Dr. Emrah Irzik is an adjunct instructor of Sociology at Babeş-Bolyai University and Boğaziçi University. Previously, he has been an independent researcher for the Fair Labor Association. His research focuses on the political economy of knowledge goods production and distribution. In his teaching, he integrates historical sociology, political sociology, political economy and philosophy, in the tradition of open social science.
1. “Where Polanyi is more relevant than ever: Social justice and technical productivity in scientific knowledge production” (with Gürol Irzik) Karl Polanyi Handbook, Eds. M. Cangiani and C. Thomasberger, Routledge (2024)
2. “Forms of Remuneration for Free Software Production: A Reducible Complexity”, Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai, Sociologia Vol. 64(1), pp. 109-126 (2019)
3. “A Proposal for Grounded Cultural Activism: Communication Strategies, Adbusters, and Social Change”. In Cultural Activism Practices, Dilemmas, and Possibilities. Ö. Fırat, and A. Kuryel (Eds.) (Series: Thamyris / Intersecting: Place, Sex and Race 21). Rodopi Press, pp. 137-156 (2011)
