Dr Ece Kocabicak

Professional biography

My research engages with contemporary debates in comparative sociology, feminist political economy, and international development. My expertise is on varieties of gender regimes and the trajectories of capitalist development in the global South; state-formation; the relationship between gender, class, and race-ethnicity based inequalities; and the significance of political collective subjects for social change. I am currently working on my research monograph, titled 'The Political Economy of Patriarchy in the Global South' (Routledge, forthcoming in June 2022).

Selected journal articles & book chapters

• 2022: “The Determinants of the Turkish Patriarchal State”, The Global Dialogue, The International Sociological Association, 12 (1): 28-30, April 2022
• 2021: “Gendered property and labour relations in agriculture: implications for social change in Turkey”, Oxford Development Studies, doi:10.1080/13600818.2021.1929914 
• 2020: “Why property matters? New varieties of domestic patriarchy in Turkey”, Social Politics, 27(4): 1-19 doi:10.1093/sp/jxaa023
• 2018: “What excludes women from landownership in Turkey? Implications for feminist strategies”, Women's Studies International Forum, 69: 115-125 doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2018.06.005
• 2018: “A Conversation with Sylvia Walby about Crisis, Brexit and Changes in Gender Regimes”, The Sociological Review, March
• 2016: “Feministinnen im Gezi-Park-Widerstand” In: ATAÇ, İ. And FANIZADEH, M. (ed.) Turkey: Continuities, Changes, Taboos VIDC – Vienna Institute for International Dialogue and Cooperation, 108- 121, Vienna: Mandelbaum Verlag
• 2014: “Women’s Gezi resistance and beyond”, Journal of the Eleventh Thesis, January, Istanbul: 35- 48
• 2013: “The relationship of patriarchy and capitalism: The ‘win-win’ scenario reconsidered”, Journal of Gender and Women Studies, İstanbul University, İstanbul, 12(1): 193-214 
• 2010: “Capitalism developed on the patriarchal soil: Women and capital accumulation in Turkey” In: SARICA, S. (ed.) For the Memory of Tülay Arın, Writings on Economy, 67- 93, İstanbul: Belge Yayınları
• 2010: “Commodification of water resources: Implications for women’s domestic labour and household production in rural areas”, Economics Magazine, Graduates Community of Economics Department (IFMC), İstanbul: 508- 510
• 2009: “Feminist approach towards capitalist development: New industrial policy in Turkey”, Almanac, Class Research Centre, 441- 456, İstanbul: SAV
• 2009: “The relationship between technology and women’s paid labour”, Journal of Praxis, No: 20, Ankara: 124- 152

Other publications

• 2022: “Türkiye’de patriyarkal devlet ve İstanbul Sözleşmesi”, Çatlak Zemin, İstanbul
• 2021: “Watching Turkey on Netflix: Psychologisation of Gendered Violence”, with Kumru B. Emre, Çatlak Zemin, İstanbul
• 2020: “French Materialist Feminism”, in Dictionary of Feminism, İstanbul: Henrich Böll
• 2018: “Patriarchal labor exploitation in agriculture and its implications for feminist politics”, Çatlak Zemin, İstanbul
• 2015: “Patriarchal appropriation of labour in light of the Turkish case”, Hysteria Magazine, vol. 6, London
• 2015: “Feminist politics facing the dichotomy of progress versus regress”, Journal of Feminist Politics, issue 8, İstanbul: 17- 20
• 2015: “A brief assessment of the direct action organised by lesbian bisexual feminists in Turkey”, KAOS GL, August, Ankara
• 2014: “The significance of paid employment in preventing domestic violence in Turkey”, Journal of The Witches of the Kitchen, June, İstanbul: 5- 7
• 2013: “Patriarchy under its mutually shaping relationship with capitalism”, Journal of Feminist Politics, 18, İstanbul: 28- 32
• 2013: “The Muslim Women’s Initiative Against Male Violence Against Women”, August, İstanbul
• 2013: “Diane Elson on patriarchy and capitalism”, Journal of Feminist Politics, issue 18, İstanbul
• 2013: “Maria Mies on patriarchy and capitalism”, Journal of Feminist Politics, issue 18, İstanbul
• 2013: “Claudia von Werlhof on patriarchy and capitalism”, Journal of Feminist Politics, issue 18, İstanbul
• 2013: “A fish called marketization”, Sociologist, Department of Sociology, Lancaster: 7-8
• 2013: “The gentlemen’s club: Gezi resistance and the Turkish left”, with Özlem Çelik, Journal of Feminist Politics, October, İstanbul
• 2013: “Women’s double struggle in the Gezi resistance”, with Öznur Subaşı, Amargi Journal, September
• 2013: “There is an alternative: A brief analysis of Gezi resistance in Turkey”, Sendika.org, June, İstanbul
• 2012: “Confronting feminism in Turkey”, Short Essay, Journal of Feminist Politics, issue 12, İstanbul
• 2012: “Interview: Feminist and LGBT movements share the same goal”, by Tuncel, S., in KAOS GL, August, Ankara
• 2011: “Reconsidering Mohanty’s ‘Feminism without Borders’”, Essay, Journal of Feminist Politics, 10
• 2011: “Lancaster women against the cuts”, Sociologist, Volume 10, 8-10, Sociology, Lancaster
• 2008: “A conversation with Selma James”, with Gülnur Acar Savran, Journal of Feminist Politics, İstanbul

Member, Varieties of Gender Regimes Network, The University of Duisburg-Essen and City, University of London 
2018-present: Varieties of Gender Regimes network includes scholars from the global North and the South. The network has, thus far, organised a panel in the ISA conference (2018), a workshop in London (2019), a webinar (2020), and published a special issue of Social Politics.

Member, the ESRC funded Global Challenges Network (ref: ES/P006604/1), SOAS
2017-2018: I worked as a member of the ESRC funded Global Challenges Network on the dynamics of gender inequality in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (led from SOAS). 
2018-present: The previous Global Challenges Network has evolved into a new network, titled Female Employment and Dynamics of Inequality (FEDI).