Visiting Researchers

2025-2026 Fall-Spring Semester

Visiting ResearcherAffiliationShort-Bio
Dr. Intissar KherigiSouthern Mediterranean University, Tunis, TunisiaIntissar Kherigi specializes in Public Policy, Governance, Public Policy Analysis, Political Participation, Local Governance, Citizen Participation, Decentralization and Political Sociology

2024-2025 Fall-Spring Semester

Visiting ResearcherAffiliationShort-Bio
Dr. Intissar KherigiSouthern Mediterranean University, Tunis, TunisiaIntissar Kherigi specializes in Public Policy, Governance, Public Policy Analysis, Political Participation, Local Governance, Citizen Participation, Decentralization and Political Sociology

2023-2024 Fall-Spring Term

Visiting ResearcherAffiliationShort-Bio
Dr. Intissar KherigiSouthern Mediterranean University, Tunis, TunisiaIntissar Kherigi specializes in Public Policy, Governance, Public Policy Analysis, Political Participation, Local Governance, Citizen Participation, Decentralization and Political Sociology
Dr. Sanam VaghefiUniversity of Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaSanam Vaghefi specializes in the Sociology of Migration, Refugee Studies, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Decolonizing Mental Health.

2023-2024 Fall Term

Visiting ResearcherAffiliationShort-Bio
Prof. Dr. Xiaoying QiAustralian Catholic University, Melbourne, AustraliaXiaoying Qi specializes in Family and Family Change, Economic Relations, Social Capital and Social Networks, Globalisation, Social Movements, Sociology of Emotions, Gender and Contemporary China
Prof. Dr. Jack BarbaletAustralian Catholic University, Melbourne, AustraliaJack Barbalet specializes in Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, Sociology of Emotions, Sociological Theory and Sociology of China

2022-2023 Summer Term

Visiting ResearcherAffiliationShort-Bio
Prof. Dr. Ovamir AnjumUniversity of Toledo, Ohio, USA. Ovamir Anjum specializes on the nexus of theology, ethics, politics and law in classical and medieval Islam, with comparative interest in Western Thought.

2022-2023 Fall Term

Visiting ResearcherEducationResearch TopicSupervisor
Shaffin SiddiquiPrinceton University, History DepartmentOral History of Refugee Ulema in IstanbulProf. Dr. Ramazan Aras

2021-2022 Spring Term

Visiting ResearcherEducationResearch TopicSupervisor
Fuga KimuraPhD Student - University of Tokyo (Department of Islamic Studies, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology)Transmission of Knowledge: The Social Relation of Scholars and the People in Classical Islamic Legal TheoryProf. Dr. Recep Şentürk