Ebru Soytemel

Personal profile

General

I joined the Department of Sociology and Policy at Aston University in September 2015. Prior to joining Aston I was at the University of Oxford (Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities, School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography ).

My post-doctoral research project focused on the impact of urban policies on property rights of different groups in Istanbul, Turkey. Before that I completed my PhD in Sociology at The University of Manchester in 2011, entitled: “Gentrification and Belonging in Istanbul”. My PhD research explored the ways in which urban policies, gentrification and socio-economic policies impact upon the class composition, housing, and patterns of belonging of different social classes in Istanbul, Turkey.

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

My research interests include: 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. I work with both quantitative/qualitative/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)
Understanding Social Divisions (LK1009)
Community Engagement (LK3039)Module Coordinator
Placement Year -(LKP100) Module Coordinator

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.

Contact Details

Room: MB738-A

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

Education/Academic qualification

PG Cert

PhD, University of Manchester

MA

BA

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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Research Output 2011 2019

5 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
1 Commissioned report
1 Article
1 Book/Film/Article review
2 More
- 1 Special issue
- 1 Doctoral Thesis

"Belonging” in the gentrified Golden Horn/Halic neighbourhoods of Istanbul

Soytemel, E., 2015, In : Urban Geography. 36, 1, p. 64-89 27 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

gentrification

Group

correspondence analysis

multiple use

social cohesion

Urban rent speculation, uncertainty and unknowns as strategy and resistance in Istanbul's housing market

Soytemel, E., 13 Sep 2017, Identity, justice and resistance in the neoliberal city. Erdi, G. & Şentürk, Y. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., p. 85-115

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

housing market

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uncertainty

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The power of the powerless: neighbourhood based self-help networks of the poor in Istanbul

Soytemel, E., Nov 2013, In : Women's Studies International Forum. 41, Part 1, p. 76-87 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue

self help

self-help

poverty

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Networked gentrification: place making strategies and social networks of middle class gentrifiers in Istanbul

Soytemel, E. & Şen, B., 1 Aug 2014, Whose city is that? Culture, design, spectacle and capital in Istanbul. Özhan Koçak, D. & Koçak, O. K. (eds.). Newcastle upon Tyne (UK): Cambridge Scholars, p. 67-92 26 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

gentrification

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social network

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An Explanatory or Mystifying Concept? The Use Value of Gentrification Theory

Kallin, H., Gray, N., Calderon, E. & Soytemel, E., Oct 2019, Producing and Contesting Urban Marginality: Interdisciplinary and Comparative Dialogues. Cupples, J. & Slater, T. (eds.). London

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)