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Öğe Collaborative Requirement Prioritization for an E-Recruitment Platform for Qualified but Disadvantaged Individuals(Springer Int Publishing Ag, 2016) Suerdem, Ahmet; Oztaysi, BasarCollaboration of system designers and social researchers to search for solutions to social problems is becoming increasingly important. In this context, G@together project funded by JPI-Urban Europe is an interdisciplinary project aiming to build an e-platform facilitating the employment of qualified but disadvantaged people. The use of qualitative social data and the participation of end-users to the system design process provide a significant potential for co-creation studies. In this study we used different social research and system engineering techniques to elicit the requirements of different stakeholders concerning an e-recruitment platform. These methods helped the collaboration of system designers, social researchers and user groups to prioritize the system requirements. Analytic Hierarchy Process, a commonly used multi-criteria decision making technique is used to integrate the different elements of this process.Öğe Conspiracy Theories and Institutional Trust: Examining the Role of Uncertainty Avoidance and Active Social Media Use(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2022-04) Suerdem, AhmetAbstract: A generalized climate of distrust in political institutions is not functional to healthy democracies. With the advent of social media, recent scholarly efforts attempt to better understand people's conspiracy theory beliefs in inhibiting institutional trust. This study contributes to this literature by considering the direct antecedent effects of uncertainty avoidance and the moderating role of active social media use—SMU (i.e., interactional SMU, informational SMU, and political expressive SMU). The former is theorized to enable conspiracy theories to thrive, while the latter should cushion the negative effects of conspiracy beliefs on institutional trust. Relying on diverse survey data across different cultures from Europe, the Americas, and New Zealand (N = 11,958) and applying structural equation modeling, findings supported the hypothesized model. In high uncertainty-avoidance societies, where less well-known situations are perceived as uncomfortable or downright threatening, conspiracy beliefs proliferate and negatively impact institutional trust. Active SMU attenuates these effects. Via social media, citizens have the ability to strengthen social relationships (interactional SMU), keep themselves informed about the community (informational SMU), and engage in political self-expression (political expressive SMU), which mitigate conspiracy-belief negative effects on institutional trust. Future research implications and key limitations of the study are all discussed. © 2021 The Authors. Political Psychology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Society of Political Psychology.Öğe Designing a Social Innovation Based Knowledge Support System: A Preliminary Guideline(Springer International Publishing Ag, 2018) Suerdem, Ahmet; Yenicioglu, Baskin; Demir, OzgePolicy makers and funding agencies increasingly emphasize the social nature of innovation. However, focusing just on the product side of social innovation might easily reduce the concept to commercialization of social goods. Engagement of all stakeholders in the knowledge co-creation process makes innovation really social. The aim of this paper is to highlight the essential elements of a social value creation based support system that would engage all stakeholders to the innovation process. To explore this guideline, we conducted a case-study research using qualitative data collected from diverse stakeholders of an NGO involved in early age child education in Turkey. Our findings suggest that social innovation based support systems require an architecture bridging the coordination of both online collaboration and knowledge management tools to the offline communities of practice. The most important challenge to this architecture is integrating piecemeal tools and practices into a social ecological system.Öğe Existing Technologies in Online Job Matching Tools and Their Potential Usage for Disadvantaged People(Springer International Publishing Ag, 2015) Suerdem, Ahmet; Oztaysi, Basar; Turan, NazliOnline job matching tools to support HR functionalities in organizations is increasingly becoming popular. Fast and efficient employment solutions for disadvantaged groups are especially important since they are a part of social inclusion. Employment process of disadvantaged groups is different than regular job finding processes because these individuals may not have physiological, cultural, economic, technical and/or political resources to reach the candidate evaluation process. Even if they can reach to this process, they can be discriminated because of the prejudices. This might end up with sub-optimal solutions since the disadvantaged individual may be forced to find employment not relevant to their qualifications while the employers may face skills shortages. Solution to this problem requires new approaches to employment process. The objective of this paper is to make a process modeling of the existing employment systems for the disadvantaged people and suggest possible improvements to these systems.Öğe Institutionalization of Science Communication in Universities of Turkiye: A Qualitative Analysis of Central Communication Units(MARMARA UNIV,, 2023-03-03) Öztunç, Müge; Suerdem, Ahmet; Bedir, UmurIn contemporary policy documents and academic literature, the significance of institutional actors, particularly universities, in the communication and interaction processes between science and society is increasingly emphasized. This study aims to explore the science communication activities carried out by central communication units of universities in Türkiye, the distribution of these activities among sub-units within universities, the priorities and motivations for such activities, and the problems encountered in the institutionalization of science communication. Using a qualitative research method, semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with senior officials from 20 public and foundation universities in Türkiye, and a thematic analysis approach was utilized to analyze the coded data. The results indicate that while there are noteworthy differences between public and foundation universities, central communication units prioritize routine and one-way science communication activities categorized as PR and Marketing, while Public Engagement and Public Affairs activities involving dialogue are carried out to a more limited extent. The primary motivation behind universities’ science communication is meeting specific institutional strategic goals rather than creating public benefit. Furthermore, institutionalizing science communication in universities has been hindered by personnel and budget constraints in communication offices, the lack of institutional autonomy, and undefined duties and authorities of these units under the legal regulations of the higher education system.Öğe Interdisciplinary Collaboration Of Engineers And Social Researchers To Face Societal Challenges: Designing An E-Recruitment System For Disadvantaged Groups(Elsevier Science Bv, 2015) Suerdem, Ahmet; Oztaysi, BasarInclusion of disadvantaged parts of the society to the labor market is now becoming a major task for the policy makers. This task has multiple dimensions requiring integration of complex societal and engineering decisions. In this study, we will present G@together, a Urban Europe project funded by TUBITAK as an exemplary for an international, multi-stakeholder and interdisciplinary approach for finding solutions to societal challenges. This project aims facilitating the inclusion of qualified but disadvantaged individuals labor markets. We will particularly focus on the collaboration of engineers and social researchers to engage the users into the system design process. Our purpose is to develop a role management system that does not discriminate against any user group. For this purpose, we incorporate system design approach with social research process that involves a variety of methods. With this, we target to overcome the shortcomings of top-down designed expert systems which might have rule management features discriminating against disadvantaged groups. All stakeholders have participated to the design process to voice their concerns about user roles and management of the digital rights. After a series of consulting sessions involving engineers, stakeholders and social researchers and interviews with potential users, we have discovered that depersonalized application procedures would solve the asymmetrical rights management issue. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.Öğe A Network Based Semiotic Analysis: Critical Commentary on the Field and Dynamic Nature of Sense-Making: Theoretical and Methodological Implications(Johannes Kepler Univ, Inst Paedagogik & Psychologie, 2013) Suerdem, AhmetSocial representations (SR) are not atomistic entities contained in independent sign units labelling factual phenomena but operate in a structural chain of relations which makes sense only when different sign configurations are put into practice in everyday life. The following critical commentary emphasizes the pragmatic aspect of meaning generation process besides its semantic aspect and proposes a conceptual framework paving the way for an abductive strategy that iteratively goes in between the analysis of the structural whole and the interpretation of individual meaning units to capture the dynamicity of the sense making process. Standing on this framework, it discusses that combining hermeneutic-interpretive analysis with networkgraph theory based approach would better capture the dynamic and relational nature of sense making than the Principal Components method proposed by the article Field and dynamic nature of sense-making: Theoretical and methodological implications.Öğe Non-western contexts: The invisible half(Sage Publications Inc, 2012) Jafari, Aliakbar; Firat, Fuat; Suerdem, Ahmet; Askegaard, Soren; Dalli, Daniele[Abstract Not Available]Öğe Persistence of informal networks and liberal peace-building: evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina(Palgrave Macmillan, 2022-03) Suerdem, AhmetAbstract: Informal networks persist after conflict and undermine liberal peace-building. While these adverse effects are well-known, how informal networks survive beyond conflict is less understood. Scholars explain informal networks’ persistence by their stability and cohesion, attributed to solidarity of ascriptive bonds such as ethnic ties. In these accounts, networks are approached as actors and not as relational structures. We address this gap in the peace-building scholarship and conduct a longitudinal study of relations within an informal network in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Drawing on the political approach to networks, and applying Social Network Analysis, we investigate actors’ relational power and reveal how network actors use their connections to create strategic coalitions and opportunistic collaborations enabling them to exploit different stages of the peace-building process. We demonstrate that unequal distribution of relational power creates vested interests in sustaining the network and in seeking access to it, and how dynamic reconstitution of relational power within the network ensures continuity of network action from war to peace. From a policy perspective, this structural account of informal network persistence suggests a need for a better understanding of the dynamics among co-ethnics within an informal network that allows network members to subvert efforts to counter informality and undermines post-conflict institution-building. © 2021, Crown.Öğe PUS in turbulent times II - A shifting vocabulary that brokers inter-disciplinary knowledge(Sage Publications Ltd, 2013) Suerdem, Ahmet; Bauer, Martin W.; Howard, Susan; Ruby, LukeTo reflect further on 20 years of the journal, we present a lexicographic and bibliometric study of all papers published in Public Understanding of Science (PUS). Lexicographical analysis of the vocabulary of 465 abstracts shows five classes of associated concepts in two periods, 1992-2001 and 2002-2010. The concern for public attitudes and mass media coverage remains on the card; while language has shifted from 'public understanding' to 'public engagement' and environmental concerns have waned then waxed. The bibliometric analysis traces the position of PUS in the inter-citation network of 165 related journals (ISI Web of Science citation database), grouped into 10 disciplines for the purpose of this analysis. Indicators derived from network logic show that the established position of PUS has been stable since 1997. PUS serves a varied brokerage role as gatekeeper into and liaison maker between disciplines. Its inter-citation network position allows PUS to perform inter-disciplinary boundary spanning work that offers a safe space for experimentation with ideas.Öğe THE ROLE OF COGNITIVE DISTINCTIVENESS ON CO-AUTHOR SELECTION AND THE INFLUENCE OF CO-AUTHORING ON COGNITIVE STRUCTURE: A MULTI-AGENT SIMULATION APPROACH(Int Soc Scientometrics & Informetrics-Issi, 2013) Ozel, Bulent; Suerdem, Ahmet[Abstract Not Available]Öğe ÜNİVERSİTELERİN BİLİM İLETİŞİMİ ETKİNLİKLERİNİN KURUMSALLAŞTIRILMASI ÜZERİNE YENİ BİR ÖLÇEK ÖNERİSİ(2023) Bedir, Umur; Suerdem, Ahmet; Öztunç, MügeÜniversiteler bir yandan öğrenci çekmek ve kurumsal itibarlarını güçlendirmek gibi stratejik amaçlar, diğer taraftan toplumu bilimsel süreçlere dahil etmek ve siyasal karar alma süreçlerine bilimsel temelli katkı sunmak gibi kamusal faydayı önceleyen hedefler çerçevesinde bilim iletişimi etkinliklerinde bulunmaktadırlar. Bu araştırma, bilim iletişiminin en önemli kurumsal aktörlerinden biri olan üniversitelerin bünyelerindeki merkezi iletişim birimlerinin bu kapsamdaki rolünü ve gerçekleştirdikleri etkinlikleri konu almaktadır. Araştırmanın temel amacı ise bilim iletişimi etkinliklerinin üniversitelerde kurumsal olarak nasıl şekillendiğini analiz etmeye dönük bir ölçek geliştirmektir. Bu kapsamda ölçekte yer alacak bilim iletişimi etkinlikleri literatür taraması, keşfedici mülakatlar ve kart sıralama tekniği gibi tümdengelimsel ve tümevarımsal yöntemler kullanılarak belirlenmiş, pazarlama, halkla ilişkiler, kamusal katılım ve kamu işleri olmak üzere 4 alt-faktör çerçevesinde değerlendirilmiştir. Ölçek, istatistiksel olarak sınanmak amacıyla Türkiye‘de faaliyet gösteren devlet, vakıf ve araştırma üniversitelerinin %48‘ini temsilen 92 üniversitenin merkezi iletişim birimleri yetkilileri üzerinde uygulanmıştır. Ölçek bu yönüyle, gelecekte üniversitelerin bilim iletişimi etkinliklerini inceleyen, farklı türdeki veya farklı ülkelerdeki üniversiteleri karşılaştıran araştırmalarda kullanılabilir. Öte yandan bu ölçeğin alandaki uygulayıcılara da hem yönetimsel hem de gerçekleştirdikleri etkinlikler anlamında güçlü ve zayıf yönlerini görebilmeleri ve bilim iletişimi çalışmalarını geliştirebilmeleri açısından yol gösterici olabileceği düşünülmektedir.Öğe Using Conjoint Analysis to Determine the Requirements of Different Users for Designing Online Solution Tools: Job Matching Platform(Springer International Publishing Ag, 2015) Suerdem, Ahmet; Akalin, Muge Gizem BicakciOnline systems first emerged as recruiting tools in the mid-1990s have grown rapidly and became a widely adopted medium by both employers and job seekers. However, despite their success, they have important drawbacks. These tools are mostly designed for matching corporate positions to certain elite employees rather than covering disadvantaged groups, SMEs and NGOs. Key features of present systems are determined by a core team of experts according to the aggregate requirements of an average target user. Designing an inclusive recruitment system requires a rigorous conceptualization phase where all stakeholders actively participate within a multidisciplinary approach with the collaboration of engineers with social. In this paper, we embraced a user-centered approach to determine the relative importance of different online recruitment tool features for diverse users and conducted conjoint analysis to determine the needs, requirements and expectations of different stakeholders, male-female job seekers and job providers from SME or MNEs, We performed requirement-based segmentation on the output from the conjoint analysis to isolate homogeneous user segments. The results demonstrated that there are significant differences between the groups and suggest that conjoint analysis can provide systematic input for process modeling to customize online tools according to the requirements of different stakeholders.Öğe Yes my name is Ahmet, but please don't target me. Islamic marketing: Marketing Islam(Sage Publications Inc, 2013) Suerdem, AhmetThe coupling of consumerism with Islamic cultural movements is cherished as providing counterevidence to Orientalist stereotypes. Although this coupling may be celebrated like the cultural recognition of Muslims, this commentary highlights some reserves against a premature conclusion for the emancipatory role of the Islamic consumerism. Liaising marketing and Islamic may be a dangerous liaison articulating an important discursive function related to the production of profits, ideology, power, and identity. Critical consumer studies up to now have emphasized the role of everyday religious and cultural practices as a form of resistance against the disciplinary role of modern institutions, state, and administrative apparatus. However, the disciplinary role of populist cultural movements has been relatively underemphasized. A critical position should keep its distance to rigid dichotomizations depicting popular as excluded subalterns struggling against the technologies of domination. The relations between the popular and domination are not so clear cut if we evoke that truth games perform within a matrix of complex relations between the self and structure. Branding neo-populist Islamist movements as more humane, ethical ways of modernity tend to reduce complex political societal strategies struggling for cultural hegemony simply to a moralizing discourse. These movements tend to create an emulation of community and charity rather than the decommodification of the sociality dissected and atomized by neoliberal commodification. Public display of conspicuous charity and morality serves more to branding of Islam rather than the modesty of Islam. Marketing an emulated Islamic identity for self-branding of Muslims and excommunicating the internal other can be as dangerous as Orientalist ideology.
