Publications

Journal Articles

Çelebi, Elifcan & Kemmerling, Michael. “Platformization of Care in Europe: Comparative Analysis of Marketization and Business Models.” International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-01-2025-0057

Çelebi, Elifcan & Yilmaz, Volkan. “Narrative Power in Electoral Autocracies: The Policy Narrative Behind the Success of a Pension Movement.” Policy Studies Journal. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.70014  

Çelebi, Elifcan. “How do women’s GONGOs influence policymaking processes in Turkey?” Journal of Civil Society, 18 (3): 326-348. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2022.2125417  

Çelebi, Elifcan. “Rescaling Social Care Services: The Case of District Municipalities in Istanbul.” Journal of International Social Work, 65 (1): 157-171. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872819901156  

Books

Çelebi, Elifcan. “Echoes of Authoritarianism: State-controlled NGOs and Anti-Gender Politics in Türkiye” (Palgrave, Forthcoming in 2026)

Manuscripts in Progress 

Çelebi, Elifcan, Yilmaz, Volkan, Keller, Judit & Tünde, Virág. “Shifting Actor Constellations in Poverty Alleviation in the Context of Illiberal Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Hungary and Türkiye.” (Article)

Çelebi, Elifcan & Kocak, Mert. “Migration Industries and Care Platforms: Mediating Migration and Labour.” (Article)

Çelebi, Elifcan & Dornschneider-Elkink, Johan. “Bridging Concepts and Data: Teaching Charts, a Web-based Tool for Teaching Research Methods in Social Science.” (Article)

Book Chapters & Book Review

Çelebi, Elifcan. “Review of two books on FBOs and their role in welfare governance in Türkiye: Hilal Alkan’s Welfare as Gift and Gizem Zencirci’s The Muslim Social.” New Perspectives on Turkey. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1017/npt.2025.10041

Çelebi, Elifcan. “Paradigmatic Change in Gendered Labor Market Policies in Turkey.” in Fundamental Questions: Gender Dimensions in Max Planck Projects. pp. 155-170. Nomos. (2021). https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748924869 

Public Outreach

Işıklı Ebru & Çelebi, Elifcan. “Rebels with a Welfare Cause: Turkey’s Youth Rising Against Authoritarianism,” August 2025, The Review of Democracy (RevDem) by CEU Democracy Institute. (2025)

Çelebi, Elifcan & Kocak, Mert. Academic Podcast: “Transnational Care: Bridging Borders and Digital Landscapes.” (2024). (via Spotify)

Çelebi, Elifcan & Ozbey, Ebru Ece. “For Women in Turkey, the Struggle Continues,” July 2021. Social Europe. (2021).

Çelebi, Elifcan & Saydam, Asya. “A Survey Analysis of Gendered Media Representations of Elderly Characters in Turkish Series.” [Turkish Title: Olağan Yaşlılar: Yerli Dizilerdeki Yaşlı Karakterlere İlişkin Seyirci Algısı Anketi], Birikim, Volume: 362, July-August (2019).