Koç University, as a leading Research University in Turkey and a center of excellence, hosted 21 out of 37 ERC projects awarded to Turkish universities. Out of these 21 grants, 14 are on engineering topics (electrical and electronics, chemical and biological, computer, mechanical), 5 on social sciences and humanities (sociology,...
Dr. Erdem Yörük’s project, titled “Politus: AI-based Data Platform for Fair Social Policies”, received the European Research Council (ERC) 2022 Proof of Concept (PoC) Grant and has been awarded with €150K grant! This is the first ERC Proof of Concept (PoC) project received in Turkey in the field of Social Sciences. PoC is given...
Congratulations to Erdem Yörük, whose book–titled “The Politics of the Welfare State in Turkey”–is published by the University of Michigan Press! In his book, Yörük provides a politics-based explanation for the post-1980 transformation of the Turkish welfare system. Please click here for more details
The Emerging Welfare Project invites applicants from Koç University for four positions of annotator who will work remotely in Associate Professor Erdem Yörük’s European Research Council (ERC) funded research project. Please see our Job Openings page for more details.
Serbest Yazın, a platform formed by the Turkish Language and Literature Department students of Boğaziçi University, hosted Erdem Yörük on May 14, Friday, in their open lectures event through which they aim to establish an alternative academy. Below you can find “Understanding Social Movements: Theory and Method” open lecture by...
Erdem Yörük will be giving a talk in the European Social & Population Issues Webinar Series on 30 March. He will speak about the contentious politics of the welfare state in the global south. Please register here: http://interfacedemography.be/webinar
Erdem Yoruk will be giving a seminar, titled How to Use Artificial Intelligence to Comprehend Social Movements?, on March 10, at 19.30 for the UNIV101 class as part of WiseTalks.
Erdem Yoruk’s podcast, titled Societal Foundations of Polarization and Populism, is aired on the Spotify channel of Turkuaz Lab. You can find the link below:
Erdem Yoruk will be giving an interview at Ozyegin University about his experiences as the Principal Investigator of a European Research Council-funded project, on January 15, 2021, at 2 p.m. To register please fill out the form: http://bit.ly/OzUTTOSoylesi
Assoc. Prof. Erdem Yörük will be giving a talk, How to Write a Research Proposal: A Guidance for Graduate Students, in GSSSH Seminar Series on December 18, 2020, at 3 p.m. To register please fill out the form: https://forms.gle/e16QtdXBcQ8ynWNBA Edit: You can find the video of Dr. Yörük’s talk below.