Ilknur Hacısoftaoğlu

User profile

Dr.

İlknur

Hacısoftaoğlu

Turkey

Area of expertise, interest, main activities...: 

sociology, Gender Studies

About you (please use English): 

I am an assistant professor in İstanbul Bilgi University in Sport Management Department. I am also a board member of BilgiGender, İstanbul Bilgi University Gender Studies Working Group. I conducted my PhD research on Construction of Masculinity in Sport. I study on gender, migration and nationalism in the fields of sociology of body and sport.

Scientific discipline: 

Social sciences, Sociology

Stakeholder group: 

Gender equality stakeholders, Gender networks (women’s, men's, sexuality,...), Women scientists’ organizations

Contact details

Spoken languages: 

English

Turkish

City: 

İstanbul, Beşiktaş

Street: 

Koru st.

Phone: 

00905052546849

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Would you like to form part of the GenPORT Gender Expert database?: 

Yes

Area of Gender Expertise: 

Gender in history

Gender in social sciences

Gender research

Innovation and diversity (e.g. gender)

Women and gender studies

Country coverage: 

Turkey, Denmark

Skills and track record: 

For 20 years I study on gender issues in various topics. Mostly I've conducted qualitative studies. Used interviews, observation and content analysis for media researches. I also have strong relations with civil society in Turkey and try to bring academic studies with practical field together to expand the influence of the researches. I am coordinating an Erasmus (+) project including 7 different countries, also support some NGOs as a researcher or advisor.