I am a social and political psychologist working through critical approches (anticolonial, CRT, liberation psychology among others). My research focus on collective action, identity, migration, discrimination by prioritizing a research praxis from below, through lay epistemologies of oppressed but resisting people and communities. I refused to be fully encapsulated in the neoliberal university system. Instead, through scientific affiliations, I try to conduct independent research with small academic...

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods

Roles

  • INDEPENDENT RESEARCHER with scientific affiliations (Since 2017)

    Other, Turkey

  • Center fo Social and Cultural Psychology (CeSCuP - Université Libre de Bruxelles)

    University, Bruxelles, Belgium
    Affiliated scientist (since November 2023)

  • Universität Bielefeld Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung

    Research Institute, Bielefeld, Germany
    Associated scientist (since 2018)

  • Centrum voor Sociale en Culturele Psychologie (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

    University, Leuven, Belgium
    Research Assistant and PhD Scholar (2011-2015)

  • Middle East Technical University - Department of Psychology

    University, Ankara, Turkey
    Project Assistant during BSc & MA (2003-2011)

  • Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Other, Brussels, Belgium
    Independent researcher - postdoc fellow

  • Universität Bielefeld Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung

    Other, Bielefeld, Germany
    Associated scientist

  • Istanbul Kemerburgaz University

    University, Istanbul, Turkey
    Assistant Professor

  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Centrum voor Sociale en Culturele Psychologie

    Other, Leuven, Belgium
    Research Assistant and PhD Scholar

  • Middle East Technical University

    University, Ankara, Turkey
    Project Assistant

Research

Discrimination as a Health Systems Response to Forced Migration

Authors Yudit Namer, Canan Coşkan, Oliver Razum
Year 2020
Book Title Health Policy and Systems Responses to Forced Migration
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7 Book Chapter

Relationship Context Matters

Authors Canan Coskan, Karen Phalet, Derya Gungor, ...
Year 2015
Journal Name Cross-Cultural Research
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11 Journal Article

Psikolojide Yöntem Sorunlarına Eleştirel Yaklaşım ve Öneriler

Authors Meral Gezici Yalçın, Canan Çoşkan
Year 2021
Journal Name Psikoloji Çalışmaları / Studies in Psychology
14 Journal Article

Revealing the manifestations of neoliberalism in academia: Academic collective action in Turkey

Authors Canan Coşkan, Yasemin Gülsüm Acar, Aydın Bayad
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Social and Political Psychology
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15 Journal Article
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