Metrics
Publication
8
Open Access
5
UN Sustainable Development Goals
Biography
Ozan Ekin Derin is a Research Assistant, PhD in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at METU. He holds an MS in Media and Cultural Studies and a PhD in Political Science and Public Administration, both from METU. He conducted postdoctoral research on folk narratives at the University of Vienna / Institut für Orientalistik. His research focuses on the philosophy of science, contemporary politics, and drama as well as the cultural and intellectual history, politics, and art in the precapitalist social formations. He is a member of GTOT and ESHPT. He has published research articles in academic journals such as the Foundations of Science, Cultural Logic, and Journal of Sociological Research.
Education
2024 - Continues
2024 - ContinuesPost Doctorate
Universitaet Wien, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Turkish Studies, Austria
2016 - 2023
2016 - 2023Doctorate
Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi, Turkey
2013 - 2016
2013 - 2016Postgraduate
Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies, Turkey
2007 - 2013
2007 - 2013Undergraduate
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Turkey
Dissertations
2023
2023Doctorate
The Foundations of Politics and the History of Political Thoughts in the Early Ottoman Empire
Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Social Sciences
2016
2016Postgraduate
Kadro movement and its political practice in the context of Early Republican Era
Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Social Sciences
Research Areas
Political Philosophy
Science Philosophy
History of Turkish Republic
History of The Ottoman Instutionsand Civilization
Political Thoughts
Turkish Folk Literature
Theatre
Research Areas Based on Academic Activities
Avesis Research Areas
WoS Research Areas
Scopus Research Areas
Academic Positions
2023 - Continues
2023 - ContinuesResearch Assistant PhD
Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Economic And Administrative Sciences, Department Of Political Science And Public Administration
2024 - 2025
2024 - 2025Researcher
Universitaet Wien, Institut für Orientalistik, Turkologie
2023 - 2024
2023 - 2024Research Assistant PhD
Middle East Technical University, Graduate School Of Social Sciences, Media And Cultural Studies
2014 - 2024
2014 - 2024Research Assistant
Middle East Technical University, Graduate School Of Social Sciences, Media And Cultural Studies
Articles
All (4)
SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI (1)
SCI-E, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI (1)
Scopus (1)
TRDizin (2)
Other Publications (1)
2025
20251. The Trajectories of the Human-Robot Conflict in Rossum’s Universal Robots: Production, Class Struggle, and Consciousness
Derin O. E., Bozdoğan M.
CULTURAL LOGIC:AN ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF MARXIST THEORY AND PRACTICE
, no.28, pp.43-60, 2025 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2025
20252. Chronotope, Dialogue, and Simulation: A New Perspective on Memet Baydur’s 'Kamyon
Derin O. E.
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi
, vol.42, no.1, pp.326-340, 2025 (TRDizin)
2025
20253. The Architecture of Relational Materialism: A Categorial Formation of Onto-Epistemological Premises
Derin O. E., Baytaş B.
FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE
, vol.31, pp.1-51, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, AHCI, Scopus)
2023
20234. ROSSUM'S UNIVERSAL ROBOTS: RELOCATING VISIONS OF THE FUTURE FROM LUXURY COMMUNISM TO THE WRATH OF GOD IN CONTEMPORARY POLITICS
Derin O. E.
Sosyoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi
, vol.26, no.2, pp.209-229, 2023 (TRDizin)
Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences
2023
20231. The Fox's Journey: Two Folktales on the Order of Nature and Community
Derin O. E., Bozdoğan M.
Turkologentag 2023, Vienna, Austria, 21 - 23 September 2023, (Unpublished)
2023
20232. Initiating the Ottoman Political Thought: Aşık Paşa’s Garib-name
Derin O. E.
Turkologentag 2023, Vienna, Austria, 21 - 23 September 2023, (Unpublished)
2023
20233. A Prolegomena to the Sociology of the Future: Robotic Utopia Lessons from the Čapek Theatre, Rossumovi Univerzalni Roboti
Derin O. E.
Sosyolojinin Geleceği ve Geleceğin Sosyolojisi Kongresi, Ankara, Turkey, 27 April 2023, pp.39, (Summary Text)
Other Publications
2024
20241. Category-theoretic formulation of relational materialism
Baytaş B., Derin O. E.
Other, pp.1-12, 2024
Memberships and Roles in Scientific Organizations
2025 - Present
2025 - PresentEuropean Society for the History of Political Thought
Member
2023 - Continues
2023 - ContinuesSociety for Turkic, Ottoman, and Turkish Studies / Gesellschaft für Turkologie, Osmanistik und Türkeiforschung
Member
Mobility Activity
2024 - 2026
2024 - 2026Post Doc
Post Doc
Universitaet Wien, Austria
Congress and Symposium Activities
23 May 2019 - 24 May 2019
23 May 2019 - 24 May 2019
Sharing Society: The Impact of Collaborative Collective Actions in the Transformation of Contemporary Societies
Audience
Bilbao-Spain
Scholarships
2024 - 2025
2024 - 2025