Aslı Vatansever

Aslı Vatansever is a sociologist of work and social stratification currently serving as a Research Fellow at Bard College Berlin. Her research focuses on precarious labor and labor activism within academic institutions, contributing significantly to labor studies discourse through publications in outlets like Work, Employment and Society.

Her research interests include:

• Work Sociology
• Social Stratification
• Precarious Labor
• Academic Labor Activism
• Labor Studies
• Academic Freedom

Vatansever's recent publications analyze systemic challenges in academia, particularly examining how precarity intersects with exile and academic freedom in the Global North. Her work reveals patterns of structural inequality and advocates for labor rights reforms within higher education institutions, emphasizing subjective experiences of marginalized scholars.

Her research demonstrates consistent thematic focus on power dynamics in academic labor markets, with publications increasingly addressing geopolitical dimensions of scholarly work and institutional constraints on intellectual freedom.