Pendulum of Survival: Socio-spatial Practices of Women Cleaning Workers in Istanbul
Ceyda SUNGUR will defend her doctoral dissertation, “The Pendulum of Survival: Socio-Spatial Practices of Women Employed in Cleaning Work in Istanbul”, on 24 November 2025. The thesis was conducted at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, within the Géographie-cités laboratory, under the supervision of Sylvie FOL and Ségolène DÉBARRE.
Practical information
Centre des colloques – Room 3.02
Campus Condorcet
93300 Aubervilliers
The defense will be held in English.
Jury
- Nadine Cattan, Director of Research, CNRS — Chair of the Jury
- Ségolène DEBARRE, Associate Professor, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne — Supervisor
- Işıl Erdinç, Associate Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles — Examiner
- Sylvie Fol, Professor Emerita, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne — Supervisor
- Jean-François Pérouse, Associate Professor (HDR), Université Toulouse II Jean Jaurès — Reviewer
- Serge Weber, Professor, Université Gustave Eiffel — Reviewer

“We are not living in Istanbul. We are just working in Istanbul.”, Source : Serpil, 10/05/2022

