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Volkan Sayman
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Research Associate
\ntel.: +49 30 4220664-29
\nsayman@nexusinstitut.de<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Volkan Sayman studied social sciences in Marburg and science studies and sociology of technology in Berlin. His work focuses on the genesis of technologies and knowledge, the interactions between applications of \u2018artificial intelligence\u2019 (e.g. automated vehicles, robots, virtual reality applications) and social structures as well as the research and practical field of deliberative democracy.<\/p>\n

Volkan Sayman worked for four years as a research assistant in the subproject \u201cDoing Mini-Publics\u201d of the Berlin Collaborative Research Center \u201cRefiguration of Spaces\u201d. The sub-project qualitatively analysed how knowledge is created and disseminated in the global practice field of deliberative democracy. In a further step, we analysed how infrastructures for archiving and formatting knowledge affect the practical implementation of citizen participation. In the course of this, Volkan Sayman ethnographically researched the global expert network \u201cDemocracy R&D\u201d and coordinated the production and visualization of a database containing as many as possible mini-public cases on a global scale (https:\/\/sfb1265.github.io\/mini-publics\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In addition to regularly teaching courses at the Institute of Sociology Berlin, Volkan Sayman is a reviewer for scientific journals (e.g. Berliner Journal f\u00fcr Soziologie, Science Technology and Human Values, Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Publikationen (Selection):<\/h2>\n

Herausgeberschaften<\/em>
\nL\u00f6w, M.; Sayman, V.; Schwerer, J.; Wolf, H. (Hg.) (2021): \u201cDie Refiguration von R\u00e4umen. Am Ende der Globalisierung.\u201d [Refiguration of Spaces: At the margins of globalization] Transcript, Bielefeld. ISBN-13 978-38376540283<\/p>\n

Buchkapitel<\/em>
\nVo\u00df, J.-P.; Sayman, V.; Schritt, J. (2021): \u201cInfrastrukturierung von Wissensr\u00e4umen. Mini-Publics als translokales Politikinstrument\u201c. In: L\u00f6w et al (2021): \u201eDie Refiguration vonR\u00e4umen. Am Ende der Globalisierung.\u201c Transcript, Bielefeld.<\/p>\n

Sayman, V.; Schritt, J. (2021): Eine kleine Version der gro\u00dfen \u00d6ffentlichkeit auf Weltreise. In: H\u00f6rning, J.\/Misselwitz, P.: R\u00e4ume in Ver\u00e4nderung. Ein visuelles Lesebuch. Ein- und Ausblicke des interdisziplin\u00e4ren Forschungsverbundes zur Refiguration von R\u00e4umen.<\/p>\n

Begutachtete Zeitschriftenaufs\u00e4tze<\/em>
\nSayman, V. (2020): \u201cProblematische Themen problematischer \u00d6ffentlichkeiten. Ulrich Beck und Bruno Latour als Impulsgeber einer Soziologie \u00f6ffentlicher Praktiken\u201d. In: Soziale Welt Sonderband Soziologische Phantasie und Kosmopolitisches Gemeinwesen [\u201cProblematic Issues in Problematic Publics. Ulrich Beck and Bruno Latour inspiring practice theoretical research on public spheres\u201d. Soziale Welt, Special Issue Sociological Fantasy and Cosmopolitan polity, Nomos, p. 309 \u2013 331.<\/p>\n

Vo\u00df, J.-P., Schritt, J., Sayman, V. (2021): \u201ePolitics at distance: Infrastructuring translocal knowledge infrastructures for doing \u2018minipublics\u2019\u201d. In: Social Studies of Science.<\/p>\n

Keinert, A.; Sayman, V.; Maier, D. (2021): Relational communication spaces: Infrastructures and discourse practices. In: Media and Communication 9 (3), Special Issue \u201cSpaces, Places, and Geographies of Public Spheres\u201d, p. 28 \u2013 39<\/p>\n<\/div>

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