Orcun Turan
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PhD Candidate, Business Administration
Area of Study: Marketing
Anticipated Graduating Year: 2026
Educational Background
Present | PhD Candidate, Business Administration Schulich School of Business – York University Toronto, Canada Advisor: Prof. Dr. Markus Giesler |
2021 | MS in Marketing Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey |
2015 | BS in Business Administration Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey |
Research Interests – Work in Progress
Drawing on the Foucauldian concepts of biopolitics and governmentality, my research examines the dynamics between pharmaceutical innovation, biomedical knowledge, and queer desire.
Awards and Honours
2019 | Dean’s Award for Excellence in Academic Performance Bilkent University |
Refereed Conference Papers
Turan, O. Queer on Hold: Global Cultural Products and Queerness. (Working paper) Macromarketing Global Conference 2022.
Turan, O. Turning a Blind (Queer) Eye: How Queerness is Negotiated in Mainstream Cultural Products. (Poster). Consumer Culture Theory Conference 2022, Corvallis, Oregon.