Director


Nurseli Yeşim Sünbüloğlu is a Visiting Faculty in the Core Program and the Director of the Women and Family Studies Research Centre at Kadir Has University in Turkey. Sünbüloğlu completed her MA in Gender Studies at Central European University and her PhD in Sociology at the University of Sussex (UK). She has published peer-reviewed articles and chapters in edited volumes focusing on masculinities, disability, militarism, gender backlash, and nationalism. She edited a volume in Turkish [Erkek Millet, Asker Millet] on militarism, nationalism, and men/masculinities in Turkey (2013, İletişim Publishing). She is a member of the Initiative for Critical Studies of Masculinities (ICSM). She has coordinated projects entitled “Non-Violent Masculinities Workshops Manual” (2020-2021), “e-Gen (Equality Generation) Module for Young Men at High Schools” (2022-2023), “Training of Trainers’ Module for Non-Violent Masculinities – Phase I” (2023-2024), funded by the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul and has been a researcher in other research projects focusing on GBV, gender backlash, and institutionalisation of gender equality.