Dr Benjamin Zeitlyn

Biography

Summary

• Benjamin is a lecturer in International Education and Development in the Department of Education. 
• He previously worked as a research fellow in the Consortium for Research on Educational Access Transitions and Equity.
• He has also studied and taught in the Departments of Geography and Anthropology at the University of Sussex. 
• Benjamin is a member of the Centre for International Education, the Sussex Centre for Migration Research and the Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth.

Research

• Benjamin is currently working on an evaluation of 'Speed Schools' in Ethiopia, a project aiming to reintegrate children who have dropped out of school into government schools through an accelerated learning programme.
• Benjamin's doctoral research, which was part of the AHRC funded 'Home and Away' project, focused on the experiences of children growing up Bangladeshi in London and their role in social change as they negotiate the reproduction of societies. The project was rated as 'oustanding' by an AHRC review.
• His research interests include development, education, childhoods, India and Bangladesh, Islam, migration, transnationalism, multiculturalism as well as research methods.

Role

Qualifications

Dphil Anthropology (University of Sussex)

MA Migration Studies (University of Sussex)

BA Geography and Development Studies (University of Sussex)

Activities

I am a member of the Runnymede Trust's 'Emerging Scholars Forum'

Follow the Centre for International Education on Twitter: @SussexCIE

I convene the MA in International Education and Development, and the module Research Methods in International Education and Development and contribute to supervision and teaching in the International Doctor of Education and the Education Doctorate

Zeitlyn, Benjamin (2012) The Sylheti bari and the Londoni flat. Space and Culture, 15 (4). pp. 317-329. ISSN 1552-8308

Zeitlyn, Benjamin and Mand, Kanwal (2012) Researching Transnational Childhoods. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 38 (6). pp. 987-1007. ISSN 1369-183X

Qureshi, Kaveri and Zeitlyn, Benjamin (2012) British Muslims, British soldiers: cultural citizenship in the new imperialism. Ethnicities, 14. ISSN 1468-7968

Zeitlyn, Benjamin (2012) Maintaining transnational social fields, the role of visits to Bangladesh for British Bangladeshi children. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 38 (6). pp. 953-968. ISSN 1369-183X

Collyer, Michael, Binaisa, Naluwembe, Qureshi, Kaveri, McLean Hilker, Lyndsay, Oeppen, Ceri, Vullnetari, Julie and Zeitlyn, Benjamin (2011) The impact of overseas conflict on UK communities. Project Report. Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York.

Bandyopadhyay, Madhumita, Das, Debanjana and Zeitlyn, Benjamin (2011) Absenteeism, Repetition and Silent Exclusion in India. Unset. Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, University of Sussex.

Zeitlyn, Benjamin and Harma, Joanna (2011) The Limits of Marketisation of Primary Education in India. Unset. Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, Brighton, University of Sussex.

Zeitlyn, Benjamin, Bandyopadhyay, M and Umabati, S (2011) Teachers and Teaching in India. Unset. Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, Brighton / Delhi, NUEPA / University of Sussex.

Hossain, Altaf and Zeitlyn, Benjamin (2010) Poverty, Equity and Access to Education in Bangladesh. Discussion Paper. CREATE, Falmer.

Zeitlyn, Benjamin (2010) Review of the August 2010, Country of Origin Information (COI) report for Bangladesh. Project Report. Independent Advisory Group on Country Information, UK Border Agency.

Zeitlyn, B, Hussain, Z, Kumar, A and Rao, S (2010) Return Migrant Entrepreneurs in India. International Labour Organisation, India. ISBN 978-92-2-124131-7

Zeitlyn, Benjamin (2009) Evaluating generations in a transnational social field. In: CONEM/AHRC conference, June 2009, University of Surrey.

Siddiqui, Tasneem, Rashid, Rozana and Zeitlyn, Benjamin (2008) Information Campaigns on Safe Migration and Pre-Departure Training. Discussion Paper. Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty.

Zeitlyn, Benjamin (2008) Challenging Language in the Diaspora. Bangla Journal, 6 (14). pp. 126-140.

Zeitlyn, Benjamin (2007) Senders turned into receivers: Spain, Italy and Bangladeshi migration. In: 8th Mediterranean Research Meeting, Florence.

Zeitlyn, Benjamin (2006) Migration From Bangladesh to Italy and Spain. Occasional paper (Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit) (11). Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit. ISBN 9789843234223

Zeitlyn, Benjamin (2005) The rise of Islamic radicalism among British Bangladeshis. Journal of Peace Studies, 12 (1).

Zeitlyn, Benjamin (2004) Bangladeshis in Madrid: class, cosmopolitanism and transnationalism. Udbastu, 30.