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Mustafa Yavas is a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University, affiliated with the Department of Sociology within the School of Arts and Sciences. His research spans economic and political sociology, with a global focus on inequality, work, immigration, social networks, and social theory. He investigates the micro-macro linkages in societal structures, particularly under neoliberal globalization.
Yavas received his PhD in Sociology from Yale University, following BSc and MSc degrees in Industrial Engineering from Boğaziçi University. He worked as an engineer before transitioning into sociology, bringing interdisciplinary insights to his research. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, he served as a postdoctoral researcher and adjunct lecturer in the Division of Social Science at NYU Abu Dhabi.
His research centers on the dynamics of professional work, job quality, and the formation of transnational middle classes. He explores how high-paying corporate roles can lead to poor quality of working life and is authoring a book titled White-Collar Blues: The Making of the Transnational Turkish Middle Class, forthcoming from Columbia University Press in 2025. He also studies Dubai’s rise as a global city attracting high-skilled workers from the Global South, in collaboration with Anju Paul, and examines media control and democratic backsliding in Turkey, particularly around the 2013 Gezi Park Protests.
The thematic trends in his recent work reflect a deep engagement with the sociology of work under global capitalism, the transformation of middle-class identities, and the political economy of urban and media spaces. His methodological approach integrates qualitative and theoretical analysis to understand structural inequalities and boundary processes across social, economic, and political domains.
Mustafa Yavas has not received any scientific awards mentioned in the text. He does not list any formal advisees or students at this time.
He has held advisory and research roles, including a postdoctoral position and adjunct teaching at NYU Abu Dhabi. His research is supported by independent and collaborative projects, including cross-national studies on migration and corporate culture. Future work includes expanding analysis on American corporate work culture over the past century and evolving migration patterns since the 1970s.
Yavas is involved in research projects examining the rise of Dubai as a global hub and the political sociology of media control in Turkey. These projects involve collaboration with other scholars and contribute to broader discussions on global inequality and democratic resilience.
