(*invited)
*9.12.2023: “Sağlık Teknoloji Değerlendirmesi ve Sorumlu Araştırma ve İnovasyon: yumurta gençleştirme (engl. Health Technology Assessment and Responsible Research and Innovation: Egg Rejuvenation)”, Dr. Şinasi Can Tıbbi Etik Günleri 2: Üremeye Yardımcı Tedavi Uygulamaları ve Etik (engl. Dr. Şinasi Can Medical Ethics Days 2: Assisted Reproductive Treatment Practices and Ethics), Acıbadem r. Şinasi Can Kadıköy Hospital (TR).
*23.11.2023: “Design X Crip Technoscience” (with Robert Stock), Worlds by Design. Mapping the Field of Interdisciplinary Design Studies, November 2023-February 2024, Cultural Theory and History / Matters of Activity, HU Berlin (online).
*3.10.2023: “Socio-Bio-Technical Constellations in Cyborg Action”, Beyond Boundaries: Persons, (Bio)Technologies, & the Law, 2nd – 3rd October 2023, Wales (UK).
*8.9.2023: “Communicating with ALS Patients – a Posthuman Disability Perspective”, Towards a New Humanity, and Beyond – Debating Post-human Perspectives, Sept 7-9 2023, Fribourg University (Switzerland).
*28.4.2023: “STS in Ethics Education” (with Arsev Umur Aydınoğlu), Best Practices and Obstacles in Ethics Education for Technological and Scientific Challenges, April 27th-28th 2023 workshop, organized in the context of the EU ERASMUS+ Project ETHICS4CHALLENGES (E4C): Innovative Ethics Education for Major Technological and Scientific Challenges (Athens, Greece).
10.12.2022: “Effects of COVID 19 pandemic on women and social care aspects” (with Emine Öncüler Yayalar), 4S/ESOCITE joint meeting, Dec 7-10 2022 (Cholula, Mexico & online).
8.12.2022: “Living in the Age of Neuro-Digitalization. Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Brain Research”, 4S/ESOCITE joint meeting, Dec 7-10 2022 (Cholula, Mexico & online).
*16.11.2022: “Das Maschinenhafte im Leib”, Vortragsreihe “Medizin und Technik”, FernUni Hagen (Germany).
*18.10.2022: ”Cinsiyet ve Sosyo-Biyo-Teknik Bakım Kompleksi (Gender and the Soco-Bio-Technical Care Complex” (with Başkavak, Gülşah), Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Acıbadem University (Turkey).
*9.9.2022: “When children with 3D printed prosthesis feel like super heroes”, STS conference “Doğa ve Kültür Ayrımının Ötesinde” (engl. “Beyond the Nature and Culture Dichotomy”), Türk-Alman Üniversitesi Istanbul (Turkey).
*2.9.2022: Panel discussant “Uses of neurotechnologies and visions of human enhancement” (invited as expert), The Future of the Technological Human Body in Light of Its Present & Past, FUTUREBODY-Project, TU Berlin (Germany).
*24.2.2022: “Das Soziale und das Technische gemeinsam denken: 3D gedruckte Prothesen für Kinder als Enabler?”,Soziologie-Gesprächsreihe, Institut für Soziologie, Türkisch-Deutsche Universität Istanbul (online).
23.2.2022: “STS’de Niteliksel Yöntemler”, STS TURKEY Winter School, 23.-25.2.2022, Istanbul Bilgi University in cooperation with STS TURKEY (online).
23.11.2021: “Cinsiyetlendirilmiş Hijyen: Erkeklerde Saç ve Kıl Bakım Pratikleri (Gendered Hygiene: Men’s Hair Care Practices)” (with Başkavak, Gülşah & Burak Taşdizen). STS TURKEY 2021: Bir Disiplin Olarak Kimlik İnşası. 22.-24.11.2021 (online).
*30.9.2021: “Digital Cultures and Health”, Max Weber Stiftung Web Forum Series ‘The Digital Transformation’, 23.9.-28.10., Tokyo (Japan, online).
*16.9.2021: ”Entangled Empowerment: Connecting Shared Hair Transplantation Practices for Men in Turkey and Iran” mit Burak Taşdizen (Orient-Institut Istanbul). Conference of „Knowledge Unbound: Internationlization, Networking and Innovation in and by the Max Weber Stiftung. 16.-17.9.2021, Berlin: Max Weber Stiftung.
8.8.2021: “Colonizing Men’s Bodies: Nature Culture Metaphors Around Hair Transplantation” with Burak Taşdizen (Orient-Institut Istanbul), The Re-invention of Traditions in the Middle East IUAES-Annual Conference of the Commission of the Middle East, hosted by Orient Institute Istanbul, 7–9 August 2021 (online).
*17.6.2021: “The techno-cerebral subject as acting cyborg,” Human-Tech Colloquium, University of Twente (Niederlande, online).
18.8.2020: “Everyday Cyborgs: Men with implanted/transplanted hair (and its Eigensinn)” with Burak Taşdizen (Orient-Institut Istanbul), EASST/4S Prag 2020 Locating and Timing Matters: Significance and Agency of STS in Emerging Worlds, virtual conference
21.1.2020: “3-D printed prostheses and empowerment in the childhood”, Workshop: Technology and the Body: Care, Empowerment and the Fluidity of Bodies, Orient-Institut Istanbul (Turkey)
*26.10.2019: “The human as a part of an endless input-process-output (IPO) action loop on the example of Brain-Machine Interface research in chronic stroke rehabilitation, 5th Turkish-German Frontiers of Social Science Symposium 2019: Where do we go? Turkey and Germany and the Digital Revolution, Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, Mercator Foundation and Koç University, October 24-27, 2019, Leipzig (Germany).
*13.10.2019: “Science Fiction Becomes Reality – Human Augmentation und Enhancement durch 3D-gedruckte Prothesen?“ turmdersinne-Symposium 2019: Bessere Menschen? Technische und ethische Fragen in der transhumanistischen Zukunft, October 11-13, 2019, Nürnberg (Germany).
21.9.2019: “Siborg Eylemi: Tekno-serebral Öznenin Oluşumu”, IX. Ulusal Sosyoloji Kongresi, Toplum 4.0, 19-21 Eylül 2019, Ankara (Turkey)
11.9.2019 „Türkiye’de E-Sağlık ve Öz-Takip Teknolojileri“ with Gülşah Başkavak (Orient-Institut İstanbul), STS TURKEY 2019 conference 10-12 September 2019, Istanbul Technical University
5.9.2019: “Crippling the Transition to the Extraordinary? Enabling Technologies and Extra_Ordinarity”, 4S Annual Meeting ‘Innovations, Interruptions, Regenerations’, September 4-7, 2019, New Orleans (Louisiana).
24.1.2019: “Post(Phenomenology) and Human Technology Relations”, STS TURKEY “Science, Technology and Society” Winter School 2019, organized by STS TURKEY coordination, supported by Orient-Institut Istanbul (Turkey).
*28.11.2018, Opening Panel, 3rd National Conference on Applied Ethics (November 28-30, Turkish speaking conference), with following speakers: Prof. Dr. Çiler Dursun (Ankara University, Faculty of Communication), Prof. Dr. Gülriz Uygur (Ankara University, Faculty of Law) ve Prof. Dr. Nüket Örnek Büken (Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, History of Medicine and Ethics), Dr. Melike Şahinol (Orient-Institut Istanbul), moderator: Barış Parkan, METU, Department of Philsophy, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey).
28.11.2018, WorldCafé Quo vadis Human, Transhuman, Posthuman?, STS TURKEY with Middle East Technical University, Department of Philosophy and Applied Ethics (Ankara, Turkey), co-organization of the WorldCafé & table host “Human Enhancement Technologies”, 3rd National Conference on Applied Ethics (November 28-30, Turkish speaking conference), Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey).
10.4.2018 “‘Unless they do not build cyborgs’ Ethics missing the point of cyborg constitution in neuroscientific trials?”, 5th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Health, Culture and the Human Body. Principles of Biomedical Ethics, Genetics and Human Enhancement (Istanbul, Turkey).
11.9.2018 “Teknolojik Gelişme ve Hassas Gruplar. Tasarım ve Sosyoloji Perspektifinden 3 Boyutlu Yazıcıdan Protezli Çocuklarla Görüşmek –Bir Disiplinler Arası Yaklaşım”, STS TURKEY conference (Middle East Technical University, Ankara), together with Zeynep Karagöz (Robotel Türkiye), Melis Dursun (Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi)
*18.4.2018: “Enhancement und Vulnerabilität. Die Befragung von Kindern mit Prothesen aus dem 3D-Drucker,” Kick-Off Meeting Digitale Selbstvermessung zwischen Empowerment und neuen Barrieren of the project “Digitale Vulnerabilität zwischen Inklusion und sozialer Robustheit,” Hochschule Furtwangen University & Schrader Stiftung (Darmstadt, Germany)
*13.12.2017: “Cyborgisches Handeln: Das techno-zerebrale Subjekt in der Handlungsschleife,” Jena Social Theory Colloquium, Mensch – Technik – Naturverhältnisse, Jena (Germany).
*1.12.2017: “İnsan Geliştirme Teknolojileri, Beyin Bilgisayar Arayüzleri ve Siborg Konstitüsyonu,” Gelişim Günleri 6 – Yeni Dünya ve İnsan, Marmara University Psychology and Development Club, Istanbul (Turkey).
*28.11.2017: “Responsible Research and Innovation in the Era of Human Enhancement Cultures,” Molecular Biology and Genetics, Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ MBG-MOBGAM) Seminerleri, Ayazağa Kampüsü, Istanbul (Turkey).
*12.11.2017: “Brain Computer Interfaces: The ‘techno-cerebral subject’ as a bio-technical form of the cyborg,” Techno-Anthropology Lab (TANTlab), Aalborg University, Copenhagen (Denmark).
9.11.2017: “Family Policy in Germany and Turkey in the Age of Reproduction Medicine,” together with Anne-Kristin Kuhnt (University Duisburg-Essen), 5. European Congress on Family Science, November 9-11, 2017, University of Vienna (Austria).
*7.7.2017: CRISPR.kitchen Berlin German biohacker and maker gathering, presentation of 3D printed hand prosthesis, Berlin (Germany).
1.7.2017: “The Power of Inscription: First Phase of the Constitution of a Techno-Cerebral Subject”, 11th Annual European Network for Cinema and Media Studies Conference: Changing sensory regimes and emergent corpo-realities. Media. Bodies. Practices, 6/29-7/1/2017, Paris (France).
*20.6.2017: 360°-Envisioning Workshop, European Parliament /Science and Technology Options Assessment Brussels, additive bio-manufacturing: 3D printing for medical recovery and human enhancement
(invited as expert), Brussels (Belgium).
*4.6.2017: “The Human Genome Project in Turkey. (De)Coding Human from a Sociological Perspective.” Oriental Department and Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology/Univ. of Cologne Talking Colors in Turkey and Beyond, June 2-4, 2017, University of Cologne (Germany).
*15.5.2017: Etik, Önleme ve Halk Sağlığı (Çalıştay), Acıbadem University School of Medicine, Department of History of Medicine and Ethics, Istanbul (Turkey).
*6.4.2017: “Quo Vadis Human Reproduction? Reproductive Medicine as part of Human Enhancement Technologies in Germany and Turkey,” together with Anne-Kristin Kuhnt, conference Designobjekt Mensch? Transhumanismus in Theologie, Philosophie und Naturwissenschaften, katholisch-soziale Akademie Franz-Hitze Haus (Münster, Germany).
*12.12.2016: “Nörobilimsel Araştırmalarda Insan-Makina/ Beyin-Bilgisayar Sembiozu Kapsamında Oluşan Siborg Üzerine,” Middle East Technical University, Department of Industrial Design, Ankara (Turkey).
*12.12.2016: “İnsan Geliştirme = Tasarım x.0? Doğa ve Kültür İlişkileri,” Middle East Technical University, Department of Industrial Design, Ankara (Turkey).
*22.11.2016: “‘This Is My Body! This Is My Business!’ Practices of Assisted Reproductive Technology and Blurring Boundaries in Turkey,” Yeditepe University, Medical Faculty Medical History and Ethics Department, Istanbul (Turkey).
*21.11.2016: “Tıp ve Toplum: Sosyolojik Bir Bakış,” Beşikçizade Tıp ve İnsani Bilimler Merkezi (BETİM), Istanbul (Turkey).
2.11.2016: “Türkiye ve İnsan Geliştirme – Sosyolojik Bir Bakış” (Engl. “Turkey and Human Enhancement – A Sociological Perspective”), Lectures Series 2016/17 Designing Nature, Upgrading Human Life? How Medicine, Science and Technology transform our lives, Orient Institute Istanbul (Turkey).
12.10.2016: “Practices of Assisted Reproductive Technology in Turkey: Intercultural Aspects of RRI,” S.Net 2016, 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of New and Emerging Technologies: The Co-Production of Emerging Bodies, Politics and Technologies, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen (Norway).
*7.10.2016: “Body@Human_Medicine@Society: A Comparison between Germany and Turkey,” International Conference Human : Non-Human – Bodies, Things, and Matter across Asia and Europe, Oct. 6-8, 2016, University of Zurich (Switzerland).
14.9.2016: “Reproduktionsmedizin – Deutschland und Türkei im Vergleich,” together with Anne-Kristin Kuhnt (University of Duisburg-Essen), Turkologentag 2016, Sept. 14-17, 2016, Hamburg (Germany).
14.9.2016: “eHealth und Privatheitskultur – Deutschland und die Türkei im Vergleich,” with Dennis Kirschsieper (University of Duisburg-Essen), Turkologentag 2016, Sept. 14-17, 2016 Hamburg (Germany).
*7/6/2016: “Mensch-Maschine-Anpassung in den Neurowissenschaften,” Institute of Sociology, TU Berlin.
17.6.2016: “Brain-Machine-Interfaces: Zur Entstehung des techno-zerebralen Subjekts als eine bio-technische Gestalt des Cyborg,” presentation at the conference Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper: Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven, Orient Institute Istanbul (Turkey).
17.-18.6.2016: Conference moderation of Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper: Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven, Orient Institut Istanbul (Turkey).
30.5.2016: “Die Privatheitskultur in Deutschland und der Türkei – untersucht an den Diskursen über Gesundheits-Apps,” with Dennis Kirschsieper (University of Duisburg-Essen), International Conference TA16: Smart New World – Was ist “smart” an smarten Technologien?, Vienna (Austria).
29.4.2016: “Zur Ko-Konstitution des techno-zerebralen Subjekt in den Neurowissenschaften als eine biotechnische Gestalt des/der Cyborg,” spring conference of the DGS-Section Soziologie des Körpers und des Sports: Transdifferente, hybride, diverse Aktant_innen*? Perspektiven auf Embodiment jenseits von Dualismen, Apr. 29-30, 2016, Munich (Germany).
*19.5.2016: “Transhumanism, Human Enhancement Technologies and Islam,” Workshop 2/2016: Biography, Personal Identity, Ego, the Self, and Self-Transformation, in the framework of the collaborative research projects with the Orient Institut Istanbul and the Centre d’études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et centrasiatiques (CETOBAC), EHESS Paris: New Religiosities in Turkey: Reenchantment in a Secularized Muslim Country?, Orient Institute Istanbul (Turkey).
26.11.2015: “Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) – Konzeptuelle Grundlagen,” poster presentation, with Richard Beecroft, Hannah Kosow, Nina Langen, Mandy Scheermesser, Philipp Späth, Katja Stoppenbrink, fall conference in the organizational sociology section of the DGS: Innovation ohne Ende? Organisationen in der Innovationsgesellschaft, Nov. 26-27, 2015, TU Berlin.
*2.7.2015: “Keine Märchen vom Gedankenlesen. Mensch-Maschine-Symbiose in neurowissenschaftlichen Experimenten,” Extracurricular Studies, University of Furtwangen.
26.6.2014: “Collaborative Technologies and Practices in Transnational Projects of Software-Development – Preliminary Research Results,” with Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer and Matthias Bottel, Workshops: Transnational Labor Markets: Bridging Different Regulatory and Cultural Contexts, Institute for Sociology, University of Duisburg-Essen.
*5.2.2014: “Changing Conceptions of Religion and Science in Turkey? The Case of Turkish Population Planning,” with Emre Sünter (Istanbul Kemerburgaz University / METU, Ankara), Institute for Sociology, University of Duisburg-Essen.
30.1.2013: “Prozesse der Grenzverwischung bei medizinischen Verfahren und Praktiken durch medizintechnische Innovationen,” Tag der Forschung 2013 im Rahmen des Profilschwerpunkts Wandel von Gegenwartsgesellschaften, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen.
30.10.2012: “Politics of Numbers? Food losses and food waste – the German discussion,” poster presentation with Nina Langen, Vordenken – mitdenken – nachdenken – Technikfolgenabschätzung im Dienst einer pluralistischen Politik, NTA5 – Network Technology Assessment (NTA) 5th conference with the jubilee of 20 years of TA-SWISS, Bern (Switzerland).
20.10.2012: “From Turkish Genome Project to Vision 2023: key attributes, actors, and the impact of biogeopolitics,” with Emre Sünter (Middle East Technical University of Ankara, Turkey), Annual Meeting of 4S – Society for Social Studies of Science and EASST – European Association for the Study of Science and Technology, Oct. 17-20, 2012, Copenhagen (Denmark).
26.6.2012: “Shifting science and technology by changing conceptions of religion and science in the case of Turkish Population Planning: Tube Babies and Abortion Ban,” with Emre Sünter (METU, Ankara, Turkey), 11th Annual Meeting of the Science and Democracy Network, June 25-27, 2012 in Paris, event organized by Harvard STS Program (Cambridge, MA) and IFRIS (Paris, France).
14.12.2011: “Mensch-Maschine-Symbiose in der experimentellen Neuromedizin,” Institute for Sociology, University of Duisburg-Essen.
25.7.2011: “‘Dual Use’ in neuroscience? The use of neuro-technologies in the neuro-medical research and in non-medical practice field of neuromarketing,” with Pantea Bashi, Workshop: The brain, the person, the social, ETH Zurich (Switzerland).
12.7.2010: “Development of neurotechnical treatment with brain machine interfaces in chronic stroke,” Neurosociety conference Dec. 7-8, 2010: What is it with the brain these days? Oxford’s Saïd Business School in cooperation with the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS) and the European Neuroscience and Society Network (ENSN), Oxford (UK).
25.11.2010: “Handlungsstrategien und Dynamiken im neurowissenschaftlichen und ‑technologischen Innovationsprozess,” poster presentation, Der Systemblick auf Innovation – Technikfolgenabschätzung in der Technikgestaltung, NTA4 – fourth conference of the “Netzwerk TA”, Berlin.
6.8.2010: “Practical ethics in neuro scientific/ technological research – brain machine interfaces and patient care,” 4S (Society for Social Studies of Science) Annual Meeting with the Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies, Tokyo (Japan).
10.11.2009: “Neuro-Techno-Scientific Imaginaries?”, Science, Technology and Society Fellows Meeting, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge (MA).