Lectures
Conferences
2021 “Unemployment Perception and Future Concerns of High School Youth in Istanbul”,15th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA), Barcelona. (Online)
2021 “The Uncertain Future of Imprisoned Youths”,Conference of Youth Research in Turkey, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University,Istanbul. (Online)
2020 “Being Young in High School in Turkey”, 4th Congress of Relational Social Sciences, Ankara. (Online)
2019 “About the Practice of Education: A View of Values Education from the Perspective of High School Students”, 16th National Congress of Social Sciences, Ankara.
2018 “Juvenile Prisons” (Moderation), International Conference on Alternatives to Prison, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University,Istanbul.
2016 “Prisoner’s Right to Work and Education”(Moderation), Conference on Prisoners in Turkey, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul.
2015 “How are Finance Laborers Experiencing Institutionalism, Career, Performance System and Restructuring Processes in Companies?”, 14th National Congress of Social Sciences, Ankara.
2013 “Working Life – White Collar Experience: Finance Laborers in Istanbul”,13th National Congress of Social Sciences, Ankara.
2011 “The Eroding White Collar: The Case of Insurance Companies”, 12th National Congress of Social Sciences, Ankara.
2011 “Service Sector – White Collar: The Case of The Buyukdere-Maslak Axis”,11th National Congress of Social Sciences, Ankara.
2009 “You Are the Only Face I Have Ever Seen: Both Sides of the Dream” with Özlem Avcı, 10th Conference on New Directions in Turkish Film Studies: Cinema and Imagination, Istanbul.
2009 “The Atomization of Workers in the Service Sector: An Example of Struggle – The Organizing Struggle of IBM Workers”,3rd National Anthropological Congress, Istanbul.
2008 “Spatial Structuring of Employment in High-Rise Office Buildings”, Karaburun Academic Congress, Izmir.
2008 “Islamic Lifestyles Reflected on the Screen” with Özlem Avcı, 9th Conference on New Directions in Turkish Film Studies: Cinema and Reality, Istanbul.
Seminars
2025 “Henri Lefebvre and the Critique of Everyday Life”, Department of Sociology, Yeditepe University, Istanbul.
2024 “Media and Ethics from the Research Stage to the Production Stage”, Faculty of Communications, Media Seminar Series 114, Yeditepe University, Istanbul.
2020 “Analysis Of Qualitative Data Using NVivo”, Department of Sociology, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul.
2014 – 2019 “Labor and Working Life”,Department of Sociology, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University,Istanbul.
2013 “The Experiences of White-Collar Workers in the Service Sector”, Cool Istanbul: Urban Encroachments and Resistance, Salt Galata, İstanbul.
2012 “Being a White-Collar Worker”, Department of Economics, Marmara University, Istanbul.
2012, “Labor Movement in Turkey”, Department of Economics, Kocaeli University,Kocaeli.
Publications
Book Chapters
Şentürk, Y. & Uçarol, A. B. (2022). “Schools as a Package of Cultural Participation for Youth Raised with Digital Technology”. In: L. H. Seukwa, E. Marmer & C. Sylla (Eds.), The Challenge of Cultural Heritage and Identity for Inclusive and Open Societies. Berlin: Peter Lang Press, pp. 31-56.
Uçarol, A. B. & Özlem, A. (2011). “Islamic Ways of Life Reflected on the Silver Screen”. In: D. Bayraktar (Ed.), New Directions in Turkish Film Studies 9: Cinema and Reality. Istanbul: Baglam Press, pp.87-101.
Uçarol, A. B. & Avcı, Ö. (2009). “Islamic Ways of Life Reflected on the Silver Screen”. In: D. Bayraktar (Ed.), Cinema and Politics. London: Cambridge Scholar Press, pp. 240-257.
Editorship
Şentürk, Y., Uçarol, A. B., & Ezik, A. (Eds.) (2022). Youth Research in Turkey: Themes, Orientations and Approaches. Ankara: Heretik Press.
Editorial Reviewer
2023. Earthquake. Oditoryum Eleştirel Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. Volume 3.
Peer-Reviewed Article
Uçarol, A. B. (2013). Rationalisation of the Workplace: Skyscrapers and Open Style Offices. Eğim Bilim Toplum Dergisi, 11(41). pp.38-47.
Research Reports
Şentürk, Y. & Uçarol, A. B. (2020). Research on Intergenerational Dynamics of Cultural Socialization. In: A. Popov and Y. Şentürk (Eds.), Intergenerational Dynamics in Informal Cultural Socialization. CHIEF (Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future) Grant Agreement No: 770464, pp. 272-306.
Şentürk, Y. & Uçarol, A. B. (2020). Cultural Literacy Practices in Formal Education Setting. In: T. Zurabishvili and E. Marmer (Eds.), Qualitative Research in Formal Educational Settings. CHIEF (Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future) Grant Agreement No: 770464, pp. 292-330.
Uçarol, A.B., Oral, A., Mete, H., Esmer, E. & Kurban, S.B. (2019). In: Marmer, E. & Zurabishvili, T. (Eds.), Qualitative Research in Formal Educational Settings: National/Federal Curricula Review. CHIEF (Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future) Grant Agreement No: 770464, pp. 210-237.
Şentürk, Y., Uçarol, A.B., Oral, A., Mete, H., Esmer, E. & Kurban, S.B. (2018). In: Fooks, G., Stamou, E. & McNie, K. (Eds.), National Cultural/Educational Policy Review. CHIEF (Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future) Grant Agreement No: 770464, pp.237-284.
Opinion Articles
2016: “Unionized Flying Chefs Speak Out”. Bianet.
2014: “Organization of the Workplace for Workers”. Güncel Hukuk Dergisi (129).18-21.
2008: “Skyscrapers”. Evrensel (203). 48-52.
