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Curriculum Vitae Dr R. Melis Baydag, MSc

In Ankara, Türkei geboren.

  • since April 2020

Research Associate and Lecturer
Chair of International Politics
Ruhr University Bochum

  • since April 2024

Researcher
Programme 'Inter- and Transnational Cooperation'
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

  • October - December 2023

Visiting Scholar at IDOS
Programme 'Inter- and Transnational Cooperation'

  • May 2023

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


Ausbildung/ Education

 

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

 

Publikationen / Publications

 

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).

Lehre / Teaching

 

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.

Vorträge / Presentations

2024

  • Established and emerging powers in international cooperation: Domestic driving forces on German and Korean positions towards international climate finance. Paper to be presented in the panel "Environmental Politics: Environmental Economics and Finance" at the International Studies Association (ISA) 2024 Annual Convention. 3-6 April 2024, San Francisco, USA; and in the panel "Contestation of climate policy (2): International politics" at the 29th Convention of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), 24-27 September 2024. Göttingen, Germany.
  • Preference formation in foreign aid policies of emerging donors: The cases of Mexico and Turkey. Paper presented in the panel "Donor-Recipient Perceptions and Dynamics in Foreign Aid" at the ISA 2024 Annual Convention. 3-6 April 2024, San Francisco, USA.
  • Domestic drivers of development policy decision-making in emerging middle powers: A comparative analysis of Mexico and Turkey. Paper to be presented in the section "Foreign Policy in a World of Flux: Comparative decision-making process" at the 7th WISC Global International Studies Conference, 24-26 July 2024. Warsaw, Poland.
  • The changing role and identity of international organizations: The OECD's strategy between a universal actor and a Western club. Paper to be presented in the section "International intergovernmental organizations towards the challenges of the contemporary international order" at the 7th World International Studies Committee (WISC) Global International Studies Conference, 24-26 July 2024. Warshaw, Poland; and in the panel "World Entities in Times of Crises" at the 29th DVPW Convention, 24-27 September 2024. Göttingen, Germany.

2017-2023

  • The political economy of emerging donors' aid preferences: The cases of Mexico and Turkey. Paper presented in the section "Political Economy Beyond Boundaries​" at the 16th Pan-European Conference on International Relations (EISA). 5-9 September 2023, Potsdam, Germany.​
  • The political economy of South Korean development aid: Ideas and Interests shaping the preferences of the Lee Government’s Green and Climate ODA. Paper presented at the 3rd Workshop of the Korean-German Research Network “Towards inclusive multilateralism: Investigating synergies in development cooperation between the Republic of Korea and Germany” organized in the context of a joint research project between Ewha Womans University & German Institute for Development and Sustainability (IDOS, formerly known as German Development Institute). 12-13 June 2023, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Aid-climate nexus: Domestic driving forces on Korean development policy preferences during the President Lee administration. Paper presented at the 2nd Workshop of the Korean-German Research Network "Development cooperation and multilateralism in times of global crises: Prospects and challenges for cooperation between Republic of Korea and Germany" organized in the context of a joint research project between Ewha Womans University & IDOS. 17-18 October 2022, Bonn, Germany.
  • Domestic politics of development aid: Interests and ideas in bilateral development aid preferences of South Korea and Turkey. Paper presented in the panel "Domestic Politics, Public Opinion, and International Political Economy" at the ISA 2022 Annual Convention. 28 March-2 April 2022. Nashville, United States.
  • Shaping policy responses of middle powers to the covid-19 crisis: The role of populist leaders in Mexico and Turkey (with Villanueva Ulfgard, Rebecka). Paper presented in the panel "Varying Impacts of the Pandemic" at the ISA 2022 Annual Convention. 28 March-2 April 2022. Nashville, United States.
  • Societal influences on foreign aid preferences: Diverging governmental positions of South Korea and Turkey in international development cooperation. Paper presented in the section "The Domestic Politics of Global Governance and International Disruption" at the 14th Pan-European Conference on International Relations (EISA). 13-17 September 2021, virtual. Societal influences on emerging donors' development assistance preferences: A comparative analysis of Mexican and Turkish governmental positions. Paper presented at the workshop "Non-Western Agency in World Politics: Decentering practices, Actions and Perceptions" at the 8th European Workshops in International Studies (EISA). 30 June-3 July 2021, virtual.
  • Diverging positions of middle-sized emerging donors in international development cooperation: The cases of Mexico and Turkey. Paper presented in the panel "Globalization and Poverty" at the ISA 2021 Annual Convention. 6-9 April 2021, virtual.
  • Mexico’s development cooperation: The impact of material interests and societal ideas on governmental preferences. Presentation in the Conversatorio "International Cooperation of Emerging Countries: Perspectives on Foreign Policy and Forced Migration", organized by El Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora (Instituto MORA). 13 March 2020, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • The role of development cooperation in migration management: Between donor interests and development concerns. Presentation in the conference "Global Refugee Protection in the Age of Securitization: A Tough Balancing Act between Rights Holders & Duty Bearers" at the International Forum on Refugee Protection & Migration Issues (IFRP). 28-29 November 2019, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
  • Emerging donors’ development policy preferences: An analysis of value-based ideas and material interests shaping the Mexican governmental position. Paper presented in the section "Multilateralism in Crisis? Challenges for Global and Regional Economic Governance" at the 13th Pan-European Conference on International Relations (EISA). 11-14 September 2019, Sofia University, Bulgaria.
  • Middle powers in international development cooperation: Assessing South Korea and Turkey. Paper presented in the workshop "Development Cooperation for Achieving the 2030 Agenda" organized by the German Development Institute/Deutsche Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and the Network for Southern Think Tanks (NeST) for a handbook project at the margins of the 2019 Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40). 19 March 2019. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Forum shopping for rising powers in proliferation of club governance formats: The rationale for Turkey. Paper presented in the conference "The G20@10: Benefits, Limitations and the Future of Global Club Governance", organized by DIE, Chatham House, and the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS). 23 October 2018, Bonn, Germany.
  • A Middle Way towards Development Cooperation: Foreign Aid Discourse of South Korea and Turkey in Relation to the OECD DAC. Paper presented at the Expert Workshop “Development Cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda: The Way Forward”, organized by DIE at the margins of the 2018 High-Level Meeting of the United Nations Development Cooperation Forum, 23 May 2018, New York, United States.
  • Middle Powers and International Development Architecture: The Cases of Turkey and Korea. Paper presented at the workshop “New Frontiers in International Development Assistance: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Financing Sustainable Development” at the 4th European Workshops in International Studies (EISA), 7-10 June 2017, University of Cardiff, United Kingdom.

Förderungen / Funding

 

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.

Auszeichnungen / Awards

 

Middle East Technical University:
High Honor Student (B.Sc. Abschluss).

Gutachtertätigkeiten / Reviewer

 

Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, Forum for Development Studies, RUB Research School Plus (RUB RS Plus).

Mitgliedschaften / Memberships

 

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).