Atahan Demirkol, PhD
Assistant Professor at Afyon Kocatepe University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration (Türkiye)
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About Me
About Me
Atahan Demirkol holds a PhD in Political Science & Public Administration from Afyon Kocatepe University (Türkiye), an MSc in Urban Policy Planning from Middle East Technical University (Türkiye), and a BA in Political Science & Public Administration from Gazi University (Türkiye). He has several published articles, including in the Public Administration Review (PAR), Sustainable Development, International Migration, Teaching Public Administration, Journal of Public Affairs Education, and Migration Letters journals. He has done several reviews for journals, such as Applied Economics Letters, European Review, Cogent Social Sciences, and the University of Bologna Law Review
He mostly employs critical perspectives or theories in his research to explore quantitative or qualitative links among international migration, urban, and policy. He is currently an assistant professor at Afyon Kocatepe University (Türkiye) Department of Political Science and Public Administration.
He also serves as a co-editor at Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, the Editor-in-Chief 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) as a visiting fellow and Erasmus+ staff exchange participant at the Centre of Migration Research (CMR) at the University of Warsaw, Syracuse University for an Academic Language Course, and the University of Economics in Bratislava for an Erasmus+ exchange as a Ph.D. candidate.
Research Interests
Research Interests
Demirkol briefly links urban studies with international migration, international law, and public policy. Demirkol's primary emphasis on research is utilizing critical theories and perspectives such as the Copenhagen School of Securitization and Third World Approaches to International Law.
Selected Publications
Selected Publications
Göçoğlu, V., Düzsöz, E. and Demirkol, A. (2025), Challenges and Priorities in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: A Multi-Scaled Global Analysis. Sustainable Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.3466
Göçoğlu, V., Göçoğlu, İ. D., & Demirkol, A. (2024). Unveiling the duality: Visiting the big questions of public administration education through qualitative insights from Türkiye. Teaching Public Administration, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01447394241239495
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
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.
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