Symposium Program

10 December 2021, Friday

10.30-10.40      Opening Speech – Symposium Chair Prof. Dr. Ebulfez Süleymanlı, Üsküdar University Head of the Department of Sociology
10.40-12.40      Session I


Prof. Nevzat Tarhan, Üsküdar University Founding Rector – “Loneliness in the Age of Digitalization”
Prof. Milay Köktürk, Pamukkale University - “Becoming Deeply Isolated in the Digital Age” 
Assoc. Prof. Durmuş Ümmet, Marmara University, “Social Media Dependency and Loneliness” 
Prof. Ebulfez Süleymanlı, Üsküdar University – Asst. Prof. Nihan Kalkandeler, Avrasya University – “The Results of the Study of Digitalization and Loneliness in Turkey”

12.40-13.45   Lunch Break
13.45-15.00   Session II


Prof. Sergey Ryazançev and Prof. Tamara Rostovskaya, Institute for Demographic Research (IDR, FCTAS, RAS) - “Loneliness of Migrant Women in the Digital Age”
Psychologist Botagöz Tolepbergenova and Assoc. Prof. Yelena Barabanova, S. Amanjolov East Kazakhstan State University - “Loneliness as a Lifestyle among Adults in Terms of Digital Communication” 
Robin Hewings, Director of the Campaign to End Loneliness – “Loneliness in the UK: a decade of learning from the Campaign to End Loneliness”

15.00-16.30   Break
15.30-17.00   Session III


Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Günay, Çukurova University – “Human Relations and Loneliness in the Digital Age: A Philosophical Perspective”
Prof. Barış Erdoğan, Üsküdar University – “Women's Experiences of Relieving Loneliness on Online Dating Sites"
Prof. Süleyman Sadi Seferoğlu, Hacettepe University – “Digital Loneliness in the Digital Transformation Process” 
Asst. Prof.Ufuk Eriş, Anadolu Üniversity - "The Mutual Ontological Relationship Between the Human and Technology in terms of Loneliness"

11 December 2021, Saturday

11.00-13.00       Session I


Prof. Veysel Bozkurt, İstanbul University - “Loneliness of the Crowds”
Prof. Belma Oğul, İstanbul Technical University Turkish Music State Conservatory; Research Assistant Oğul Köker, İstanbul Technical University Center for Advanced Studies in Music – “Home Studio as Men’s Space of Loneliness”
Prof. Fulya Bayraktar, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, “The Problem of Being Human in a Digitalized World”
Assoc. Prof. Deniz Mertkan Gezgin, Trakya University – “The Relationship between Nomophobia and Loneliness”

13.30-14.30       Lunch Break
14.30-16.30       Session II


Prof. Dr. Kadriye Bakırcı, Hacettepe Üniversitesi - “Loneliness, Isolation, and the Relationship Between Discrimination and Loneliness”
Asst. Prof. Cem Tutar and Communication Specialist-Sociologist Bilge Evran, Üsküdar University - “Digital Spaces and Loneliness”
Hülya Mutlu, Educator Author  - “Digitalization and  Loneliness in Work Life”
Birol Güven, Film Producer, Scriptwriter – “The One Who Has Internet Is Not Alone”

15.30-15.40       Closing Speech – Symposium Chair Prof. Dr. Ebulfez Süleymanlı, Üsküdar University Head of the Department of Sociology