Dr. Melike Şahinol

Research Interests

Digitalization, Work, and Innovation (Technological transformation processes, artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing and 3D printing, innovation ecosystems)

Human-Technology Interaction and Digital Health Practices (Technology-based healthcare processes, algorithmic decision-making in medicine, digital self-tracking and health monitoring, socio-technical orders in digital healthcare)

Socio-Technical Networks and Participatory Technology Development (Makerspaces, DIY cultures, collaborative innovation processes, open-source technologies)

Methodological Development in Qualitative Social Research (Research with vulnerable groups, participatory methods, ethnography of socio-technical systems)

Posthumanism and the Sociological Analysis of Digital Embodiment (Transformations of body concepts, neurotechnologies, cyborg subjects, body politics in digital contexts)

Manufacturing Practices of Medical Instruments in Innovation Clusters: A Comparative Study of Tuttlingen, Sialkot, and SamsunSince 02/2025Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Project Number 551920228 https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/551920228

Principal Investigator: Dr. Melike Şahinol
Research Associates: Dr. Gülşah Başkavak, Dr. Berna Uçarol

Medical innovations result from socio-technical processes embedded in socio-technical imaginaries, and historically shaped states of science and technology, as well as accumulated knowledge, expertise and craftsmanship of innovating companies situated in specific clusters. For example, the development of clusters of medical instrument manufacturing are not only dependent on historical trajectories of innovation and specific craftsmanship of metal and skilled handwork, but also on collective (craft) knowledge. The purpose of this study is to examine manufacturing practices of medical instruments as part of regional innovation cultures in geographically distributed but interconnected international innovation clusters. The study will use a comparative analysis based on a multi-sited ethnography completed by extensive qualitative interviews to explore the historical roots and traditions of medical instrument clusters and their impact on the evolution of knowledge in craft-based manufacturing. The study will primarily focus on the relationship between international innovation clusters and their impact on craft-based manufacturing practices in the medical instrument industry. In doing so, it will also answer the question of how the global division of labor, value chain, and political economy shape and influence the development of medical instrument manufacturing and innovation practices. The goal is to gain a deeper understanding of the complex interplay between these factors and their impact on medical instrument manufacturing and innovation.

To capture these interdependent levels, we will conduct a comparative study in three different geographies: Samsun (Türkiye), Tuttlingen (Germany) and Sialkot (Pakistan) as these are the worldwide leading hubs for manufacturing surgical instruments – collaborating with each other. The study will answer how each of these three clusters interact with each other despite their heterogeneity. The productive collaboration between these three clusters, which play a key role in the production and innovation of medical instruments, is crucial, as their production chains are highly interdependent. Failure to establish and maintain such collaboration could lead to interruptions or disruptions in the innovation chain for medical instruments. Understanding the mechanisms of innovation transfer between these clusters is therefore essential for fostering collaboration and driving technological advancement in the medical instrument industry.

While delicate handwork and highly skilled craftsmanship remain essential in the manual stages of instrument manufacturing, the integration of high technology in advanced production phases requires a synergy of various artisanal skills and modern technologies. Moreover, digital technologies and automation are becoming increasingly important, particularly through computer-assisted manufacturing techniques, robotics, and data-driven innovation processes, which are further transforming production chains.

This study has the potential to contribute to the development of the concept of regional innovation cultures by providing insights into the materialization of diverse innovation pathways and the diffusion of expertise through interconnected innovation networks.

since 2015, *invited
*14.5.2024: “Socio-Bio-Technical Entanglements in ALS Communication: A Posthuman Perspective.” “Society and Technologies on Health and Illness,” hosted by the Rare Disease Social Research Center at the Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk (IFiS PAN).
*9.12.2023: “Sağlık Teknolojİ Değerlendirmesi ve Sorumlu Araştırma ve İnovasyon: yumurta gençleştİrme (engl. Health Technology Assessment and Responsible Research and Innovation: Egg Rejuvenation)”, Dr. Şinasi Can Tıbbi Etik Günleri 2: Üremeye Yardımcı Tedavi Uygulamaları ve Etik (engl. Dr. Şinasi Can Medical Ethics Days 2: Assisted Reproductive Treatment Practices and Ethics), Acıbadem r. Şinasi Can Kadıköy Hospital (TR).
*23.11.2023: “Design X Crip Technoscience” (with Robert Stock), Worlds by Design. Mapping the Field of Interdisciplinary Design Studies, November 2023-February 2024, Cultural Theory and History / Matters of Activity, HU Berlin (online).
*3.10.2023: “Socio-Bio-Technical Constellations in Cyborg Action”, Beyond Boundaries: Persons, (Bio)Technologies, & the Law, 2nd – 3rd October 2023, Wales (UK).
*8.9.2023: “Communicating with ALS Patients – a Posthuman Disability Perspective”, Towards a New Humanity, and Beyond – Debating Post-human Perspectives, Sept 7-9 2023, Fribourg University (Switzerland).
*28.4.2023: “STS in Ethics Education” (with Arsev Umur Aydınoğlu), Best Practices and Obstacles in Ethics Education for Technological and Scientific Challenges, April 27th-28th 2023 workshop, organized in the context of the EU ERASMUS+ Project ETHICS4CHALLENGES (E4C): Innovative Ethics Education for Major Technological and Scientific Challenges (Athens, Greece).
10.12.2022: “Effects of COVID 19 pandemic on women and social care aspects” (with Emine Öncüler Yayalar), 4S/ESOCITE joint meeting in Cholula, Mexico (Dec 7-10 2022).
8.12.2022: “Living in the Age of Neuro-Digitalization. Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Brain Research”, 4S/ESOCITE joint meeting in Cholula, Mexico (Dec 7-10 2022).
*16.11.2022: “Das Maschinenhafte im Leib”, Vortragsreihe “Medizin und Technik”, FernUni Hagen (Germany).
*18.10.2022: ”Cinsiyet ve Sosyo-Biyo-Teknik Bakım Kompleksi (Gender and the Soco-Bio-Technical Care Complex” (with Başkavak, Gülşah), Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Acıbadem University (Turkey).
*9.9.2022: “When children with 3D printed prosthesis feel like super heroes”, STS conference “Doğa ve Kültür Ayrımının Ötesinde” (engl. “Beyond the Nature and Culture Dichotomy”), Türk-Alman Üniversitesi Istanbul (Turkey).
*2.9.2022: Panel discussant “Uses of neurotechnologies and visions of human enhancement” (invited as expert), “The Future of the Technological Human Body in Light of Its Present & Past“, FUTUREBODY-Project, TU Berlin (Germany).
*24.2.2022: “Das Soziale und das Technische gemeinsam denken: 3D gedruckte Prothesen für Kinder als Enabler?”, Soziologie-Gesprächsreihe, Institut für Soziologie, Türkisch-Deutsche Universität Istanbul (online).
23.2.2022: “STS’de Niteliksel Yöntemler”, STS TURKEY Winter School, 23.-25.2.2022, Istanbul Bilgi University in cooperation with STS TURKEY (online).
23.11.2021: “Cinsiyetlendirilmiş Hijyen: Erkeklerde Saç ve Kıl Bakım Pratikleri (Gendered Hygiene: Men’s Hair Care Practices)” (with Başkavak, Gülşah & Burak Taşdizen). STS TURKEY 2021: Bir Disiplin Olarak Kimlik İnşası. 22.-24.11.2021 (online).
*30.9.2021: “Digital Cultures and Health”, Max Weber Stiftung Web Forum Series ‘The Digital Transformation’, 23.9.-28.10., Tokyo (Japan, online).
*16.9.2021: ”Entangled Empowerment: Connecting Shared Hair Transplantation Practices for Men in Turkey and Iran” mit Burak Taşdizen (Orient-Institut Istanbul). Conference of „Knowledge Unbound: Internationlization, Networking and Innovation in and by the Max Weber Stiftung. 16.-17.9.2021, Berlin: Max Weber Stiftung.
8.8.2021: “Colonizing Men’s Bodies: Nature Culture Metaphors Around Hair Transplantation” with Burak Taşdizen (Orient-Institut Istanbul), The Re-invention of Traditions in the Middle East IUAES-Annual Conference of the Commission of the Middle East, hosted by Orient Institute Istanbul, 7–9 August 2021 (online).
*17.6.2021: “The techno-cerebral subject as acting cyborg,” Human-Tech Colloquium, University of Twente (Niederlande, online).
18.8.2020: “Everyday Cyborgs: Men with implanted/transplanted hair (and its Eigensinn)” with Burak Taşdizen (Orient-Institut Istanbul), EASST/4S Prag 2020 Locating and Timing Matters: Significance and Agency of STS in Emerging Worlds (online).
21.1.2020: “3-D printed prostheses and empowerment in the childhood”, Workshop: Technology and the Body: Care, Empowerment and the Fluidity of Bodies, Orient-Institut Istanbul (Turkey)
*26.10.2019: “The human as a part of an endless input-process-output (IPO) action loop on the example of Brain-Machine Interface research in chronic stroke rehabilitation, 5th Turkish-German Frontiers of Social Science Symposium 2019: Where do we go? Turkey and Germany and the Digital Revolution, Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, Mercator Foundation and Koç University, October 24-27, 2019, Leipzig (Germany).
*13.10.2019: “Science Fiction Becomes Reality – Human Augmentation und Enhancement durch 3D-gedruckte Prothesen?“ turmdersinne-Symposium 2019: Bessere Menschen? Technische und ethische Fragen in der transhumanistischen Zukunft, October 11-13, 2019, Nürnberg (Germany).
21.9.2019: “Siborg Eylemi: Tekno-serebral Öznenin Oluşumu”, IX. Ulusal Sosyoloji Kongresi, Toplum 4.0, 19-21 Eylül 2019, Ankara (Turkey).
11.9.2019 „Türkiye’de E-Sağlık ve Öz-Takip Teknolojileri“ with Gülşah Başkavak (Orient-Institut İstanbul), STS TURKEY 2019 conference 10-12 September 2019, Istanbul Technical University
5.9.2019: “Crippling the Transition to the Extraordinary? Enabling Technologies and Extra_Ordinarity”, 4S Annual Meeting ‘Innovations, Interruptions, Regenerations’, September 4-7, 2019, New Orleans (Louisiana).
24.1.2019: “Post(Phenomenology) and Human Technology Relations”, STS TURKEY “Science, Technology and Society” Winter School 2019, organized by STS TURKEY coordination, supported by Orient-Institut Istanbul (Turkey).
*28.11.2018: Opening Panel, 3rd National Conference on Applied Ethics (November 28-30, Turkish speaking conference), with following speakers: Prof. Dr. Çiler Dursun (Ankara University, Faculty of Communication), Prof. Dr. Gülriz Uygur (Ankara University, Faculty of Law) ve Prof. Dr. Nüket Örnek Büken (Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, History of Medicine and Ethics), Dr. Melike Şahinol (Orient-Institut Istanbul), moderator: Barış Parkan, METU, Department of Philsophy, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey).
28.11.2018: WorldCafé Quo vadis Human, Transhuman, Posthuman?, STS TURKEY with Middle East Technical University, Department of Philosophy and Applied Ethics (Ankara, Turkey), co-organization of the WorldCafé & table host “Human Enhancement Technologies”, 3rd National Conference on Applied Ethics (November 28-30, Turkish speaking conference), Middle East Technical University, Ankara (Turkey).
10.4.2018: “‘Unless they do not build cyborgs’ Ethics missing the point of cyborg constitution in neuroscientific trials?”, 5th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Health, Culture and the Human Body. Principles of Biomedical Ethics, Genetics and Human Enhancement (Istanbul, Turkey).
11.9.2018: “Teknolojik Gelişme ve Hassas Gruplar. Tasarım ve Sosyoloji Perspektifinden 3 Boyutlu Yazıcıdan Protezli Çocuklarla Görüşmek –Bir Disiplinler Arası Yaklaşım”, STS TURKEY conference (Middle East Technical University, Ankara), together with Zeynep Karagöz (Robotel Türkiye), Melis Dursun (Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi)
*18.4.2018: “Enhancement und Vulnerabilität. Die Befragung von Kindern mit Prothesen aus dem 3D-Drucker,” Kick-Off Meeting Digitale Selbstvermessung zwischen Empowerment und neuen Barrieren of the project “Digitale Vulnerabilität zwischen Inklusion und sozialer Robustheit,” Hochschule Furtwangen University & Schrader Stiftung (Darmstadt, Germany)
*13.12.2017: “Cyborgisches Handeln: Das techno-zerebrale Subjekt in der Handlungsschleife,” Jena Social Theory Colloquium, Mensch – Technik – Naturverhältnisse, Jena (Germany).
*1.12.2017: “İnsan Geliştirme Teknolojileri, Beyin Bilgisayar Arayüzleri ve Siborg Konstitüsyonu,” Gelişim Günleri 6 – Yeni Dünya ve İnsan, Marmara University Psychology and Development Club, Istanbul (Turkey).
*28.11.2017: “Responsible Research and Innovation in the Era of Human Enhancement Cultures,” Molecular Biology and Genetics, Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ MBG-MOBGAM) Seminerleri, Ayazağa Kampüsü, Istanbul (Turkey).
*12.11.2017: “Brain Computer Interfaces: The ‘techno-cerebral subject’ as a bio-technical form of the cyborg,” Techno-Anthropology Lab (TANTlab), Aalborg University, Copenhagen (Denmark).
9.11.2017: “Family Policy in Germany and Turkey in the Age of Reproduction Medicine,” together with Anne-Kristin Kuhnt (University Duisburg-Essen), 5. European Congress on Family Science, November 9-11, 2017, University of Vienna (Austria).
*7.7.2017: CRISPR.kitchen Berlin German biohacker and maker gathering, presentation of 3D printed hand prosthesis, Berlin (Germany).
1.7.2017: “The Power of Inscription: First Phase of the Constitution of a Techno-Cerebral Subject”, 11th Annual European Network for Cinema and Media Studies Conference: Changing sensory regimes and emergent corpo-realities. Media. Bodies. Practices, 6/29-7/1/2017, Paris (France).
*20.6.2017: 360°-Envisioning Workshop, European Parliament /Science and Technology Options Assessment Brussels, additive bio-manufacturing: 3D printing for medical recovery and human enhancement (invited as expert), Brussels (Belgium).
*4.6.2017: “The Human Genome Project in Turkey. (De)Coding Human from a Sociological Perspective.” Oriental Department and Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology/Univ. of Cologne Talking Colors in Turkey and Beyond, June 2-4, 2017, University of Cologne (Germany).
*15.5.2017: Etik, Önleme ve Halk Sağlığı (Çalıştay), Acıbadem University School of Medicine, Department of History of Medicine and Ethics, Istanbul (Turkey).
*6.4.2017: “Quo Vadis Human Reproduction? Reproductive Medicine as part of Human Enhancement Technologies in Germany and Turkey,” together with Anne-Kristin Kuhnt, conference Designobjekt Mensch? Transhumanismus in Theologie, Philosophie und Naturwissenschaften, katholisch-soziale Akademie Franz-Hitze Haus (Münster, Germany).
*12.12.2016: “Nörobilimsel Araştırmalarda Insan-Makina/ Beyin-Bilgisayar Sembiozu Kapsamında Oluşan Siborg Üzerine,” Middle East Technical University, Department of Industrial Design, Ankara (Turkey).
*12.12.2016: “İnsan Geliştirme = Tasarım x.0? Doğa ve Kültür İlişkileri,” Middle East Technical University, Department of Industrial Design, Ankara (Turkey).
*22.11.2016: “‘This Is My Body! This Is My Business!’ Practices of Assisted Reproductive Technology and Blurring Boundaries in Turkey,” Yeditepe University, Medical Faculty Medical History and Ethics Department, Istanbul (Turkey).
*21.11.2016: “Tıp ve Toplum: Sosyolojik Bir Bakış,” Beşikçizade Tıp ve İnsani Bilimler Merkezi (BETİM), Istanbul (Turkey).
2.11.2016: “Türkiye ve İnsan Geliştirme – Sosyolojik Bir Bakış” (Engl. “Turkey and Human Enhancement – A Sociological Perspective”), Lectures Series 2016/17 Designing Nature, Upgrading Human Life? How Medicine, Science and Technology transform our lives, Orient Institute Istanbul (Turkey).
12.10.2016: “Practices of Assisted Reproductive Technology in Turkey: Intercultural Aspects of RRI,” S.Net 2016, 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of New and Emerging Technologies: The Co-Production of Emerging Bodies, Politics and Technologies, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen (Norway).
*7.10.2016: “Body@Human_Medicine@Society: A Comparison between Germany and Turkey,” International Conference Human : Non-Human – Bodies, Things, and Matter across Asia and Europe, Oct. 6-8, 2016, University of Zurich (Switzerland).
14.9.2016: “Reproduktionsmedizin – Deutschland und Türkei im Vergleich,” together with Anne-Kristin Kuhnt (University of Duisburg-Essen), Turkologentag 2016, Sept. 14-17, 2016, Hamburg (Germany).
14.9.2016: “eHealth und Privatheitskultur – Deutschland und die Türkei im Vergleich,” with Dennis Kirschsieper (University of Duisburg-Essen), Turkologentag 2016, Sept. 14-17, 2016 Hamburg (Germany).
*7/6/2016: “Mensch-Maschine-Anpassung in den Neurowissenschaften,” Institute of Sociology, TU Berlin.
17.6.2016: “Brain-Machine-Interfaces: Zur Entstehung des techno-zerebralen Subjekts als eine bio-technische Gestalt des Cyborg,” presentation at the conference Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper: Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven, Orient Institute Istanbul (Turkey).
17.-18.6.2016: Conference moderation of Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper: Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven, Orient Institut Istanbul (Turkey).
30.5.2016: “Die Privatheitskultur in Deutschland und der Türkei – untersucht an den Diskursen über Gesundheits-Apps,” with Dennis Kirschsieper (University of Duisburg-Essen), International Conference TA16: Smart New World – Was ist “smart” an smarten Technologien?, Vienna (Austria).
29.4.2016: “Zur Ko-Konstitution des techno-zerebralen Subjekt in den Neurowissenschaften als eine biotechnische Gestalt des/der Cyborg,” spring conference of the DGS-Section Soziologie des Körpers und des Sports: Transdifferente, hybride, diverse Aktant_innen*? Perspektiven auf Embodiment jenseits von Dualismen, Apr. 29-30, 2016, Munich (Germany).
*19.5.2016: “Transhumanism, Human Enhancement Technologies and Islam,” Workshop 2/2016: Biography, Personal Identity, Ego, the Self, and Self-Transformation, in the framework of the collaborative research projects with the Orient Institut Istanbul and the Centre d’études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et centrasiatiques (CETOBAC), EHESS Paris: New Religiosities in Turkey: Reenchantment in a Secularized Muslim Country?, Orient Institute Istanbul (Turkey).
26.11.2015: “Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) – Konzeptuelle Grundlagen,” poster presentation, with Richard Beecroft, Hannah Kosow, Nina Langen, Mandy Scheermesser, Philipp Späth, Katja Stoppenbrink, fall conference in the organizational sociology section of the DGS: Innovation ohne Ende? Organisationen in der Innovationsgesellschaft, Nov. 26-27, 2015, TU Berlin.
*2.7.2015: “Keine Märchen vom Gedankenlesen. Mensch-Maschine-Symbiose in neurowissenschaftlichen Experimenten,” Extracurricular Studies, University of Furtwangen.

Monographs:

Şahinol, Melike (2016). “Das techno-zerebrale Subjekt. Zur Symbiose von Mensch und Maschine in den Neurowissenschaften”. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag.

Şahinol, M., Taşdizen, B., & Başkavak, G. (2022). Hair:y_less Masculinities. A Cartography. Bonn: Şahinol, Melike (in cooperation with perspectivia.net). Freely accessible: https://doi.org/10.25360/01-2022-00000

Edited volumes/ Derleme Kitaplar:

Stock, Robert, Christian Meier zu Verl, Melike Şahinol, Markus Spöhrer, and Anna-Lena Wiechern, eds. 2025 (in print). Dis/Ability und digitale Medien. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Technologien, Praktiken und Zugänglichkeiten. Wiesbaden: Springer.

Öncüler Yayalar, E. & Şahinol, M. (2024). STS for a post-truth age: comparative dialogues on reflexivity. Wilmington: Vernon Press.

Aydınoğlu, A. U., Kılıçtepe, Ş., Öncüler Yayalar, E., Saka, E., & Şahinol, M. (Eds.). (2023). STS: Bir Disiplin Olarak Kimlik İnşası. Ankara: Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Yayınları. (Open access: https://neuyayin.com/tr/acik-erisim/sts-bir-disiplin-olarak-kimlik-insasi/816).

Şahinol, M., Coenen, C., & Motika, R. (2020). Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper: Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien.

Turanlı, A., Şahinol, M. & Aydınoğlu, A. U. (2020). Türkiye’de STS: Bilim ve Teknoloji Çalışmalarına Giriş. Istanbul: İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi (Open Access: https://polen.itu.edu.tr/handle/11527/18483).

Special Issues in peer reviewed journals (as guest editor):

Compagna, D., Şahinol, M. (Eds.) (2022). Manufacturing Life (Part 2). Special Section in NanoEthics Studies of New and Emerging Technologies, Volume 16, issue 2, August 2022, pp 195–238. https://link.springer.com/journal/11569/volumes-and-issues/16-2.

Compagna, D. & Şahinol, M. (Eds.) (2022). Manufacturing Life (Part 1). Special Section in NanoEthics Studies of New and Emerging Technologies, Volume 16, issue 1, April 2022, pp 15–150. https://link.springer.com/journal/11569/volumes-and-issues/16-1.

Şahinol, M. & Başkavak, G. (2021). Türkiye’de Çekişmeli Bedenler: Tıp Teknolojisindeki Gelişmelerle Dönüşen Beden, Sağlık ve Toplum (engl. Contested Bodies in Turkey: Transformation of Body, Health and Society through Techno-Medical Innovations) Special Issue in Sosyoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi/ Journal of Sociological Research.

Journal articles (peer reviewed):

Başkavak, G., Şahinol, M., & Kılıçtepe, Ş. (2024). Interplay of global technological dynamics and local realities: digital healthcare transformation in turkey. Trakya Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 26(1), 91-118. https://doi.org/10.26468/trakyasobed.1369225

Özkan, Ö., Şahinol, M., Aydinoglu, A.U. et al. Reflections on Turkish Personal Data Protection Law and Genetic Data in Focus Group Discussions. Nanoethics (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-022-00431-0

Şahinol, M. (2022), “3D printed children’s prostheses as enabling technology? The experience of children with upper limb body differences”, Journal of Enabling Technologies, Vol. 16 No. 3, pp. 204-218. https://doi.org/10.1108/JET-02-2022-0017

Compagna, D., Şahinol, M. Enhancement Technologies and the Politics of Life: Interfaces of Art and Science. Nanoethics 16, 195–196 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-022-00420-3

Okay, A.M., Taşdizen, B., McKinnon Bell, C.J., Topdal B.D., Şahinol, M. Cyborg Encounters: Three Art-Science Interactions. Nanoethics 16, 223–238 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-022-00423-0

Bieling, T., Şahinol, M., Stock, R. and Wiechern, A. (2022), “Access and tinkering: designing assistive technologies as political practice–A discussion with Zeynep Karagöz, Thomas Miebach and Daniel Wessolek”, Journal of Enabling Technologies, Vol. 16 No. 3, pp. 231-242. https://doi.org/10.1108/JET-01-2022-0005

Şahinol, M., Şahinol, M. “VULVA STUDY. hidden but not undiscovered” in Conversation with “Manufacturing the Vulva”. Nanoethics 16,205–222 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-022-00421-2

Compagna, D., Şahinol, M. Enhancement Technologies and the Politics of Life. Nanoethics 16, 15–20 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11569-022-00416-z

Şahinol, M. (2021). Living in the Age of Neuro-Digitalization. Brain-Computer Interfaces for Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences, 8 (Being Human in a Technological Age), 53-80. doi:10.1628/ptsc-2021-0005

Şahinol, M., & Taşdizen, B. (2021). Medicalised Masculinities in Turkey and Iran: The Eigensinn of Hair in Hair Transplantation. Somatechnics, 11(1), 48-67. doi:10.3366/soma.2021.0339

Şahinol, M., Başkavak, G. Contested Daily Routines, Contested Care. Children with Type 1 Diabetes in Covid-19 Times. Childhood Vulnerability (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41255-021-00017-0

Şahinol, M., & Başkavak, G. (2021). Sosyo-Biyo-Teknik Bakım Kompleksi: Tip 1 Diyabette Dijital Sağlık Takibi [Socio-Bio-Technical Care Complex: Digital Health Tracking In Type 1 Diabetes]. Sosyoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi [Journal of Sociological Research] 24(1), 110-145 (open access).

Şahinol, M., & Başkavak, G. (2021). Türkiye’de Çekişmeli Bedenlere Giriş [Introduction to Contested Bodies in Turkey]. Sosyoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi [Journal of Sociological Research] 24(1), 1-17 (open access).

Şahinol, M. (2019). Collecting Data and the Status of the Research Subject in Brain-Machine Interface Research in Chronic Stroke Rehabilitation. In: Somatechnics 9.2-3 (2019): 244–263, Edinburgh University Press.

Book chapters (peer reviewed):

Şahinol, M. 2025 (in print). Somatechnische Erfahrungen. Ethnographische Gespräche mit Kindern mit Prothesen aus dem 3D-Drucker. In Robert Stock, Christian Meier zu Verl, Melike Şahinol, Markus Spöhrer and Anna-Lena Wiechern (Eds.), Dis/Ability und digitale Medien, Wiesbaden: Springer.

Şahinol, M., & Taşdizen, B. (2022). İnsan Sonrası Erkek(lik): Saç Ekimi Örneği. In S. Buran & P. Kumbet (Eds.), Çokludisiplinlerde Posthümanizm (pp. 443-456). London, UK: Transnational Press London.

Şahinol, M. (2022). İnsan Sonrası Siborg Aşkı Çerçevesinde İnsan-Makine Etkileşimi. In S. Buran & P. Kumbet (Eds.), Çokludisiplinlerde Posthümanizm (pp. 403-423). London, UK: Transnational Press London.

Şahinol, M. (2021). eHealth Applications in Knowledge Landscapes. In A. L. Svalastog, S. Gajović, & A. Webster (Eds.), Navigating Digital Health Landscapes: A Multidisciplinary Analysis (pp. 193-221). Health, Technology and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. (online first 2020).

Şahinol, M. (2020). My Cyborg Performance as a Techno-Cerebral Subject. In  Chris Hables Gray, Steven Mentor & Heidi Figueroa Sarriera (Eds.), Modified: Living as a Cyborg (pp. 197-211). Routledge.

Journal articles:

Şahinol, M., & Achatz, J. (2021). Digitale Selbstvermessung im türkischen Gesundheitssystem. Zugluft. Öffentliche Wissenschaft in Forschung, Lehre und Gesellschaft(1), 96-101.

Şahinol, M., Aydınoğlu, A., & Kaygan, H. (2018). STS (in) Turkey as Extitution. EASST Review, 37(1).

Bottel, M., Gajewski, E., Potempa, C., Şahinol, M., & Schulz-Schaeffer, I. (2016). Offshoring und Outsourcing von Arbeitstätigkeiten, insbesondere von Telearbeit und Tätigkeiten der Softwareentwicklung. Ein Literaturbericht. Working Papers TU Berlin, 1.

Şahinol, M. (2008). Groß-sozio-technische Systeme im Mikro-Makro-Modell: Technikgenese in sozialen Netzwerken und die Interdependenzen von Akteursstrategien und Technikentwicklung am Beispiel des inHaus Duisburg. Working Papers kultur- und techniksoziologische Studien, 3, 4-35. 

Book chapters:

Şahinol, M. (2023). Sakatlık Teknobilimi ve Posthüman Sakatlık. In B. Ağın & Z. G. Yılmaz (Eds.), Beşerî Bilimlerin 50 Rengi. Çevreci, Dijital, Tıbbi ve Posthüman Sesler (pp. 431-439). Mustafapaşa, Ürgüp / Nevşehir: Kapadokya Üniversitesi Yayınları.

Öncüler Yayalar, E., & Şahinol, M. (2023). Bilim ve Teknoloji Çalışmaları. In B. Ağın & Z. G. Yılmaz (Eds.), Beşerî Bilimlerin 50 Rengi. Çevreci, Dijital, Tıbbi ve Posthüman Sesler (pp. 85-92). Mustafapaşa, Ürgüp / Nevşehir: Kapadokya Üniversitesi Yayınları.

Şahinol, M. (2020). Posthumane Cyborgliebe. Die Anpassung des menschlichen Körpers an maschinelle Angebote im sexuellen Bereich. In Oliver Bendel (Ed.), Maschinenliebe. Liebespuppen und Sexroboter aus technischer, psychologischer und philosophischer Perspektive (pp. 147-162). Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler.

Şahinol, M. (2020). Enabling-Technologien zwischen Normalität und Enhancement: 3D-gedruckte Prothesen für Kinder von Maker*innen. In M. C. Bauer & L. Deinzer (Eds.) Bessere Menschen? Technische und ethische Fragen in der transhumanistischen Zukunft (pp. 159-182). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Şahinol, M., Başkavak, G. (2020). Türkiye’de Biyomedikalizasyon: Sağlığın Dijitalleşmesi ve Öz-Takip Pratikleri. In A. Turanlı, A. U. Aydınoğlu & M. Şahinol  (Eds.), Türkiye’de STS: Bilim ve Teknoloji Çalışmalarına Giriş (pp. 103-117). Istanbul: İTÜ.

Şahinol, M., Coenen, C., & Motika, R. (2020). Einleitung. In Şahinol, M., Coenen, C., & Motika, R. (Eds.), Upgrades der Natur, künftige Körper (1 ed., pp. V-XVII). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien.

Şahinol, M. (2019). ‘Help, the monster is eating me!’ – Loss of control of the technical vs. harmonically acting bio-technical figure of the cyborg in experimental neuroscientific therapy. In D. Compagna & S. Steinhart (Eds.), Monsters, Monstrosities, and the Monstrous in Culture and Society (pp. 197-213). Vernon Press.

Şahinol, M. (2018). Die Überwindung der ‘Natur des Menschen’ durch Technik. Körper-Technik-Verhältnisse am Beispiel der Cyborgkonstitution in den Neurowissenschaften. In B. P. Goecke & F. Meier-Hamidi (Eds.), Designobjekt Mensch? Transhumanismus in Theologie, Philosophie und Naturwissenschaften (pp. 461-489). Freiburg / Basel / Vienna: Herder Verlag.

Şahinol, M., & Kuhnt, A.-K. (2018). Quo Vadis Fetura? Reproduktionstechnologien als Teil des Human Enhancement: Ein Ländervergleich zwischen Deutschland und der Türkei. In B. P. Goecke & F. Meier-Hamidi (Eds.), Designobjekt Mensch? Transhumanismus in Theologie, Philosophie und Naturwissenschaften (pp. 429-459). Freiburg / Basel / Vienna: Herder Verlag.

Şahinol, M. (2017). Reproductive Health in Turkey: From Enhancing Eggs to Intercultural Implications for Responsible Research and Innovation. In D. M. Bowman, A. Dijkstra, C. Fautz, J. Guivant, K. Konrad, C. Shelley-Egan, & S. Woll (Eds.), The Politics and Situatedness of Emerging Technologies (Vol. 8, pp. 111-127). Berlin: IOS Press.

Şahinol, M. (2017). “Jetzt ändere Dein Gehirn in diese Richtung!“ – Aneignungsprozesse der Steuerung von Hirnaktivität über das Brain-Computer Interface. In E. Lettkemann, R. Wilke, & H. Knoblauch (Ed.), Knowledge in Action: Neue Formen der Kommunikation in der Wissensgesellschaft (pp. 213-237). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.

Şahinol, M. (2014). Sheila Jasanoff: Wissenschafts- und Technikpolitik in zeitgenössischen, demokratischen Gesellschaften. In D. Lengersdorf & M. Wieser (Eds.), Schlüsselwerke der Science & Technology Studies (pp. 293–303): Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.

Şahinol, M. (2012). Wissen – Körper – Technik: Dynamiken im neurowissenschaftlichen und -technologischen Innovationsprozess. In M. Decker, A. Grunwald, & K. M. (Eds.), Der Systemblick auf Innovation – Technikfolgenabschätzung in der Technikgestaltung (pp. 425-430). Berlin: Edition Sigma.

Şahinol, M. (2007). Soziale Netzwerke und Technische Innovationen. Akteursstrategien zwischen Markt und Technikgenese am Beispiel des inHaus’. In D. Compagna (Ed.), Soziotechnische Aspekte von Teleheimarbeit (pp. 163–191). Lohmar-Köln: Eul-Verlag.

Data sources / Veri kaynakları:

Kopilaš, V., Buzas, N., Carmesund, U., Ceausu, I., Chenhall, R., Şahinol, M., . . . Gajovic, S. (2022). The collection of narratives on strategies, ethics and public response of COVID-19 national vaccination process written by members of scholarly association Navigating Knowledge Landscapes Network. Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/bwdf6v5wgr.1

Martinelli, L., Bilyy, R., Buzas, N., Ceausu, I., Prainsack, B., Şahinol, M. …. Kopilaš, V. (2020), “The collection of narratives on face mask wearing written by members of scholarly association Navigating Knowledge Landscapes Network in May 2020”, Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/9s6fm7vdbc.1

Blog contributions:

Şahinol, Melike, Impressions on the lecture “How to make a difference: Free 3D printed devices for earthquake victims“ given by Zeynep Karagöz (Robotel Türkiye), Orient-Institut Istanbul Blog, 3 April 2023, https://www.oiist.org/impressions-on-the-lecture-how-to-make-a-difference-free-3d-printed-devices-for-earthquake-victims-given-by-zeynep-karagoez-robotel-tuerkiye

Şahinol, M. “Enabling-Technologien in der Kindheit“. Themenportal „Resilienz und Innovation“ / “Technologische und gesellschaftliche Umbrüche“, Max Weber Stiftung. 4.8.2022. https://www.maxweberstiftung.de/themenportal/beitraege/enabling-technologien-in-der-kindheit.html   

Haug, Judith I; Nematollahy, Kamyar; Rieck, Katja; Şahinol, Melike; Voswinckel Filiz, Esther, IRSSC Closing Conference, 10-12 February 2022 – Every Ending Is a New Beginning, Orient-Institut Istanbul Blog, 24 February 2022, https://www.oiist.org/irssc-closing-conference/

Şahinol, M., Taşdizen, B., & Başkavak, G. “Perform_Factur_ing /Healthy/ Wo_Man: Iran, Turkey and Beyond: A Timely Reflection,” https://hairyless.hypotheses.org blog post, 16 February 2022. https://hairyless.hypotheses.org/?p=563

Şahinol, M. „Dis-/Abilities – Dijitalleştirme Bağlamında Engellilik/Engelsizlik ve Medya” / “Dis-Abilities – Nicht-/Behinderung und Medien im Kontext der Digitalisierung”, Orient-Institut Istanbul, Newsletter (https://www.oiist.org/tr/newsletter/), Sonbahar/Herbst 2020 (p. 32).

Şahinol, M., Başkavak, G. “Covid-19 Sürecinde Tip 1 Diyabetli ve Sürekli Glikoz İzleme Teknolojisi Kullanan Çocuklar” / “Kinder mit Typ 1-Diabetes und kontinuierliche Glukosemessung während Covid-19”, Orient-Institut Istanbul, Newsletter (https://www.oiist.org/tr/newsletter/), Sonbahar/Herbst 2020 (pp. 18-19).

Rieck, K., Şahinol, M., Taşdizen, B. “Iterations of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Themes and Problem Spaces in Turkey, Iran and Germany,” Orient-Institut Istanbul Blog, 31 July 2020. https://www.oiist.org/iterations-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-themes-and-problem-spaces-in-turkey-iran-and-germany/

Şahinol, M., Motika, R. “Human Enhancement/İnsan Geliştirme, Christopher Coenen (ITAS-KIT) ile kısa bir söyleşi,” Orient-Institut Istanbul Blog, 5 June 2020, https://www.oiist.org/human-enhancement-insan-gelistirme-christopher-coenen-itas-kit-ile-kisa-bir-soeylesi/

Şahinol, M., Başkavak, G. “İnsan, Tıp ve Toplum alanındaki “E-sağlık: Türkiye’de Öz-Takip Cihazlarının Pratikleri ve Sosyo-Kültürel” başlıklı proje tamamlandı,” Orient-Institut Istanbul Blog, 30 April 2020, https://www.oiist.org/insan-tip-ve-toplum-alanindaki-e-saglik-tuerkiyede-oez-takip-cihazlarinin-pratikleri-ve-sosyo-kueltuerel-boyutlari-baslikli-proje-tamamlandi/

Interviews (radio, TV, online):

“Kellik nedir?” – interview for a YouTube short film on the subject of baldness by “Deutsche Welle”, https://youtu.be/MK-oYGCqbLU?si=fGWJxB1yyhJ6l6XC (August 2023)

Radiointerview: Melike Şahinol: Toplum 5.0 ve Sağlık Sektörünün Geleceği (Society 5.0 and the Future of the Health Sector), von Yıldız Tuğba Kurtuluş Kara, ST Endüstri Radyo (29.10.2020)

GiD Lab: Interviewreihe – Melike Şahinol stellt sich vor: https://gid.hypotheses.org/2733, Videointerview: https://gid.hypotheses.org/2475, Max Weber Stiftung: Geisteswissenschaft im Dialog (22.09.2020)

Sosyal Kafa TV – STS Turkey ile Bilim ve Teknoloji Çalışmaları üzerine (about Science and Technology Studies with STS Turkey coordinators). New Media Cultural Program, Internet-TV round table discussant (10.7.2020)

#MWSLieblingsorte – Das MakerLab in Istanbul, Max Weber Stiftung (15.10.2019)

Fünf Fragen an Melike Şahinol, Research Fellow, Orient-Institut Istanbul. In: TATuP – Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, TATuP 1/2018, (http://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/article/view/105/159)

readme.txt: „Das techno-zerebrale Subjekt. Zur Symbiose von Mensch und Maschine in den Neurowissenschaften“, Max Weber Stiftung (16.12.2016)

Cyborgs, Klone und Mutanten? – Interview mit Melike Şahinol über aktuelle Transformationsprozesse in der Medizin, von Gesche Schifferdecker. WeberWorldCafé “Diversity – Limits and Opportunities” (28.11.2016).

“Ich möchte Prozesse der Entgrenzung der Medizin im interkulturellen Vergleich untersuchen” – 5in10 mit Melike Şahinol, with Gesche Schifferdecker. In: TRAFO – Blog for Transregional Research, https://trafo.hypotheses.org/ (18.2.2016).

Conference Reports:

Tagungsbericht “Geschichte(n) der Robotik,” Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte 2009. In: Zeitschrift für Technikgeschichte. 2010. Also in: H-Soz-u-Kult, 5.8.2009 (with Sonja Petersen)

Conference Report “History of Robotics,”Annual Meeting of the German Society for the History of Technology (GTG) May 2009. In: Newsletter of the International Committee for the History of Technology ICOHTEC, No. 53, August 2009 (with Sonja Petersen)