  • Hooghe, M., Heyndels, B., Jottier, D., Bircan, T., & Botterman, S. (2010). Explaining the green vote: An analysis of the green vote in Belgian local elections, 1994–2006. Environmental Politics, 19(6), 930–950.

2009

  • Bircan, T., Hardyns, W., & Hooghe, M. (2009). A spatial analysis of Belgian national crime records, 2001–2005. Proceedings of the Conference on New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics, Brussels, 18–20 February 2009. Eurostat, 245–254. Open access
  • Bircan, T., & Salah, A. A. (forthcoming). Emerging big data sources for studying migration. In W. Allen & C. Vargas-Silva (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods in Migration (2nd ed.). Edward Elgar.
  • Bircan, T. (forthcoming). Introduction: New perspectives to old questions. In T. Bircan (Ed.), New Other Thoughts on Migration and Migrants. TP London.
  • Bircan, T. (forthcoming). Conclusion: New answers to old questions of migration. In T. Bircan (Ed.), New Other Thoughts on Migration and Migrants. TP London.
  • Bircan, T., Salah, A. A., & Sîrbu, A. (2023). How can big data analytics help understand migrant integration? In IOM, Harnessing Data Innovation for Migration Policy: A Handbook for Practitioners (pp. 92–104). IOM, Geneva. Open access
  • Salah, A. A., Korkmaz, E. E., & Bircan, T. (2022). Introduction: New data sources on migration and human mobility. In Data Science for Migration and Mobility Studies. Proceedings of the British Academy, Oxford University Press.
  • Bircan, T. (2022). Remote sensing data for migration research. In Data Science for Migration and Mobility Studies. Proceedings of the British Academy, Oxford University Press.
  • Imeraj, L., & Bircan, T. (2021). Recognising diversity: Not “if” but “how”. In I. Adam & F. Trauner (Eds.), Migration, Equality and Racisms: 44 Opinions. VUB POINcaré Initiative.
  • Purkayastha, D., Vanroelen, C., & Bircan, T. (2020). Inequalities in the world of work exacerbate the spread of Covid-19. In Benchmarking Working Europe 2020. Covid-19 and the World of Work: The Impact of a Pandemic. ETUI, Brussels.
  • Bircan, T. (2019). Syrian refugees’ access to higher education: Belgian initiative. In P. Blessinger & E. Sengupta (Eds.), Strategies, Policies and Directions for Refugee Education. Emerald Group Publishing.
  • Ceviker Gurakar, E., & Bircan, T. (2019). Political connections and public procurement in Turkey: Evidence from construction work contracts. In I. Diwan, A. Malik & I. Atiyas (Eds.), Crony Capitalism in the Middle East: Business and Politics from Liberalization to the Arab Spring. Oxford University Press.
  • Nicaise, I., & Bircan, T. (2018). The uncounted poor in EU-SILC: A statistical profile of the income and living conditions of homeless people, undocumented immigrants and travellers in Belgium. In H. P. Gaisbauer, G. Schweiger & C. Sedmak (Eds.), Absolute Poverty in Europe: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on a Hidden Phenomenon. Policy Press, Bristol.
  • Ceviker Gurakar, E., & Bircan, T. (2018). Redistributive politics, clientelism and political patronage under the AKP. In L. Ruiz de Elvira, I. Weipert-Fenner & C. Schwarz (Eds.), Networks of Dependency: Clientelism and Patronage in the Middle East and North Africa. Routledge.
  • Ceviker-Gurakar, E., & Bircan, T. (2016). Redistribution or crony capitalism? Favoritism in public procurement contract award processes. In Politics of Favoritism in Public Procurement in Turkey: Reconfigurations of Dependency Networks in the AKP Era. Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
  • Bircan, T., & Ceviker-Gurakar, E. (2014). Business networks and public procurement in Turkey. In V. Benson & S. Morgan (Eds.), Implications of Social Media Use in Personal and Professional Settings. IGI Global.
  • Bircan, T. (2012). The impact of safety on levels of ethnocentrism. In M. van der Woude, J. van der Leun & M. J. Guia (Eds.), Social Control and Justice: Crimmigration in the Age of Fear. Boom/Lemma, Den Haag.
  • Bircan, T. (2012). Community Structure and Ethnocentrism. A Multilevel Approach: A Case Study of Flanders (Belgium). PhD dissertation, KU Leuven. Supervisor: Prof. Marc Hooghe.
  • Heady, P., Gruber, S., & Bircan, T. (2010). Quantitative data analysis and results of kinship and network questionnaires. In P. Heady (Ed.), Family, Kinship and State in Contemporary Europe, Vol. 2: The View from Below: Nineteen Localities. Campus Verlag.
  • Bircan, T., Hooghe, M., & Kayaoglu, A. (2009). Inkomensongelijkheid, migratiepatronen en sociale ongelijkheid in Vlaanderen. In L. Vanderleyden, M. Callens & J. Noppe (Eds.), De Sociale Staat van Vlaanderen 2009 (pp. 363–380). Studiedienst van de Vlaamse Regering.
  • Bircan, T., & Qi, H. (Guest editors) (2023). New methodological approaches for migration and mobility studies: From traditional to big data. Frontiers in Human Dynamics.
  • Arcila Calderón, C., & Bircan, T. (Guest editors) (2022). The promise and perils of big data and AI for migration. Social Sciences. Open access
  • Hendow, M., Qaisrani, A., Siruno, L., Leerkes, A., Rössl, L., Schütze, T., … & Sohst, R. R. (2024). Comparing national laws and policies addressing irregular migrants. MIrreM report. PDF
  • Siruno, L., Leerkes, A., Badre, A., Bircan, T., Brunovská, E., … Vargas-Silva, C. (2024). MIrreM public database on irregular migration flow estimates and indicators [Data set]. University for Continuing Education Krems. Data (zip)
  • Ahmad Yar, A. W., & Bircan, T. (2023). Country reports on the migration experiences of settled migrants: Sweden. PDF
  • Hendow, M., Qaisrani, A., Brunovska, E., Rössl, L., Schütze, T., Kraler, A., Ahmad Yar, A. W., Bircan, T., … & Sohst, R. R. (2023). Compilation of 15 country briefs on irregular migration policy context. MIrreM report. University for Continuing Education Krems. PDF
  • Bircan, T., Surkyn, J., & Ahmad Yar, A. W. (2023). Migration and mortality: What do we know? KNOMAD Paper 57. PDF
  • Aydoğdu, B., Ahmad Yar, A. W., Bircan, T., & Salah, A. A. (2023). White paper on policy implications of using mobile phone data for migration. HumMingBird Deliverable 6.5. Open access
  • Momeni, R., Bircan, T., & King, R. (2022). Environment-induced internal displacement: The case of Somalia. HumMingBird Deliverable 4.3. Open access
  • Qi, H., & Bircan, T. (2021). Understanding migration drivers: Methodology, sensitivity, and heterogeneity. HumMingBird Deliverable 3.2. Open access
  • Bircan, T., Ahmad Yar, A. W., Purkayastha, D., & Yilmaz, S. (2021). Find the gap: Addressing the international migration data gaps (policy brief). HumMingBird Deliverable 2.3. Open access
  • Bircan, T., Purkayastha, D., Ahmad Yar, A. W., Lotter, K., Dello Iakono, C., Göler, D., Stanek, M., Yilmaz, S., Solano, G., & Ünver, Ö. (2020). Gaps in migration research: Review of migration theories and the quality and compatibility of migration data on the national and international level. HumMingBird project. Open access
  • Purkayastha, D., Vanroelen, C., & Bircan, T. (2020). Work, health and COVID-19: OSH challenges during the pandemic. ETUI report. Open access
  • Nicaise, I., Bircan, T., & Van Lancker, A. (2019). Feasibility study for a Child Guarantee: Target group discussion paper on children with a migrant background and refugee children. European Commission, DG EMPL. Open access
  • Nieuwenhuis, R., Nelson, K., Bircan, T., Burman, S., Eneroth, M., Machado, J., Metzing, M., Nicaise, I., & Schupp, J. (2019). Migrants’ social rights: Evaluating a new approach to collect institutional data for comparative research. InGRID-2 project. Open access
  • Nicaise, I., Vandevoort, L., Juchtmans, G., Buffel, V., Ünver, Ö., Van Den Broeck, K., & Bircan, T. (2019). Feasibility study for a child guarantee: Country report Belgium. European Commission, DG EMPL. Open access
  • Salman, M., & Bircan, T. (2019). Refugee students’ experience with the European higher education system: A Belgian case study. VUB IES Policy Paper 2019/01. Open access
  • Ünver, Ö., Nicaise, I., & Bircan, T. (contributor) (2018). Towards inclusive service markets through social investment in early childhood education and care. HIVA, KU Leuven. Open access
  • Demaerschalk, E., Italiano, P., Mondelaers, N., Steenssens, K., Schepers, W., Bircan, T., Nicaise, I., Van Regenmortel, T., Jacquemain, M., & Hermans, K. (2018). MEHOBEL: Measuring homelessness in Belgium. BELSPO. Open access
  • Bircan, T., Nicaise, I., Gábos, A., & Tóth, G. (2017). Priorities in data collection for European poverty research. InGRID project. PDF
  • Van Lancker, A., Nicaise, I., Bircan, T., et al. (2017). Towards inclusive service delivery through social investment in Flanders: An analysis of five sectors, with a particular focus on water provision. HIVA, KU Leuven. Open access
  • Ünver, Ö., Bircan, T., & Nicaise, I. (2016). Inclusiveness of early childhood education and care: Seven case studies across Europe. HIVA, KU Leuven.
  • Ünver, Ö., Bircan, T., & Nicaise, I. (2016). Accessibility and use of early childhood education and care: A comparative analysis of 34 European countries. HIVA, KU Leuven.
  • Işık, Ö., & Bircan, T. (2012). Agile business intelligence: Following the agile principles. Vlerick Business School research report.
  • Işık, Ö., & Bircan, T. (2012). Agile business intelligence: Benefits and barriers. Vlerick Business School research report.
  • Hooghe, M., Vanhoutte, B., & Bircan, T. (2009). Technical report for the Social Cohesion Survey Flanders 2009 (SCIF 2009). Centrum voor Politicologie, Leuven.
  • Bircan, T. (2022). Panel chair: ‘Big data analytics for migration indicators’. 19th IMISCOE Annual Conference, Oslo, 29 June – 1 July 2022.
  • Bircan, T. (2022). Panel chair: ‘A critical approach to new methods in migration studies’. 19th IMISCOE Annual Conference, Oslo, 29 June – 1 July 2022.
  • Bircan, T., & Yilmaz, S. (2022). A critique of gender-blind migration theories and data sources. 19th IMISCOE Annual Conference, Oslo, 29 June – 1 July 2022.
  • Qi, H., & Bircan, T. (2022). From aspiration to action: Estimating refugees’ capability to migrate. IMISCOE Workshop ‘Digitization of Migration Research Methods: Promises and Pitfalls’, Warsaw, 30 May 2022.
  • Bircan, T., & Akdag Salah, A. A. (2021). Knowledge base sphere of AI for migration studies. 18th IMISCOE Annual Conference, online, 7–9 July 2021.
  • Purkayastha, D., & Bircan, T. (2021). Less than equal: A qualitative study of the Single Permit Directive. The Migration Conference 2021, online, 6–10 July 2021.
  • Ozdek, E., & Bircan, T. (2021). Understanding the integration process of highly skilled migrants from Turkey. The Migration Conference 2021, online, 6–10 July 2021.
  • Purkayastha, D., & Bircan, T. (2021). Migration categories in administrative data versus dynamic lives: A qualitative approach to draw the limits of existing data. Dag van de Sociologie, online, 10 June 2021.
  • Ahmad Yar, A. W., & Bircan, T. (2021). Using big data to complement migration statistics: Insights from national statistical institutes. Dag van de Sociologie, online, 10 June 2021.
  • Pour Ibrahimi, H., & Bircan, T. (2021). A bibliometric analysis of big data and artificial intelligence research in policy domain. Dag van de Sociologie, online, 10 June 2021.
  • Bircan, T., et al. (2020). Review of migration theories and the quality and compatibility of migration data. HumMingBird Expert Workshop ‘Mind the Gap’, online, 3–4 December 2020.
  • Arcila Calderón, C., Bircan, T., Pignotti, M., Rossetti, G., Salah, A. A., & Sîrbu, A. (2020). From Turkey to Europe: Movement of people at the Turkish border in March 2020. Workshop at SocInfo 2020, Pisa, 6–9 October 2020.
  • Salah, A. A., & Bircan, T. (2020). Using mobile CDR for modeling migration patterns. 17th IMISCOE Annual Conference, online, 1–2 July 2020.
  • Bircan, T. (2020). Lost in definition: Migrants of Europe in large-scale surveys. International Forum for Migration Statistics, Cairo, 19–21 January 2020.
  • Bircan, T., & Salman, M. (2018). Syrian refugee youth seeking hope: Educational aspirations and integration of refugee youth in Belgium. XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, 15–21 July 2018.
  • Bircan, T. (2018). Micro data for quality of life indicators and their representativeness for migrants. InGRID-2 Expert Workshop, Budapest, 25–27 April 2018.
  • Ünver, Ö., & Bircan, T. (2018). Measuring the accessibility and use of ECEC in Europe. InGRID Expert Workshop, Budapest, 25–27 April 2018.
  • Bircan, T. (2017). Seeking Neverland: Refugee children in Europe. 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Athens, 29 August – 1 September 2017.
  • Bircan, T., & Guven, S. (2017). Syrian refugees and challenges for health system: Case of Istanbul. 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Athens, 2017.
  • Bircan, T., & Guven, S. (2017). Right to health: Provision of healthcare services to Syrian refugees. The Migration Conference, Athens, 23–26 August 2017.
  • Ünver, Ö., Bircan, T., & Nicaise, I. (2017). The state as the provider and financer of childcare: Perceptions of the public. 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association, Athens, 2017.
  • Nicaise, I., & Bircan, T. (2017). Data gaps in poverty research. InGRID Final Conference, Brussels, 17 January 2017.
  • Ünver, Ö., Broekhuizen, M., Bircan, T., & Nicaise, I. (2016). Accessibility and inclusiveness of ECEC services. Conference ‘A great start in life’, Brussels, 30 November 2016.
  • Bircan, T. (2016). Does corruption matter? Impact of the 2013 corruption scandal on political trust in Turkey. WAPOR Conference on Political Trust, Barcelona, 24–25 November 2016.
  • Nicaise, I., Ünver, Ö., & Bircan, T. (2016). Hoe inclusief zijn Europese VVE-stelsels? ECCESS Conference, Utrecht, 10 November 2016.
  • Ünver, Ö., Bircan, T., & Nicaise, I. (2016). How inclusive are European ECEC systems? CARE Closing Conference, Lisbon, 5–6 October 2016.
  • Nicaise, I., Ünver, Ö., & Bircan, T. (2016). How inclusive are European ECEC systems? Conference ‘Child poverty in times of crisis’, Salzburg, 26–28 August 2016.
  • Ünver, Ö., Nicaise, I., & Bircan, T. (2016). How does the institutional setting of ECEC systems affect the perceived quality of services by parents? Third ISA Forum of Sociology, Vienna, 10 July 2016.
  • Bircan, T. (2016). Refugee policies in Belgium and the aftermath of the Syrian crisis. SeSaMO Annual Conference, Catania, 17–19 March 2016.
  • Nicaise, I., Ünver, Ö., & Bircan, T. (2016). Welfare state, institutional setting and perceived accessibility of ECEC in Europe. GEBF Conference, Berlin, 9 March 2016.
  • Ünver, Ö., Bircan, T., & Nicaise, I. (2015). How does perceived accessibility of ECEC vary across European countries? European Sociological Association Conference, Prague, 26–28 August 2015.
  • Ünver, Ö., Nicaise, I., & Bircan, T. (2015). Impact of the institutional setting of ECEC on the perceived accessibility of ECEC across Europe. EDAC-ESPAnet Summer School, Leuven, 14–18 September 2015.
  • Bircan, T. (2014). Crime across city borders: Evidence from Turkey. 2nd CINETS Conference, Leiden, 9–10 October 2014.
  • Bircan, T., & Hooghe, M. (2010). Ethnic diversity, perceptions of ethnic diversity and ethnocentrism. World Congress of Sociology, Göteborg, 11–17 July 2010.
  • Bircan, T. (2010). Diversity, perception and ethnocentrism. Politicologenetmaal 2010, Leuven, 27–28 May 2010.
  • Bircan, T., Hardyns, W., & Hooghe, M. (2009). Unemployment, inequality, and crime: An analysis of Belgian national crime records, 2001–2005. Criminologisch Forum, Leuven.
  • Bircan, T., & Hardyns, W. (2008). Economic disadvantage and area concentrations of criminal events. Dutch-Belgian Political Science Conference, Nijmegen, 29–30 May 2008.