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Özlem
Celik

Collegium Researcher, Sociology
Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS)
PhD, TIAS Collegium Fellow
The Emergence of Municipal-led Green Financialisation of Urban Development in Sweden and Finland

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Areas of expertise

Urban Studies
Financialisation of Housing
Social Movements
Urban Commoning
Local governing and role of the state in housing
Climate Finance

Biography

I am a Collegium Fellow at Turku Advanced Studies Institute (TIAS) and Department of Sociology, University of Turku and a visiting scholar at the University of Helsinki.  I received my Ph.D. degree from the University of Sheffield, Urban Studies and Planning Department, after I received my MA in Sociology, Middle East Technical University and my BA in Urban and Regional Planning, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey. Previously, I held research and teaching positions in political science, human geography, sustainability science, international relations and global development studies in different universities of UK, Turkey, Sweden and Finland. I am the co-founder and co-director of NUPE and Urban and Regional Political Economy Working Group, IIPPE. I joined Housing Studies Journal as an Editor with an additional role as Social Media Editor in 2024. 

Research

I am a critical urban studies scholar. I am interested in the political economy of housing, local governing, climate financialisation, urban activism and commons.

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Urban Studies Inside/Out: Theory, Method, Practice (2021)

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Celik, Ozlem; Alfaro, Claudia Fonseca; Kadioglu, Defne; Melgaco, Lorena
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