Universus Social Research Center

We interviewed board member Fırat Çoban about the works of Universus Social Research Center, which was founded a year ago in Beşiktaş/İstanbul.

Could you briefly tell us about the foundation process of Universus Social Research Center?

Age average of founders of Universus is 23 and it was founded in September 2017 by a group of university, master’s and doctorate students. Having been founded as a reaction to the problem of young people to become actors in civil and political society, the Center holds academic researches, culture-art and civil society studies.

What do you aim to succeed and change?

Universus wants more than producing an idea like a typical think tank. We want that very idea produced by academic research to connect and transform people by culture-art and civil society studies.