WG2 Culture, cognition and narratives of legitimization

In Working Group 2 we will analyse different forms of practices of deliberation in contemporary societies. This set includes the analysis of traditionally cultural-bound patterns of deliberation in the classic public spheres, in subaltern counter-publics, in the political, legal, and economic spheres, in art, civil society, in the digital sphere. The aim is also to shed new light on how different patterns of deliberation and notions of the common good are perpetuated and modified in the face of political, cultural, social and other tensions that mark contemporary societies.
We will:

Map existing methodologies in studying culturally and cognitively embedded decision-making / aligning with the CHANGECODE initial work method
Review and analyse the research on the impact of culturally and traditionally embedded practices on contemporary decision-making in different societal fields
Create a comprehensive special issue of the journal based on the findings
Participate in building a common research framework to study the impact of historical deliberative practices on contemporary decision-making
Contribute and finalise the tool-kit with practices of deliberation

Working Group 2 Leader, prof. Hedva Vinarski Peretz (Israel)

She is a lecturer at the Max Stern Yezreel Valley College Department of Political Science, Department of Public Administration and Public Policy and Department of Health Systems Management. Her lectures and research focus on issues pertaining to theories and concepts of public management and administration, advanced organizational management issues, public policy, public
finance and research methods for political science. Currently, she is undertaking continued research in these areas of interest by focusing on interdisciplinary questions.

Working Group 2 Co-Leader, prof. Ilkim Duriye Okyar (Turkey)

She is an associate professor in Political Science and International Relations at Yeditepe University. She recieved her PhD degree from Ben-Gurion University in Israel and received Chaim Herzog Award for best dissertation. She gives lectures on political sociology with a focus on political culture and identity politics. Her research and publications focus on nationalism and national identities in Turkey and the Levant. Her most recent project, involves organized civil society for rights and freedoms and its capacity for peace-building under the region’s authoritarian regimes. Her additional field of research involves early Republican Turkey’s liberal trend with a focus on the Liberal Republican Party.

I see my contribution to CHANGECODE in presenting a challenging perspective, by sharing both my field and academic knowledge with the rest of the team; second, by subsidizing to the larger objective of the project, which aims “to advance systematize, conceptualize and epistemically upgrade theoretical and empirical knowledge of the influence of past practices of deliberation on contemporary decision-making” with my long archival experience; third, by subscribing to the project in terms of presenting a cross-cultural, multi-disciplinary experience; and finally, by promoting the values built around the project outcomes through project management, internationalization, and networking.

Prof

Darko Darovec

Member

Institute IRRIS for Research, Development and Strategies of Society, Culture and Environment, Slovenia

Dr

Urška Lampe

Member

CA Foscari

Dr

Antonio Sianes

Member

Fundacion Universidad Loyola Andalucia, Spain

Prof

Eda Gemi

Member

University of New York Tirana, Albania

Prof

Ioannis Papadopoulos

Member

University of Macedonia, Greece

Dr

Dalila Honorato

Member

Ionian University, Greece

Dr

Marjan Horvat

Member

Institute IRRIS for Research, Development and Strategies of Society, Culture and Environment, Slovenia

Dr

Lisa Giombini

Member

Roma Tre University, Italy

Dr.

Hedva Vinarski Peretz

Member, Working Group Leader

YVC Academic College, Israel

Prof

Diana Janušauskienė

Member

Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Lithuania

Dr

Katerina Veljanovska Blazhevska

Member

MIT University – Skopje, North Macedonia

Ms

Carina Dantas

Member

SHINE 2Europe, Lda, Portugal

Dr

Anna Michalak

Member

University of Lodz, Poland

Dr

Agnieszka Kampka

Member

Szkola Glowna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego, Poland

Prof

Dan Eugen Ratiu

Member

Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania

Prof

Polona Tratnik

Member

Institute IRRIS for Research, Development and Strategies of Society, Culture and Environment, Slovenia

Dr.

Adrián Kvokačka

Member

University of Presov, Slovakia

Dr

Zeynep Gulru Goker

Member

Sabanci University, Turkey

Prof

Damir Kapidžić

Member

Univerzitet u Sarajevu, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dr

Tatjana Jovović

Member

Faculty of Philology, University of Montenegro, Montenegro

Prof

Jubjana Vila

Member

Epoka University, Albania

Prof

Rahman Nurkovic

Member

University of Sarajevo – Faculty of Science, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Prof

Zeynep Gulru Goker

Member

Sabanci University, Turkey

Dr

Agota Vaitkienė

Member

Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences – Institute of Sociology at the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Lithuania

Dr

Aleksandra Krstić

University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Sciences, Serbia

Dr

Ali Erken

Member

Marmara University, Turkey

Dr

Ana Dhamo

Member

Aleksander Moisiu University, Albania

Dr

Ana Došen

Member

Singidunum University – Faculty of Media and Communications, Serbia

Dr

Ardita Dylgjeri

Member

University of Elbasan “Aleksandër Xhuvani”, Albania

Prof

Avdi Smajljaj

Member

Epoka University, Albania

Prof

Bakar Berekashvili

Member

Georgian American University, Georgia

Prof

Camelia Gradinaru

Member

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania

Dr

Danilo Kalezic

Member

University of Montenegro, Montenegro

Prof

Erik Schneiderhan

Member

University of Toronto, Canada

Dr

Ferlanda Luna

Member

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Dr

Gabriela Poleac

Member

Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza Din Iasi, Romania

Prof

Gizem Alioglu Cakmak

Member

Yeditepe University Vakif, Turkey

Prof

Ilkim Duriye Okyar

Member

Yeditepe University Vakif, Turkey

Dr

Irem Uysal

Member

Yildiz Teknolji Gelistirme Bolgesi Teknopark Anonim Sirketi, Turkey

Dr

Jan Babnik

Member

Institute IRRIS for Research, Development and Strategies of Society, Culture and Environment, Slovenia

Prof

Jana Migasova

Member

University of Prešov, Slovakia

Dr

Justina Krauledaite

Member

Lietuvos Socialiniu Mokslu Centras, Lithuania

Prof

Kerstin Borchhardt

Member

Katholische Privat-Universität Linz, Austria

Prof

Manca Erzetič

Member

Institute Nova revija for the Humanities, Slovenia

Dr

Marc Sanjaume-Calvet

Member

Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

Dr

Melis Cin

Member

Lancaster University, United Kingdom

Dr

Mihai Rusu

Member

Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Prof

Miodrag Šuvaković

Member

Faculty of media and Communication – Univerrsity Singidunum, Serbia

Dr

Paula Tomi

Member

Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania

Prof

Rahime Süleymanoǧlu Kürüm

Member

Bahçeşehir University, Turkey

Dr

Reina Shehi

Member

Epoka University, Albania

Dr

Rogerio Puga

Member

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Prof

Savaş Zafer Şahin

Member

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Turkey

Prof

Seçil Deren van het Hof

Member

Akdeniz University, Turkey

Prof

Selin Turkes Kilic

Member

Yeditepe University Vakif, Turkey

Dr

Sérgio Barbosa

Member

Universidade De Coimbra, Portugal

Dr

Shabeeh Rahat

Member

Jamia Millia Islamia University – Faculty of Humanities and Languages, India

Prof

Slávka Kopčáková

Member

University of Prešov, Slovakia

Dr

Sofia Bonicalzi

Member

Roma Tre, Italy

Prof

Teresa Lopo

Member

Universidade Lusófona, Portugal

Dr

Voica Puscasiu

Member

Universitatea Babes Bolyai, Romania

Dr

Nino Junius

Member

Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Dr

Alexandra Ghergut-Babii

Member

Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza Din Iasi, Romania

Dr

Adrian Ludusan

Member

Universitatea Babes Bolyai, Romania

Dr

Sara Pita

Member

University of Aveiro – Portugal

Dr

Mihail Diaconu

Member

Universitatea de studii politice și economice Europene “Constantin stere”

Dr.

Anja Mlakar

Member

Institute IRRIS

Dr

Auli Viidalepp

Member

Tartu Ulikool

Dr,

Emilio Çika

Member

Mediterranean University of Albania

Dr.

Bernardo (Dov) Winer

Member

MAKASH – Advancing CMC Applications in Education, Culture and Science

Dr,

Jesús Delgado Baena

Member

Universidad Pablo De Olavide

Dr.

Antonio Delgado Baena

Universidad Loyola Andalucía

Dr.

Rocío Vela

Member

Fundacion Universidad Loyola Andalucia

Dr.

Laura Serrano

Member

Fundacion Universidad Loyola Andalucia

Dr.

Isabel Carvalho

Member

Universidade Aberta – Portugal

Dr

Sílvia Viegas

Member

University of the Algarve – Research Centre for Arts and Communication

Dr,

Ana Miguel Regedor

Member

University of Coimbra

Dr,

Nieves Ortega Pérez

Member

University of Granada

Dr

Irem Özgören Kınlı

Member

Izmir Katip Celebi Universitesi

Dr

Igor Trofimov

Member

The Stefan cel Mare Academy of Internal Affairs of The Republic of Moldova

Dr

Ozgur Tufekci

Member

Karadeniz Teknik Universitesi

Dr

Mehmet Bakir

Member

Yozgat Bozok University

Dr

Şeyhmus Aksoy

Member

Agri Ibrahim Cecen University

Dr

Roland Lami

Member

Mediterranean University of Albania

Dr

Michele Zadra

Member

University of Southampton – United

Dr

Ayse Hazar

Member

Sakarya University

Ms.

Jasmina Rejec

Member

Institute IRRIS

Dr

Yasemin Mamur Işıkçı

Member

Giresun University

Dr

Serhat Yetimova

Member

Sakarya University

Dr

Edith (Idit) Manosevitch

Member

Kinneret Academic College

Dr

Filiz Katman

Member

Istanbul Aydin University

Dr

Necmettin Doğan

Member

İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi

Dr

Ali Ozturk

Member

Sakarya University

Dr

Valentin-Roberto Dragomir

Member

Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza Din Iasi

Ms.

Cecilia Furioso Cenci

Member

Institute IRRIS for Research, Development and Strategies of Society, Culture and Environment

Dr

Lindita Licaj

Member

Aleksander Moisiu University of Durres

Dr

Rukiye Mehtap Özlü

Member

Tokat Gaziosmanpasa Universitesi

Deniz Günes Yardimci

Member

Istanbul Bilgi University

Laure Assayag

Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales

WG2 Knowledge Exchange Event, Palma de Mallorca 28-29 April 2025.

It was an insightful event with a lot of powerful insights that are shared in this poster, as well as in the Meeting Report.

Working Group 2 Online Meeting
8 October 2024
Report

Working Group 2 Working Session
Lisbon 9-10 September 2024
Report

Working Group 2 Working Sessions Barcelona 7-8 March 2024
Report

Working Group 2 Online Meeting,
16 February 2024
Report