Aykiz Dogan

• PhD sociology
• Research Associate at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University

What methodological insights can archival research bring for a global historical sociology of developed (or “undeveloped”) states within asymmetrical geopolitical contexts? This article proposes a methodological approach centred on the “Archive” as a site of production of development visions, knowledge and representations. Focusing on a case study...

This study explores the relations between the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and Turkey during the early republican period. It investigates the ISI’s influence in Turkish statistical reform from the mid- to late-1920s through a Belgian expert who led this reform and conducted the Turkish Republic’s first population census. The study prop...

Cette thèse s’appuie sur une enquête multisituée et archivistique et met en dialogue différents travaux scientifiques français, turcs et anglo-saxons en sociologie, histoire et science politique. Examinant le rôle de l’expertise étrangère et des acteurs internationaux dans l’édification d’un État-nation, la thèse s’inscrit dans un domaine de recher...

This article proposes a reflection and avenues for research on Ottoman state policies aimed at collecting, producing, and translating knowledge across borders and learning from other macro-actors. Based on an archival study, we present and discuss a typology of knowledge “transaction” policies considering also the transition to the Turkish Republic...

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This paper builds on a sociological investigation of the group of central bankers, its internal differentiation and specificity. It discusses the construction of central bankers as a research object and possible methodological approaches. It frames our study on the social space of central bankers presenting questions and hypothesis regarding the co...

The purpose of the IPS seminar is to bring together in the French academic field recent research in international political sociology. It seeks to create a socialization space for young researchers who want to participate in this normalization of transnational objects by the social sciences. This seminar would thus bring together studies that share...

ST 39 Sociologie de l’action publique transnationale Sociology of transnational public action

The purpose of the IPS seminar is to bring together in the French academic field recent research in international political sociology. It seeks to create a socialization space for young researchers who want to participate in this normalization of transnational objects by the social sciences. This seminar would thus bring together studies that share...

This panel seeks to bring new approaches to the study of international organizations (IOs) by breaking away from the frequent ambition of pinpointing their specificity in international relations. Rather, IOs are studied as integral to larger social spaces of production of international public policies in two ways. Firstly, Bourdieu's field theory a...

This paper analyzes the early correspondences between the Economic and Financial Section of the League of Nations (hereafter the League) and Turkey’s newly established Central Statistical Office between December 1926 and February 1927. It aims to present the start of technical cooperation between these two institutions for the internationalization...

Analyzing the individual trajectories of major actors through biographical material taken as the basis of social spaces is a new sociological-historical approach which can be particularly useful in the research on International Organizations (IOs). Indicators such as socio-demographic characteristics, social origin, nationality, education, career b...

This communication proposes to analyze the relations between Turkey with its neighbor Soviet Union focusing on the transfer of economic knowledge and circulation of experts across different periods starting from Turkey’s formation as a sovereign state, first recognized and supported by the Soviets, through the Cold War. It approaches mainly from t...

In this paper, we discuss the issue of potential biases in monetary decision with reference to biographical data about the social composition of central bank governance, especially the chairmen / governors / leaders, and on what we describe as their position-takings (namely statements on issues at stake in monetary policy councils). We therefore ai...

Union entail a reopening of the debate about the adequate governance structures of monetary unions. Debt-burdens are a concern not only for a few members of the euro-zone but for the European Union as a whole. Other issues are differences in economic development, antagonistic political ideologies of national governments and a renewal of nationalism...

Cette contribution se concentre sur les banques centrales de seize pays du Moyen-Orient ; nous examinons les profils de leurs dirigeants dans une perspective comparative. L’objectif principal est d’identifier la spécificité de ces acteurs en charge de l’élaboration des politiques monétaires, en les situant dans le champ global des banques centrales...

En quoi le concept de capital social est-il important pour la sociologie de l'expertise ? Cette contribution propose de considérer ce concept comme un outil d’analyse utile pour l'étude des experts. Quelles sont les relations sociales privilégiées par certains acteurs pour se légitimer en tant qu’experts et pour prendre part à l'administration publ...

In this article, we try to show in which way central bankers' biographies matter, by emphasizing a relationship between individual trajectories and decision-making inside institutions. With this purpose we present an analysis of the social characteristics of central bank governors, based on a prosopographical and quantitative inquiry. We construct...