Background

I have an interdisciplinary background in Political Science and Communication Studies and finished my master’s degree in Global Studies at Lund University in 2018. In my master’s thesis, (Re)Articulating Sexual Citizenship: Between Queering the Urban Space and Subjugating the Queer, I studied commodification of sexualities at urban spaces and responses from queer activists with a particular discussion on sexual citizenship as a political participatory identity. I am currently working at Lund Univerity as a PhD candidate in Gender Studies with the project TechnAct: Transformations of Struggle.

Research Areas

• Transnational Social Movements
• LGBTQI+ Activism
• Networked Resistances
• Queer Theory
• Qualitative methods

Ongoing Research and Teaching

In my PhD dissertation, I investigate the impacts of digital technologies on the LGBTQI+ movements, exploring the emergent communities of struggle in Turkey and in transnational space. My work involves, among other things, the studies on sexual citizenship, online-offline entanglements in activism, the politics of Pride, and networked resistance practices. 

During my PhD so far, I have been teaching in subjects such as transdisciplinarity in gender studies, queer and transgender feminism, homonationalism, and digital ethnography. I have previous teaching experience in MA in Gendering Practices, and BA in Global Studies, in University of Gothenburg; also my current and upcoming teachings are at the Department of Gender Studies in bachelor’s level, and MSc in Social Studies of Gender at the Graduate School at Lund University.
 

Publications

Kilic, O. (2021). “Every Parade of Ours is a Pride Parade”: Exploring LGBTI+ digital activism in Turkey. Sexualities.