· Financial sociology
· Political economy
· Political sociology
· Economic sociology
· Social network research
Kurtuluş Gemici
Associate Professor,Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University
Education Background
Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute, Cologne, Germany, 2009
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2008
Master’s Degree in Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2003
Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, University of Bosporus, Turkey, 2001
Kurtuluş Gemici (Ph.D., UCLA) is a comparative-historical sociologist working on economic sociology, political economy, and sociological theory. His empirical work examined international capital mobility, financial integration across borders, economic crises, economic development, financial networks, and housing regimes. His comparative-historical analysis probed into social transformations in Chile, South Korea, Turkey, and United States. His theoretical work probed into sociology of markets, embeddedness, money, and commodity fiction. His previous publications include articles in leading journals such as Socio-Economic Review, Theory & Society, Sociological Theory, Mobilization, Regional Studies, and Politics & Society. He is currently completing a book on the origins of neoclassical economics.