Metin Koca

Biography

Koca received his Ph.D. in social and political sciences from the  European  University  Institute,  Italy, in January  2020. He is interested in the dynamics of cultural change and reproduction, as well as the politics of recognition,  tolerance,  and difference.  He completed his undergraduate degree at Bilkent University (2012). As a Jean Monnet Scholar in “Justice, Freedom, and Security,” he earned a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2013). Koca conducted part of his research as a visiting scholar in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley (2016–2017). He is the author of the monograph "Tracing Cultural Change in Turkey’s Experience of Democratization:   Unexpected Dialogues on Intolerance" (London: Routledge). Koca also made several peer-reviewed publications on European politics, mainly in the Taylor and Francis Journals, such as the Journal of Contemporary European Politics.

Education

European University Institute, PhD
London School of Economics, MSc
Bilkent University, BA

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Politics of culture, democratization, radicalization, cultural studies, Middle Eastern politics, European politics, Turkish politics

Books

Articles