I am very pleased to share that my new article, “Sociotechnical imaginaries and enabling infrastructures: Türkiye’s digitally mediated pandemic response,” has now been published online in Medical Humanities. The article asks a question that reaches beyond the specific context of the COVID-19 pandemic: What makes innovation possible, and under which social, institutional and infrastructural conditions […]
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New Publication: Neurotechnology through the lens of users…
Following an inspiring workshop on neurotechnologies in 2022 at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK, Faculty of Engineering, University of Freiburg), which brought together researchers, practitioners, artists, and technology developers from diverse backgrounds, we have continued our discussions on the societal, ethical, and experiential dimensions of neurotechnology. I am delighted that our collaborative paper has […]
Co-Producing Knowledge: Citizen Science and Participatory Futures in Türkiye
I am pleased to share a new blog post contribution for the Orient-Institut Istanbul that I co-authored together with Uğur Kocager, Gülşah Başkavak, and Ayşe Berna Uçarol: Co-Producing Knowledge: Citizen Science and Participatory Futures in Türkiye The post explores the increasing significance of Citizen Science and participatory knowledge production in Türkiye. Drawing on discussions from […]
New Publication: Thinking Prosthetic Design Beyond Function
Almost exactly two years ago, I began a long journey of writing, thinking, and revisiting questions around prosthetic design, disability, embodiment, and transformation. I am very happy to share that the article has now finally been published in Design Issues as part of the Special Issue The Design Turn: Design Studies Beyond Design: Melike Şahinol, […]
New Publication: Gendered Reconfiguration of Care via Digital Interfaces During the Pandemic
I am happy to share that a small research project, which began some time ago, has now found its conclusion in a newly published article co-authored with Emine Öncüler Yayalar. In this article, we examine how care was reorganized through digital interfaces during the COVID-19 pandemic. We ask how digital platforms, applications, and mediated forms […]
New review published: Claudia Liebelt’s Istanbul Appearances
I’m delighted to share my book review of Claudia Liebelt’s Istanbul Appearances: Beauty and the Making of Middle-Class Femininities in Urban Turkey, now published in Contemporary Sociology. The book opens a window onto Istanbul’s “beautyscapes”- salons, clinics, everyday routines—showing how beauty work is tightly woven into class mobility, gendered respectability, and urban transformation. Rather than […]
New Publication: Materializing Care – Children, 3D-Printed Prostheses, and Participatory Design
I am excited to share that my new Turkish-language article has been published in ODİTORYUM: Journal of Critical Social Sciences. This publication is part of my research within the project “Additive Manufacturing: Enabling Technologies in the Childhood“, which explores the social, material, and participatory dimensions of 3D-printed prostheses for children. The article “Bakımın Maddileşmesi: Çocuklar, […]
NEW – Edited Volume Published: Dis/Ability and Digital Media. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Technologies, Practices, and Accessibility
As a member of the DFG network “Dis-/Abilities and Digital Media” (DFG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft/German Research Foundation, project number 439948242), I am pleased to share that, after many years of collaboration within our network, our edited volume has now been published: Dis/Ability und digitale Medien. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Technologien, Praktiken und Zugänglichkeiten Edited by Robert Stock, […]
Open Access Publication: STS Meets Ethics Joint Conference 2023 Proceedings
We are pleased to announce the open-access publication of the STS Meets Ethics Joint Conference 2023 proceedings. The conference was held at Middle East Technical University (METU) from October 31 to November 2, 2023. You can access the full book here: STS Meets Ethics Proceedings. The STS Meets Ethics conference was a collaborative event organized […]
(Un)Seen Peer Review…
Peer review is often an invisible part of academic life – something we do behind the scenes, without much recognition. That’s why I really appreciate this recent article, which takes a moment to acknowledge the time and effort so many of us put into reviewing: Lancaster, K., Neale, T., Addison, C., & Kearnes, M. (2025). […]