University of Oxford

Ebru Soytemel

Ebru Soytemel is a Research Fellow for the Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities. She was trained as a sociologist (B.A and M.A) at Mimar Sinan University and finished her second M.A. in History at Bogazici University in Istanbul. In 2011 she received her PhD in Sociology from the University of Manchester. Her PhD research focused on the ways in which urban policies, gentrification and socio-economic policies impact upon class composition, housing, and patterns of belonging of different social classes in Istanbul. She examined the tactics and strategies employed by people of different classes regarding housing, particularly low-income groups’ strategies of ‘making ends meet’.

Her research interests mainly center on subjects such as: social inequality, cultural class analysis, urban theory, globalisation and social-spatial dislocation, restructuring and rescaling of space, using mixed methods (ethnographic research, multiple correspondence analysis and social network analysis).

Publications

Soytemel, E. (2011) Gentrification and Belonging in Istanbul. PhD Dissertation, The University of Manchester, Manchester. 

Book chapters

Soytemel, E. (2010) Mucadeleler, Pazarliklar ve Esitsizlik Mekanizmalari: Istanbul’da Acil Saglik Hizmetleri [Struggles, bargainings and inequality mechanisms: neoliberal health policies and emergency health services in Istanbul]. In: Y. Senturk and S. Yardimci (eds.) Haciyatmazi Devirmek-Neoliberalizme Karsi Kolektivite: Turkiye'den Ornekler [Collectivity against neoliberalism: examples from Turkey]. Istanbul: Kalkedon Yayinlari.

Ilyasoglu A. and Soytemel, E. (2007) Halicte Yerel Degisim, Toplumsal Donusum ve Topluluk Yasami [Local change, social transformation and community Life in Halic districts]. In: G. Kayacan and I.N. Ilyasoglu (eds.) Kusaklar, Deneyimler ve Tanikliklar, Turkiye’de Sozlu Tarih Calismalari [Generations, experiences and encounters: oral history in Turkey]. Istanbul: History Foundation Press.

Ilyasoglu, A. and Soytemel, E. (2006) Balat’ta Yerel Degisim ve Gentrification: Mahallemize Yeni Gelenler ve Farkli Stratejiler [Local change and gentrification in Balat district: newcomers to our quarter and different strategies]. In: T. Islam  and D. Behar (eds.) Istanbul'da Soylulastirma: Eski Kentin Yeni Sakinleri [Gentrification in Istanbul: new owners of the old city]. Istanbul: Bilgi University Press, pp.127-143.

Book reviews

Soytemel, E. (2009) The emancipatory city? Paradoxes and possibilities– by Loretta Lees (ed.), The International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, June, Vol.34.

Soytemel, E. (2008) Understanding social inequality- by Tim Butler and Paul Watt, Area, Vol. 40, no. 1,  pp. 141–142.