Teaching
Teaching & mentoring
I see myself primarily as a facilitator of learning rather than an expert who simply delivers information. I teach research methods and statistics at every level, alongside courses on migration, diversity, public attitudes and inequalities, and I give professional workshops and short courses internationally.
- Seminar Current Issues I: the “migrant” concept and ethnic diversityVUB · 2020–present
- Generalized Linear TechniquesVUB · 2019–2021
- Quantitative Methods for AnthropologyUniversity of Zurich · 2019–2021
- Methodology of Social Sciences I & IIBahçeşehir University · 2013–2015
- Statistical Methods and Computer Applications in Social Sciences I & IIBahçeşehir University · 2013–2015
- Sociology of Childhood and Youth CultureBahçeşehir University · 2014–2015
- Applied Inferential StatisticsYeditepe University · 2014–2015
- Introduction to Calculus IOkan University · 2013–2014
- Benefits and Challenges of Big Data for Social Research, master seminarVUB · 2019–present
- Pre-doctoral track, coordinatorFaculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, VUB · 2019–2022
- Contemporary Societal Challenges: Turkish Diaspora in Western Europe, master seminarVUB · 2019–2022
- Questionnaire Design and Post-Survey Analysis, PhD crash courseBilgi University · 2017
- Introduction to Econometrics, PhD crash courseCaucasus School of Business · 2017
- Introduction to Statistics; Regression, Correlation and Logistic Regression; Introduction to Multilevel Modelling — PhD crash coursesIvane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University · 2017
- Structural Equation Modelling with AMOS, PhD courseYeditepe University · 2014–2015
- Decision Theory and Business Analytics, MBA courseYeditepe University · 2014–2015
- Managing Diversity in Organisations, graduate crash courseLyon University · 2013–2014
- Introduction to SPSS, PhD crash courseMax Planck Institute for Social Anthropology · 2008
I coordinated the ‘Master thesis: Pre-doctoral trajectory’ of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School and served as PhD coach of the Interface Demography research group at VUB. Since my own PhD years, I have supervised dozens of bachelor’s and master’s students.
- Sabina ImatovaVUB, Department of Sociology · 2024–2028 · ongoing
- Fatima SilpagarVUB, Department of Sociology · 2024–2028 · ongoing
- Anton Neronov — Skilled migration dynamics: The nexus of push and pull factors, personal aspirations, legal frameworks, and irregular migration pathsVUB, Department of Sociology · 2023–2027 · ongoing
- Duha Ceylan — Childcare needs of newcomer migrants and refugeesVUB, Department of Sociology · 2022–2027 · ongoing
- Aylin Gül — Between divergences and Europeanisation: The Alevi identity in EuropeVUB, Department of Sociology · 2022–2026 · ongoing
- Damini Purkayastha — Skills as borders, skills as routes: Rethinking migration categories through lived experienceVUB, Department of Sociology · 2020–2024
- Ahmad Wali Ahmad Yar — International migration data: Challenges, improvements, and ways forwardVUB, Department of Sociology · co-supervised with Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe · defended 7 November 2023
- Özgün Ünver — Accessibility and inclusiveness of early childhood education and care across Europe: Policies and experiencesKU Leuven, Department of Psychology and Education · co-supervised with Ides Nicaise · defended 7 June 2019
- Brett Binst — Public perception of AI in EuropeVUB, MSc Sociology · 2021–2022
- Ella Nilis — Potential biases in the use of big data for societal challengesVUB, MSc Communication Science · 2021–2022