Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM)


Irem Tuncer-Ebetürk


ayse.irem.ebetuerk@hu-berlin.de

 

  

  • Research Scientist at the BIM (Post-Doc)
  • Research Scientist of the project TRANSMIT

  

ayse.irem.ebetuerk@hu-berlin.de

  


Profile


  
Irem Tuncer-Ebetürk is a postdoctoral researcher at BIM, Humboldt University Berlin and a guest researcher at WZB Berlin. Her research interests span global sociology, sociology of law, political sociology, sociology of global health, and the sociology of new technologies. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Emory University. 

 


Academic Career


 

  • 2017 – PhD in Sociology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
  • 2008 – M.A. in Political Science, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
  • 2005 – B.A. in Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

  


Selected Publications



  • „The Global Rise in Children’s Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Prevalence:
    A Macro-Sociological Explanation“ (2025). Social Forces. (with Jessica Kim and Yasemin Soysal).

  • „Techno-Authoritarian Imaginaries and the Politics of Resistance against Facial Recognition
    Technology in the US and European Union“ (2024). Democratization (with Hendrik Schopmans).

  • „Insult, Charisma, and Legitimacy: Turkey’s Transition to Personalist Rule” (2023).
    Social and Legal Studies (with Defne Över).

  • „Competitive Mimicry: The Socialization of Antifeminist NGOs into the United Nations” (2022).
    Global Constitutionalism (with Jelena Cupać).

  • „Global Diffusion of Laws: The Case of Minimum Age Legislation (1965-2015)” (2021).
    European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology.

  • „Backlash Advocacy and NGO Polarization over Women’s Rights in the United Nations” (2021). International Affairs (with Jelena Cupać).

  • „The Personal is Global Political: The Anti-feminist Backlash in the UN“ (2020).
    The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (with Jelena Cupać).

  



 

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