Drawing on his research on equality, diversity and inclusion at work from comparative and relational perspectives, he has published more than 10 books and large number of journal articles. His most recent book, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (Edward Elgar) brings together papers from over 30 scholars in the field and his other text, Global Diversity Management (co-authored with Ahu Tatli, Palgrave) provides evidence from international field studies.

He has authored and edited ten books and published large number of papers in journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Learning and Education, British Journal of Management, Human Resource Management (US), Journal of Vocational Behavior, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Human Relations, Gender Work and Organization among others.

He is the Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Management (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 to date) and he serves as an associate editor for Gender Work and Organization. He sits on the Editorial Advisory Boards of the Academy of Management Learning and Education (AMLE), Journal of Managerial Psychology and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: an international journal among others.

Having worked at University of Hertfordshire, University of Surrey, Queen Mary, University of London and University of East Anglia over the last 12 years, Professor Özbilgin has held visiting posts at the Cornell University (USA), CEPS-Instead (Luxembourg), Japan Institute of Labour Policy and Training (Japan). He currently holds visiting professorships at the University of Paris (Pantheon-Assass) and Dauphine University in France and St Gallen University in Switzerland.

He is the founder of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: an international conference (EDI). The fourth EDI conference will take place in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2011: www.edi-conference.org