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Akademische Ausbildung

Seit August 2023

Doktorandin am Institut für Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie

Sep 2019- Jul 2022

MA Sociology, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul (English)

MA Abschlussarbeit: An Ethnography of Collaboration: Reflecting on the Assemblage of Projects for Gender Mainstreaming in Turkey

Betreuung: Prof. Dr. Meltem Ahıska

Sep 2016- Jul 2019

BA Psychology (Double Major), Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul (English)

Sep 2015- Jul 2019

BA Sociology, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul (English)

Arbeitserfahrung

Seit August 2023

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Sonderforschungsbereich 1171 Affective Societies

Sep 2022- July 2023   

Projektkoordinatorin, Sabanci University Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey, Istanbul

Projekt: Business Against Domestic Violence Network

Partners: United Nations Development Fund (UNFPA), Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD), Sabanci   Foundation

Oct 2022- Dec 2022   

Freiberufliche Designerin und Trainerin für Gleichstellungsschulungen

Apr 2020- Sep 2021   

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Sociology Department, Scientific Research Project, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul.                   

Konferenz-Präsentationen

Sep 2023

“Understanding gender backlash through the lens of collaboration: What is at stake for gender mainstreaming?”, ATGENDER Conference 2023, Kadir Has University, Istanbul.

Dec 2022

“Şirketler Evreninden Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliği: Hakim Kalıplar ve Öneriler”, Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Konferansı, Istanbul.

Sep 2021

“How to make sense, conceptualize, and study corporate social responsibility (CSR): Juxtaposition of gender right politics and CSR activities in Turkey”, 15th Conference of the EuropeanSociological Association, RN09 Economic Sociology, Online.

Mitgliedschaften

European Sociological Association

AtGender, The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation

Forschung

Promotionsprojekt: Olfactory Belongings: Contested Scents in Urban Publics

Forschungsinteressen

Anthropologie des Körpers und der Sinne; politische Anthropologie; Religionsanthropologie; Gender Studies; Geruchsforschung; Queer-Theorie; Akteur-Netzwerk-Theorie; Affekt und Emotion.

Konferenzpräsentationen

İmer, İ. (2025, November). Rose Scents and Sensory Docu-Poetry Workshop [Workshop].
Performİstanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. (Facilitated by the author)

Liebelt, C., Tokel, M., & İmer, İ. (2025, September). Thinking with Scents: Ethnographic
Impressions, Sensory Interventions [Curatorial practice]. DGSKA 2025 –Un/Commoning Anthropology: Out of Focus Exhibition, Cologne, Germany.

İmer, İ. (2025, July). Co-Poietic Translations of Scent: Docu-Poetry and Rose Fragrances in
Turkey’s Aesthetic Controversies [Conference presentation]. Affective Socieities
Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

İmer, İ. (2025, June). Olfactory Aesthetics: Reflecting on Power through Rose Fragrances in
Turkey [Conference presentation]. Senses, Methodologies & Materialities Workshop,
Affective Societies, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

İmer, İ. (2025, June). Docu-Poetry Translates the Olfactory Affect: Rose Fragrances in
Turkey’s Aesthetic Controversies [Conference presentation]. SIEF2025 – Unwriting
Conference, Aberdeen, Scotland.

İmer, İ. (2023, September). Understanding Gender Backlash through the Lens of
Collaboration: What Is at Stake for Gender Mainstreaming? [Conference
presentation]. ATGENDER Conference 2023, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey.

İmer, İ. (2022, December). Şirketler Evreninden Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliği: Hâkim Kalıplar
ve Öneriler [Conference presentation]. Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi Sosyoloji
Konferansı, Istanbul, Turkey.

İmer, İ. (2021, September). How to Make Sense of, Conceptualize, and Study Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR): A Juxtaposition of Gender Rights Politics and CSR
Activities in Turkey [Conference presentation]. 15th Conference of the European
Sociological Association, RN09 Economic Sociology, Online.

Buchkapitel

• İmer, İ., Liebelt, C., & Tokel, M. (2026). Olfactory Affect. In J. Slaby & C. von Scheve (Eds.), The New Key Concepts in Affective Societies (pp. 83–91). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003640813

Mitgliedschaften

European Sociological Association

AtGender, The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation