About
Dr. Ayşe Yaşar Ümütlü is an independent academic and author carrying out work in legal philosophy, international law, human rights, political philosophy and social thought.
Combining her undergraduate education in public administration and international relations with graduate and doctoral studies in philosophy, Ümütlü focuses in her academic research on the relationship between law, freedom, justice, authority, the state and society.
She completed her master’s degree with a study titled “A Comparison of Justice in the Context of Freedom in John Stuart Mill and Herbert Spencer” at Necmettin Erbakan University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy. At Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy, she prepared her doctoral dissertation titled “Law and Authority in Ibn Khaldun and Herbert Spencer.”
Before her academic career, Ümütlü worked as an executive assistant and English translator in the private sector, and later as a research specialist at the Konya Chamber of Commerce. For about ten years she served as a lecturer at the Necmettin Erbakan University Vocational School of Justice, teaching justice psychology, prison administration, execution law, human rights and public freedoms.
Dr. Ayşe Yaşar Ümütlü’s academic approach is based on establishing a relationship between the classical traditions of thought and today’s global problems of law and human rights. Ranging from Ibn Khaldun’s theory of society and state to Kant’s idea of perpetual peace, and from Herbert Spencer’s critiques of political institutions to debates on artificial intelligence and algorithmic adjudication, her research brings together legal philosophy with international relations, human rights and the ethical questions of the digital age.
Relating the historical accumulation of legal philosophy to contemporary global problems through her books, academic articles, conference papers and thought pieces, Ümütlü continues her independent academic work in international law, human rights and social justice.
Current work
Her current research develops around the themes of international law, human rights, cultural diplomacy, digital law, artificial intelligence, data security, digital labour and algorithmic justice.