Ebru Soytemel

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Dr Ebru Soytemel

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7499-113X

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    Contact Details

    Room: MB738-A

    Phone: 0121 204 3126
    Email:[email protected]

    Biography

    I joined the Department of Sociology and Policy at Aston University in September 2015. Prior to that, I was a researcher at the University of Oxford, working at the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities within the School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography

    I completed my PhD in Sociology at The University of Manchester in 2011. The title of my dissertation was “Gentrification and Belonging in Istanbul”, and it explored the ways in which urban policies, gentrification, and socio-economic policies impact the class composition, housing, and patterns of belonging of different social classes. After completing my PhD, I went on to focus on the impact of urban policies on property rights of different groups in Istanbul, Turkey, in my post-doctoral research project. 
     
    Currently I am working on two research projects: 1- The EU-funded (H2020) project ‘Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future’ (CHIEF; www.chiefproject.eu ). 2- Cultural Consumption and Cultural Participation among Turkish, Kurdish and Cypriot Populations in the UK (BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants)

    Research Interests

    As a researcher, I am interested in a wide range of topics, including social and economic inequality, the relationship between social class and social-symbolic borders, gentrification and social-spatial exclusion, cultural sociology, cultural participation, sociology of youth and education, gender inequality, and migration. In my work, I use both quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, with a particular interest in ethnographic research methods and multiple correspondence analysis

    Employment

     

    • Lecturer in Sociology, September 2015- Currently, Department of Sociology and Policy, Aston University, Birmingham-UK. 
    • Research Fellow, November 2011-December 2013, Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, Oxford-UK
    • Doctoral Researcher and Graduate Teaching Assistant, September 2006-June 2011, Department of Sociology, The University of Manchester, Manchester-UK
    • Research Assistant, September 2001-December 2006, City and Regional Planning Department, Faculty of Architecture, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul-Turkey.  

    Teaching Activity

    I currently teach on the following courses:

    • Contested Cities (LK2034)
    • Advanced Research Methods (LK2032)
    • Foundations in Qualitative Research (LYM014) 
    • Identities and Inequalities (LK1009)
    • Social Theory for a Changing World (LK2040)
    • Community Engagement (LK3039)
    • Placement Year -(LKP100) 

    Qualifications

    • Fellow of Higher Education Academy, 2018. Teaching & Learning in Higher Education
    • Ph.D. in Sociology, 2011. The University of Manchester, Manchester-UK
    • M.A. in History, 2006. Bogazici University, Istanbul-Turkey
    • M.A. in Sociology 2002. Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul-Turkey
    • B.A. in Sociology 1999. Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul-Turkey

    PhD Supervision

    I welcome enquiries from potential PhD students in areas related to my research interests. As the postgraduate tutor for the Department of Sociology, you can contact me if you have inquiries about studying at Aston University

    Ebru is currently co-supervising: 

    Shanglin Xin-currently - 'LGBTQ+ Chinese employees in the UK' (Main Supervisor: Dr. Ebru Soytemel, Co-Supervisors: Prof. Elina Meliou and Prof. David Sarpong) 

    Lindsey Cook- (2023) 'Negotiating Identity in China: How Individuals of Mix-Ethnic Backgrounds Experience and Construct Identity'

     

     

    Education/Academic qualification

    PG Cert, PGCert, 2018. Subject: Teaching & Learning in Higher Education

    Award Date: 3 Sept 2018

    PhD, PhD in Sociology, University of Manchester

    Award Date: 18 Feb 2011

    MA, MA in History, Bogazici University, Istanbul

    Award Date: 29 Dec 2006

    MA, MA in General Sociology and Methodology, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University

    Award Date: 28 Jun 2002

    BA, BA in Sociology, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University

    Award Date: 28 Jun 1999

    Keywords

    • HM Sociology
    • Gentrification
    • Urban Studies
    • Social and economic Inequality
    • Youth
    • Cultural Sociology
    • Social class
    • Belonging
    • Social and symbolic borders
    • Mixed Methods

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