Room: MB738-A

Phone: 0121 204 3126
Email:e.soytemel@aston.ac.uk

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

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

• 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.  

I currently teach on the following courses:

• Contested Cities (LK2034)
• Advanced Research Methods (LK2032)
• Identities and Inequalities (LK1009)
• Foundations in Qualitative Research (LYM014) Module Coordinator
• Community Engagement (LK3039)Module Coordinator
• Placement Year -(LKP100) Module Coordinator

• 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

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

Ebru is currently co-supervising: 

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

Shanglin Xin- 'LGBTQ+ employees in China'