Atahan Demirkol
Faculty Member at Afyon Kocatepe University, Department of Political Science (Türkiye)
About Me
Atahan Demirkol holds an MSci degree from Middle East Technical University (Türkiye) and a BA degree from Gazi University (Türkiye). His main research areas are urban studies, international migration, international security, and international law. He has several published articles, including in the International Migration, Teaching Public Administration, Journal of Public Affairs Education, and Migration Letters journals. He has done several reviews for journals, including Cogent Social Sciences.
He promotes studies concerning refugee integration, urban politics, and international law regarding international migration. He is also working as the Editor of the Turkish Journal of Sense of Place and Urban Studies and the Editorial Assistant at KOCATEPEIIBFD Journal. He has been to Koç University Migration Research Center (MiReKoç) and Centre of Migration Research (CMR) at the University of Warsaw as a visiting fellow, Syracuse University for an Academic Language Course, and the University of Economics in Bratislava for Erasmus+ exchange as a Ph.D. candidate. Lastly, he served as an Advisor to the Minister at the Ministry of National Education of Türkiye. Currently, he is a research assistant at Afyon Kocatepe University (Türkiye) Department of Political Science and Public Administration.
Research Interests
Demirkol briefly links urban studies with international migration, law, and security. Demirkol's primary emphasis on research is utilizing critical theories such as Marxism and perspectives such as securitization and Third World Approaches to International Law.
Selected Publications
Göçoğlu, V. & Demirkol, A. (2023). What competencies public policy education promises: A qualitative comparative analysis of university types, education levels, and courses in Turkey, Journal of Public Affairs Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2023.2230105
Demirkol, A. (2022). Kentlerde Yer Duygusu: Karadeniz Ereğli ve Özelleştirmenin Yerel Etkileri. İdealKent Yayınları.
Demirkol, A. (2022). An Empirical Analysis of Securitization Discourse in the European Union. Migration Letters, 19(3), 273–286. https://doi.org/10.33182/ml.v19i3.1832
Personal Opinions on Academia
Demirkol believes that the future academia should be open-source and open-access. Personally, he is against the commodification of research and knowledge. The worldwide knowledge will gain and sustain as long as there is freedom of speech and open content.