Curriculum Vitae
Academic Education
since 10/2014
PhD Candidate at Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Research Group REALEURASIA
12/2012- 04/2013
Visiting Ph.D. Student at York University Graduate Program in Sociology, Toronto
09/2010- 09/2014
Ph.D. Candidate at Boğaziçi University, Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History, Istanbul
09/2008- 06/2010
M.A. at Boğaziçi University Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History, Istanbul
Thesis Title: “Informal Waste Collection Sector and Waste Pickers: A Case Study in Ankara”
09/2004-06/2008
B.A. at Middle East Technical University (METU) in Sociology, Ankara
Work and Research Experience
07/2013 - 09/2014
Coordinator and Researcher at Koç University Social Policy Center (SPM), Istanbul
04/2013 - 07/ 2013
Research Assistant at Koç University Social Policy Center for World Bank funded Project. Project Title: An Analysis of Public Programs Related to Women’s Entrepreneurship and Access to Labor Markets
09/2012 - 01/2013
Project Assistant at İstanbul Technical University (ITU) Women’s Studies Center in Science, Technology and Engineering
Project Title: “Science, Engineering and Technology Network of Women Academic in Turkey”
10/2009 - 02/2010
Fieldwork in Ankara for M.A Thesis titled “Informal Waste Collection Sector and
Waste Pickers: A Case Study in Ankara”
Conferences
Presentation in English language. “Tracing the Role of Religious Order Membership in Making Business in Provincial Turkey after 2013,” Turkologentag 2018, University of Bamberg, 19-21 September 2018.
Presentation in English language. “Chances and Challenges of Social Mobility in Provincial Turkey,” 15th European Association of Social Anthropology Biennial Conference 2018 “Staying, Moving, Settling”, Stockholm University, 14-17 August 2018.
Presentation in English language. “Morality of Kinship in a Family-run business in Çorum,” Moral Economies: Work, Values and Economic Ethics Conference, Wittenberg at Stiftung Leucorea, University of Halle-Wittenberg, 6-9 December 2017.
Presentation in English language (with Luca Szücs). “Role of Responsibility in Shaping Economic Action and Expressing Belonging,” German Anthropological Association Conference 2017 “Belonging: Affective, moral and political practices in an interconnected world”, Free University Berlin, 4-7 October 2017.
Presentation in Turkish language. “Solid Waste Management, Waste Picking and Recycling” at 6th Citizenship Conference held by Center for Global Studies at Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul
06/2011
Presentation in English language. “The Waste Collection Sector and the Waste Pickers: A Case Study in Ankara” at 9th International Conference on New Directions held by Granada University in Spain
Languages
Turkish (mother tongue)
English (advanced)
German (beginner)