Hakan Gülerce

• Assoc. Prof.
• Marmara Üniversitesi

Hakan Gülerce completed his master's degree in 2012 at Istanbul University, Department of Social Structure-Social Change, with a thesis titled "The Role of Editing in the Development of Social Sciences and a Sociological Study on Academic Journal Editors." He completed his doctoral dissertation titled "The Reproduction of Christianity in Encounter with Modernity" at the Department of Sociology at the same university in 2017.

In 2018, Gülerce started working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Harran University and continued his postdoctoral studies in the fields of migration, social cohesion, youth studies, modernity, and religion. Gülerce was awarded the title of Associate Professor in 2022 in the fields of Migration Sociology and Sociology of Religion. He serves as the director of the Migration Policies Implementation and Research Center at Harran University, coordinating various projects on migration, forced migration, Syrians in Turkey, and social cohesion.

Between 2012 and 2019, Gülerce served as the general secretary of the International Federation of Social Science Organizations and as its president from 2019 to 2023. He continues to serve on the board of the same institution. His ongoing projects include:
- From Recovery to Resilience, Youth Participation and Social Cohesion in Post-Earthquake Türkiye (2024)
- Youth Participation - A Key to an Inclusive Society (2024-2025)
- Sığınmacı Entegrasyonunda Girişimcilik (2023-2024)
- Ray-NETWORK - Research-based Analysis and Monitoring of European Youth Programmes (2022-2027)
- Enhancing Youth Resilience to Earthquakes through Digital Interventions (2024-2025)
- Developing a Prevention Model Against Addiction for Migrant Youth (2024-2026)