Dr Dilan_Okcuoglu
@dilanokcuoglu.bsky.social
Kurdish. UKRI/Marie-Curie Postdoc. Fellow in IR, Sussex University, School of Global Studies; Affiliated w the Center for Global (In)Security Research; https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p648193-dilan-okcuoglu
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Just published in @gsqjournal.bsky.social! Doing #research under surveillance was challenging—but deeply rewarding.
Reflections on positionality, care, and ethics in #borderlands and #conflictzones: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
#Fieldwork #QualitativeResearch #Ethics #IR #polisky #MiddleEast
Reflections on positionality, care, and ethics in #borderlands and #conflictzones: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
#Fieldwork #QualitativeResearch #Ethics #IR #polisky #MiddleEast
Diesmal ist der iranische Staat von innen und außen umzingelt und kann nicht entkommen.
January 7, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Diesmal ist der iranische Staat von innen und außen umzingelt und kann nicht entkommen.
This virtual option is a very good opportunity -thanks for this, Elizabeth, and warm greetings from this shore! Wishing you a happy new year filled with light and joy!
January 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
This virtual option is a very good opportunity -thanks for this, Elizabeth, and warm greetings from this shore! Wishing you a happy new year filled with light and joy!
Thank you so much for your persistent support from the beginning, Mneesha! It gave strength and motivation to keep going. See you in Istanbul next month!
January 6, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Thank you so much for your persistent support from the beginning, Mneesha! It gave strength and motivation to keep going. See you in Istanbul next month!
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Congratulations to Dilan Okcuoglu on her article in Global Studies Quarterly, on the ethics of fieldwork. This reflective transparency and top shelf analysis gives me hope for political science! #PoliticalScience #SocialScienceResearch academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
Fieldwork in Fragile Borderlands and Conflict Zones: Fluid Positionality and an Ethics of Care
Abstract. Research in conflict-affected areas often relies on rigid insider/outsider binaries and assumptions of researcher objectivity. These frameworks f
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January 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Congratulations to Dilan Okcuoglu on her article in Global Studies Quarterly, on the ethics of fieldwork. This reflective transparency and top shelf analysis gives me hope for political science! #PoliticalScience #SocialScienceResearch academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
Wow! A masterpiece
December 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Wow! A masterpiece
Just published in @gsqjournal.bsky.social! Doing #research under surveillance was challenging—but deeply rewarding.
Reflections on positionality, care, and ethics in #borderlands and #conflictzones: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
#Fieldwork #QualitativeResearch #Ethics #IR #polisky #MiddleEast
Reflections on positionality, care, and ethics in #borderlands and #conflictzones: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
#Fieldwork #QualitativeResearch #Ethics #IR #polisky #MiddleEast
December 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Just published in @gsqjournal.bsky.social! Doing #research under surveillance was challenging—but deeply rewarding.
Reflections on positionality, care, and ethics in #borderlands and #conflictzones: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
#Fieldwork #QualitativeResearch #Ethics #IR #polisky #MiddleEast
Reflections on positionality, care, and ethics in #borderlands and #conflictzones: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
#Fieldwork #QualitativeResearch #Ethics #IR #polisky #MiddleEast
Thank you Victor. Happy holidays 🎉
December 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Thank you Victor. Happy holidays 🎉
I saw an ISIS flag at one of the abandoned villas from Armenians and Greeks in my cosmopolitan neighborhood in Istanbul back in 2015. This is one of the reasons why most of us left, and it is still not safe to celebrate Christmas there.
December 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I saw an ISIS flag at one of the abandoned villas from Armenians and Greeks in my cosmopolitan neighborhood in Istanbul back in 2015. This is one of the reasons why most of us left, and it is still not safe to celebrate Christmas there.
Thanks for sharing this! Inspiring.
December 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Thanks for sharing this! Inspiring.
This one was on my list too--it definitely deserves this credit among several other pubs!
December 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This one was on my list too--it definitely deserves this credit among several other pubs!
The more I travel to countries like Serbia or Tunisia,the more I enjoy my return to the #UK! ☺️(I‘II not say what I‘ve experienced there;hell yeah I don’t want to have children,so don’t seduce,attack+give toxic reactions😎).I‘ve promised myself to remember #light #colors #art #history #culture #mosaic
December 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The more I travel to countries like Serbia or Tunisia,the more I enjoy my return to the #UK! ☺️(I‘II not say what I‘ve experienced there;hell yeah I don’t want to have children,so don’t seduce,attack+give toxic reactions😎).I‘ve promised myself to remember #light #colors #art #history #culture #mosaic