Duygu Kaşdoğan

Duygu Kaşdoğan serves as Assistant Professor of Urbanization and Environmental Problems in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Izmir Katip Celebi University, Turkey. Her academic trajectory includes doctoral training at York University and research fellowships at Koç University and MIT, establishing transnational expertise in science-society interactions.

Her educational background features:

• PhD in Science and Technology Studies, York University, Canada (2017)

Her research critically examines democratization of scientific governance through five interconnected lenses: transnational collaborations, political ecology of disasters, toxicity regulation, bioeconomies, and urban environmental justice. She investigates how power dynamics shape scientific knowledge production in crisis contexts, emphasizing participatory approaches to ecological challenges in Turkey and globally.

Key honors include:

• TÜBİTAK Co-Funded Brain Circulation Scheme Fellowship (2016-2017)

She actively shapes academic discourse as Associate Editor of Engaging Science, Technology, and Society and Council Member of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) since 2019. Her leadership extends to founding IstanbuLab and the Transnational STS Network, fostering collaborative research infrastructure across institutional and national boundaries.