Tuba Boz

Dr Tuba Boz is a lecturer in the Social Work and Human Services Program in the School of Global, Urban and Social Studies at RMIT University. Dr Boz leads the Migration, Mobility and Security Research Network (MM&S RN) at RMIT University. She works on interdisciplinary projects with local and international academic institutions, and government and non-government organisations related to social cohesion, migration and intercultural communication. Dr Boz was Head of the Department of Cultural Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the International University of Sarajevo (2012-2015). She was Vice-Chair of the European Muslim Initiative of Social Cohesion (EMSICO) from 2010-2014 and adviser to the Chairperson at the Turkish Asian Centre for Strategic Studies (TASAM) from 2010-2016. She received her PhD in Communications at Monash University, where she examined the politics of independent documentary film production and distribution. Her research interests include multiculturalism, community arts and sports, documentary films, Muslim minorities, Turkish communities and diaspora.