Ms Ozlem Demirkol 

Postgraduate Research Student

Ozlem Demirkol is a doctoral researcher at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. 

She completed her MA in Media and Communication at Bournemouth University in 2016 where she was awarded a postgraduate academic excellence scholarship. Her MA dissertation focused on redefining success in digital activism campaigns, through which she has developed an interest in the ways of challenging power structures through the use of digital platforms. She is the representative for the PGRs at WSA and a member of the Faculty of Humanities Ethics Committee. She is also the Outreach Officer for the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association Postgraduate Network (MeCCSA-PGN). She has been a visiting lecturer in the MA Global Media Management at University of Southampton since 2017. Previously, she was a Senior Research Assistant of the Civic Media Hub at Bournemouth University, where she has worked with NGOs and journalists on projects around human rights, policing, riot control and housing justice.