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Efe Peker is an Associate Professor in Sociological and Anthropological Studies at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Social Sciences. He holds a joint PhD in History (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) and Sociology (Simon Fraser University), with a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at McGill University (2017-19). His research focuses on state-religion relations, secularism, nationalism, populism, and immigration/diversity policies in comparative-historical frameworks with emphases on Quebec-Canada and Western Europe.
Affiliations include Director of the Axe de recherche: Populisme, diversité et cohésion sociale and Collaborator at the Observatory of Populism in Canada. Current courses include SOC 3709 (Secularization), POL 3171 (Immigration & Citizenship), and POL 3509 (Nationalism).
Research explores themes like secular state-building in Quebec, right-wing responses to multiculturalism, and populist mobilization around religious heritage. His 2024 publications analyze secularism's postcolonial dimensions and pan-Canadian nationalism. He supervises two doctoral students and contributes to interdisciplinary debates on populism's intersections with sociology and political theory.
Publications span sociology, political science, and history journals, emphasizing transnational comparisons of secularism, nationalism, and religious governance. His edited volume Populisme et sciences sociales (2023) bridges Quebec-Canadian and transatlantic perspectives. Research also addresses Gezi Park protests in Turkey and neoliberal critiques through a class-analytic lens.
