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Deniz joined the University of Nottingham as an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Management in September 2023. Before joining the University of Nottingham, she had worked in various academic and administrative capacities as a faculty member, researcher, and the Chair of Educational Administration Division at Baskent University in Turkey for over 25 years. Her research and teaching focuses on epistemology and theories of educational administration, educational policy, social justice leadership, refugee education, culturally relevant school leadership, educational leadership within challenging school settings, higher education and privatization of education. She led various national and international funded research projects in Turkey and the UK. She acts as an assistant editor in International Journal of Leadership on Education and undertakes various roles in the advisory boards of peer-reviewed journals such as JEA and REAL. She holds an appointment of a Co-convenor in Network 26 (Educational Leadership) of European Educational Research Association (EERA). Previously in Turkey, she contributed to numerous teacher and school leader training programs of the Ministry of National Education in addition to providing consultancy to local schools.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Örücü, D. (2023). Crises and traumas: Challenges for leadership in education. In P.Woods, A. Roberts, M.Tian &H. Youngs (eds.) Handbook on Leadership in Education . Elgar Handbook of Leadership in Education, Edward Elgar Publishing.Elgar Handbooks in Education, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Arar, K &Örücü, D (2021). A Foucauldian analysıs of culturally relevant educatıonal leadership for refugees as newcomers. In F.English (Ed). The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Leadership and Management Discourse. Springer
Arar, K., Örücü, D., & Mahfouz, J. (2022). Social in/justice and double marginality in educational leadership: Trajectories of three female school principals from the Middle East. In Victoria Showunmi, Pontso Moorosi, Charol Shakeshaft, Izhar Oplatka. Bloomsbury Handbook in Gender Educational Leadership and Management https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/bloomsbury-handbook-of-gender-and-educational-leadership-and-management-9781350173156/
Arar, K., Örücü, D., & Wilkinson, J. (2021). Neoliberalism and Education Systems in Conflict: Exploring Challenges across the Globe. London: Routledge
Örücü, D &Arar, K. (2021). Challenges of School Principals and Teachers in Private Schools: Comparison of Turkısh and Palestenian Cases. In Arar, K, Örücü, D &Wilkinson, J (Eds). Neoliberalism and Education Systems in Conflict Exploring Challenges Across the Globe. (pp. 13-28). London: Routledge
Arar, K., Örücü, D., & Mahfouz, J. (2020). A Comparison of Social Justice Leadership Meaning and Praxis: The interplay of Unique Social Cultural Contexts in Turkish, Palestinian and Lebanese High Needs Schools, In: B, Barnett & P, Woods. (eds.), Educational Leadership for Social Justice and Improving High-Needs Schools: Findings from 10 Years of International Collaboration , Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.
Örücü, D. (2019 ). There is always a light at the end of the tunnel: Emotions of a Turkish school leader in a Syrian Refugee School. In Oplatka, I &Arar, K. (Eds). Emotion Management in Teaching and Educational Leadership: A Cultural Perspective.(pp. 193-212) . London: EMERALD Publishing
Arar, K., & Örücü, D. (2022, Online First). Post-migration ecology in educational leadership and policy for social justice: Welcoming refugee students in two distinct national contexts. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, doi. 17411432221136404.
Arar, K., & Orucu, D. (2022 Online First). The research on educational leadership for refugees since 2009: an international systemic review of empirical evidence. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 1-37.
Arar, K., Örücü, D., & Gümüş, S. (2022 Online First). Educational leadership and policy studies in refugee education: a systematic review of existing research. Educational Review, 1-25.
Örücü, D., & Kutlugün, H. E. Navigating the Covid 19 Turbulence in Higher Education: Evidence from Turkish Faculty Members. Research in Educational Administration and Leadership(REAL), 7(3), 597-631.
Arar, K., & Örücü, D. (2021). Rethinking Educational Leadership and Policy in Schools in Challenging Circumstances: Inter/Intra-Continental Perspectives. Editorial Introduction Leadership and Policy in Schools, 20(1), 1-5.
Örücü, D., Arar, K., & Mahfouz, J. (2021). Three Contexts as The Post-Migration Ecology For Refugees: School Principals' Challenges And Strategies In Turkey, Lebanon, And Germany. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 20(1), 41-56.
Arar, K., Ӧrücü, D., & Waite, D. (2020). Understanding leadership for refugee education: Introduction to the special issue. International Journal of Leadership in Education. 23(1), 1-6.
Arar, K., Örücü, D., & Ak Küçükçayır, G. (2019). Culturally relevant school leadership for Syrian refugee students in challenging circumstances. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 47(6), 960-979.
Kondakci, Y., Örücü, D., Oguz, E., & Beycioglu, K. (2019). Large-scale change and survival of school principals in Turkey. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 51(4), 301-315
Teaching Summary
Deniz taught a vast variety of courses and modules across different teacher and school leader preparation programs at BA, MA and PhD levels. She currently teaches a variety of Educational Leadership… read more
Research Summary
Deniz's research focuses mainly on diversity, equity, and inclusion in K-12 from an educational leadership and policy perspective, the epistemology of educational leadership and management as a… read more