GUMUS Necati Mert

Doctoral research in political science, "Participatory mechanisms and the legitimisation of power in a hybrid context: the case of Turkey",  co-directed by Dorota Dakowska and Claire Visier, Aix-Marsille University, since 2020.

Temporary teaching and research associate (ATER), CM Political sociology, social state, public policy, Sciences Po Grenoble, 2023-2025.

Member of the Working Group on Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Turkey, IFEA (Institut français d'études anatoliennes), 2023.

Temporary lecturer, Specialised seminar on Turkey, Master 1 and Master 2 AlterEurope, Université Jean-Monnet, Saint-Étienne, 2023.

Temporary lecturer, European Union policies, Qualitative research, Comparative politics, Western democracies, Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science Department, Université Lumière Lyon 2, 2020-2023

Chargé de mission de recherche, International research "European Universities in Pandemic Era", Université Lumière Lyon 2, 2021, Link to the official website : https://projects.au.dk/european-universities-critical-futures/pandemic-study/

Student project tutor to support Bachelor 1 students on a "Social Projects" course, in cooperation with Kadir Has University (Istanbul) and Istanbul City Council, Turkey. 2022.

Public policy

Participatory policies

Turkish politics

Local policies

participatory democracy

Civic participation

Authoritarianism

Political regimes

Organisation of the Colloquium, "The socio-political implication of quantification", Colloquium, supported by IFEA, CETOBAC, IISMM, Istanbul, Turkey, 2023, url : https://www.ifea-istanbul.net/index.php/fr/evenements/tous-les-evenements/evenements/colloques/colloque-arguing-with-numbers-quantification-and-its-socio-political-implications-in-contemporary-turkey

Organisation of the panel, "Questioning the reconfiguration of 'oppositions' in urban Turkey".(with Théo Malcok, doctoral student, EHESS), discussant : Élise Massicard, 5^th Congress on Middle East and Muslim Studies (GIS MOMM), Lyon, France, 2023, url : https://gismomm-congres.sciencesconf.org/429800

Organisation of study days, Research and the notion of the foreigner (with Ms Ayse Yilmaz, PhD, ENS de Lyon), Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2022, url : https://ayak.hypotheses.org/240,

Presentation of the research data and the article, " Who will protect the ballot boxes? Coalitions and cooperation around the cause of fair elections in Turkey "French Institute of Anatolian Studies (IFEA), Istanbul, Turkey, 2024.

Research presentation, " Entretprenuers of Local Participatory Policies in Turkey"IPPA Winter School (International Public Policy Association), Assois, France, 2024.

Presentation, " Quantification and public participation in local politics of Turkey "Colloquium: The socio-political implications of quantification in Turkey, Institut français d'études anatoliennes, Istanbul, Turkey, 2023.

Research presentationWhen the opposition becomes the government in metropolises: the effects of political change on the balance of power between political actors in Istanbul. ", 5^th Congress of Middle Eastern and Muslim Studies, Lyon, France, 2023.

Research presentation, " The use of participatory mechanisms by local governments in an authoritarian context in Turkey "Congress of the GIS Démocratie et Participation, Paris, 2022.

Research presentation, " Istanbul and its participatory budgets: the international dimension of these experiments "Study day, PILAC (Penser l'international au local: articulations et contradictions), Rennes, 2022.

Research presentation, "Investigating to create public opinions to counter those of the authoritarian central government "16th AFSP Congress, Lille, 2022.

Research presentation, " Investigating to create counter-public opinion against central government "Formation Métiers et Méthodologie de la thèse en sciences sociales, ED 483, 2022.

Presentation of research advances, " The use of participatory mechanisms at local level in contemporary Turkey: a review of the results of field research "NORIA Round Tables, 2022.

Methodological analysis presentation, " Research and the notion of the foreigner "AYAK Research Notebook, Istanbul, Turkey, 2022.