In Ankara, Türkei geboren.
Research Associate and Lecturer
Chair of International Politics
Ruhr University Bochum
Researcher
Programme 'Inter- and Transnational Cooperation'
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Visiting Scholar at IDOS
Programme 'Inter- and Transnational Cooperation'
Visiting Lecturer
Institute of International Studies
University of Wrocław, Poland
Lehrveranstaltung im SoSe 2024
MA-Seminar:
Regional integration in theory and practice (IIP II, PFA I, FW I)
Mo 14-16 Uhr, GD 2/236
2023
Promotion Dr. rer. soc. "magna cum laude" an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Dissertation: "Material Interests and Societal Ideas in Development Policy Preferences: A Comparative Analysis of Mexico, South Korea, and Turkey"
Betreuer: Prof. Dr. Stefan Schirm
2017
Masterstudium an der Middle East Technical University, Türkei.
Abschluss: MSc in International Relations
MSc-Thesis: “The Role of Foreign Aid in Middle Power Diplomacy: Comparative Analysis of South Korea and Turkey”
2015-2016
Austauschjahr an der Philipps-Universität Marburg.
MA International Development Studies
2014
Bachelorstudium an der Middle East Technical University, Türkei.
Abschluss: BSc in International Relations
2013-2014
Austauschsemester an der Universität Duisburg-Essen.
BA Politikwissenschaft
2009
Ankara Atatürk Lisesi, Türkei.
Höherer Schulabschluss
Monographie / Book
'The Domestic Politics of Aid: Development Policies among Emerging Middle Powers". Palgrave Macmillan | International Studies (ongoing).
Peer Reviewed Zeitschriftenartikel / Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
2023 'Partner country selection between development narratives and self-interests: A new method for analysing complex donor approaches' (with Stephan Klingebiel). Review of Development Economics 27(2), 1199-1223 (First published: 27 October 2022) [open access here].
Buchkapitel / Book Chapters
2021 'Middle powers in international development cooperation: Assessing the roles of South Korea and Turkey'. In Chaturvedi, S., Janus, H., Klingebiel, S., Xiaoyun, L., Souza, A. de M. e., Sidiropoulos, E. and Wehrmann, D. (Eds.) The Palgrave handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 agenda: Contested collaboration. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham [open access here].
Discussion Papers
2018 'Shaping the patterns of aid allocation: A comparative analysis of seven bilateral donors and the European Union' (with Stephan Klingebiel and Paul Marschall). Discussion Paper (No. 22). German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Bonn [open access here].
Manuscripts submitted or under review
International Relations (under review), Contemporary Politics (under review), and Politics & Policy (under review).
M.A. Seminar
Sommersemester 2024: Regional integration in theory and practice.
Wintersemester 2023/24: Established and Emerging Powers in Global Governance.
Sommersemester 2023: Comparative regionalism in theory and practice: Europe, Asia and the Americas, 9-17 May, University of Wrocław.
B.A. Seminars
Sommersemester 2023: Crisis of liberal international order: Global power shifts and domestic discontents.
Wintersemester 2022/23: International organizations and club governance in contemporary world politics.
Sommersemester 2022: Globalization and theories of development.
Wintersemester 2021/22: International organizations and informal groupings in the era of multilateralism.
Sommersemester 2021: Globalization and developing countries: Theory and practice of development.
Wintersemester 2020/21: Schwellenländer in der multilateralen Global Governance: aktuelle Themen und Herausforderungen.
Sommersemester 2020: Theories of regional integration: Europe, Asia and the Americas in comparison.
Wintersemester 2019/20: Global governance in a multipolar world: Emerging powers, issues and challenges.
Sommersemester 2019: Comparative regional integration in theory and practice: Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Wintersemester 2018/19: International power and domestic politics in emerging countries' IR: BRICs and MIKTA in comparison.
2024
2017-2023
Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR)
The PhD Project "Material interests and societal ideas in development policy preferences" was coducted as part of the Graduate School on Political Cohesion (GSPC), a cooperative research and PhD training group of Ruhr University Bochum and TU Dortmund University, and funded by Mercator Research Center Ruhr [more]
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft / German Research Foundation (DFG)
RUB Research School PLUS (DFG GSC 98/3) - Int.Mo.P. (Post-doc) Funding
ISA 2024 Annual Convention. 3-6 April 2024, San Fransico.
RUB Research School PLUS (DFG GSC 98/3) - PR.INT (Ph.D.) Funding
Field research grant. Project: “Mexican governmental preferences towards development policy”. 1-21 March 2020, Mexico City.
RUB Research School PLUS (DFG GSC 98/3) - ECR Board Funding
EISA 13th Pan-European Conference on International Relations. 11-14 September 2019, Sofia.
RUB Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaft / RUB Faculty of Social Science
ISA 2022 Annual Convention. 28 March-2 April 2022, Nashville.
EISA 14th Pan-European Conference on International Relations. 13-17 September 2021, virtual.
EISA 8th European Workshops in International Studies. 30 June-3 July 2021, virtual.
ISA 2021 Annual Convention. 6-9 April 2021, virtual.
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) 1st Virtual Summer School in Methods and Techniques, Process-Tracing Methods. 3-7 August, 2020.
EISA 13th Pan-European Conference on International Relations. 11-14 September 2019, Sofia.
MERCUR Graduate School on Political Cohesion
EISA 16th Pan-European Conference on International Relations. 5-9 September 2023, Potsdam.
ISA 2022 Annual Convention. 28 March-2 April 2022, Nashville.
ECPR 1st Virtual Summer School in Methods and Techniques, Process-Tracing Methods. 3-7 August 2020.
International Studies Association (ISA)
ISA 2024 Annual Convention, travel grant for early career researchers. 3-6 April 2024, San Fransico.
European International Studies Association (EISA)
EISA 4th European Workshops in International Studies, travel bursary for early career researchers. 7-9 May 2017, Cardiff.
German Institute for Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
Travel grant (German-Korean Network workshop). 12-13 June, 2023, Seoul.
Travel grant (expert workshop/handbook project). 19 March 2019, Buenos Aires.
Travel grant (expert workshop). 23 May 2018, New York.
Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Teaching
The University of Wrocław, Poland. 9-17 May, 2023.
Middle East Technical University (METU)
Field Research grant. Project: “South Korean foreign aid and middle power diplomacy”. 1-14 October 2016, Seoul.
Erasmus+Academic Exchange Program
Wintersemester 2015/16 an der Philipps-Universität Marburg.
Wintersemester 2013/14 an der Universität Duisburg-Essen.
Mehmet Zorlu Studienstiftung
Stipendium via METU. September 2011 – June 2014.
Ankara Atatürk Lisesi Studienstiftung
Stipendium. September 2009 – June 2014.
Middle East Technical University:
High Honor Student (B.Sc. Abschluss).
Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, Forum for Development Studies, RUB Research School Plus (RUB RS Plus).
International Studies Association (ISA).
European International Studies Association (EISA).
Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft / German Political Science Association (DVPW).
Siyasi İlimler Türk Derneği / Turkish Political Science Association (SİTD / TPSA).
ECPR Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR).
ECPR Standing Group on Interest Groups.
European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS).