Dr Seran Demiral
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, University of Porto, Portugal
Email: sdemiral@letras.up.pt
Profile
Seran Demiral is a children’s and science fiction author, as well as a Philosophy for Children/Communities (P4C) trainer. With a background in architecture and sociology, she weaves social issues into her fiction while bringing her experience with children, youth, and older adults into academia. She is a Horizon Europe ERA Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Sociology, University of Porto, Portugal, where she integrates arts-based methodologies and forum theatre into her research, fostering creative and participatory approaches to understanding youthful digital subjectivities and collective cultures. She is also a co-leader of Working Group 3, Technology and Innovation, in the COST Action (CA22167) PAAR-net.
Research
Publications
- Demiral, S., & Yılmaz, A. (2025). What to preserve for future generations? Children’s visions of future society: ecological, political, and technological perspectives. Children’s Geographies, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/
14733285.2025. Taylor & Francis. - Erdemir, E., Erdiller-Yatmaz, Z., & S. Demiral (2025). “How Political is the Child? Exploring Children’s Political Agency in Geo-Contexts of Their Lives Through Participatory Research.” Childhood of Global Child Research. Sage.
- Dijital Çocukluk (2025, Habitus) [Digital Childhood]
- Demiral, S. (2025). Çocukluk Çalışmalarında Yöntembilim: Çocuklarla Gerçekleştirilen Araştırmaların Sosyal Bilimlerde Yeri ve Güncel Yaklaşımlardaki Potansiyeli. Oditoryum Eleştirel Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 4(6), 51-70. ISSN: 2980-0439.
- Demiral, S. (2024). Unveiling Digital Pedagogy Tools for Citizenship Through a Child-Led Study Setting. International Journal of Social Pedagogy, 14(1): 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ijsp.2025.v14.x.001.
- Demiral, S., Erdiller-Yatmaz, Z., & Erdemir, E. (2024). Roadblocks in Child Participation Practices in Academia and Civil Society: Insights from a Turkish Case. The International Journal of Children's Rights, 32(3), 776-798. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-32030003