Publikationen / Publications

Monographie / Book
'The Domestic Politics of Aid: Development Policies among Emerging Middle Powers". Palgrave Macmillan | International Studies (ongoing).

Referierte Publikationen / Refereed Publications
2025 'Populist narratives and personalized national role conception in middle powers: The cases of Mexico and Turkey during the COVID-19 Pandemic' (with R. Villanueva Ulfgard), in Politics & Policy 53(1), 1-14 [open access here].

2024 'Domestic ideas and interests in development cooperation of emerging donors: The case of Mexican development policy', in Contemporary Politics, 1-23 [open access here].

2024 'Positions of Established and Emerging Powers Towards Climate Finance: The Cases of Germany and Korea'. In Klingebiel, S., et al. (Eds.) Emerging Trends in International Development and Climate Policy: A Focus on Korea and Germany. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham [open access here].

2023 'Partner country selection between development narratives and self-interests: A new method for analysing complex donor approaches'. Review of Development Economics 27(2), 1199-1223 (with S. Klingebiel) [open access here].

2021 'Middle powers in international development cooperation: Assessing the roles of South Korea and Turkey'. In Chaturvedi, S., et al. (Eds.) The Palgrave handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 agenda: Contested collaboration. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham [open access here].

Nicht-referierte Publikationen / Non-Refereed Publications
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

Vorträge / Presentations

• International Political Economy (IPE) meets Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA): How institutions, interests and ideas interact in decision-making processes. Paper accepted for the International Studies Association (ISA) 2025 Annual Convention. 2-5 March 2025, Chicago, USA.
• Established and emerging powers in international cooperation: Domestic driving forces on German and Korean positions towards international climate finance. Paper 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 accepted for 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 presented in the section "Foreign Policy in a World of Flux: Comparative decision-making process" at the 7th World International Studies Committee (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 presented in the section "International intergovernmental organizations towards the challenges of the contemporary international order" at the 7th 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.
• 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.

Auszeichnungen / Awards

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

Mitgliedschaften / Memberships

International Studies Association (ISA).
European International Studies Association (EISA).
British International Studies Association (BISA).
Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft / German Political Science Association (DVPW).
Siyasi İlimler Türk Derneği / Turkish Political Science Association (SİTD).
ECPR Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR).
ECPR Standing Group on Interest Groups.
European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS).