Personal Profile

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Academic Qualifications

Since August 2023

Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology

Sep 2019- Jul 2022

MA Sociology, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul (English)

MA Thesis: An Ethnography of Collaboration: Reflecting on the Assemblage of Projects for Gender Mainstreaming in Turkey

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Meltem Ahıska

Sep 2016- Jul 2019

BA Psychology (Double Major), Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul (English)

Sep 2015- Jul 2019

BA Sociology, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul (English)

Work Experience

Since August 2023

Research Assistant at Collaborative Research Centre 1171 Affective Societies

Sep 2022- July 2023   

Project Coordinator, Sabanci University Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey, Istanbul

Project: Business Against Domestic Violence Network

Partners: United Nations Development Fund (UNFPA), Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD), Sabanci   Foundation

Oct 2022- Dec 2022   

Freelance Gender Equality Training Designer and Trainer

Apr 2020- Sep 2021   

Research Assistant, Sociology Department, Scientific Research Project, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul.                                                                                                                                                     

Conference Presentations

Sep 2023

“Understanding gender backlash through the lens of collaboration: What is at stake for gender mainstreaming?”, ATGENDER Conference 2023, Kadir Has University, Istanbul.

Dec 2022

“Şirketler Evreninden Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliği: Hakim Kalıplar ve Öneriler”, Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Konferansı, Istanbul.

Sep 2021

“How to make sense, conceptualize, and study corporate social responsibility (CSR): Juxtaposition of gender right politics and CSR activities in Turkey”, 15th Conference of the EuropeanSociological Association, RN09 Economic Sociology, Online.

Membership

European Sociological Association

AtGender, The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation

Research

PhD Project: Olfactory Belongings: Contested Scents in Urban Publics

Research Interests

Social Inequalities, Gender Studies, Anthropology of Development, Queer Theory, Actor-Network Theory, Affects and Emotion