Hande Sözer

Hande Sözer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at TED University, affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She teaches courses on migration, urban sociology, and social anthropology, reflecting her research interests in refugee policy, cultural identity, and social vulnerability. Her work spans critical analyses of humanitarian interventions, ethnonational frontiers, and minority identity maintenance, particularly among Turkish and Balkan populations. Sözer's recent research focuses on the geopolitical implications of Syrian refugee integration in Turkey, post-disaster vulnerability, and neo-liberal humanitarian frameworks.

Education details are not explicitly provided, but her academic trajectory is evident through her publications and teaching portfolio. Research interests include migration studies, refugee rights, urban sociology, and political anthropology. She critiques categories of vulnerability and liberal exclusion in global humanitarianism while analyzing how cultural practices shape identity politics in contested regions.

Her publications since 2011 reveal a focus on minority identity strategies (e.g., Alevi Bulgarians’ dissimulation), post-2011 Syrian refugee dynamics in Turkey, and the intersection of disaster management and social policy. She critiques neoliberal humanitarianism’s redistribution of vulnerability and explores how cultural heritage sites mediate conflict. Advising and grants are not detailed in available materials, but her involvement in interdisciplinary research networks is implied through her work on shared sacred sites and transnational migration.