Scholars
Halil Kanadikirik
Tarsus University
Based in
Turkey
Europe
He received his Ph.D. from Bursa Uludağ University with a comparative dissertation on political-cultural transformation in Russia and Iran from the perspective of historical sociology. Working at the intersection of area studies and theory-driven empirical research, he has focused on themes such as historical thought, legitimacy, tradition, and political culture. In his subsequent works, he analyzed the tension between political and civil society in terms of the obstacles and opportunities for democratization. Within this framework, he aimed to develop an explanation that linked radical forms of violence, such as revolution, coups d’état, and terrorism, to continuities and ruptures in political culture in authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. More recently, he has shifted his focus, from a political science perspective, to the nexus of climate change, nationalism, the far right, and authoritarianism, aiming to contribute to the field through publications on the relationship between climate policy and nationalism, climate obstruction, and ecofascism. He is also involved in academic and civic initiatives on the educational and dissemination dimensions of democratic deliberation and climate-based just transition.
Country(ies) of Specialty
Iran Russia TurkeyFocus areas of expertise
Climate policy and politics History Climate Justice Behavioral actionHow to Connect
Publications
Articles
İşidoğru, İ. C. ve Kanadıkırık, H. (2025). Dijital KarşıKamusal Alanlar ve Müzakereci Demokrasi: Akkuyu Nükleer Santrali İşçi Protestosu Üzerine Nitel Bir İnceleme [Digital Counter-Public Spaces and Deliberative Democracy: A Qualitative Study on the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant Workers’ Protest]. Siyasi İlimler Türk Derneği IV. Ulusal Siyaset Bilimi Kongresi, Eylül 20-21, 2025, İzmir.
Kanadıkırık, H. (2025). The Crisis of Deliberative Democracy in the Context of Climate Justice: Akbelen Forest Resistance and Counter-Publics. COST Action 22149 CHANGECODE WG2 Meeting: Knowledge Exchange Event, April 28-29, 2025. Universitat de les Illes Balears, Mallorca, Spain.
Kanadıkırık, H. ve Yolcu, T. (2024). İklim değişikliğine dair siyaset bilimi perspektifinden okumalar: Bibliyometrik bir inceleme [Readings on climate change from the perspective of political science: A bibliometric comparison of publications in the world and Türkiye]. Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Journal of Social Sciences, 21(1), 252-267
Kanadıkırık, H. (2023). Şüphecilik, inkârcılık ve eko-faşizm: İklim değişikliğine uyum politikalarının kâbusu üzerine karşılaştırmalı bir analiz [Skepticism, denialism, and eco-fascism: A comparative essay on the nightmare of climate change adaptation policies]. Journal of the Faculty of Applied Sciences of Tarsus University, 3 (2), 86-100.
Kanadıkırık, H. (2023). Çatışma ile uzlaşı arasında: Milliyetçilik iklim politikaları ile uyumlu olabilir mi? [Between conflict and compromise: Can nationalism be compatible with climate policies?]. Enderun, 7 (2), 245-264.