Zafer Yenal

Ph.D.: 
Binghamton University
Office: 
PSB 210
Phone Number: 
+90 212 359 7057
Areas of Interest: 

Sociology of consumption

Sociology of food

Rural sociology

Historical sociology

Courses Taught: 

Soc 101 Introduction to Sociology; Soc 108 Sociological Analysis; Soc 221 Social Change and Development; Soc 272 Culture and Society;  Soc 282 Peasant Studies
Soc 379 History of Sociological Conceptualizations; Soc 491 Sociology and History of Food;  Soc 492 Twentieth Century Capitalism; Soc 324 Power and Inequality

Research Projects: 

2013 – 2015 Socio-economic consequences of third-party auditing and certification in organic farming and ‘good agricultural practices.
Funding Body: TUBITAK (National Science and Research Agency)
Role: Principal Investigator
2013 – 2014 Impact Assessment Study of Income Generating Credit Schemes and Rural Development Projects
Funding Body: Family and Social Assistance Ministry, Social Help and Solidarity General Directorate,.
Role: Leading Researcher
2011-2012 The development of third-party auditing and certification systems in Turkish Agriculture
Funding Body: Boğaziçi University, Scientific Research Fund
Role: Principal Investigator
2007 – 2008 Changing Dimensions of Conviviality in Late Nineteenth-century and Early Republican Istanbul
Funding Body: Boğaziçi University, Scientific Research Fund
Role: Principal Investigator
2004 – 2007 Global Civil Society Movements: Dynamics in International Campaigns and National Implementation
Funding Body: UNRISD, The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
Role: Leading Researcher
2002-2005 Migration movements and transformations in income-producing activities in the rural areas in post-1980 Turkey 
Funding Body: Boğaziçi University, Scientific Research Fund
Role: Principal Investigator

Selected Publications: 

“Politics of seed: The awakening of a landrace wheat and its prospects,” Journal of Peasant Studies, (co-authored with Derya Nizam) January, 2020.

“Entitled Drinking in a Changing World,” Summer. Autumn. Winter. Spring.: Staging Life and Death. Edited by Simon Banham, Sarah Hunter, Michael Brady and Renny O'Shea. Manchester University Press, 2019 (co-authored with Biray Kolluoğlu)

 

"Influencerlardan Öğrendiklerimiz: Parçalanmış Gerçeklik ve Güven Dünyasında Markalama," Harvard Business Review Türkiye. October 2019, pp. 98-102. With Ayşegül Toker.

"Sınırların Gölgesinde Yerelin İmkanlarını Düşünmek," [Thinking about the Promises of the Local under the Shadow of the Borders].  Beraber Az Mı Tuz Ekmek Yedik," edited by Armine Avetisyan and İhsan Karayazı, Kars: Şehir ve Kültür Araştırmaları Derneği, 2018