Using AI for Multi-Country Automated Protest Event Collection

Emerging Welfare Project team — Assoc. Prof. Erdem Yoruk, Dr. Ali Hurriyetoglu, Dr. Cagri Yoltar, and Firat Durusan– will be presenting at GLODEM AI & CSS Seminar Series on December 3, 2020 at 06:00-07:30 PM(GMT+3). This seminar will speak about the potentials and challenges of using AI to understand social...

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SUNN Webinars on Artificial Intelligence

Erdem Yörük  will give a webinar, titled The Potentials and Challenges of Using Artificial Intelligence to Understand Social Movements, at Social Sciences Universities Network Webinars on Artificial Intelligence on November 25, 2020, Thursday at 15.20 (Turkey local time). Social Sciences Universities Network (SSUN) promotes cooperation between universities in talent training,...

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Spring Academy 2020 by Ismail Besikci Foundation

Erdem Yoruk will be delivering a class, titled Class, Social Policy, and Kurdish Issue in Turkey, on October 10, at the Spring Academy 2020, organized by Ismail Besikci Foundation. Please find the details on the attached poster.

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ERC Online Experience Sharing Activity

Erdem Yoruk will give a talk on Horizon 2020 ETC Online Experience Sharing Activity, on October 2, at 3.30 pm. Please find the details on the attached poster.

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‘Society and Social Policy in Times of Pandemic’ Webinar

Prof. Dr. Ayse Bugra, Prof. Dr. Deniz Kandiyoti, and Prof. Dr. Caglar Keyder discussed society and social policy in times of pandemic through a webinar organized by The Science Academy (Bilim Akademisi) under the moderation of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erdem Yoruk on May 22, 2020.

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DW referred to Erdem Yörük’s forthcoming book in their news article

Deutsche Welle (DW) referred to Erdem Yoruk’s forthcoming book, titled The Politics of the Welfare State in Turkey for the University of Michigan Press, in their news article regarding social assistance and COVID-19 pandemic. The news article emphasizes that, as demonstrated by research, last year 34% of Turkey’s population received...

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Erdem Yörük’s proposal is awarded the Horizon 2020 Twinning Action Grant!

We are proud to announce that our Principle Investigator Assoc. Prof. Erdem Yörük’s proposal, Building the Future: Excelling in Computational and Quantitative Social Sciences in Turkey, is awarded the Horizon 2020 Twinning Action Grant by the European Commission! The project has a budget of 900.000 Euros for three years, and...

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