07 October 2026
Res. Asst. Merve KARADABAN presented a paper at the International Sociological Association (ISA) RC41 Conference!
Res. Asst. Merve Karadaban from Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU), Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (IAED), presented her paper on the post-industrial transformation in Karabük and Thionville, co-authored with Prof. Dr. Emmanuèle Cunningham-Sabot, at the ISA RC41 - Sociology of Population Mid-Term Conference held in Madrid on September 10-11, 2026. The study comparatively examined the relationships between urban shrinkage, population dynamics, migration, employment, and spatial transformation.
Res. Asst. Merve Karadaban from Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU), Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA), Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (IAED), presented her study, co-authored with Prof. Dr. Emmanuèle Cunningham-Sabot from École Normale Supérieure, at an international conference.
The Mid-Term Conference titled “Population Dynamics in the Global North and the Global South: Age Structural Transitions, Migration, and Changing Places,” organized by the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Sociology of Population (ISA RC41 - Sociology of Population), was held in Madrid on September 10-11, 2026.
The paper titled “Changing Places after Industrial Restructuring: Population Dynamics, Migration and Urban Shrinkage in Karabük (Türkiye) and Thionville (France),” prepared by Karadaban and Cunningham-Sabot, was presented at the conference's plenary session titled “Depopulation” on September 10. The study comparatively addresses the post-industrial transformation processes of two cities that originally developed around industrial production.
The research examined the population changes, labor mobility, and socio-spatial transformations that emerged following deindustrialization and industrial restructuring through the examples of Karabük from Türkiye and Thionville from France. It evaluated how age structure, migration, employment patterns, and housing dynamics have restructured these two cities, which were historically shaped around iron and steel production.
As one of the outputs of the research project conducted by Res. Asst. Merve Karadaban under the TÜBİTAK 2214-A International Research Fellowship Programme for PhD Students, this study aims to offer a socio-spatial perspective on the transformation of post-industrial cities by bridging the urban shrinkage literature with the sociology of population.
The Mid-Term Conference titled “Population Dynamics in the Global North and the Global South: Age Structural Transitions, Migration, and Changing Places,” organized by the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Sociology of Population (ISA RC41 - Sociology of Population), was held in Madrid on September 10-11, 2026.
The paper titled “Changing Places after Industrial Restructuring: Population Dynamics, Migration and Urban Shrinkage in Karabük (Türkiye) and Thionville (France),” prepared by Karadaban and Cunningham-Sabot, was presented at the conference's plenary session titled “Depopulation” on September 10. The study comparatively addresses the post-industrial transformation processes of two cities that originally developed around industrial production.
The research examined the population changes, labor mobility, and socio-spatial transformations that emerged following deindustrialization and industrial restructuring through the examples of Karabük from Türkiye and Thionville from France. It evaluated how age structure, migration, employment patterns, and housing dynamics have restructured these two cities, which were historically shaped around iron and steel production.
As one of the outputs of the research project conducted by Res. Asst. Merve Karadaban under the TÜBİTAK 2214-A International Research Fellowship Programme for PhD Students, this study aims to offer a socio-spatial perspective on the transformation of post-industrial cities by bridging the urban shrinkage literature with the sociology of population.