İmren’s research explores how global autocratisation affects immigrants and diasporas' social movements and protests.
She specialises in the changing dynamics of social peace and conflict during democratic backsliding, with a particular focus on Turkey.
Combining insights from political science, sociology, sustainability, and urban studies, İmren’s interdisciplinary studies examine the social transformations shaped by authoritarian governance.
Her work has been published in leading journals including Environment and Planning, European Urban and Regional Studies, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.
She currently teaches courses on migration and the Middle East at Stockholm University.
Authoritarian Neoliberalism and Resistance in Turkey: Construction, Consolidation, and Contestation
Palgrave Macmillan, 2021
Edited with Pınar Dinç, Sinem Kavak and Pınar Sayan
