As an interdisciplinary scholar, sociologist, curator, and somatic movement and dance educator, I explore the dynamic intersections of the arts, social theory, and political thought. My doctoral research at The New School for Social Research culminated in "The EUropean Dance: The Emergence and Transformation of a Contemporary Dance Art World (1989–2013)," now evolving into a book that examines the transnational trajectories of contemporary dance. 

My work has been supported by fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation,  Akademie Schloss Solitude, and the Institute for Critical Social Inquiry. As curator of the iDANS Festival in Istanbul (2006-2014), I worked to shape what came to be an influential platform for interdisciplinary artistic exploration. I currently serve on the Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin jury and SEDA26 Salavisa European Dance Award jury, while developing Bimeras Berlin, a nonprofit initiative fostering dialogue across the arts, social sciences, and humanities.

In recent years, my writing has engaged questions of political curation, plurality, cultures of resistance, somatic practices, and contemporary performance through an Arendtian lens, a line of inquiry I pursue both in my academic work and in my new Substack, The Dancing Sociologist.
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I invite you to explore this site to learn more about my publications, current research, and ongoing projects.