PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Önder Küçükural  is a the principal investigator for the Nonreligious Beliefs and Practices in Türkiye (NBPT) research project. Dr. Küçükural is an assistant professor at the Alliance of Civilizations Institute, Ibn Haldun University. He received his PhD in Sabanci University, Political Science Program. He was a visiting researcher at the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim- Christian Understanding (ACMCU) at Georgetown University in Washington, DC in 2011/12. He is one of the coauthors of books Yaşlılar ve Yaşlı Yakınları Açısından Yaşam Biçimi Tercihleri, [Lifestyle choices of the elderly from the elderly’s perspective and that of their relatives – 2004] Türkiye’de Dindarlık [Religiosity in Türkiye – 2012], and Türkiye’de Spiritüel Arayışlar [Spiritual Seeking in Türkiye – 2021]. He is the director of Munazara and Argumentation Ethics Research Center. Currently he is the primary investigator of two research projects “Non-Religious Beliefs and Practices in Türkiye” and “Adab in Dialogue: Developing Argumentative Virtues in a Divided World”. His research interest includes argumentation and reasoning, religiosity, discourse analysis, ecology and gender studies. He offers graduate level courses at Alliance of Civilisations Institute.