Emrah Akbaş
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6147833 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Emrah Akbaş |
| PRENOMES | Emrah |
| SOBRENOME | Akbaş |
| ASSINATURA | AKBAŞ E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2807-4055 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 3 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Social work, climate change and environmental justice
Considering increasing policy and scholarly claims that social work operates at the frontline of climate change, disaster response and environmental justice, this paper critically examines whether such claims are supported by empirical evidence. It addresses the central question of whether social work demonstrates a transformative, evidence-based role in advancing environmental outcomes. Drawing on a critical review of the environmental social wo…
Preparing for a bibliometric study of environmental social work
This research note describes the processes undertaken in preparation for a bibliometric study of environmental social work and the decisions made in selecting the literature that is relevant to this domain of study. Given the conceptual breadth of the field, the first step involved the clarification of epistemic boundaries as a prerequisite for meaningful cumulative knowledge production in this area of research. The research note, therefore, outl…
Islamophobia in social work
Islamophobia has become a pervasive feature of contemporary life, shaping Muslim experiences. Despite its relevance to social work’s commitments to social justice, it remains marginal and weakly theorized in mainstream scholarship. This article argues that this marginality reflects disciplinary knowledge formation rather than a simple research gap. A scoping review of Web of Science and Scopus – indexed social work journals found that only 33 of …
Spirituality in Social Work
From Engagement to Sustainability
Scientific Evolution of Social Work Academic Production in Türkiye. A Bibliometric Analysis of the Articles Published in Web of Science Database Between 1981 and 2024
This study presents a bibliometric analysis of social work academic production in Türkiye, aiming to map the discipline's intellectual development over four decades and identify emerging research priorities. Articles published in the Web of Science Core Collection between 1981 and 2024 were analyzed, examining publication trends, citation patterns, thematic structures, and authorship dynamics to provide a comprehensive overview of the field. Find…
From Protestant Ethics to Catholic Ethics
This study examines the transformation of the welfare mindset within a moral framework, thereby engendering a profound discourse concerning the shift from Protestant ethics to Catholic ethics. The advent of globalization has unleashed reverberations that have begun to unsettle the very foundations of the welfare state. Protestant ethics deems destitution as a moral failing and dismisses the notion of magnanimous individuals perceiving benevolence…
The impact of transnational networks and diasporic influence on skilled migration
Human Trafficking in Turkey
This study is based on field research implemented in four cities in Northeastern Anatolia, Turkey. It focused mainly on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of different stakeholders with regard to human trafficking. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews conducted among 142 interviewees representing different sectors. Human trafficking in the region seems to occur solely in the form of sex trafficking of women. Findings suggest t…
Construction of the child question in early republican Turkey and social services as an art of government
This paper discusses the child question in Turkey through an inquiry into social services as an art of government. The ideological reference in the formation of the ‘social’ in the early Republican period was solidarism, which was planned to function as the pattern for new social relations of the new society because the problem was not to provide social assistance, but rather to make human beings productive individuals. Children were seen both as…
Human Trafficking in Turkey
This study is based on field research implemented in four cities in Northeastern Anatolia, Turkey. It focused mainly on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of different stakeholders with regard to human trafficking. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews conducted among 142 interviewees representing different sectors. Human trafficking in the region seems to occur solely in the form of sex trafficking of women. Findings suggest t…
Construction of the child question in early republican Turkey and social services as an art of government
This paper discusses the child question in Turkey through an inquiry into social services as an art of government. The ideological reference in the formation of the ‘social’ in the early Republican period was solidarism, which was planned to function as the pattern for new social relations of the new society because the problem was not to provide social assistance, but rather to make human beings productive individuals. Children were seen both as…
Human Trafficking in Turkey
This study is based on field research implemented in four cities in Northeastern Anatolia, Turkey. It focused mainly on the knowledge, attitudes and practices of different stakeholders with regard to human trafficking. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews conducted among 142 interviewees representing different sectors. Human trafficking in the region seems to occur solely in the form of sex trafficking of women. Findings suggest t…
Scientific Evolution of Social Work Academic Production in Türkiye. A Bibliometric Analysis of the Articles Published in Web of Science Database Between 1981 and 2024
This study presents a bibliometric analysis of social work academic production in Türkiye, aiming to map the discipline's intellectual development over four decades and identify emerging research priorities. Articles published in the Web of Science Core Collection between 1981 and 2024 were analyzed, examining publication trends, citation patterns, thematic structures, and authorship dynamics to provide a comprehensive overview of the field. Find…
From Protestant Ethics to Catholic Ethics
This study examines the transformation of the welfare mindset within a moral framework, thereby engendering a profound discourse concerning the shift from Protestant ethics to Catholic ethics. The advent of globalization has unleashed reverberations that have begun to unsettle the very foundations of the welfare state. Protestant ethics deems destitution as a moral failing and dismisses the notion of magnanimous individuals perceiving benevolence…
The impact of transnational networks and diasporic influence on skilled migration
Social work, climate change and environmental justice
Considering increasing policy and scholarly claims that social work operates at the frontline of climate change, disaster response and environmental justice, this paper critically examines whether such claims are supported by empirical evidence. It addresses the central question of whether social work demonstrates a transformative, evidence-based role in advancing environmental outcomes. Drawing on a critical review of the environmental social wo…
Preparing for a bibliometric study of environmental social work
This research note describes the processes undertaken in preparation for a bibliometric study of environmental social work and the decisions made in selecting the literature that is relevant to this domain of study. Given the conceptual breadth of the field, the first step involved the clarification of epistemic boundaries as a prerequisite for meaningful cumulative knowledge production in this area of research. The research note, therefore, outl…
Islamophobia in social work
Islamophobia has become a pervasive feature of contemporary life, shaping Muslim experiences. Despite its relevance to social work’s commitments to social justice, it remains marginal and weakly theorized in mainstream scholarship. This article argues that this marginality reflects disciplinary knowledge formation rather than a simple research gap. A scoping review of Web of Science and Scopus – indexed social work journals found that only 33 of …
Spirituality in Social Work
From Engagement to Sustainability
Social Work Education and Practice (4 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Social change (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Government (linguistics (2 obras) · Knowledge production (2 obras) · Law (2 obras) · Thematic analysis (2 obras) · Aesthetics (1 obras) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 obras)