Oktay Aktan

Oktay Aktan is a Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, and Coordinator of the Master's Program in Migration and Diversity. With a career spanning institutions like TU Dortmund, University of Konstanz, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, his work focuses on gender, migration, intersectionality, diversity management, transnationalism, and social inequality.

• Education:
  • B.Sc. in Management, Bilkent University
  • M.Sc. in Sociology, Middle East Technical University
  • Postgraduate in Diversity Management, University of Wuppertal

A leading figure in projects like EMMD (structural discrimination research) and KUSS (diversity-sensitive cancer care), he examines how ethnicity, gender, and social milieu interact in educational systems and migration contexts. His 15 most recent publications (2010-2023) explore topics from masculinity in schools to Turkish football communities in Berlin, using intersectional frameworks across disciplines like sociology of education and media studies.

Key contributions:

• Multidimensional discrimination analysis
• Diversity-sensitive healthcare instruments
• Transnational sports sociology
• Ethnic identity in post-migration societies