Asst. Prof. DURALİ KARACAN

Education

2018 - 2023

Doctorate

Brunel University, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, England

2015 - 2017

Postgraduate

University of London-Kings College London, Arts and Humanities, Religion in Contemporary Society, England

2010 - 2015

Undergraduate

Anadolu University, İktisat Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi Ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü, Turkey

2010 - 2014

Undergraduate

Marmara University, Ataturk Faculty Of Education, Primary School Religious Culture And Moral Education, Turkey

Foreign Languages

C2 Mastery

English

Research Areas

Psychology of Religion

Academic Positions

2024 - Continues

Lecturer PhD

Eskisehir Osmangazi University, İLAHİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, FELSEFE VE DİN BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ

Articles

2025

1. James Henry Leuba and the Modern Psychology of Religion

Karacan D.

JOURNAL OF ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF TEOLOGY , vol.12, no.1, pp.465-482, 2025 (TRDizin)

2024

2. Religion As a Tool of Asylum and Protection of Society: A Qualitative Research on the Covid-19 Process

BAŞ F., Karacan D.

Tasavvur - Tekirdağ İlahiyat Dergisi (Online) , vol.10, no.1, pp.177-211, 2024 (TRDizin)

2024

3. HOW THE CHALLENGES FOR SOMALI MUSLIM MEN IN THE UK AFFECT THEIR IDENTITY RESILIENCE? İngiltere’deki Somalili Müslüman Erkeklerin Karşılaştığı Zorluklar Kimlik Dayanıklılıklarını Nasıl Etkiliyor?

KARACAN D.

Mutefekkir , vol.11, no.21, pp.219-242, 2024 (Scopus, TRDizin)

2024

4. HOW DO MUSLIM MEN IN THE UK EMPLOY RELIGION AS A COPING METHOD WITH ISLAMOPHOBIA?

Karacan D.

ÇUKUROVA ÜNIVERSITESI İLAHIYAT FAKÜLTESI DERGISI (ÇÜİFD) , vol.24, no.1, pp.17-28, 2024 (TRDizin)

2024

5. An Exploration for the Post-Pandemic Period of the Religious Lives of Individuals in Turkey Who Had Severe COVID-19 and Death Anxiety

Karacan D., Baş F.

ILAHIYAT TETKIKLERI DERGISI , vol.61, no.1, pp.195-208, 2024 (ESCI, TRDizin)

2023

6. Islamophobia and Values in Western Societies: An Analysis of the Impacts on Muslim Men of Islamophobic Attacks in the UK

Karacan D.

Değerler Eğitimi Dergisi , vol.21, no.46, pp.425-449, 2023 (TRDizin)

2023

7. Muslim Masculinities in Literature and Film: Transcultural Identity and Migration in Britain, written by Peter Cherry

Karacan D.

JOURNAL OF MUSLIMS IN EUROPE , vol.12, no.3, pp.399-402, 2023 (Scopus)

Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences

2025

1. Beyin Çürümesine Karşı Dini Başa Çıkma Stratejilerinin Uygulanması: İlahiyat Fakültesi Öğrencileri Arasında Aşırı Teknoloji Tüketimiyle Başa Çıkma

Karacan D.

ULUSLARARASI GENÇLİK VE TEKNOLOJİ SEMPOZYUMU, Ankara, Turkey, 24 - 26 April 2025, pp.33, (Summary Text)

2025

2. Still Challenging: Muslim Women in Chaplaincy in Turkey

Karacan D.

Muslim Chaplaincy: Practice, Research and Recognition, Fribourg, Switzerland, 24 - 26 June 2025, pp.33, (Summary Text)

2024

3. How do Muslims in the UK Contribute to Wider British Society Through Islamic Social Support Mechanisms?

Karacan D.

Uluslararası İslam Medeniyetinde Sosyal Hizmetler Sempozyumu, 4 - 06 October 2024, pp.475-484, (Full Text)

2024

4. ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL ISSUES: STRATEGIES FOR MUSLIMS TO COUNTER THE PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLUENCE OF MAINSTREAM MEDIA ON THE PALESTINIAN CRISIS

Karacan D.

I. Uluslararası Küresel Sorunlara İslami Yaklaşımlar: Kültürel ve Teknolojik Dayatma Sempozyumu, 10 - 11 October 2024, pp.48, (Summary Text)

2024

5. Avrupa Ülkelerindeki Öğretim Birliği Deneyimleri ve Tartışmaları: İngiltere Örneği ve Din Psikolojisi Bağlamında Bir Değerlendirme

Karacan D.

100. Yılında Tevhid-i Tedrisat Kanunu ve Din Eğitimi Sempozyumu, Eskişehir, Turkey, 7 - 08 November 2024, pp.117, (Summary Text)

2024

6. The Impacts of Increasing Islamophobia in the Mainstream Media on the Identity Perceptions of Muslims in the UK

Karacan D.

1st International Media, Digital Culture and Religion Congress, Kayseri, Turkey, 26 - 28 April 2024, pp.33, (Summary Text)

2016

7. The Use of Spiritual Counselling as State Policy in Multicultural Societies: The UK Example

Karacan D.

I. ULUSLARARASI MANEVİ DANIŞMANLIK ve REHBERLİK KONGRESİ, İstanbul, Turkey, 7 - 10 April 2016, (Unpublished)

Books

2025

1. GENÇLİK, TEKNOLOJİ VE TOPLUM: Dijital Çağda Din, Değer ve Ahlak

Baş F. (Editor), Karacan D. (Editor)

Ensar Nesriyat, İstanbul, 2025

2025

2. PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION

Karacan D.

in: RELIGION: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY, Yılmaz Arı, Editor, BZT TURAN PUBLISHING HOUSE, Delaware, pp.169-184, 2025

2025

3. ‘Brain Rot’ and Religious Coping Strategies: An Analysis of Digital Media Overconsumption

Karacan D.

in: YOUTH, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Religion, Values and Morality in the Digital Age, FATİH BAŞ,DURALİ KARACAN, Editor, Ensar Nesriyat, İstanbul, pp.167-191, 2025

2024

4. The Intersection of Religion, Masculinity, and Psychological Well- being Among Muslim Communities in the Western World

Karacan D.

in: İlahiyat Alanında Araştırma ve Değerlendirmeler II, Doç. Dr. Ahmet TEKİN, Editor, BİDGE Yayınları, Ankara, pp.100-122, 2024

2024

5. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ISLAMOPHOBIA

KARACAN D.

in: ISLAMOFOBIA A Multidisciplinary Study, ARI YILMAZ, Editor, BZT TURAN PUBLISHING HOUSE, pp.31-43, 2024

2023

6. İngiltere'de Din Eğitimi

Taştepe M. S., Karacan D., Şentürk M. A.

in: Diasporada Din Eğitimi, Hasan Sözen, Editor, GAV Perspektif Yayınları, Ankara, pp.223-267, 2023

2023

7. Galler’de Okullarda Din Eğitimi

Karacan D.

in: Batı Avrupa'da Okullarda Din Eğitimi, Mahmut Zengin,Abdurrahman Hendek, Editor, Dem Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.93-129, 2023

Congress and Symposium Activities

26 April 2024 - 28 April 2024

1st International Media, Digital Culture and Religion Congress

Invited Speaker

Kayseri-Turkey

24 June 2021 - 24 June 2021

Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies

Invited Speaker

London-England

13 January 2021 - 13 January 2021

The Migration, Identity, and Translation Network (MITN) University of Warwick Webinar Series

Invited Speaker

Warwickshire-England

04 December 2019 - 04 December 2019

5th Annual CHLS Research Conference for Doctoral Researchers and MPhil students

Invited Speaker

London-England

08 November 2019 - 10 November 2019

Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship Twentieth Anniversary Conference

Invited Speaker

Bristol-England

05 September 2019 - 05 September 2019

MMHRC Annual Conference 2019 “Islam, Muslims in Britain: Radicalisation, De-radicalisation, Islamophobia and Human Rights”.

Invited Speaker

London-England

16 November 2017 - 19 November 2017

International Congress of Higher Religious Education

Invited Speaker

İstanbul-Turkey

07 April 2016 - 10 April 2016

Asst. Prof. DURALİ KARACAN

İLAHİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, FELSEFE VE DİN BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ

DİN PSİKOLOJİSİ ANABİLİM DALI

WoS Research Areas: Social Sciences (Soc)

Avesis Research Areas: Psychology of Religion

Education

Doctorate

Brunel University, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, England

Postgraduate

University of London-Kings College London, Arts and Humanities, Religion in Contemporary Society, England

Undergraduate

Anadolu University, İktisat Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi Ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü, Turkey

Undergraduate

Marmara University, Ataturk Faculty Of Education, Primary School Religious Culture And Moral Education, Turkey

Foreign Languages

English

Research Areas

Psychology of Religion

Academic Positions

Lecturer PhD

Eskisehir Osmangazi University, İLAHİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, FELSEFE VE DİN BİLİMLERİ BÖLÜMÜ

Articles

1. James Henry Leuba and the Modern Psychology of Religion

JOURNAL OF ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF TEOLOGY , vol.12, no.1, pp.465-482, 2025 (TRDizin)

2. Religion As a Tool of Asylum and Protection of Society: A Qualitative Research on the Covid-19 Process

BAŞ F., Karacan D.

Tasavvur - Tekirdağ İlahiyat Dergisi (Online) , vol.10, no.1, pp.177-211, 2024 (TRDizin)

3. HOW THE CHALLENGES FOR SOMALI MUSLIM MEN IN THE UK AFFECT THEIR IDENTITY RESILIENCE? İngiltere’deki Somalili Müslüman Erkeklerin Karşılaştığı Zorluklar Kimlik Dayanıklılıklarını Nasıl Etkiliyor?

Mutefekkir , vol.11, no.21, pp.219-242, 2024 (Scopus, TRDizin)

4. HOW DO MUSLIM MEN IN THE UK EMPLOY RELIGION AS A COPING METHOD WITH ISLAMOPHOBIA?

ÇUKUROVA ÜNIVERSITESI İLAHIYAT FAKÜLTESI DERGISI (ÇÜİFD) , vol.24, no.1, pp.17-28, 2024 (TRDizin)

5. An Exploration for the Post-Pandemic Period of the Religious Lives of Individuals in Turkey Who Had Severe COVID-19 and Death Anxiety

Karacan D., Baş F.

ILAHIYAT TETKIKLERI DERGISI , vol.61, no.1, pp.195-208, 2024 (ESCI, TRDizin)

6. Islamophobia and Values in Western Societies: An Analysis of the Impacts on Muslim Men of Islamophobic Attacks in the UK

Değerler Eğitimi Dergisi , vol.21, no.46, pp.425-449, 2023 (TRDizin)

7. Muslim Masculinities in Literature and Film: Transcultural Identity and Migration in Britain, written by Peter Cherry

JOURNAL OF MUSLIMS IN EUROPE , vol.12, no.3, pp.399-402, 2023 (Scopus)

Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences

1. Beyin Çürümesine Karşı Dini Başa Çıkma Stratejilerinin Uygulanması: İlahiyat Fakültesi Öğrencileri Arasında Aşırı Teknoloji Tüketimiyle Başa Çıkma

ULUSLARARASI GENÇLİK VE TEKNOLOJİ SEMPOZYUMU, Ankara, Turkey, 24 - 26 April 2025, pp.33, (Summary Text)

2. Still Challenging: Muslim Women in Chaplaincy in Turkey

Muslim Chaplaincy: Practice, Research and Recognition, Fribourg, Switzerland, 24 - 26 June 2025, pp.33, (Summary Text)

3. How do Muslims in the UK Contribute to Wider British Society Through Islamic Social Support Mechanisms?

Uluslararası İslam Medeniyetinde Sosyal Hizmetler Sempozyumu, 4 - 06 October 2024, pp.475-484, (Full Text)

4. ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL ISSUES: STRATEGIES FOR MUSLIMS TO COUNTER THE PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLUENCE OF MAINSTREAM MEDIA ON THE PALESTINIAN CRISIS

I. Uluslararası Küresel Sorunlara İslami Yaklaşımlar: Kültürel ve Teknolojik Dayatma Sempozyumu, 10 - 11 October 2024, pp.48, (Summary Text)

5. Avrupa Ülkelerindeki Öğretim Birliği Deneyimleri ve Tartışmaları: İngiltere Örneği ve Din Psikolojisi Bağlamında Bir Değerlendirme

100. Yılında Tevhid-i Tedrisat Kanunu ve Din Eğitimi Sempozyumu, Eskişehir, Turkey, 7 - 08 November 2024, pp.117, (Summary Text)

6. The Impacts of Increasing Islamophobia in the Mainstream Media on the Identity Perceptions of Muslims in the UK

1st International Media, Digital Culture and Religion Congress, Kayseri, Turkey, 26 - 28 April 2024, pp.33, (Summary Text)

7. The Use of Spiritual Counselling as State Policy in Multicultural Societies: The UK Example

I. ULUSLARARASI MANEVİ DANIŞMANLIK ve REHBERLİK KONGRESİ, İstanbul, Turkey, 7 - 10 April 2016, (Unpublished)

Books

1. GENÇLİK, TEKNOLOJİ VE TOPLUM: Dijital Çağda Din, Değer ve Ahlak

Baş F. (Editor), Karacan D. (Editor)

Ensar Nesriyat, İstanbul, 2025

2. PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION

in: RELIGION: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY, Yılmaz Arı, Editor, BZT TURAN PUBLISHING HOUSE, Delaware, pp.169-184, 2025

3. ‘Brain Rot’ and Religious Coping Strategies: An Analysis of Digital Media Overconsumption

in: YOUTH, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Religion, Values ​​and Morality in the Digital Age, FATİH BAŞ,DURALİ KARACAN, Editor, Ensar Nesriyat, İstanbul, pp.167-191, 2025

4. The Intersection of Religion, Masculinity, and Psychological Well- being Among Muslim Communities in the Western World

in: İlahiyat Alanında Araştırma ve Değerlendirmeler II, Doç. Dr. Ahmet TEKİN, Editor, BİDGE Yayınları, Ankara, pp.100-122, 2024

5. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ISLAMOPHOBIA

in: ISLAMOFOBIA A Multidisciplinary Study, ARI YILMAZ, Editor, BZT TURAN PUBLISHING HOUSE, pp.31-43, 2024

6. İngiltere'de Din Eğitimi

Taştepe M. S., Karacan D., Şentürk M. A.

in: Diasporada Din Eğitimi, Hasan Sözen, Editor, GAV Perspektif Yayınları, Ankara, pp.223-267, 2023

7. Galler’de Okullarda Din Eğitimi

in: Batı Avrupa'da Okullarda Din Eğitimi, Mahmut Zengin,Abdurrahman Hendek, Editor, Dem Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.93-129, 2023

Congress and Symposium Activities

1st International Media, Digital Culture and Religion Congress

Invited Speaker

Kayseri-Turkey

Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies

Invited Speaker

London-England

The Migration, Identity, and Translation Network (MITN) University of Warwick Webinar Series

Invited Speaker

Warwickshire-England

in: YOUTH, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY: Religion, Values and Morality in the Digital Age, FATİH BAŞ,DURALİ KARACAN, Editor, Ensar Nesriyat, İstanbul, pp.167-191, 2025