[3] Currently, he is a Senior Research Fellow at IBEI - Institut Barcelona Estudis Internacionals, a Professor at Blanquerna – Universitat Ramon Llull and a Senior Research Associate at CIDOB - Barcelona Centre for International Affairs.
In 2020, a postdoctoral researcher at Lund University, Pınar Dinç, accused Özkırımlı of “stalking” on social media.
The final decision stated that: Pinar Dinc has in the above postings depicted Umut Özkirimli as criminal or reprehensible in his behaviour.
[6] The decision was upheld by the Court of Appeals of Skåne and Blekinge which found Dinç guilty on three counts of “gross defamation” and one count of “defamation”, and increased the damages she should pay by 50 percent (case number B3866-21).The ruling deemed that “there is no obligation, legal or employment-wise, to submit the information”, and stated that the employee “is convicted of a crime which is punishable by imprisonment”.
[6][7][8] In 2023, Özkırımlı published his debut popular book, Cancelled: The Left Way Back from Woke.