Prior to that he has worked in Istanbul between 2008 and 2016 at Marmara University, Koc University and Maltepe University. His main research interests are Community Media in the British and European context, as well as use the use of social media in the context of crises. Recent work includes a contribution to a report for the Council of Europe 'Spaces of Inclusion - An explorative study on needs of refugees and migrants in the domain of media communication and on responses by community media, released in March 2018, and the co-authorship of a the book chapter 'Mapping the citizen news landscape: blurring boundaries, promises, perils and beyond' for 'The Handbook of Communication Science' edited by Tim Vos and to be published by De Gruyter. in 2018.