Fethiye Tilbe is a Visiting Researcher at Regent's University London Centre for Transnational Studies, the UK and a Research Assistant at Namik Kemal University in Turkey since 2011. Tilbe is also a Ph.D. candidate at Marmara University, Department of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations in Istanbul. She holds a BA in Labour Economics and Industrial Relations from Sakarya University and MA in Finance from Atatürk University. Tilbe's has carried out field research on irregular migrants’ remittance sending patterns in London under the supervision of Prof Ibrahim Sirkeci. She has secured a research grant for this research from the Turkish Scientific Research Council (TUBITAK) for 2014-2015.